0708, 2015

Religions – June and July 2015

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 7, 2015|Religions|0 comments

Comparative and thematic Shamanism, discourse, modernity / by Thomas Karl Alberts Religion, emergence, and the origins of meaning: beyond Durkheim and Rappaport / by Paul Cassell Dialogue in early South Asian religions: Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain traditions / edited by Brian Black and Laurie Patton. Mindscaping the landscape of Tibet: place, memorability, ecoaesthetics / Dan Smyer Yü. Buddhism Buddhist attitudes to other religions / edited by Perry Schmidt-Leukel. Living karma:

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0303, 2014

Religions – December 2013 and January 2014

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|March 3, 2014|Religions|0 comments

General & Comparative Bible and cinema: an introduction / Adele Reinhartz. Thin description: ethnography and the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem / John L. Jackson, Jr. First light: a history of creation myths from Gilgamesh to the God particle / G.R. Evans.  Anatheism: returning to God after God / Richard Kearney. The dynamics of coexistence in the Middle East: negotiating boundaries between Christians, Muslims, Jews and Samaritans in Palestine /

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1211, 2013

Religions – October 2013

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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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1510, 2013

Religions – September 2013

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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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0508, 2013

Religions – July 2013

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Coptic culture: past, present and future / edited by Mariam Ayad. Modest fashion: styling bodies, mediating faith / edited by Reina Lewis. The Oxford handbook of the archaeology of death and burial / ed. by Sarah Tarlow and Liv Nilsson Stutz. Oxford handbook of religion and violence / edited by Mark Juergensmeyer, Margo Kitts, and Michael Jerryson. Christianizing death: the creation of a ritual process in early medieval Europe /

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1307, 2012

Music, Media and Film Studies – June 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 13, 2012|Music, Media and Film Studies|0 comments

Raga and music in the Sikh holy scriptures / Savita Bakshi. Tribal dances of India / Usha Mehta. Trance, ritual, and rhythm : the cult of Mahasu Deota in the western Himalayas / Hans Utter. The new (ethno)musicologies / edited by Henry Stobart. Development of Hindustani classical music (19th & 20th centuries) / Rama Saraf. Boro Baba- Ustad Alauddin Khan / Sahana Gupta née Khan. Gāundā jāe wanạjārā / Sāhila

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1906, 2012

South Asia – May 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 19, 2012|South Asia|0 comments

Sambandha / Rājendra ‘Rājeśa’. 1857, Narahatạ kī vīrān̐ganā / Vinoda Kumara Śrīvāstava. Patthara galī : [kahānī-saṅgraha] / Nāsirā Śarmā. Mahākavikālidāsaviracitam, Abhijñānaśākuntalam : Prabhopetam / sampādaka, samīkshaka evaṃ vyākhyākāra, Śivabālaka Dvivedī, Ratnā Tivārī, Pratyushavatsalā Divedī. Nirālā kā kāvya rāga se vidroha taka / Avadheśa Kumāra. Muṃśī Premacanda aura Dalita samāja : rāshtṛīya bahasa ke āīne meṃ vivecanā / Ratnakumāra Sāmbhariyā. Āja ke g̲ẖama ke nāma / Faiza Ahamada Faiza ; sampādaka,

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