Religions – April 2015

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|May 15, 2015|Religions|0 comments

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

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Religions – February 2014

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|March 6, 2014|Religions|0 comments

General & Comparative The Bible on silent film: spectacle, story and scripture in the early cinema. David J. Shepherd. The Three Sons of Abraham: interfaith encounters between Judaism, Christianity and Islam / edited by Jacques B. Doukhan  Philosophy and the study of religions: a manifesto / by Kevin Schilbrack. Buddhism The Buddhist goddess Marishiten: a study of the evolution and impact of her cult on the Japanese warrior / by

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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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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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Religions – June 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 6, 2012|Religions|0 comments

About religion: economies of faith in virtual culture / Mark C. Taylor Modern American popular religion: a critical assessment and annotated bibliography / Charles H. Lippy. Egypt 1350 BC – AD 1800: art historical and archaeological studies for Gawdat Gabra / Marianne Eaton-Krauss, Cäcilia Fluck, and Gertrude J.M. van Loon (eds.). Ideas of Man in the conceptions of the religions = Das Menschenbild in den Konzeptionen der Religionen / (edited by) Tarmo Kulmar,

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Religions – May 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 14, 2012|Religions|0 comments

e-books The Routledge companion to religion and film / edited by John Lyden. [Dawsonera] [Also available in print] Theology and social theory: beyond secular reason / John Milbank. [Dawsonera] Spiritual marketplace: baby boomers and the remaking of American religion / Wade Clark Roof. [Dawsonera] After God / Mark C. Taylor. [Dawsonera] Books The cult of emptiness : the Western discovery of Buddhist thought and the invention of Oriental philosophy / Urs App. Catalogue

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