Recent Publications - CSR Faculty Affiliates

BecauseWeAreHuman

Cynthia Burack

Because We Are Human: Contesting US Support for Gender and Sexuality Human Rights Abroad

(2019)


Shakespeare and Religion

Hannibal Hamlin

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Religion

(2019)


Religion Law USA

Isaac Weiner and Joshua Dubler, eds.

Religion, Law, USA

(2019)


Story of Myth

Sarah Iles Johnston

The Story of Myth

(2018)


Provincializing the Bible

Norman Jones

Provincializing the Bible: Faulkner and Postsecular American Literature, 1st Edition

(2018)


Engaging Japanese Philosophy

Thomas P. Kasulis

Engaging Japanese Philosophy: A Short History

(2018)


Gods Heroes Monsters

Carolina López-Ruiz

Gods, Heroes, and Monsters: A Sourcebook of Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern Myths in Translation (Second Edition)

(2018)


Jewish Philos

T. M. Rudavsky

Jewish Philosophy in the Middle Ages: Science, Rationalism, and Religion

(2018)


MechanicsofProvidence

Michael D. Swartz

The Mechanics of Providence: The Workings of Ancient Jewish Magic and Mysticism

(2018)


Irreverence Sacred

Hugh Urban, ed.

Irreverence and the Sacred: Critical Studies in the History of Religions

(2018)

 

 

 

 

 


Pure Land, Real World Book Cover by Melissa Curley

Melissa Anne-Marie Curley

Pure Land, Real World: Modern Buddhism, Japanese Leftists, and the Utopian Imagination

(2017)


Greek Sculpture

Mark D Fullerton

Greek Sculpture

(2016)


Elf Queens

Richard Firth Green

Elf Queens and Holy Friars: Fairy Beliefs and the Medieval Church

(2016)


Bible Literature

Norman Jones

The Bible and Literature: The Basics

(2016)


Tartessos

Carolina López-Ruiz

Tartessos and the Phoenicians in Iberia

(2016)


Humble Theory

Dorothy Noyes

Humble Theory: Folklore's Grasp on Social Life

(2016)


Zorba the Buddha

Hugh Urban

Zorba the Buddha: Sex, Spirituality, and Capitalism in the Global Osho Movement

(2016)


Confucian Image Politics

Ying Zhang

Confucian Image Politics: Masculine Morality in Seventeenth-Century China

(2016)


Shenoute

David Brakke

Selected Discourses of Shenoute the Great: Community, Theology, and Social Conflict in Late Antique Egypt

(2015)


Bambi's Jewish Roots

Paul Reitter

Bambi's Jewish Roots and Other Essays on German-Jewish Culture

(2015)


New Age

Hugh Urban

New Age, Neopagan, and New Religious Movements: Alternative Spirituality in Contemporary America

(2015)


Tough Love book cover

Cynthia Burack

Tough Love: Sexuality, Compassion, and the Christian Right

(2014)


Pretty Funny

Linda Mizejewski

Pretty/Funny: Women Comedians and Body Politics

(2014)


Daniel Reff Japan

Daniel Reff

The First European Description of Japan, 1585: A Critical English-Language Edition of Striking Contrasts in the Customs of Europe and Japan by Luis Frois, S.J.

(2014)


Ritual Texts for the Afterlife book cover

Fritz Graf

Ritual Texts for the Afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets

(2013)


The Bible in Shakespeare book cover

Hannibal Hamlin

The Bible in Shakespeare

(2013)


Restless Dead

Sarah Iles Johnston

Restless Dead: Encounters between the Living and the Dead in Ancient Greece

(2013)


Ethnography After Antiquity book cover

Anthony Kaldellis

Ethnography After Antiquity: Foreign Lands and Peoples in Byzantine Literature

(2013)


Gods, Heroes, and Monsters book cover

Carolina López-Ruiz

Gods, Heroes, and Monsters: A Sourcebook of Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern Myths in Translation

(2013)


Myths of Intrinsic Motivation book cover

Steven Reiss

Myths of Intrinsic Motivation

(2013)


The Church of Scientology book cover

Hugh Urban

The Church of Scientology: A History of a New Religion

(2013)


Religion out Loud book cover

Isaac Weiner

Religion Out Loud: Religious Sound, Public Space, and American Pluralism

(2013)


Migration and Religion book cover

Barbara Becker-Cantarino

Migration and Religion: Christian Transatlantic Missions, Islamic Migration to Germany

(2012)


The Gnostics book cover

David Brakke

The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity

(2012)


Paul the Apostle book cover

J. Albert Harrill

Paul the Apostle: His Life and Legacy in Their Roman Context

(2012)


Unveiling Modernity in Twentieth-Century West African Islamic Reforms

Ousman Kobo

Unveiling Modernity in Twentieth-Century West African Islamic Reforms

(2012)


Comparative Governance book cover

R. William Liddle

Comparative Governance: Political Structure and Diversity Across the Globe

(2012)


Under Solomons Throne book cover

Morgan Liu

Under Solomon's Throne: Uzbek Visions of Renewal in Osh

(2012)

 

 


The Signifying Creator book cover

Michael Swartz

The Signifying Creator: Nontextual Sources of Meaning in Ancient Judaism

(2012)

 

 


Heretics and Colonizers book cover

Nicholas Breyfogle

Heretics and Colonizers: Forging Russia's Empire in the South Caucasus

(2011)


Spiritual Mestizaje book cover

Theresa Delgadillo

Spiritual Mestizaje: Religion, Gender, Race, and Nation in Contemporary Chicana Narrative

(2011)


Japanese Philosophy

Thomas Kasulis

Japanese Philosophy: A Sourcebook

(2011)


Foxes Book of Martyrs and Early Modern Print Culture

John N. King

Foxe's 'Book of Martyrs' and Early Modern Print Culture

(2011)

 


Anglo-Saxon Psychologies in the Vernacular and Latin Traditions book cover

Leslie Lockett

Anglo-Saxon Psychologies in the Vernacular and Latin Traditions

(2011)


Pilgrimage and Household in the Ancient Near East book cover

Joy McCorriston

Pilgrimage and Household in the Ancient Near East

(2011)


The Formation of Papal Authority in Late Antique Italy book cover

Kristina Sessa

The Formation of Papal Authority in Late Antique Italy: Roman Bishops and the Domestic Sphere

(2011)


Through Cracks in the Wall book cover

Lucia Costigan

Through Cracks in the Wall: Modern Inquisitions and New Christian "Letrados" in the Iberian Atlantic World

(2010)


The Muslim Empires of the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals

Stephen Dale

The Muslim Empires of the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals

(2010)


Growing Up in America

Korie Edwards

Growing Up in America: The Power of Race in the Lives of Teens

(2010)


Maimonides

Tamar Rudavsky

Maimonides

(2010)