Religion and Spirituality

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The Democratic Ideal and the Shoah

An original and revolutionary interpretation of the Jews’ destiny in modern politics.

Xunzi and Early Chinese Naturalism

Explores Xunzi's thought in relation to the early Chinese philosophical context that relied on the natural world.

Maimonides and His Heritage

Examines the Jewish philosopher’s influence on theology, philosophy, medicine, and law, and his impact on later thinkers.

Philosophy and Kabbalah

Reconciles the conflict between these two seemingly diverse traditions.

If Creation Is a Gift

Brings an ecotheological perspective to postmodern gift theory.

Rorty, Pragmatism, and Confucianism

An engagement between Confucianism and the philosophy of Richard Rorty.

The Emergence of Buddhist American Literature

Looks at Buddhist influences in American literature and how literature has shaped the reception of Buddhism in North America.

Acceptable Genes?

Perspectives on genetically modified foods from world religions and indigenous traditions.

Rūmī's Mystical Design

Reveals the sophisticated design of Rumī’s Mathnawī, showing that this seemingly unstructured work both describes and functions as spiritual training.

Yasodharā, the Wife of the Bōdhisattva

Translations of two works from Sri Lanka on Yasodharā, the wife of the Buddha—an allusive and intriguing figure in Buddhist lore and literature.

Nirvana for Sale?

Explores the relationship between material prosperity and spirituality in contemporary Thai Buddhism.

Biotechnology

Considers the ethics and challenges of biotechnology.

Awareness Bound and Unbound

Essays from the singular experience of Buddhist social critic and philosopher David R. Loy on classic and contemporary concerns.

Meditations of Global First Philosophy

Traces the roots of logos in different cultural milieux.

Miracle as Modern Conundrum in South Asian Religious Traditions

Looks at perceptions of the miraculous in a variety of contemporary South Asian religious traditions-Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity.

Reform and Resistance

Explores the relationship between gender and identity in early medieval Germanic societies.

The Teachings of the Odd-Eyed One

A study and translation of a tantric contemplative manual and the commentary on it.

Freedom, Faith, and Dogma

By V. S. Soloviev
Edited and translated by Vladimir Wozniuk
Introduction by Vladimir Wozniuk
Subjects: Religion And Spirituality

A collection of works by nineteenth-century Russian religious philosopher V. S. Soloviev, critic of secularization, anti-Semitism, and the religious life of his time.

Narrating Muḥammad's Night Journey

Discusses the historical development of the well-loved story of the Prophet Muhammad’s night journey to the divine realm and back again.

The Gita within Walden

Looks at the connections between Thoreau’s Walden and the work that influenced it, the Bhagavad-Gita.

Religious Naturalism Today

Looks at the history and revival of religious naturalism, a spiritual path without a supreme being.

The Participatory Turn

Cuts through traditional debates to argue that religious phenomena are cocreated by human cognition and a generative spiritual power.

Ritual and Deference

Brings Confucianism and Daoism into conversation with contemporary philosophy and the contemporary world situation.

Buddhism in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra

Explores the importance of Buddhism as it developed in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra (modern-day Andhra Pradesh) and its influence.