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  • Beacons of Dharma

    Spiritual Exemplars for the Modern Age

    by Jeffery D. Long, Michael Reading, Rita Sherma, Priyanka Ramlakhan, Sreedevi Bringi, Suzanne Schier-Happell, Westin Harris, Veena Howard, Judith Simmer-Brown0, Tanya Storch1, Francesca Cassio2, Christopher Patrick Miller4, Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh5, Kusumita P. Pedersen6, Nirinjan Kaur Khalsa-Baker7, Anne Vallely8 ...
    Series series Explorations in Indic Traditions: Theological, Ethical, and Philosophical
    Today’s globalized society faces some of humanity’s most unprecedented social and environmental challenges. Presenting new and insightful approaches to a range of these challenges, the timely volume before you draws upon individual cases of exemplary leadership from the world’s Dharma traditions—Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, and Buddhism. The volume's authors refer to such exemplary leaders as ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • The Georgetown Companion to Interreligious Studies

    by Lucinda Mosher, Brian Pennington, Pim Valkenberg, Hans Gustafson, Kerry San Chirico, Julia Sheetz, Jeffrey D. Long, Devaka Premawardhana, Alan Brill, David Thomas0, Aaron Rosen1, Paul Hedges2, Yue Liu3, Hossein Kamaly4, William Dyrness5, Alexander E. Massad6, Anil Mundra7, Ruth Illman8, Tracy Tiemeier9, Kevin Minister0, Anne Hege Grung1, Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook2, Amy-Jill Levine3, Axel Oaks Takacs4, Yohana Agra Junker5, Oddbjørn Leirvik6, David Grafton7, Rachelle Elizabeth8, Vrajvihari Sharan9, Brendan Randall0, Whittney Barth1, Francis X. Clooney2, Monica Sanford3, Bin Song4, Or N. Rose5, Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh6, Young-chan Ro7, Daniel A. Madigan8, Marianne Moyaert9, Amy L. Allocco0, Esther Mombo1, Florence Iminza2, Brent Plate3, Hans A. Harmakaputra4, Celene Marie Ibrahim5, Elinor Pierce6, Pamela Couture7, Wakoh Shannon Hickey8, Hannah Murphy Buc9, Rachel S. Mikva0, Bilal Ansari1, Eboo Patel2, Jennifer Howe Peace3, Rita Sherma4, John Thatamanil5, Timur Yuskaev6 ...
    A comprehensive collection provides guidance and deep insight from a variety of experts in this emerging fieldThe rapidly developing field of interreligious studies fosters scholarship engaging two or more religious traditions at a time. Inherently multidisciplinary, the field brings the academic consideration of religions into conversation with the humanities and social sciences, employing ... Read more

    $89.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hindu Approaches to Spiritual Care

    Chaplaincy in Theory and Practice

    by Lucinda Mosher, Vineet Chander, Rita Sherma, Varun Khanna, Anantanand Rambachan, Shaunaka Rishi Das, Christopher Key Chapple, Viraj Patel, Parameshwaran Ramakrishnan, Gopal K. Gupta, Rachel Fell McDermott, Madhu Sharma, Swami Sarvaananda, Shama Mehta, Joseph Ghanashyam Caruso, Jeffery Long, Brahmachari V. Sharan, Asha Shipman, Tahil Sharma, Ramdas Lamb, Rasanath Das, Murali Balaji, Pulin Sanghvi, Raja Bhattar, Vaishali Gupta Chandrashekar, Amrutur Srinivasan, Gopal Patel, Shrestha Singh ...
    Showing how spiritual care is practiced in a variety of different contexts such as healthcare, detention and higher education, as well as settings that may not have formal chaplaincy arrangements, this book offers an original and unique resource for Hindu chaplains to understand and practice spiritual care in a way that is authentic to their own tradition and that meets the needs of Hindus. It ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Swami Vivekananda

