Hinduism in Middle India offers an examination of the history, religion, and literature of middle India through the study of texts, practice, art and architecture related to Narasimha, the Hindu diety.

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'Pain, Play and Music' by Giorgio Scalici explores how the Wana people use music and religion to control their emotions in situations of emotional crisis, such as funerals and shamanic rituals.

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Devotional Visualities looks at the development of bhakti devotion and its influences.

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Bloomsbury Open Collections is a collective-action open access programme making 60 upcoming scholarly books across three Collections open access at no cost to the author.

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Overseas Shinto Shrines by Karli Shimizu is now in paperback!

This book uses postcolonial theories of secularism to explain how modern overseas Shinto shrines facilitated the colonization and modernization of new Japanese lands and subjects.

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What is the impact of digital content and engagement on societies, believers and understandings of Islam?

Explore the intersection between the internet and Islamic influencers with 'Islamic Algorithms' by Gary Bunt

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Don't miss it: Teaching Critical Religious Studies is now in paperback!

Drawing on practical classroom case studies, this book demonstrates how to enrich teaching with best practices informed by theoretical critiques of the field.

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'...an essential resource for those curious about ancient readers and the complex process of composing and writing texts in antiquity.'
- Brian Rainey, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA

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Appropriating the Dao explores the reception and appropriation of East Asian religious and philosophical notions, ideas, and patterns of thought within the Euro-American esoteric current from the 18th to the 21st century.

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Following its pilot, Bloomsbury Open Collections is expanding to 3 Collections/60 titles this year. We’re seeking authors and participating libraries to be part of our #openaccess initiative.
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Don't miss it: get Religions and Nonviolence in paperback!

Covering all major (and some minor) world religions, this book considers each religion individually to address theories of nonviolence and what religious perspectives have in common.

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Sensational Piety by Murtala Ibrahim offers an in-depth ethnographic study of religious practices in a Pentecostal Church (Christ Embassy) and an Islamic group (NASFAT) in the Nigerian capital of Abuja.

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Now available: The Contemporary British Mosque by Abdul-Azim

A comprehensive account of the establishment, function, and growth of British mosques, this landmark study explores how mosques have shaped, and been shaped, by Britain.

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'...listens to the trees, the birds, and the creatures of the earth, including those who are materializing indigenous, queer, anti-racist, and otherwise intersectional discourses of religion and nature...' Catherine Keller, Drew University

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'Christianity, Politics and the Afterlives of War in Uganda' sheds critical light on the complex and unstable relationship between Christianity and politics, and peace and war.

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Have you read Interpreting Child Sacrifice Narratives?

Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi examines child sacrifice, violence, and rituals from the ancient Near East into the contemporary world through the lens of psychology.

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Only 10 days left to read Religion and Inequality in Africa free online!

We're celebrating Bloomsbury's commitment to the UN SDGs by designating it our SDG-aligned book of the year and making it free to read through the end of April.

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Now available: Uyghur Women Activists in the Diaspora

Ten women narrate their struggles as ethnic Uyghurs in Xinjiang, their turning points that prompted them to leave China, and the emergence of a new Uyghur-Muslim feminism.

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