The Calls of Islam

Spadola's book is theoretically sophisticated, skillfully constructed, and rich in detail.

~Journal of Religion

Calls of Islam is an instructive contribution to the literature on Morocco's socio-culltural and political idiosyncrasies.

~Review of Middle East Studies

Spadola's dense but short study . . . manages admirably well to deal with a complex topic, skillfully balancing ethnographic and analytic elements.

~American Ethnologist

[The] tension between social classes is subtly drawn out throughout this exemplary book, and Spadola also does a magnificent job tying local, national, and transnational contexts together. Although writing about a very specific place and time, he manages to capture post-millennial anxieties about Islam and belonging that are far reaching in their scope.

~Contemporary Islam