Playing God  discusses the genre of rituals known as the ‘Teyyam’, extant in the North Malabar region of Kerala State, India. In this ...

Sangharakshita (1925–2018) was a Buddhist writer and teacher, founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community (previously FWBO). Apart from ...

The world of religious experience is changing much faster than the discipline that claims to study it. Religious studies still uses Christianity as its ...

The influence of Ibn ‘Arabi, the 12th century Andalusian mystic philosopher extended beyond the Muslim world from Spain, to China, to Indonesia. ...

Sermon of One Hundred Days  is the first translation into English from Korean of a seminal text in Korean Buddhism. Buddhism was introduced into ...

Shinto permeates the religious landscape of Japan and is a major key to the understanding of Japanese culture and society. But what is it? If ideological ...

Historical Consciousness and the Use of the Past in the Ancient World  offers linked essays on uses of the past in prominent and diverse cultures ...

John McGlynn's favorite motto was "never let the truth get in the way of a good lie" - but as is revealed in his imaginative tales of travels to Mexico ...

Public inquiry into religion is guided by unspoken value judgments which are the products of rarely discussed political interests. Intentionally or not ...

The music industry, as with most other media forms, is in the middle of a period of enormous transformation. Digital technologies have empowered producers ...