New acquisitions in SOAS Library: Religions (August – October 2018)

By Mary Fisk|October 29, 2018|Africa, Ancient Near East Semitics & Judaica, China and Inner Asia, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, South Asia|

This is a selection of titles received by SOAS Library for the Study of Religions collections between August and October  2018. Click on the hyperlink to go through to the item entry on the SOAS Library catalogue Please note that E-book content is accessible to SOAS staff and students only, with institutional log-in Comparative and thematic Seeking out the land: land of Israel traditions in ancient Jewish, Christian and Samaritan

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Religions: new acquisitions in SOAS Library, June & July 2018

By Mary Fisk|July 31, 2018|Africa, China and Inner Asia, Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica, Religion, South Asia|

This is a selection of titles received by SOAS Library for the Study of Religions collections during June and July 2018. Click on the hyperlink to go through to the item entry on the SOAS Library catalogue Please note that E-book content is accessible to SOAS staff and students only, with institutional log-in Comparative and thematic Jewish Christianity and the origins of Islam: papers presented at the colloquium held in

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Religions: recent acquisitions for SOAS Library, April & May 2018

By Mary Fisk|May 25, 2018|Philosophy, Religions|

This is a selection of titles received by SOAS Library for the Study of Religions collections during April and May 2018. Click on the hyperlink to go through to the item entry on the SOAS Library catalogue Please note that E-book content is accessible to SOAS staff and students only, with institutional log-in Comparative and thematic T&T Clark reader in Kierkegaard as theologian / edited by Lee C. Barrett. –

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Study of Religions: new acquisitions, February & March 2017

By Mary Fisk|March 31, 2017|China and Inner Asia, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Philosophy, Religions|0 comments

This is a selection of titles received by SOAS Library for the Study of Religions collections during February and March 2017. Click on the hyperlink to go through to the item entry on the SOAS Library catalogue Please note that E-book content is accessible to SOAS staff and students only, with institutional log-in Comparative and thematic Materiality and the study of religion: the stuff of the sacred / edited by

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Study of Religions: new acquisitions December 2016 – January 2017

By Mary Fisk|January 31, 2017|Religions|0 comments

This is a selection of titles received by SOAS Library for the Study of Religions collections during December 2016 and January 2017. Click on the hyperlink to go through to the item entry on the SOAS Library catalogue Please note that E-book content is accessible to SOAS staff and students only, with institutional log-in Comparative and thematic Natural law: a Jewish, Christian, and Islamic trialogue / Anver M. Emon, Matthew

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Religions and Philosophy: new book acquisitions for SOAS Library in October / November 2016

By Mary Fisk|December 1, 2016|Philosophy, Religions|0 comments

This is a selection of new titles (print and electronic) acquired by SOAS Library for the Religions and Philosophy collections in October and November 2016. Please note that only SOAS staff and students will have access to e-books RELIGIONS Comparative and thematic Sexuality in the Babylonian Talmud: Christian and Sasanian contexts in late antiquity / Yishai Kiel – https://library.soas.ac.uk/Record/10050508 Spirituality and human nature / Donald Evans – https://library.soas.ac.uk/Record/10045483 Key terms

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History – November 2015

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|December 18, 2015|History|

Comparative and thematic The Palgrave encyclopedia of imperialism and anti-imperialism / edited by Immanuel Ness and Zak Cope In the museum of man: race, anthropology, and empire in France, 1850-1950 / Alice L. Conklin The global transformation of time: 1870-1950 / Vanessa Ogle The past is a foreign country – revisited / David Lowenthal Africa Pan-African themes Hunting Africa: British sport, African knowledge, and the nature of empire / Angela

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Religions – November 2015

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|December 17, 2015|Religions|

Comparative and thematic Die Religionen in vorgeschichtlicher Zeit / von Ina Wunn Discovering religious history in the modern age / Hans G. Kippenberg ; translated from German by Barbara Harshav Modern religious cults and movements / Gaius Glenn Atkins The origin and growth of religion: facts and theories / by W. Schmidt ; translated from the original German by H.J. Rose Les religions de la préhistoire : paléolithique / André

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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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Religions – May 2015

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 16, 2015|Religions|0 comments

Comparative & thematic A moving faith: mega churches go South / edited by Jonathan D. James Memento mori: the dead among us / Paul Koudounaris The attraction of religion: a new evolutionary psychology of religion / edited by Jason Slone, James Van Slyke. African religions The public face of African new religious movements in diaspora: imagining the religious other / edited by Afe Adogame Buddhism Spells, images, and mandalas: tracing

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