Religion and Spirituality
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.
The Revelation of the Breath
Celebrates and instructs in the healing power of breath.
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
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.