Forthcoming Religious History Books

Forthcoming Books

1. An Introduction to Jacob Boehme

   Four Centuries of Thought and Reception

   Edited by Ariel Hessayon, Sarah Apetrei

   Series: Routledge Studies in Religion

   This volume brings together for the first time some of the world’s leading authorities on the German mystic Jacob Boehme, to illuminate his thought and its reception over four centuries for the benefit of students and advanced scholars alike. Boehme’s theosophical works have influenced Western...

   To Be Published August 7th 2013 by Routledge
2. The Return of the Buddha

   Ancient Symbols for a New Nation

   By Himanshu Prabha Ray

   The book discusses how Buddha and his legacy in India have contributed to the growth of states and empires; religions, sects, monastic orders, and pilgrimage sites; art and architecture; and history-writing and archaeology. It also explores how Buddhist symbols and ideas have been used by...

   To Be Published August 29th 2013 by Routledge India
3. Globalization and Orthodox Christianity

   The Transformations of a Religious Tradition

   By Victor Roudometof

   Series: Routledge Studies in Religion

   With approximately 200 to 300 million adherents worldwide, Orthodox Christianity is among the largest branches of Christianity, yet it remains relatively understudied. This book examines the rich and complex entanglements between Orthodox Christianity and globalization, offering a substantive...

   To Be Published September 29th 2013 by Routledge
4. Postcolonial Resistance and Asian Theology

   By Simon Kwan

   Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy

   Presenting a fundamental re-thinking of Asian theology, this book focuses on theological indigenization in Asia in light of the postcolonial theory of resistance advanced by Homi K. Bhabha, among others. Two types of anti-colonialist resistance within Asian theologies are identified and...

   To Be Published October 29th 2013 by Routledge
5. History and Material Culture in Asian Religions

   Edited by Benjamin Fleming, Richard Mann

   Series: Routledge Research in Religion, Media and Culture

   Traditionally, research on the history of Asian religions has been marked by a bias for literary evidence, privileging canonical texts penned in ‘classical’ languages. Not only has a focus on literary evidence shaped the dominant narratives about the religious histories of Asia, in both scholarship...

   To Be Published November 30th 2013 by Routledge
6. Brigham Young

   American Sovereign

   By David Mason

   Series: Routledge Historical Americans

   To Be Published March 31st 2014 by Routledge