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 – September 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|October 15, 2013|Religions|0 comments

e-books Sufism and society: arrangements of the mystical in the Muslim world, 1200-1800 / edited by John J. Curry and Erik S. Ohlander. [e-book from Dawsonera] Mahāyāna Buddhism: the doctrinal foundations / Paul Williams. [e-book from ebrary] Yoga traveling : bodily practice in transcultural perspective / Beatrix Hauser, editor. [e-book from Dawsonera] Zoroastrianism: an introduction / Jenny Rose. [e-book from ebrary] What the Buddha thought / Richard Gombrich. [e-book from

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Religions – August 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|September 2, 2013|Religions|0 comments

Yogasūtrabhāṣyavivaraṇa of Śaṅkara : Vivaraṇa text with English translation, and critical notes along with text and English translation of Patañjali’s Yogasūtras and Vyāsabhāṣya / T.S. Rukmani. In the age of Averroes: Arabic philosophy in the sixth/twelfth century / edited by Peter Adamson  The Oxford handbook of religion and emotion / edited by John Corrigan.  The Ottoman Süryânî from 1908 to 1914 / Benjamin Trigona-Harany The Orient in Spain: converted Muslims,

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Religions – June 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 1, 2013|Religions|0 comments

The Cambridge history of religions in the ancient world / general editor, Michele Renee Salzman Islam and political-cultural Europe / edited by W. Cole Durham Jr, David M. Kirkham, Tore Lindholm. The mediatization of religion: when faith rocks / by Luis Mauro Sa Martino. Passing the light: the Incense Light community and Buddhist nuns in contemporary Taiwan / Chün-fang Yü. Son of man: an African Jesus film / edited by

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Religions – November 2012

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

e-books Mohajir militancy in Pakistan: violence and practices of transformation in the Karachi Conflict / by Nichola Khan. Available from Dawsonera Books A matter of belief: Christian conversion and healing in north-east India / Vibha Joshi  Islam, women, and violence in Kashmir: between India and Pakistan / Nyla Ali Khan. Islamic history: a very short introduction / Adam J. Silverstein Also available as an e-book  from Dawsonera New approaches to

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Religions – October 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|November 7, 2012|Religions|0 comments

Shoshannat Yaaqov : Jewish and Iranian studies in honor of Yaakov Elman / edited by Shai Secunda and Steven Fine The power of oratory in the medieval Muslim world / Linda G. Jones Hattha-Yoga : its context, theory, and practice / Mikel Burley ; with a foreword by David Frawley (isbn 9788120817067) Animals in the Qur’an / Sarra Tlili. Animism in rainforest and tundra: personhood, animals, plants and things in

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