Situates Schmitt's legal scholarship in the context of debates regarding whether his thought was more theological or technocratic.

Examines theological motifs in the work of Jan Patočka, drawing out their implications for contemporary theology and philosophy of religion.

Participant-observation-based studies that explore a range of Sufi movements operating across the contemporary American religious landscape.

Argues for an important transformation in the construction of the self among Japanese converts to Roman Catholicism.

Studies the original vocabulary of Frithjof Schuon, its relevance to comparative religion, and the status of metaphysical and theological terms in religion.

The story of a nineteenth-century New Yorker’s struggle to reconcile his same-sex erotic desires with his commitment to a Christian life.

Explores the possibilities and challenges of Asian immigrant Christian leadership in the United States.

An interdisciplinary dialogue with Shūsaku Endō’s last novel offering new perspectives on Japanese culture, Christian doctrine, Hindu spiritualities, and Buddhist worldviews.

The gripping memoir of a young man’s struggle with his sexuality and Muslim identity, culminating in his rise to the Dutch Parliament.

Combines powerful first-person accounts with incisive scholarly analysis to understand the phenomenon of ultra-Orthodox Jews who leave their insular communities and venture into the wider world.

Recollections and reflections that introduce the reader to the equivalent of the practice of the presence of God.

Inspiring collection narrating how peace activists found their calling and why the world still needs peace activism.

A Levinasian commentary on the Torah.

Major new translation of a unique and important Persian treatise on divine names in the Islamic tradition.

Presents a historical and philosophical overview of the twentieth-century German debates on secularization and their significance for contemporary discussions about the relationship between theology and modernity.

Demonstrates that Rabbi Shneur Zalman's teachings regarding time and history enabled Habad's growth into a mass Jewish movement.

Identifies and traces the evolution of a forgotten “realist” tradition in medieval Islamic political thought, and considers the prospects for its revival in the context of the contemporary Middle East.

Provides the first systematic interpretation of Heidegger’s relation to Eckhart, centering on the idea that we must release ourselves in order to know the truth.

Presents a new vision of the Buddhist history and philosophy of emptiness in Tibet.

Explains the Hindi novel’s role in anticipating and creating the story of middle-class modernity and modernization in North India.

Examines four discourses by Kierkegaard, arguing that they play a critical and surprising role in his oeuvre and contribute to the philosophy of figural language.

Traces the development of bal tashḥit, the Jewish prohibition against wastefulness and destruction, from its biblical origins to the contemporary environmental movement.

An accessible introduction to the centrality of word, chant, and song in the Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic, and Sikh traditions.

An in-depth look at Elie Wiesel’s writings, from his earliest works to his final novels.

Explores the effectiveness and value of meditation in a college classroom.