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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

A Buddhist feminist social ethics for contemporary times.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Explores the use of language in Christian theology.

Reconsiders whether Hinduism can be considered a missionary religion.

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

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

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