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ELIgIOuS STuDIES 146 rELIgIOuS STuDIES Studying Judaism The critical Issues Melanie J. Wright • Delivers both subject content and methodology • A study guide, giving students access to easily available resources including film and fiction • Draws out the broad and often controversial critical issues and looks at how these impact on people’s lives globally concise study guide for the fledgling student of Judaism, covering critical issues and methodology. MELANIE J. wrIgHT was <strong>Academic</strong> Director of the centre for the Study of Jewish-christian relations, and a Lecturer in religious Studies at the Open university, uK. uK April 2012 uS June 2012 248 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches HB 9780826497185 - £45.00 / $80.00 PB 9780826497192 - £14.99 / $22.95 Studying world religions continuum European Muslims, Civility and Public Life Perspectives On and From the gülen Movement Edited by Paul Weller and Ihsan Yilmaz Exploring the Yogasūtra Philosophy and Translation Daniel Raveh ‘Exploring the Yogasūtra presents a new, engaging perspective on Patanjali from a philosophical point of view. It is a contribution invaluable for anybody interested in this authoritative source of Yoga theory.’ Dr Yohanan Grinshpon, Department of Comparative Religion, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel • contains a new annotated translation of the yogasūtra from the original Sanskrit • Offers a radical, challenging philosophical approach to reading classical yoga • Discusses classical yoga as explored by two of the most original thinkers of contemporary India DANIEL rAvEH is Lecturer of Indian and comparative Philosophy at Tel Aviv university, Israel. uK March 2012 uS May 2012 184 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches HB 9781441146229 - £65.00 / $120.00 PB 9781441122124 - £19.99 / $34.95 continuum • Analyses the gülen movement in terms of its agency and contribution to European society • Addresses the topical challenge of violence in the name of religion • contributions are from a range of leading international scholars on this growing area of interest Assessment of the influence and impact of the Islamic scholar and activist Fethullah gülen, and those who are inspired by him, on contemporary Islam. PAuL wELLEr is Professor of Inter-religious relations at the university of Derby, uK. IHSAN yILMAZ is Associate Professor of Political Science at Fatih university, Istanbul, Turkey. uK March 2012 uS May 2012 296 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches HB 9781441120489 - £60.00 / $110.00 PB 9781441102072 - £18.99 / $32.95 Partial Translation rights: Turkish Translations will require further clearance continuum The African Christian Diaspora New currents and Emerging Trends in world christianity Afe Adogame • Increasing scholarly interest on the proliferation and activities of new forms of African christianity • Investigates the complexity and impact of African immigrant christianities in specific local and multiple contexts • Based upon transnational field research from the uK, germany, uSA, ghana and Nigeria This guide offers interpretation and analysis of African immigrant christianities in western societies and their impact on the wider local-global religious scene. AFE ADOgAME is Lecturer in world christianity and religious Studies at the university of Edinburgh, uK. uK December 2012 uS February 2013 240 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches HB 9781441188588 - £70.00 / $130.00 PB 9781441136671 - £19.99 / $34.95 continuum Natural Burial Traditional - Secular Spiritualities and Funeral Innovation Douglas Davies and Hannah Rumble • First social-cultural analysis of natural burial and spirituality in Britain • uses primary data to illustrate attitudes and experiences of natural burial and spiritualities • Places natural burial within the context of funeral innovation since the victorians An exploration of traditional and emerging spiritualities of life and death in light of natural burial and other recent innovations in bodily disposal. DOugLAS DAvIES is Professor in the Study of religion in the university of Durham, uK. HANNAH ruMBLE is research Associate at the centre for Death and Life Studies, university of Durham, uK uK July 2012 uS September 2012 192 Pages 138 x 216 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches HB 9781441122964 - £65.00 / $120.00 PB 9781441152787 - £19.99 / $34.95 continuum
Mission and Development god’s work or good works? Edited by Matthew Clarke • Addresses practical questions of how mission work complements, competes and co-exists with development interventions • Provides historical and contemporary case studies illustrating the nexus between evangelization and development • Discusses theological motivation for mission and development from evangelical and catholic perspectives constructive appraisal of the relationship between secular development and christian mission, demonstrating the opportunities and problems associated with the work of faithbased organizations. MATTHEw cLArKE is Associate Professor and Head of the School of International and Political Studies, Deakin university, Australia. uK January 2012 uS March 2012 216 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches HB 9781441182630 - £65.00 / $120.00 PB 9781441108111 - £19.99 / $34.95 continuum Muslim Youth challenges, Opportunities and Expectations Edited by Mohammad Siddique Seddon and Fauzia Ahmad • covers topics from positive engagement and role modelling to issues of exclusion and religious radicalism • Addresses localized and global perspectives in this area of current policy concern • Perspectives from academics, international, national and local government agencies and youth work practitioners Insight into key contemporary global issues relating to the lives and experiences of young Muslims. MOHAMMAD SIDDIQuE SEDDON is Lecturer in Islamic and religious Studies, university of chester, uK. FAuZIA AHMAD is research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Muslim civilizations at the Aga Khan university, uK. uK January 2012 uS March 2012 336 Pages 138 x 216 mm 5.375 x 8.5 inches HB 9781441122995 - £60.00 / $110.00 PB 9781441119872 - £18.99 / $32.95 continuum rELIgIOuS STuDIES Becoming Buddhist Experiences of Socialization and Self-Transformation in Two Australian Buddhist centres Glenys Eddy • Presents contemporary views of religious conversion, and interrelated notions of religious seekerhood and identity transformation • Provides rich contemporary Australian western Buddhist ethnographic data for analysis • Examines the individual level of involvement with Buddhism, and its implications for religious change • Illustrates the process of socialization from encounter to commitment Exploration of the nature of the socialization and commitment process in western Buddhist contexts through use of interview material with individual Anglo-Australian converts. gLENyS EDDy completed her doctoral thesis in the Department of Studies in religion at the university of Sydney, Australia, in 2007. uK February 2012 uS April 2012 288 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches HB 9781441118462 - £65.00 / $120.00 continuum Advances in religious Studies continuum Tradition and Equality in Jewish Marriage Beyond the Sanctification of Subordination Melanie Malka Landau • Provides an analysis of traditional Jewish texts that form the basis of Jewish marriage • Facilitates a much deeper understanding of both Jewish Marriage and rabbinic Jewish culture in general • Offers two main alternatives for partnership, both having a basis in rabbinic sources An exploration of Jewish marriage and its alternatives in traditional Jewish texts from a feminist perspective. MELANIE MALKA LANDAu is Lecturer in the Australian centre for Jewish civilization, Monash university, Australia. She is the Director of Facilitation at Encounter Programs. uK April 2012 uS June 2012 208 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches HB 9781441138064 - £65.00 / $120.00 continuum Studies in Jewish Thought continuum rELIgIOuS STuDIES 147
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