Religion & beliefs books

Providing a critical humanities approach to ageing, this book addresses new directions in age studies.  Read More >>

This book examines the history, theological beliefs and current contextual practices of faith-based NGOs who work...  Read More >>

This book focuses on the earliest surviving Christian icons, dated to the sixth and seventh centuries, which resemble...  Read More >>

Many people think that profound disability presents us with a real problem, often because it seems difficult to...  Read More >>

This book explores the convergence and interrelation of the text of Nāla-yi ʿAndalīb with its context. It considers...  Read More >>

Departing from both the ordinary defences and criticisms that surround the practice of Jewish ritual of circumcision,...  Read More >>

This book studies the history of intercultural human rights. It examines the foundational elements of human rights...  Read More >>

This book looks at the trajectories of reproduction and abortion rights in diverse socio-cultural contexts in various...  Read More >>

Drawing on research from Ghana, this book examines the experiences of women liberated from indigenous ritual servitude...  Read More >>

This book investigates the history of Arabian Sūqs from their Pre-Islamic beginnings until present.  Read More >>

This handbook is a comprehensive study of the archaeology, social history, and the cultural landscape of the Hindu...  Read More >>

This book employs a global history approach to explore John Wesley’s writings, contributing to eighteenth-century...  Read More >>

As the first volume of a three-volume set on the indigenization of Christianity in modern China, this book focuses...  Read More >>

This book addresses prominent views on the nature of the self in Indian philosophical traditions and presents Buddhist...  Read More >>

This book studies the critical issues that dominate contemporary discourse on biomedical ethics. It brings together...  Read More >>

In the attempts to unify divided peoples on the basis of a shared past, both historical and mythical, this book...  Read More >>

This anthropological study explores the beliefs and practices that emerged around masking in the United States during...  Read More >>

This book examines Malaysia’s ambitious reform agenda and educational landscape, drawing upon the eleven key shifts...  Read More >>

Through a combination of archaeological, epigraphic, and literary evidence, this book offers a comprehensive overview...  Read More >>

The volume is organized in terms of texts, groups, practices, places, and others. An attempt has been made to discuss...  Read More >>

Based on ethnographic research among African Pentecostal Christians living in the United Kingdom, this book addresses...  Read More >>

William A. Graham is an influential and pioneering scholar of Islamic Studies at Harvard University. This volume...  Read More >>

Compares the Gospel of Luke’s account of John’s ministry with those of Matthew, Mark and John. Using comparative...  Read More >>

This book advocates for an analytical turn in the study of Islam in Europe by using space as a central conceptual...  Read More >>

This book explores ways in which Western literature has engaged with themes found within the field of science and...  Read More >>