New Books in Religion

2405 Episodes

1. Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett, “Carolina Israelite: How Harry Golden Made Us Care about Jews, the South, and Civil Rights” (UNC Press, 2015)

   Published: 12/9/2015
2. Peter van der Veer, “The Modern Spirit of Asia: The Spiritual and the Secular in China and India” Princeton University Press, 2013

   Published: 12/7/2015
3. Saba Mahmood, “Religious Difference in a Secular Age: A Minority Report” (Princeton UP, 2015)

   Published: 12/7/2015
4. Mark A. Smith, “Secular Faith: How Culture Has Trumped Religion in American Politics” (University of Chicago Press, 2015)

   Published: 12/7/2015
5. Leah Garrett, “Young Lions: How Jewish Authors Reinvented the American War Novel” (Northwestern UP, 2015)

   Published: 12/3/2015
6. Glenn Dynner, “Yankel’s Tavern: Jews, Liquor, and Life in the Kingdom of Poland” (Oxford UP, 2014)

   Published: 12/1/2015
7. Ilan Zvi Baron, “Obligation in Exile: The Jewish Diaspora, Israel and Critique” (Edinburgh UP, 2015)

   Published: 11/19/2015
8. Naser Ghobadzadeh, “Religious Secularity: A Theological Challenge to the Islamic State” (Oxford UP, 2014)

   Published: 11/18/2015
9. Paul L. Heck, “Skepticism in Classical Islam: Moments of Confusion” (Routledge, 2013)

   Published: 11/15/2015
10. Karen Bauer, “Gender Hierarchy in the Qur’an: Medieval Interpretations, Modern Responses” (Cambridge UP, 2015)

    Published: 11/12/2015
11. Anderson Blanton, “Hittin’ the Prayer Bones: Materiality of Spirit in the Pentecostal South” (UNC Press, 2015)

    Published: 11/12/2015
12. Kenneth L. Marcus, “The Definition of Anti-Semitism” (Oxford UP, 2015)

    Published: 11/12/2015
13. Maria Heim, “The Forerunner of All Things: Buddhaghosa on Mind, Intention and Agency” (Oxford UP, 2013)

    Published: 11/8/2015
14. Aaron W. Hughes, “Rethinking Jewish Philosophy: Beyond Particularism and Universalism” (Oxford UP, 2014)

    Published: 11/5/2015
15. Mark S. M. Scott, “Pathways in Theodicy: An Introduction to the Problem of Evil ” (Fortress Press, 2015)

    Published: 11/3/2015
16. Cecile E. Kuznitz, “YIVO and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture: Scholarship for the Yiddish Nation” (Cambridge UP, 2014)

    Published: 10/29/2015
17. Claire McLisky, et al., “Emotions and Christian Missions: Historical Perspectives” (Palgrave McMillan, 2015)

    Published: 10/28/2015
18. Azizah al-Hibri, “The Islamic Worldview: Islamic Jurisprudence” (ABA Books, 2015)

    Published: 10/27/2015
19. Jeffery S. Gurock, “The Holocaust Averted: An Alternate History of American Jewry, 1938-1967” (Rutgers UP, 2015)

    Published: 10/22/2015
20. Jon Birger, “Date-onomics: How Dating Became a Lopsided Numbers Game” (Workman Publishing Company, 2015)

    Published: 10/15/2015