project collections

African-American Religious History

African Diaspora Religions in Five Minutes

Emily D. Crews, University of Chicago, Curtis J. Evans, University of Chicago, (Volume Editors)

Body Talk and Cultural Identity in the African World

Augustine Agwuele, Texas State University (Volume Editor)

Embodiment and Black Religion

Rethinking the Body in African American Religious Experience

Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning Writing Collective: Anthony B. Pinn, Jessica B. Davenport, Justine M. Bakker, V. Tinsley IV, Biko Mandela Gray, David A. Kline, O. Jeffries, Sharde’N. Chapman. Mark A. DeYoung (Rice University)

Identifying Roots

Alex Haley and the Anthropology of Scriptures

Richard W. Newton, Jr. University of Alabama
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Buddhism — Introductions

Buddhism in Five Minutes

Elizabeth J. Harris, University of Birmingham (Volume Editor)
carving of dharma wheel surrounded by other carvings of Hindu deities

The Buddha's Path of Peace

A Step-by-Step Guide

Geoffrey Hunt, University of Surrey

The Buddha’s Middle Way

Experiential Judgement in his Life and Teaching

Robert M. Ellis, Middle Way Society

The Gathering

A story of the first Buddhist women

Vanessa R. Sasson, Marianopolis College
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Buddhist Nuns

nuns removing stones and rocks from patch of land on mountainside

Power and Agency in the Lives of Contemporary Tibetan Nuns

An Intersectional Study

Mitra Härkönen, University of Helsinki

The Gathering

A story of the first Buddhist women

Vanessa R. Sasson, Marianopolis College

Women, Buddhism and Modernity in China, 1900-1950

Elise Anne DeVido, National Chengchi University, Taiwan

Environmental Ethics

multicolored outstretched hands reaching towards a globe suggesting humanity

After Exploitation

How We Can Build Flourishing Relationships with the Earth

Kocku von Stuckrad, University of Gronigen
imaginary scene with fish swimming between trees and vegetation of a rainforest

Between Pride and Despair

Stories of Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef and Wet Tropics Rainforests

Kerrie Foxwell-Norton, Griffith University, Iain McCalman. Australian Catholic University (Volume Editors)
multicolored outstretched hands reaching towards a globe suggesting humanity

Dark Green Curation

How the World’s Museums are Promoting Environmental Knowledge, Values, and Nature Spiritualities

Bron Taylor, University of Florida

Earth, Empire and Sacred Text

Muslims and Christians as Trustees of Creation

David L. Johnston, St. Joseph's University
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Contemporary Paganisms

Being Viking

Heathenism in Contemporary America

Jefferson F. Calico, University of the Cumberlands

Constellated Ministry

A Guide for Those Serving Today’s Pagans

Holli S. Emore, Cherry Hill Seminary
Typographical book cover in red and yellow featuring large number 5 as background

Pagan Religions in Five Minutes

Suzanne Owen, Leeds Trinity University, Angela Puca, Independent Scholar (Volume Editors)
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Pomegranate

Chas Clifton, Colorado State University, Retired (Journal Editor), Caroline Tully, University of Melbourne (Associate Editor)
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Topical Collections

Topical or thematic collections identify relevant key titles and consolidate abstracts from book chapters and journal articles all with links to the full text. They are usually sub-components of larger subject collections.

They cover all our subject areas and are arranged here in alpha order.

African Pentecostalism

African-American Religions

American Evangelicalism

scene of uruk

Archaeology & Cultures of Ancient Egypt & the Near East

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Religion in the USA

Being Viking

Heathenism in Contemporary America

Jefferson F. Calico, University of the Cumberlands

Embodiment and Black Religion

Rethinking the Body in African American Religious Experience

Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning Writing Collective: Anthony B. Pinn, Jessica B. Davenport, Justine M. Bakker, V. Tinsley IV, Biko Mandela Gray, David A. Kline, O. Jeffries, Sharde’N. Chapman. Mark A. DeYoung (Rice University)
drawing of crown of thorns on white background

Like a Rose Among the Thorns: Aimee Semple McPherson and the unfolding of her Foursquare Faith, 1927--1944.

Chas H. Barfoot, Arizona State University
book cover

Mormonism in Five Minutes

Dan McClellan, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume Editor
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Experiencing Religion

An Embodied Reading of The Shepherd of Hermas

The Book of Visions and its Role in Moral Formation

Angela Kim Harkins, Boston College

Archetypes in Religion and Beyond

Robert M. Ellis, Middle Way Society
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Autism and the Supernatural

Experiential Dimensions of Religiosity, Spirituality and Imagination

Ingela Visuri, Dalarna University

Entering the Stream to Enlightenment

Experiences of the Stages of the Buddhist Path in Contemporary Sri Lanka

Yuki Sirimane, Ph.D
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