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2011. (Co-edited with Gabriele Paleczek) Ethnicity, Authority, and Power in Central Asia: New Games Great and Small. London: Routledge.
2017. (author) Walking Blind and Other Essays on Biblical Texts. St Louis: Clayshire Imprints.
2024.
Jerusalem Burning: The Terror and Promise of the ‘Wrath of Love’ . Eugene: OR: