Discusses how Zhou Dunyi's thought became a cornerstone of neo-Confucianism.

Considers the legacy and future of radical theology.

Argues that Christianity does not require its supernatural aspects.

Contributes a black Atlantic perspective to postmodernism, theology, and metaphysics.

Outlines a mystical theology and experience of the sacred founded on the absence of god.

Considers Jewish studies as an academic discipline from its origins to the present.

A wide-ranging exploration of Buddhism and family in Asia--from biological families to families created in monasteries.

Exploring homegrown movements and figures, proclaims “American Hinduism” as a distinct religious tradition.

Explores the rise of the idea of nothing in Western modernity and how its figuration is transforming and offering new possibilities.

Continues the author’s inquiry into the development of the Chinese philosophical concept Li, concluding in Song and Ming dynasty Neo-Confucianism.

Bridges theory, art, and practice to discuss emerging issues in transnational religious movements in Latina/o and African diasporas.

Explores interactions between Europeans and Moroccans on both sides of the straits in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Explores how medieval Muslim theologians constructed a female gender identity based on an ideal of maternity and how women contested it.

Argues that homophobia will not be eradicated in the United States until religion is ended.

Considers the legacy of Thomas Merton and his relevance for contemporary times.

Exposes how ex-gay and post-abortion ministries operate on a shared system of thought and analyzes their social implications.

Explores the spiritual obligations of humans to animals from a religious naturalist’s perspective.

Essays on the civil rights movement outside the South and since the 1960s.

Discusses Gandhi’s creative use of ascetic practice, particularly his practice of celibacy, for nonviolent activism.

An anthology of English translations of primary texts of the Quanzhen (Complete Perfection) school of Daoism.

A fascinating study of the gemstone industry of Jaipur with special emphasis on its ownership class.

Comparative study of Islam and the rule of law in Egypt and Iran.

Uses the thought of John Dewey to address the ethics of historical belief within religious and critical historiographical traditions.

Critical essays on Hegel's views concerning the relationship between religion and politics.

Explores the nonviolent philosophy and environmental activism of India’s Sunderlal Bahuguna.

Reflections on, and analysis of, ethical issues facing military service in the United States.

Offers new ways of comparing features of the world’s religions.

Surveying spiritual and philosophical traditions, this volume revives the search for wisdom for modern times.

A literary anthology exploring contemporary Catholic women’s experiences.

Explores the end-of-life spiritual needs of people who do not identify with traditional religions.

Looks at narrative in the history of ayurvedic medical literature and the perspectives on illness and patienthood that emerge.

Uses Buddhist philosophy to discuss diversity as a value, one that can contribute to equity in a globalizing world.

Discusses philosopher Mullā Ṣadrā’s commentary on the opening chapter of the Qur’ān.

Robert Baker Aitken’s correspondence with Buddhist sympathizers and solo practitioners reveals a significant, little-understood aspect of American Buddhism.

Explores the development of Chinese thought, highlighting its concern with questions of coherence.

Buddhist-Christian reflection that uses friendship as a model for interreligious understanding.

Discusses the notion of a spiritual master and looks at examples in a variety of world religions.

Explores the religious, political, and cultural significance attributed to music in early China.

A fascinating look at the lives, culture, and religious and ritual observance of three generations of Iranian Jewish women in the United States.

The first book-length study in English of the Chinese classic, the Li sao (Encountering Sorrow). Includes translations of the Li sao and the Nine Songs.

A new anthology of the work of Frithjof Schuon that includes philosophical writings along with a selection of his poems, artworks, and unpublished writings from his personal papers.

A firsthand look at the Thai Buddhist environmental movement and its activist monks.

An accessible discussion of the thought of key figures of the Kyoto School of Japanese philosophy.

Unearths the history of the Naqshbandiyya, one of the most widespread and enduring Sufi brotherhoods.

Four Shin Buddhist thinkers reflect on their tradition’s encounter with modernity.

Considers the contributions and contemporary significance of Alan Watts.

The major death-of-God theologian explores the meaning and purpose of radical theology.

An exploration of John Dee’s Enochian magic of angel contact, its reinterpretation over the years, and its endurance to the present day.

The first English translations of the writings of Chŏngsan (1900-62), who codified the central doctrines of Won Buddhism.

A wide-ranging consideration of the place of dreams and visions in Islamic societies from the pre-modern period to the present.

A unique translation of and commentary on the Laozi, based on the oldest edition of the work.

