The Bhagavata Purana is a versatile Hindu sacred text containing more than 14,000 Sanskrit verses. Finding its present form…

Sacred Knowledge is not only timely and relevant to a whole host of current social/legal issues but also addresses, with…

A leading philosopher of the Daoist strain, Zhuangzi used parable and anecdote, allegory and paradox, to set forth the early…

In this lively and accessible book, addressed to believers, \"recovering\" believers, disbelievers, nonbelievers, and…

A translation of The Lotus Sutra which has been regarded as one of the illustrious scriptures in the Mahayana Buddhist canon.…

In Secular Translations, anthropologist Talal Asad reflects on his lifelong engagement with secularism and its…

Chronicles the mythical origins of Japan's islands and their ruling dynasty through a diverse array of genealogies, tales,…

\nMary-Jane Rubenstein provides a conceptual genealogy of pantheisms. What makes pantheism \"monstrous\"-at once repellent…

Revealing the origins of today's spirituality in the Gnostic tradition.…

\nIn this magisterial cultural and intellectual history, Thomas Bauer reconsiders classical and modern Islam by tracing…

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Formalized by the tenth century, the Bhagavata Purana has witnessed centuries of performance, interpretation, worship, and…

Grounded in an exploration of logic and happiness (the ultimate human goal), the text illuminates the divine, the human…

Reforming Modernity is a sweeping intellectual history and philosophical reflection built around the work of the philosopher…