World Religions Books

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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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   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)

6. 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)

7. 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)

8. Classical Vaisesika in Indian Philosophy: On Knowing and What is to Be Known

   By ShashiPrabha Kumar

   Vaisesika is one of the six systems of Hindu philosophy. It represents a pluralistic realism and is usually held to be an atomistic, metaphysical theory. This book explors the basic tenets of the Vaisesika classical school of Indian philosophy from a new perspective. The author argues that it...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-54918-9 | Hardback (Routledge)

9. Transnational Islamic Actors and Indonesia’s Foreign Policy: Transcending the State

   By Rizal Sukma, Delphine Alles

   This book examines the growing role of transnational Islamic Non-State Actors (NSAs) in post-authoritarian Indonesia and how it has affected the making and the conduct of Indonesia’s foreign policy since the country embarked on democratization process in 1998. After the end of the New Order...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-56026-9 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Asceticism and Power in South and Southeast Asia

    Edited by Peter Flügel, Gustaaf Houtman

    Including analyses by top academics in the field, this book takes a unique look at questions of power and asceticism in the Hindu, Jain and Buddhist traditions of South and Southeast Asia. Ideas about power and purity in these three traditions are crucially related to ascetic practices....

    June 2011 | 978-0-415-42384-7 | Hardback (Routledge)