Provides a critique of and alternative to the dominant paradigm used in biomedical ethics by exploring the Japanese concept of autonomy.

Explores the relationship between the mystical cosmology of G. I. Gurdjieff and the discoveries and theories of modern science.

Explores the work of beloved Sufi poet Umar Ibn al-Farid and its context. Provides many translations of Ibn al-Farid’s poetry.

Explores the transformation of Hindi poetry as it reflects a changing society during the period from 1885 to 1925.

A critique of the modern receptions of Islamic Peripatetic philosophy and a validation of the importance of Islamic philosophy for modern philosophy

Renowned scholar William C. Chittick explores the worldview of Islam in a series of essays written over thirty-six years.

Offers a new interpretation of medieval Islamic philosophy, one informed by Platonic mysticism.

Presents the thought of a controversial Tibetan Buddhist thinker on the Yogācāra and Madhyamaka systems.

Explores and critiques the so-called “decentering of the subject” in French phenomenology.

An exploration of the history, religion, and folklore of the Nāths, a Hindu lineage known for Hatha yoga practice.

Explores how religious understandings of death are experienced in hospice care.

A Buddhist feminist social ethics for contemporary times.

Discusses the two most important figures in early Jewish mythologies of evil, the fallen angels Azazel and Satanael.

Claims that the natural world, as opposed to a supernatural realm, can inspire a religious sensibility and a conviction that life is meaningful.

Explores the thought of Henri Bergson, highlighting his compelling theories on the nature of consciousness and its relationship to the physical world.

Examines the relationship between diverse iterations of Rosicrucianism and the philosophy of the Enlightenment.

A Quaker lawyer looks at Friends’ relationship with the American legal system and at Friends’ legal ethics.

Reconsiders whether Hinduism can be considered a missionary religion.

Explores the use of language in Christian theology.

Explores the mutually dependent relationship of faith and reason in human life and human knowledge.

An annotated translation of an essential work of twentieth-century Tibetan Buddhist thought, one that explicates teachings on the Middle Way.

Looks at Western understandings of South Asian religions and indigenous responses from pre-colonial to contemporary times.

Revives the concept of Soul, urging an understanding of Soul as expression.

New attention and fresh perspectives on the classic, but neglected, text of Daoism, the Liezi.

Explores the roles of Korean Buddhist nuns and laywomen from the Koryo period to the present.

Argues that morals and politics require on a metaphysical backing and proposes a neoclassical metaphysics.

A wide-ranging exploration of traditional Chinese views of mortality.

The robust memoirs of an unusual twentieth-century seeker and student of G. I. Gurdjieff.

Explores the prevalence of Buddhist ideas in American literature since the 1970s.

A ground-breaking book on using meditation in education and how it can enhance teaching and learning.

A consideration of Confucian ethics as a living ethical tradition with contemporary relevance.

A multi-faceted portrait of Lakshmi, Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity. Includes translations of verses used to invoke this goddess.

Essays describe Italian philosopher Gianni Vattimo’s unique and radical hermeneutic philosophy.

Details the transformation of Tamil literary culture that came with colonialism and the encounter with Western modernity.

The development of early Islamic mysticism and metaphysics is presented through the life and work of theologian Abu Bakr al-Wasiti.

Argues that philosophy, as multidisciplinary comparative inquiry, is essential to the contemporary academic study of religion.

An exploration of Chinese during a time of monumental change, the period after the fall of the Han dynasty.

Looks at how ecotheology has created a new vision of the natural world and the place of humans within it.

A wide-ranging consideration of Confucianism for Western readers.

A critical look at the development of the phenomenological approach to the study of religion, revealing its evaluative and metaphysical concepts.

Analyzes the way in which Austen blends ironic criticism with moral affirmation through her complex and little-understood management of the narrative point of view.

Explores the relationship between feminism and New Age Culture.

Challenges readers to reconsider the moral standing of plants.

Enlightening encounters with the world's religions from a Hindu perspective.

The essential guide on how to teach about dreaming.

Explores the concept of the Limit (barzakh), which the great Sufi mystic Ibn al-'Arabi used to address the philosophical controversy regarding God's relationship with the world.

An insightful and often humorous tale of rural life and how an old house and its land can bring a broken person back to wellness.

An exploration and translation of the work of Hindu poet-saint Kāraikkāl Ammaiyār.

Explores the significance of levity and humor in South Asian religious traditions.