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The Politics of Religion in South and Southeast Asia
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 148.00The notion of a ?politics of religion? refers to the increasing role that religion plays in the politics of the contemporary world. This book presents comparative country case studies on the politics of religion in South and South Asia, including India, Pakistan and Indonesia. The politics of religion calls into question the relevance of modernist... more...
The Yezidi Oral Tradition in Iraqi Kurdistan
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 190.00The Yezidis are a Kurdish-speaking religious minority, neither Muslim, Christian nor Jewish. Their ethnicity has been disputed, but most now claim Kurdish identity. Their heartland, including their holiest shrine, is in the Badinan province of Northern Iraq, and it is the communities in this area which are the main focus of this book. Their highly... more...
The History of Vegetarianism and Cow-Veneration in India
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 140.00For the first time, this influential study by Ludwig Alsdorf is made available to an English speaking audience, translated by Bal Patil. It focuses on two of the most pertinent issues in Indian religion, the history of vegetarianism and cow-veneration, and its historical approach remains relevant to this day. With reference to significant brahminical... more...
Bhagavad-Gita or, The Song Celestial
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99The Bhagavad Gita ("Song of God") is an important Sanskrit Hindu scripture. It is revered as a sacred scripture of Hinduism, and considered as one of the most important religious classics of the world. The Bhagavad Gita comprising 700 verses, is a part of the Mahabharata. The teacher of the Bhagavad Gita is Krishna, who is regarded by the... more...
Bhagavad Gita
The Floating Press 2009; US$ 4.95The Bhagavad Gita , one of the most sacred and venerated Hindu texts, is a series of conversations between the Lord Krishna – the divine one – and the warrior prince Arjuna in the prelude to the Kurukshetra war. Consisting of seven hundred stanzas and dealing with parables, and analogies covering the Yogic and Vedantic philosophies, it... more...
Religious Rivalries and the Struggle for Success in Sardis and Smyrna
Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2006; US$ 42.95This volume, one in a series of books examining religious rivalries, focuses in detail on the religious dimension of life in two particular Roman cities: Sardis and Smyrna. The essays explore the relationships and rivalries among Jews, Christians, and various Greco-Roman religious groups from the second century bce to the fourth century ce. The... more...
Shakti Mantras
Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 14.95SHAKTI MANTRAS Tapping into the Great Goddess Energy Within ? Enhance your spiritual gifts ? Lighten your karmic burden ? Improve your health and increase prosperity ? Live in harmony with the universe Now, with Shakti Mantras , we can all benefit from this ancient practice. Thomas Ashley-Farrand, a Vedic priest, is an American expert in the intricacies... more...
The Yezidis
I.B.Tauris 2010; US$ 85.00Yezidism is a fascinating part of the rich cultural mosaic of the Middle East. Yezidis emerged for the first time in the 12th century in the Kurdish mountains of northern Iraq. Their religion, which has become notorious for its associations with 'devil worship', is in fact an intricate syncretic system of belief, incorporating elements from... more...
Moral Blindness
Wiley 2013; US$ 22.95Evil is not confined to war or to circumstances in which people are acting under extreme duress. Today it more frequently reveals itself in the everyday insensitivity to the suffering of others, in the inability or refusal to understand them and in the casual turning away of one’s ethical gaze. Evil and moral blindness lurk in what we take... more...
The Religion of the Mithras Cult in the Roman Empire
Oxford University Press, UK 2006; US$ 54.99A study of the religious system of Mithraism, one of the 'mystery cults' popular in the Roman Empire contemporary with early Christianity. Mithraism is described from the point of view of the initiate engaging with its rich repertoire of symbols and practices. - ;A study of the religious system of Mithraism, one of the 'mystery cults'... more...









