Religions – November 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|December 10, 2013|Religions|0 comments

The everlasting flame: Zoroastrianism in history and imagination / edited by Sarah Stewart [et al.]. The genesis of the bodhisattva ideal / Anālayo ; [Center for Buddhist Studies, University of Hamburg]. [also available as an e-book (open-access)] Ethnographies of doubt: faith and uncertainty in contemporary societies / edited by Mathijs Pelkmans. Death and reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism: in-between bodies / Tanya Zivkovic. Angels in late ancient Christianity / Ellen Muehlberger.

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Religions – October 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|November 12, 2013|Religions|0 comments

e-books The genesis of the bodhisattva ideal / Anālayo ; [Center for Buddhist Studies, University of Hamburg].  [open-access e-book via University of Hamburg] The Palaeolithic origins of human burial / Paul Pettitt [e-book via ebrary] Introduction to the history of Indian Buddhism / by Eugène Burnouf; translated by Katia Buffetrille and Donald S. Lopez Jr. [e-book via ebrary] Books Les religieuses et le culte de Marduk dans le royaume de

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Religions – August 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|September 5, 2012|Religions|0 comments

e-books e-books are available to SOAS staff and students only, on or off-campus. Sinister yogis / David Gordon White – ebrary The origins of yoga and tantra : Indic religions to the thirteenth century / Geoffrey Samuel – Dawsonera Yoga body: the origins of modern posture practice / Mark Singleton – Dawsonera Introducing world Christianity / edited by Charles E. Farhadian – Dawsonera Endings: a sociology of death and dying / Michael C. Kearl. – Dawsonera

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