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1. The Living Hindu World

   Edited by Sushil Mittal, Gene Thursby

   The Living Hindu World documents the range and depth of the Hindu traditions in its many lived manifestations to the present day. It explores the continuing relevance of Hinduism in contemporary life in India and, indeed, throughout the world, covering Hindu material culture in contexts such as...

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-45160-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. Religious Traditions in Modern South Asia

   By Jacqueline G Suthren Hirst, John Zavos

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-44788-1 | Paperback (Routledge)

3. What is Religion?: An experiential introduction

   By Dan Cozort

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-45017-1 | Paperback (Routledge)

4. South Asian Religions: Tradition and Today

   Edited by Karen Pechilis, Selva J. Raj

   The religious landscape of south Asia is complex and fascinating. While existing literature tends to focus on the majority religions of Hinduism and Buddhism, much less attention is given to Jainism, Sikhism, Islam or Christianity. This valuable resource explores the important...

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-44852-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Radical Orthodoxy: An Introduction

   By Simon Oliver

   Simon Oliver explores the origins and context of Radical Orthodoxy. He explains the arguments of the key thinkers with whom Radical Orthodoxy engages, and examines the contributions made to the field by leading theologians, as well as Radical Orthodoxy’s understanding of the nature of the...

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-37422-4 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   The Study of Religion: A Reader

   By John S. Harding, Hillary Rodrigues

   Religious studies draws on work by anthropologists, sociologists, philosophers, theologians, and others for an understanding of its subject matter. Many influential works are not written by specialist scholars in religious studies, but have still had a notable impact on our understanding of the...

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-49587-5 | Paperback (Routledge)

7. The Bible and American Culture: A Sourcebook

   Edited by Claudia Setzer, David Shefferman

   The biblical presence in American culture is hard to ignore. This sourcebook brings together a remarkable series of texts drawn from sermons, institutional documents, accounts of witch trials, political speeches, farm journals, theological works, films, novels, and hymns, which illustrate the...

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-57811-0 | Paperback (Routledge)

8. Reading Jewish Religious Texts

   By Eliezer Segal

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-58822-5 | Paperback (Routledge)

9. Interpreting Devotion: The Poetry and Legacy of a Female Bhakti Saint of India

   By Karen Pechilis

   This book explores devotional religion through three interpretive gestures: The devotional subjectivity inscribed in the classical poetry of the female saint Karaikkal Ammaiyar; the domestication of her persona in an authoritative medieval hagiography; and present-day tellings of her story in...

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-61586-0 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Varieties of Secularism in Asia: Anthropological Explorations of Religion, Politics and the Spiritual

    Edited by Nils Ole Bubandt, Martijn Van Beek

    August 2011 | 978-0-415-61672-0 | Hardback (Routledge)