This is a collection of previously unpublished essays dealing with fundamentalist attitudes toward women. The contributors explore the views of Christians, Jews, Muslims and other groups, and reveal that control…

A widely-accepted explanation for India’s national unity is a narrative called the bhakti movement-poet-saints singing bhakti from India’s southern tip to the Himalayas between 600 and 1600. John Hawley shows…

This basic guide and resource book targets four fields-religious studies, history, world literature, and ethnic or migration studies-in which Sikhism is now receiving greater attention. The authors explain the problems…

This is a book about a deeply beloved place-many call it the spiritual capital of India. Located at a dramatic bend in the River Yamuna, a hundred miles from the…