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    New Books in Religion

    New Books in Religion

    New Books in Religion

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    2132 episodes
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    Interviews with Scholars of Religion about their New Books
    Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 2132 episodes

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    Benjamin Brose, "Embodying Xuanzang: The Postmortem Travels of a Buddhist Pilgrim" (U Hawaii Press, 2023)

    Xuanzang (600/602–664) was one of the most accomplished and consequential monks in the ...

    65 minutes
    		May 23, 2024

    Arjen F. Bakker, "The Secret of Time: Reconfiguring Wisdom in the Dead Sea Scrolls" (Brill, 2023)

    Arjen F. Bakker's book The Secret of Time: Reconfiguring Wisdom in the Dead Sea Scrolls...

    68 minutes
    		May 23, 2024

    Stephen Phillips, "The Metaphysics of Meditation: Sri Aurobindo and Adi-Sakara on the Isa Upanisad" (Bloombury, 2024)

    In The Metaphysics of Meditation: Sri Aurobindo and Adi-Sakara on the Isa Upanisad (Blo...

    37 minutes
    		May 23, 2024

    Timothy P. A. Cooper, "Moral Atmospheres: Islam and Media in a Pakistani Marketplace" (Columbia UP, 2024)

    Lahore's Hall Road is the largest electronics market in Pakistan. Once the center of fi...

    59 minutes
    		May 22, 2024

    Wally V. Cirafesi, "John Within Judaism: Religion, Ethnicity, and the Shaping of Jesus-Oriented Jewishness in the Fourth Gospel" (Brill, 2021)

    While many have noted the general Jewishness of the Gospel of John, few have given it a...

    21 minutes
    		May 21, 2024

    Wei Wu, "Esoteric Buddhism in China: Engaging Japanese and Tibetan Traditions, 1912–1949" (Columbia UP, 2023)

    During the Republican period (1912–1949) and after, many Chinese Buddhists sought inspi...

    68 minutes
    		May 17, 2024

    Joanne Edge, "Onomantic Divination in Late Medieval Britain: Questioning Life, Predicting Death" (York Medieval Press, 2024)

    When will I die? What is the sex of my unborn child? Which of two rivals will win a due...

    67 minutes
    		May 11, 2024

    Karen Pechilis et al. ed., "Devotional Visualities: Seeing Bhakti in Indic Material Cultures" (Bloomsbury, 2023)

    Devotional Visualities: Seeing Bhakti in Indic Material Cultures (Bloomsbury, 2023) is ...

    45 minutes
    		May 09, 2024

    Eziaku Atuama Nwokocha, "Vodou en Vogue: Fashioning Black Divinities in Haiti and the United States" (UNC Press, 2023)

    In Haitian Vodou, spirits impact Black practitioners' everyday lives, tightly connectin...

    87 minutes
    		May 07, 2024

    Richard M. Jaffe, "Seeking Sakyamuni: South Asia in the Formation of Modern Japanese Buddhism" (U Chicago Press, 2019)

    Though fascinated with the land of their tradition’s birth, virtually no Japanese Buddh...

    66 minutes
    		May 05, 2024