    His Life, Legacy, and Liberative Ethics

    by Ayon Maharaj, Michael Stoeber, Debashish Banerji, Gwilym Beckerlegge, Kusumita Pedersen, Shrinivas Tilak, Pravrajika Vrajaprana, Jeffery D. Long, James Madaio, Kapil Kapoor, Sharada Sugirtharajah0, T. S. Rukmani1, Andrew J. Nicholson2, Rita D. Sherma3, Arvind Sharma5 ...
    Series series Explorations in Indic Traditions: Theological, Ethical, and Philosophical
    With historical-critical analysis and dialogical even-handedness, the essays of this book re-assess the life and legacy of Swami Vivekananda, forged at a time of colonial suppression, from the vantage point of socially-engaged religion at a time of global dislocations and international inequities. Due to the complexity of Vivekananda as a historical figure on the cusp of late modernity with its ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Contemplative Studies and Hinduism

    Meditation, Devotion, Prayer, and Worship

    Edited by Rita D. Sherma, Purushottama Bilimoria ...
    This book is one of the first wide-ranging academic surveys of the major types and categories of Hindu contemplative praxis. It explores diverse spiritual and religious practices within the Hindu traditions and Indic hermeneutical perspectives to understand the intricate culture of meditative communion and contemplation, devotion, spiritual formation, prayer, ritual, and worship. The volume ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Contemplative Studies & Jainism

    Meditation, Prayer, and Veneration

    Edited by Purushottama Bilimoria, Cogen Bohanec, Rita D. Sherma ...
    This volume is one of the first wide-ranging academic surveys of the major types and categories of Jain praxis. It covers a breadth of scholarly viewpoints that reflect both the variegation in terms of spiritual practices within the Jain traditions as well as the Jain hermeneutical perspectives, which are employed in understanding its rich diversity.The volume illustrates a complex and nuanced ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Religion and Sustainability: Interreligious Resources, Interdisciplinary Responses

    Intersection of Sustainability Studies and Religion, Theology, Philosophy

    Edited by Rita D. Sherma, Purushottama Bilimoria ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This volume brings sustainability studies into creative and constructive conversation with actions, practices, and worldviews from religion and theology supportive of the vision and work of the UN SDGs. It features more than 30 chapters from scholars across diverse disciplines, including economics, ethics, theology, sociology, ritual studies, and visual culture. This interdisciplinary content ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

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  • The Study of Religion

    An Introduction to Key Ideas and Methods

    by George D. Chryssides, Professor Ron Geaves ...
    This updated textbook unravels the complex issues related to methodology and theory in the study of religion. It equips students with the knowledge needed for the academic study of religion, explaining the history of the methodology, including ideas of key theorists, and discusses key issues in the field, such as gender, phenomenology, and the insider/outsider discourse.Updated throughout, ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • Flourishing

    Why We Need Religion in a Globalized World

    by Miroslav Volf, Tony Blair ...
    More than almost anything else, globalization and the great world religions are shaping our lives, affecting everything from the public policies of political leaders and the economic decisions of industry bosses and employees, to university curricula, all the way to the inner longings of our hearts. Integral to both globalization and religions are compelling, overlapping, and sometimes competing ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

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  • Is Reality Secular?

    Testing the Assumptions of Four Global Worldviews

    by Mary Poplin ...
    Series series Veritas Books
    What is the nature of reality?At the root of our society's deepest political and cultural divisions are the conflicting principles of four global worldviews. While each of us holds to some version of one of these worldviews, we are often unconscious of their differences as well as their underlying assumptions. Mary Poplin argues that the ultimate test of a worldview, philosophy or ideology is ... Read more

    $30.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Beginner's Guide to the Study of Religion

    by Dr Bradley L. Herling ...
    How should we understand and interpret the strange but familiar thing that we call “religion”? What are the foundations of a methodical approach to this subject, and what theoretical tools are available to students who are new to this area of inquiry? A Beginner's Guide to the Study of Religion provides an accessible, wide-ranging introduction to theories and basic methodology in the field. Now in ... Read more

    $30.79 USD

  • Belief without Borders

    Inside the Minds of the Spiritual but not Religious

    by Linda A. Mercadante ...
    Named A Best Spiritual Book of the Year by Spirituality & Practice The last twenty years have seen a dramatic increase in "nones": people who do not claim any religious affiliation. These "nones" now outnumber even the largest Protestant denominations in America. They are not to be confused with secularists, however, for many of them identify themselves as "spiritual but not religious" (SBNR). The ... Read more

    $44.09 USD