Human beings have long seen themselves as the center of the universe, as specially-created creatures who are anointed as above and beyond …
Anand Taneja’s Jinnealogy: Time, Islam, and Ecological Thought in the Medieval Ruins of Delhi (Stanford University Press, 2017) is a landmark publication that …
In his new book, Ark Encounter: The Making of a Creationist Theme Park (NYU Press, 2018), James Bielo, Assistant Professor of Anthropology …
In Wrapped in the Flag of Israel: Mizrahi Single Mothers and Bureaucratic Torture (Revised Edition) (University of Nebraska Press, 2018), Smadar Lavie analyzes …
In All My Relatives: Exploring Lakota Ontology, Belief, and Ritual (University of Nebraska Press, 2018), David C. Posthumus, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Native American …
In the last few decades, questions relating to Islam’s compatibility with liberal secular democracy, or the question of why Islam remains incompatible …
Religious music can be a source of comfort and release, but also a remembrance of sadness and loss. In Sense and Sadness: …
In her book Biblical Porn: Affect, Labor, and Pastor Mark Driscoll’s Evangelical Empire (Duke University Press, 2018), Dr. Jessica Johnson chronicles the rise …
From the sidelines of the Asian Studies Association of Australia’s biennial conference, where she presented the inaugural keynote address of the Association …
What do the social worlds of teenage Muslim American boys look like? What issues do they grapple with and how do they …
Zoltan Pall‘s Salafism in Lebanon: Local and Transnational Movements (Cambridge University Press, 2018), a just published ethnographic investigation of the rise of …
Often when people think of Tibetan Buddhism they have a limited vision of that social reality, perhaps one that imagines monks sitting …
Sometime in the very early 1990s, while I was in grad school, I got a call from a student at Grinnell College, …
“It is difficult to characterize this fascinating book,” George Tanabe writes in his short preface to The Immortals: Faces of the Incredible …
In When the State Winks: The Performance of Jewish Conversion in Israel (Columbia University Press, 2017), Michal Kravel Tovi, associate professor in the …
We’ve all participated in the rituals of the dead at some time or another in our lives, going to funerals and wakes, …
The relationship between class and religious piety represents a theme less explored in the study of modern Islam in general, and in …
Think of Christianity in Southeast Asia today and what might come to mind is the predominantly Catholic Philippines, or the work of …
Muslim women are often the focus of debate when it comes to public conversations about Islam. Much of this centers on feelings …
On Second Thought: Learned Women Reflect on Profession, Community, and Purpose (University of Utah Press, 2017) is a collection of thirteen essays …
In his recent monograph, Ritualized Writing: Buddhist Practice and Scriptural Cultures in Ancient Japan (University of Hawaii Press, 2017), Bryan D. Lowe …
Kathryn Lofton is a professor of religious studies and history at Yale University. Her book Consuming Religion (University of Chicago Press, 2017) …
Since the collapse of the Berlin Wall, there has been a widespread affirmation of economic ideologies that conceive the market as an …
The relationship between religion and economic activity has attracted generations of scholars working in myriad settings. In recent years, many have turned …