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Tantra has formed an integral part of Asian religious history for centuries, but since "e;Arthur Avalon"e; introduced the concept to a global readership in the early twentieth century, Tantric traditions have exploded in popularity.

Tantra has formed an integral part of Asian religious history for centuries, but since "e;Arthur Avalon"e; introduced the concept to a global readership in the early twentieth century, Tantric traditions have exploded in popularity.

The Luminous Way to the East offers a comprehensive survey of the historical, literary, epigraphic, and archaeological sources of the first stage of the Christian mission to China.

The Luminous Way to the East offers a comprehensive survey of the historical, literary, epigraphic, and archaeological sources of the first stage of the Christian mission to China.

In most mainstream traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism, women have for centuries largely been excluded from positions of religious and ritual leadership.

In most mainstream traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism, women have for centuries largely been excluded from positions of religious and ritual leadership.

Drawing insights from gender studies and the environmental humanities, Demonic Bodies and the Dark Ecologies of Early Christian Culture analyzes how ancient Christians constructed the Christian body through its relations to demonic adversaries.

Drawing insights from gender studies and the environmental humanities, Demonic Bodies and the Dark Ecologies of Early Christian Culture analyzes how ancient Christians constructed the Christian body through its relations to demonic adversaries.

Women's fertility in Africa has been a major concern for demographers, global health organizations, and Western governments.

Women's fertility in Africa has been a major concern for demographers, global health organizations, and Western governments.

"e;[A] fascinating debut .

This book offers a pioneering exploration of disability through Indigenous epistemologies and decolonial theory in Latin America.

Almost fifty years have passed since the adoption of the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (the UNESCO World Heritage Convention).

This book analyzes the role of social work in the Americanization movement.

Are sports the new American religion?

Did the ancient Greeks and Romans have conspiracy theories?

Did the ancient Greeks and Romans have conspiracy theories?

Shedding new light on sectarianism outside the confines of Pakistan's sociopolitical context, this novel book recontextualizes religious sectarianism in the country by studying it as a cultural and historical phenomenon.

This book examines how older adults with physical disabilities living at home develop dietary resilience strategies to maintain independence, agency, and dignity in later life.

La pluralite des defis engendres par les mutations rapides de notre epoque a profondement transforme le secteur de l'education, appele desormais a y repondre avec efficacite et pertinence.

Ce livre a pour objet de repenser la place des femmes dans la metallurgie ancienne du fer, une activite longtemps consideree comme exclusivement masculine.

Shedding new light on sectarianism outside the confines of Pakistan's sociopolitical context, this novel book recontextualizes religious sectarianism in the country by studying it as a cultural and historical phenomenon.

Intermarriages, uniting partners from diverse social, ethnic, religious, or racial backgrounds, play a pivotal and perhaps conflictual role in shaping group identities.

This volume offers a nuanced exploration of Naga society, moving beyond simplistic narratives of tradition versus modernity to reveal the complex processes of negotiation, continuity, and transformation that define contemporary Naga experiences.

This book provides a short and accessible introduction to how we use gesture in communication.

This book explores the intersections of religion, gender, sexuality and race in the everyday lives of female converts in the Netherlands.

This book explores the intersections of religion, gender, sexuality and race in the everyday lives of female converts in the Netherlands.

Is traditional American religion doomed?

The Politics of Worldling presents Philippe Descola's Tanner Lectures on Human Values, delivered in 2023 at the University of California, Berkeley.

This book provides a short and accessible introduction to how we use gesture in communication.

Intermarriages, uniting partners from diverse social, ethnic, religious, or racial backgrounds, play a pivotal and perhaps conflictual role in shaping group identities.

This volume offers a nuanced exploration of Naga society, moving beyond simplistic narratives of tradition versus modernity to reveal the complex processes of negotiation, continuity, and transformation that define contemporary Naga experiences.

In the mountains of beautiful, bucolic northern Utah, many Latter-day Saints (Mormons) are visited by spirits.

The period immediately following World War II was an era of dramatic transformation for Jews in America.

In the mountains of beautiful, bucolic northern Utah, many Latter-day Saints (Mormons) are visited by spirits.

Serving as both an accessible textbook and an original synthesis of interdisciplinary scholarship, Emerging Infections traces the social and environmental determinants of human infectious diseases from the Paleolithic to the present day.

The period immediately following World War II was an era of dramatic transformation for Jews in America.

When a suicide terrorist strikes in Israel, the usual contingent of first responders that one might see anywhere in the world -- police, medics, firefighters -- are accompanied by another group, one found only in Israel.

Is the breakup of an increasingly polarized America into separate red and blue countries even possible?

Is the breakup of an increasingly polarized America into separate red and blue countries even possible?

Hillsong, an Australian megachurch founded in 1983, is now a global phenomenon.

Hillsong, an Australian megachurch founded in 1983, is now a global phenomenon.

Are most white American Christians actually committed to a Religion of Whiteness?

The Politics of Worldling presents Philippe Descola's Tanner Lectures on Human Values, delivered in 2023 at the University of California, Berkeley.

A look inside one of America's most politically consequential churchesMark Driscoll, the founding pastor of Seattle's Mars Hill Church, indelibly impacted American evangelicalism.

A look inside one of America's most politically consequential churchesMark Driscoll, the founding pastor of Seattle's Mars Hill Church, indelibly impacted American evangelicalism.

What is the relationship between evangelical Christianity and democracy in America?

What is the relationship between evangelical Christianity and democracy in America?

This book examines how older adults with physical disabilities living at home develop dietary resilience strategies to maintain independence, agency, and dignity in later life.