Religion and Spirituality
Encounters of Mind
Discusses the journey of Buddhist ideas on awareness and personhood from India to China.
Divine Scapegoats
Explores the paradoxical symmetry between the divine and demonic in early Jewish mystical texts.
Confucian Propriety and Ritual Learning
A reconsideration of the Confucian concept li (ritual or ritual propriety), one that references Western philosophers as well as the Chinese context.
Mappila Muslim Culture
Thorough exploration of the distinct culture of the Mappila Muslims of Kerala, India.
Buddhism beyond Borders
Explores facets of North American Buddhism while taking into account the impact of globalization and increasing interconnectivity.
Talking to the Gods
Explores occultism in the writings of four authors who were members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Bringing Zion Home
Demonstrates how American Jews used culture—art, dance, music, fashion, literature—to win the hearts and minds of postwar Americans to the cause of Israel.
The Illusion of Will, Self, and Time
Discusses how William James’s work suggests a world without will, self, or time and how research supports this perspective.
Women, Ritual, and Power
Reveals the triumphs and struggles of contemporary Christian congregations to express female imagery of God in worship.
Why Be Moral?
Explores the resources for contemporary ethics found in the work of the Cheng brothers, canonical neo-Confucian philophers.
More Than Discourse
Discusses the role of symbols in religion and suggests particular symbols appropriate to religious naturalism.
The Sage Returns
An interdisciplinary exploration of the contemporary Confucian revival.
Gendering Chinese Religion
A gender-critical consideration of women and religion in Chinese traditions from medieval to modern times.
A Hindu Theology of Liberation
Discusses Hindu Advaita Vedānta as a philosophy of social justice for the modern world.
Sufism and American Literary Masters
Explores the influence of Sufism on nineteenth- and early twentieth-century writers.
Sacrifice in the Post-Kantian Tradition
An examination of the philosophical notion of sacrifice from Kant to Nietzsche.
Sexual Virtue
Uses virtue ethics to offer a sexual ethics inclusive of LGBT and straight people, one that challenges the longstanding procreative patriarchal norm.
A Man of Little Faith
A poetic and philosophical negotiation of the alternatives of atheism and religious faith.
Moral Cultivation and Confucian Character
A consideration of Confucian ethics that employs the work and concerns of the eminent comparative ethicist Joel J. Kupperman.
These Bones Shall Rise Again
David N. Keightley’s seminal essays on the origins of Chinese society are brought together in one volume.
The Archetypal Sunnī Scholar
Considers the work of nineteenth-century theologian Ibrahim al-Bajuri and contests the notion of intellectual decline in Islamic thought from the thirteenth through nineteenth centuries.
Contemplative Learning and Inquiry across Disciplines
A wide-ranging consideration of the emerging field of contemplative education.
Upstate Cauldron
A guide to the phenomenal crop of prophets, cults, and utopian communities that arose in Upstate New York from 1776 to 1914.
Ritual and Religion in the Xunzi
Challenges traditional views to consider Xunzi as a religious thinker.