Forthcoming Religion Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Head and Heart

   Valour and Self-Sacrifice in the Art of India

   By Mary Storm

   An extensive study of self-sacrificial images in Indian art, this book examines concepts such as head-offering, human sacrifice, blood, suicide, valour, self-immolation, and self-giving in the context of religion and politics to explore why these images were produced and how they became paradigms...

   To Be Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge India
2. Al-Ghazali, Averroes and the Interpretation of the Qur'an

   Common Sense and Philosophy in Islam

   By Avital Wohlman

   Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

   This book examines the contrasting interpretations of Islam and the Qur’an by Averroes and Al-Ghazali, as a way of helping us untangle current impasses affecting each Abrahamic faith. This has traditionally been portrayed as a battle between philosophy and theology, but the book shows that Averroes...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
3. An Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism

   With especial Reference to Chinese and Japanese Phases

   By William McGovern

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Japan

   William Montgomery McGovern’s Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism was one of the first books on Mahayana Buddhism written for a Western audience. It predates influential English language overviews of Buddhism by D. T. Suzuki, A. Watts, and W. Rahula. The author was born in New York City in 1897 and...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
4. Afghani and 'Abduh

   An Essay on Religious Unbelief and Political Activism in Modern Islam

   By Elie Kedourie

   Originally published in 1966. Long regarded as a classic, this volume argues that Afghani and ‘Abduh should be considered subverters rather than reformers of Islam....

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
5. The History of Buddhist Thought

   By Edward J. Thomas

   Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
6. The Cultural Transition

   Human Experience and Social Transformation in the Third World and Japan

   Edited by Merry I White, Susan Pollak

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Japan

   This volume makes available a wide variety of cultural perspectives on education and on economic and social progress. Contributors focus on three main questions, the answers to which are vital for understanding the needs of both national policy and personal fulfilment in widely differing cultures....

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
7. Health, Culture and Religion in South Asia

   Critical Perspectives

   Edited by Assa Doron, Alex Broom

   Series: Routledge South Asian History and Culture Series

   Health, Culture and Religion in South Asia brings together top international scholars from a range of social science disciplines to critically explore the interplay of local cultural and religious practices in the delivery and experiences of health in South Asia. This groundbreaking text provides...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
8. The Buddhist Sects of Japan

   Their History, Philosophical Doctrines and Sanctuaries

   By E Steinilber-Oberlin

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Japan

   The philosophy of Buddhism, originating in India, has undergone considerable changes in its adoption in the Far East. It has, in Japan, assumed a more practical aspect, and has come to play an important role in the everyday life of action. But in this process Japanese Buddhism has split itself into...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
9. Jews and Judaism in Modern China

   By M. Avrum Ehrlich

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   Jews and Judaism in Modern China explores and compares the dynamics at work in two of the oldest, intact and starkly contrasting civilizations on earth; Jewish and Chinese. The book studies how they interact in modernity and how each civilization views the other, and analyses areas of cooperation...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
10. Interpreting al-Tha'labi's Tales of the Prophets

    Temptation, Responsibility and Loss

    By Marianna Klar

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Qur'an

    Al-Tha’labi was a renowned Qur’anic scholar of the fifth/eleventh century, and his ‘Ara’is al-majalis is arguably the finest and most widely consulted example of the Islamic qisas al-anbiya’ genre. Drawing on primary Arabic sources, Klar applies modern critical methods in order to explore the...

    To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge