New Books in Religion
Latest Episodes
Karen Pechilis et al. ed., "Devotional Visualities: Seeing Bhakti in Indic Material Cultures" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
An interview with Karen Pechilis and Amy-Ruth Holt
Eziaku Atuama Nwokocha, "Vodou en Vogue: Fashioning Black Divinities in Haiti and the United States" (UNC Press, 2023)
An interview with Eziaku Atuama Nwokocha
Richard M. Jaffe, "Seeking Sakyamuni: South Asia in the Formation of Modern Japanese Buddhism" (U Chicago Press, 2019)
Interview with Richard M. Jaffe
Zahra Ayubi, "Gendered Morality: Classical Islamic Ethics of the Self, Family, and Society" (Columbia UP, 2019)
An interview with Zahra Ayubi
Reiki and the Subtle Body, with Justin B. Stein
Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with Justin B. Stein, a specialist in modern Japanese religion and the preeminent historian of Reiki. We discuss Justins new book,Alternate Currents: Reikis Circulation in the Twentieth-Century North Pacific(UHawaii Press
Markus Vinzent, "Resetting the Origins of Christianity: A New Theory of Sources and Beginnings" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
An interview with Markus Vinzent
Kenneth R. Valpey, "Cow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)
An interview with Kenneth R. Valpey
John O'Brien, "States of Intoxication: The Place of Alcohol in Civilisation" (Routledge, 2018)
An interview with John O'Brien
Purushottama Bilimoria et al., "Contemplative Studies and Jainism: Meditation, Prayer, and Veneration" (Routledge, 2023)
An interview with Cogen Bohanec and Rita D. Sherma
M. A. R. Habib and Bruce B. Lawrence, "The Qur'an: A Verse Translation" (Liveright, 2024)
An interview with M. A. R. Habib and Bruce B. Lawrence