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The World's Major Languages

Edited by Bernard Comrie

This volume features over fifty of the world's languages and language families. The featured languages have been chosen based on the number of speakers, their…

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November 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-35339-7 (Routledge)

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The World's Religions

Continuities and Transformations

Edited by Peter B. Clarke, Peter Beyer

This comprehensive volume focuses on the world's religions and the changes they have undergone as they become more global and diverse in form. It…

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November 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-39725-4 (Routledge)

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Consciousness in Indian Philosophy

The Advaita Doctrine of ‘Awareness Only’

By Sthaneshwar Timalsina

This book focuses on the analysis of pure consciousness as found in Advaita Vedanta, one of the main schools of Indian philosophy. According to this…

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October 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77677-6 (Routledge)

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Introducing Daoism

By Livia Kohn

Daoism is one of the major religious traditions of the East, but in the past has not been as well known as Buddhism and Hinduism.…

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September 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-43998-5 (Routledge)

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Science and the Indian Tradition

When Einstein Met Tagore

By David L. Gosling

This new text is a detailed study of an important process in modern Indian history. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, India experienced…

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August 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48134-2 (Routledge)

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Introduction to Buddhist Meditation

By Sarah Shaw

Sarah Shaw’s lively introduction to Buddhist meditation offers students and practitioners alike a deeper understanding of what meditation is, and its purpose and place in…

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August 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40900-1 (Routledge)

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Yoga in the Modern World

Contemporary Perspectives

Edited by Mark Singleton, Jean Byrne

Today yoga is a thoroughly globalised phenomenon. Yoga has taken the world by storm and is even seeing renewed popularity in India. Both in India…

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June 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-45258-8 (Routledge)

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World Philosophies

By Ninian SmartEdited by Oliver Leaman

World Philosophies presents in one volume a superb introduction to all the world’s major philosophical and religious traditions. Covering all corners of the globe, Ninian…

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June 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41189-9 (Routledge)

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Religion: The Basics

By Malory Nye

From the local to the global level, religion is – more than ever – an important and hotly debated part of modern life in the…

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May 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-44947-2 (Routledge)

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Religion: The Basics

By Malory Nye

From the local to the global level, religion is – more than ever – an important and hotly debated part of modern life in the…

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May 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-44948-9 (Routledge)

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Buddhist Manuscript Cultures: Knowledge, ritual and art
Edited by Stephen C. Berkwitz, Juliane Schober, Claudia Brown
To be published December 18th 2008

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Edited by Linda Woodhead, Hiroko Kawanami, Christopher Partridge
To be published May 29th 2009

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Edited by Linda Woodhead, Hiroko Kawanami, Christopher Partridge
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World Religions for Healthcare Professionals
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To be published June 1st 2009

Women in the Hindu Tradition: Rules, Roles and Exceptions
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To be published June 30th 2009