Musicology of Religion

Guy L Beck

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Religious Studies
• Spearheads a new field for the combined study of religion and music, drawing upon theories and methods of the social sciences, ethnomusicology, philos... Lees meer

American Religious Empiricism

William Dean

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Religious Studies
• In nineteenth-century France, parents abandoned their children in overwhelming numbers-up to 20 percent of live births in the Parisian area. The infan... Lees meer

Ethics for a Small Planet

Daniel C Maguire, Larry L Rasmussen

• Paperback | Engels | SUNY Series in Religious Studies
• A radical new look at the religious, economic, and political roots of terracide and how things can change for the better. This book offers an original... Lees meer

Yoga and Psychology

Harold Coward

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Religious Studies
• Explores the influence of yoga in the seminal Indian philosophy of Bhartrhari and in the Western psychology of Freud, Jung, and the transpersonalists,... Lees meer

A Buddhist History of the West

David R Loy

• Paperback | Engels | SUNY Series in Religious Studies
• A Buddhist interpretation of Western history that shows civilization shaped by the self's desire for groundedness. Buddhism teaches that to become hap... Lees meer

Rules and Regulations of Brahmanical Asceticism

Patrick Olivelle

• Paperback | Engels | SUNY Series in Religious Studies
• This translation of a twelfth-century Sanskrit text is the most comprehensive presentation of Hindu ascetic practices available in English. It is also... Lees meer

Death, Ecstasy, and Other Worldly Journeys

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Religious Studies
• A psychological and historical exploration of belief in a spirit world, imperceptible to the senses, as a pervasive and deeply-rooted characteristic o... Lees meer

The Religious Critic in American Culture

William Dean

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Religious Studies
• This book provides a new rationale for "religious criticism" in American society. First, Dean shows why today's academic intellectuals are relatively ... Lees meer

Shankara and Indian Philosophy

Natalia Isayeva

• Paperback | Engels | SUNY Series in Religious Studies
• According to Advaita-Vedanta, God or Brahman is identical with the inner self (the Atman) of each person, while the rest of the world is nothing but o... Lees meer

India's Agony Over Religion

Gerald James Larson

• Paperback | Engels | SUNY Series in Religious Studies
• Presents the contemporary religious crisis in India, providing historical perspective and focusing on the crises in Punjab, Kashmir, and Ayodhya. Many... Lees meer

Yoga and Psychology

Harold Coward

• Paperback | Engels | SUNY Series in Religious Studies
• Explores the influence of yoga in the seminal Indian philosophy of Bhartrhari and in the Western psychology of Freud, Jung, and the transpersonalists,... Lees meer

Death, Ecstasy, and Other Worldly Journeys

• Paperback | Engels | SUNY Series in Religious Studies
• A psychological and historical exploration of belief in a spirit world, imperceptible to the senses, as a pervasive and deeply-rooted characteristic o... Lees meer

America's Alternative Religions

• Paperback | Engels | SUNY Series in Religious Studies
• A source of reliable information on the most important new and alternative religions covering history, theology, impact on the culture, and current st... Lees meer

Religious Pluralism and Truth

• Paperback | Engels | SUNY Series in Religious Studies
• This book is an introduction to cross-cultural philosophy of religion. It presents an alternative to Western-oriented philosophy of religion by focusi... Lees meer

The Butterfly as Companion

Kuang-Ming Wu

• Paperback | Engels | SUNY Series in Religious Studies
• Thorough, serious, yet fun to read, this is a translation of the text and an exposition of the philosophy of Chuang Tzu the Taoist of ancient China. C... Lees meer

American Religious Empiricism

William Dean

• Paperback | Engels | SUNY Series in Religious Studies
• In nineteenth-century France, parents abandoned their children in overwhelming numbers-up to 20 percent of live births in the Parisian area. The infan... Lees meer

Buddhism and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka

Patrick Grant

• Paperback | Engels | SUNY Series in Religious Studies
• Looks at how a spiritual tradition can be appropriated by those involved in ethno-nationalist conflict. Patrick Grant explores the relationship betwee... Lees meer

Defending the Faith

George L Berlin

• Paperback | Engels | SUNY Series in Religious Studies
• Deals with nineteenth century American-Jewish perceptions of Christianity and Jesus. While its concern is the centuries-old argument between Christian... Lees meer

The Birth of the Khalsa

Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Religious Studies
• A feminist reconsideration of Sikh identity, discussing its original egalitarianism and current hypermasculine quality, which is harmful to both men a... Lees meer

Religious Controversy in British India

• Paperback | Engels | SUNY Series in Religious Studies
• This book opens the doors to a social and cultural sphere beyond the limited world of the English-speaking elite and provides the basis for an underst... Lees meer

Dispelling Illusion

Douglas A Fox

• Paperback | Engels | SUNY Series in Religious Studies
• This book sets Gauḍapāda in historical context and develops a commentary that makes the meaning and significance of the Alātasānti text clear. In the ... Lees meer

The Hagiographer and the Avatar

Antonio Rigopoulos

• Paperback | Engels | SUNY Series in Religious Studies
• Examines the key role of a hagiographer within a charismatic religious movement. In this biographical study, Antonio Rigopoulos explores the fundament... Lees meer

The Perfectibility of Human Nature in Eastern and Western Thought

Harold Coward

• Paperback | Engels | SUNY Series in Religious Studies
• Explores the issue of the perfectibility of nature in philosophy, psychology, and a variety of world religions. How perfectible is human nature as und... Lees meer

The Spiritual Roots of Restorative Justice

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Religious Studies
• Explores the concept of Restorative Justice in diverse spiritual traditions. This interdisciplinary study explores what major spiritual traditions say... Lees meer