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The 19th century was a pioneering age for vernacular texts in India.

Irreverence and the Sacred brings together some of the most cutting edge, interdisciplinary, and international scholars working today in order to debate key issues in the critical and comparative study of religion.

Irreverence and the Sacred brings together some of the most cutting edge, interdisciplinary, and international scholars working today in order to debate key issues in the critical and comparative study of religion.

In Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law: A Fresh Interpretation, Mohammad Kamali considers problems associated with and proposals for reform of the hudud punishments prescribed by Islamic criminal law, and other topics related to crime and punishment in Shariah.

In Crime and Punishment in Islamic Law: A Fresh Interpretation, Mohammad Kamali considers problems associated with and proposals for reform of the hudud punishments prescribed by Islamic criminal law, and other topics related to crime and punishment in Shariah.

A sizeable minority of people with no particular connection to Eastern religions now believe in reincarnation.

A sizeable minority of people with no particular connection to Eastern religions now believe in reincarnation.

Since at least the attacks of September 11, 2001, one of the most pressing political questions of the age has been whether Islam is hostile to religious freedom.

Since at least the attacks of September 11, 2001, one of the most pressing political questions of the age has been whether Islam is hostile to religious freedom.

By the election year of 1844, Joseph Smith, the controversial founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had amassed a national following of some 25,000 believers.

By the election year of 1844, Joseph Smith, the controversial founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had amassed a national following of some 25,000 believers.

Why are there so few Muslim terrorists?

Why are there so few Muslim terrorists?

From the founding of Harvard College in 1636 as a mission for training young clergy to the landmark 1968 Supreme Court decision in Epperson v.

In Initiating the Millennium, Robert Collis and Natalie Bayer fill a substantial lacuna in the study of an initiatic society--known variously as the Illumines d'Avignon, the Avignon Society, the New Israel Society, and the Union--that flourished across Europe between 1779 and 1807.

In Initiating the Millennium, Robert Collis and Natalie Bayer fill a substantial lacuna in the study of an initiatic society--known variously as the Illumines d'Avignon, the Avignon Society, the New Israel Society, and the Union--that flourished across Europe between 1779 and 1807.

According to this book, the United States is currently in a moment of crisis, fomented by anxieties around race and gender politics.

According to this book, the United States is currently in a moment of crisis, fomented by anxieties around race and gender politics.

Islam has become a potent political force around the world since it reemerged in the late 1960's and 1970's as a religio-political alternative to failed nationalist ideologies.

Islam has become a potent political force around the world since it reemerged in the late 1960's and 1970's as a religio-political alternative to failed nationalist ideologies.

Islam has become a potent political force around the world since it reemerged in the late 1960's and 1970's as a religio-political alternative to failed nationalist ideologies.

Islam has become a potent political force around the world since it reemerged in the late 1960's and 1970's as a religio-political alternative to failed nationalist ideologies.

Truth qualities of journalism are under intense scrutiny in today's world.

Truth qualities of journalism are under intense scrutiny in today's world.

Kalighat is said to be the oldest and most potent Hindu pilgrimage site in the city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta).

Kalighat is said to be the oldest and most potent Hindu pilgrimage site in the city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta).

American Millennials--the generation born in the 1980s and 1990s--have been leaving organized religion in unprecedented numbers.

American Millennials--the generation born in the 1980s and 1990s--have been leaving organized religion in unprecedented numbers.

Every year, the Indian pilgrimage town of Pushkar sees its population of 20,000 swell by two million visitors.

Every year, the Indian pilgrimage town of Pushkar sees its population of 20,000 swell by two million visitors.

Democratic politics seems to inspire religious conflict - politicians consistently use religious differences for political gain, while religious nationalism and nationalistic reactions to religious diversity are on the rise in much of the world.

Democratic politics seems to inspire religious conflict - politicians consistently use religious differences for political gain, while religious nationalism and nationalistic reactions to religious diversity are on the rise in much of the world.

In conducting political science research today, one's methodology is of paramount concern.

In conducting political science research today, one's methodology is of paramount concern.

The role of business in American politics has provoked much controversy and attention over recent years.

The role of business in American politics has provoked much controversy and attention over recent years.

She Preached the Word is a landmark study of women's ordination in contemporary American congregations.

She Preached the Word is a landmark study of women's ordination in contemporary American congregations.

The Cincinnati Penal Congress of 1870 ushered in the era of "e;progressive"e; penology: the use of statistical and social scientific methodologies, commitment to psychiatric and therapeutic interventions, and a new innovation--the reformatory--as the locus for the application of these initiatives.

The Cincinnati Penal Congress of 1870 ushered in the era of "e;progressive"e; penology: the use of statistical and social scientific methodologies, commitment to psychiatric and therapeutic interventions, and a new innovation--the reformatory--as the locus for the application of these initiatives.

Over the course of a career of more than forty years, Jonathan Z.

Over the course of a career of more than forty years, Jonathan Z.

The 2016 election of Donald J.

The 2016 election of Donald J.

Millions of non-Muslims know the name of the Muslim scripture, whether it is written as "e;Qur'an"e; or "e;Quran"e; or "e;Koran.

Millions of non-Muslims know the name of the Muslim scripture, whether it is written as "e;Qur'an"e; or "e;Quran"e; or "e;Koran.

Houses Divided provides new insights into the significance of the nineteenth-century evangelical schisms that arose initially over the moral question of African American bondage.

Political scientists and political theorists have long been interested in social and political performance.

Political scientists and political theorists have long been interested in social and political performance.

For many American Muslims, the 9/11 attacks and subsequent War on Terror marked a rise in intense scrutiny of their religious lives and political loyalties.