The story of the Mahdist Revolution is as complex as it is compelling. Several monographs aided us in not only detailing Muhammad Ahmad's life and religious teachings, but also the political and religious context of the nineteenth-century Sudan preceding his rise. Furnish, Timothy R. Holiest Wars: Islamic Mahdis, Their Jihads, and Osama bin Laden. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2005. Furnish's book analyzes Mahdist movements throughout history and was helpful in placing the Sudan's M

Hello and Happy Lughnasadh, dear listeners. As we near the end of summer, the upcoming academic year is most assuredly on our minds. Since Michael will be entering the second year of his PhD program and Patrick will be wrapping up his MA degree, we anticipate that we won't be able to be as active on social media as we've been over the summer. Therefore, we wanted to start a new series of blog posts to be published at the beginning of each month to keep you all informed about