By Jack Meng-Tat Chia Scholars have described the reshaping of Buddhist ideas and practices in relation to Western modernity since the 19th century with| Reading Religion
By Karen Jackson-Weaver The opportunity to write about four books that have shaped my scholarly journey invites me to reflect on my doctoral studies at| Reading Religion
By Mary Shan Overton With literary and academic voices and perspectives being suppressed in the United States, I have elected to defend books and writers| Reading Religion
By David Ngong In this essay, I write about four books that have shaped my foray into African Christian theological thought. The books are My Faith as an African by... READ MORE The post Four Books on African Christian Theological Thought appeared first on Reading Religion.| Reading Religion
By David W. Stowe Though most of my research has involved music in religion, that’s not where I began. My dissertation was a cultural history of big-band swing music. Apart... READ MORE The post Four Books on Music and Religion appeared first on Reading Religion.| Reading Religion
By Pauline McKenzie Aucoin These four ethnographic studies explore religious practice in the modern—and rapidly changing—world, while also highlighting| Reading Religion
By Nancy Menning In Los Angeles Spring (Aperture, 1986), landscape photographer Robert Adams sums up the previous century’s environmental history of| Reading Religion
By Bradford A. Anderson For many people, the idea of scriptures is coterminous with textuality: this is seen in the very names we give these collections,| Reading Religion