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The Difficulty of Being Goodby Gurcharan Das
Oxford University Press, USA 2010; US$ 15.95Why should we be good? How should we be good? And how might we more deeply understand the moral and ethical failings--splashed across today's headlines--that have not only destroyed individual lives but caused widespread calamity as well, bringing communities, nations, and indeed the global economy to the brink of collapse? In The Difficulty of Being Good, Gurcharan Das seeks answers to these questions in an unlikely source: the 2,000 year-old Sanskrit epic, Mahabharata. A sprawling, witty, ironic, and delightful poem, the Mahabharata is obsessed with the elusive notion of dharma--in essence, doing the right thing. When a hero does something wrong in a Greek epic, he wastes little time on self-reflection; when a hero falters in the Mahabharata,... more...
Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Mythologyby Gwendolyn Leick
Routledge 1998; US$ 54.99Through accessible entries this Dictionary provides a scholarly guide to this complex and fascinating area. The wide-ranging bibliography makes use of unfamiliar sources, and there is an extensive index for ease of reference. more...
Religion and Ecology in India and Southeast Asiaby David Gosling; Ninian Smart
Routledge 2001; US$ 43.95Examines the part Hinduism and Buddhism could play in resolving ecological problems facing the Indian sub-continent and South East Asia. Based on extensive fieldwork and placed in the context of religious change in the region. more...
Types of Authority in Formative Christianity and Judaismby Bruce Chilton; Jacob Neusner
Routledge 1999; US$ 38.95In this erudite book, Bruce Chilton and Jacob Neusner provide a study of the comparisons and contrasts between formative Christianity and Judaism. more...
Divine and the Demonicby Graham Dwyer
RoutledgeCurzon 2002; US$ 188.00Focuses on supernatural affliction - illness and misfortune ascribed to demonic spirits or ghosts and to other mystical agents, such as sorcerers and witches. more...
Shamans in Asiaby Clark Chilson; Peter Knecht
RoutledgeCurzon 2003; US$ 195.00Shamans are a central feature of many local religions throughout Asia. This title introduces the activities, worldviews, and lives of shamans in Siberia, China, Korea, Japan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. more...
Jainsby Paul Dundas
Routledge 2002; US$ 45.95The Indian religion of Jainism, is one of the world's oldest and least-understood faiths. This revised and expanded edition takes account of new research into Jainism. more...
Explaining Mantrasby Robert A. Yelle
Routledge 2003; US$ 116.00Explaining Mantras explores the intersection of poetry and magic in the mantras or verbal formulas of Hindu Tantra and combines the study of ancient Tantric rituals with the latest theories in the human sciences. more...
Yogaby Ian Whicher; David Carpenter
RoutledgeCurzon 2003; US$ 44.95The essays cover the historical emergence of the classical system, a careful examination of key elements, character and relevance of that system and a glimpse of some of the tradition's many effects in later Indian religious history. more...
Genealogy of the South Indian Deitiesby Daniel Jeyaraj
RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 188.00For the first time, the work Genealogy of the South Indian Deities of the first Protestant missionary to India, Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg (1682-1719), is made accessible to an English readership. more...









