Religions – April 2015
Comparative and thematic
- Religious identities in the Levant from Alexander to Muhammed : continuity and change / edited by Michael Blömer, Achim Lichtenberger, Rubina Raja.
- From your gods to our gods: a history of religion in Indian, South African, and British courts / Marco Ventura
- The end of conceit: western rationality after postcolonialism / Patrick Chabal. [also available as a e-book]
- After secularism: rethinking religion in global politics / Erin K. Wilson. [also available as a e-book]
- Religion and public policy: human rights, conflict, and ethics / edited by Sumner B. Twiss, Marian Gh. Simion, Rodney L. Petersen.
- The Cambridge companion to miracles / edited by Graham H. Twelftree.
Buddhism
- Studia nad Mahāvastu : sanskryckim tekstem buddyjskiej szkoły mahasanghików-lokottarawadinów / Katarzyna Marciniak.
- Spells, images, and mandalas: tracing the evolution of esoteric Buddhist rituals / Koichi Shinohara
Chinese religions
Christianity (Western and Eastern)
- The martyrs of Mount Ber’ain / edited and translated by Sebastian Brock; introduction by Paul Dilley
- The martyrdom and history of Blessed Simeon bar Sabba’e / by Kyle Smith.
- The Cambridge companion to Christian mysticism / edited by Amy Hollywood, Harvard Divinity School, Patricia Z. Beckman, St. Olaf College.
- Revival and awakening: American evangelical missionaries in Iran and the origins of Assyrian nationalism / Adam H. Becker.
- Twilight of the saints: everyday religion in Ottoman Syria and Palestine / James Grehan.
- The Syriac Pseudo-Clementines : an early version of the first Christian novel / translated into English by F. Stanley Jones.
Hinduism
- Śāmbhavī yogam : merging of nadha and jyoti yoga (sound & light) / Amarakavi Siddhesvara ; [editor], Prabhodaran Sukumar ; English translation by Geetha Anand & M. Rajan.
- Mahābhārata now: narration, aesthetics, ethics / editors, Arindam Chakrabarti [and] Sibaji Bandyopadhyay.
Islam
- Hajj: global interactions through pilgrimage / red. Luitgard Mols, Marjo Buitelaar.
- The role of water in Iranian folklore / Zohreh Baradaran Hosseini.
- The Cambridge companion to American Islam / edited by Juliane Hammer, Omid Safi.
- Twilight of the saints: everyday religion in Ottoman Syria and Palestine / James Grehan.
South Asian Religions
Zoroastrianism
- The role of water in Iranian folklore / Zohreh Baradaran Hosseini.
- Understanding and practice of concise Nãvar ceremony / Ervad Jehan Bagli, Ervad Adi Unwala
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