SUNY series in Religious Studies
The Sound of Vultures' Wings
Explores the music of the Tibetan Chöd tradition.
Prophetic Wisdom
Shows how Engaged Buddhists can expand their understanding of the causes of collective suffering and develop nonviolent means for social transformation through a dialectic of love, power, and justice.
Hindu Mission, Christian Mission
Offers a new, interreligious approach to questions of mission and conversion, grounded in a close study of the Chinmaya Mission, Ramakrishna Mission and other movements associated with the Hindu tradition of Advaita Vedānta.
Wonder in South Asia
A comparative study of wonder in South Asian religions.
Musicology of Religion
Spearheads a new field for the combined study of religion and music, drawing upon theories and methods of the social sciences, ethnomusicology, philosophy, theology, liturgical studies, and cognitive studies.
The Hagiographer and the Avatar
Examines the key role of a hagiographer within a charismatic religious movement.
Word, Chant, and Song
An accessible introduction to the centrality of word, chant, and song in the Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic, and Sikh traditions.
Mappila Muslim Culture
Thorough exploration of the distinct culture of the Mappila Muslims of Kerala, India.
A Hindu Theology of Liberation
Discusses Hindu Advaita Vedānta as a philosophy of social justice for the modern world.
The Hidden Lives of Brahman
Uses both textual and ethnographic sources to demonstrate that in Śaṅkara’s vedānta, brahman is an active force as well as a transcendent ultimate.
Spirituality in Hospice Palliative Care
Explores the end-of-life spiritual needs of people who do not identify with traditional religions.
Religious Understandings of a Good Death in Hospice Palliative Care
Explores how religious understandings of death are experienced in hospice care.
Meditation and the Classroom
A ground-breaking book on using meditation in education and how it can enhance teaching and learning.
The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia
A wide-ranging, readable account of the Theravada Buddhist thought and practice in the Southeast Asian societies of Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka.
Buddhism and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka
Looks at how a spiritual tradition can be appropriated by those involved in ethno-nationalist conflict.
Woman as Fire, Woman as Sage
Explores ideas on women and sexuality presented in the great Hindu epic, the Mahabharata.
Understanding Mantras
Understanding Mantras explores the origin, nature, function, and significance of mantras within the bounds of the Hindu tradition. It analyzes the use of mantras in the Vedic age, in the great theistic ...
The Perfectibility of Human Nature in Eastern and Western Thought
Explores the issue of the perfectibility of nature in philosophy, psychology, and a variety of world religions.
The Advaita Worldview
A new interpretation of Hindu tradition focusing on the nature of God, the value of the world, and the meaning of liberation.
Samādhi
Explores yoga and meditation in Eastern religions, incorporating psychological and social aspects of these practices.
The Birth of the Khalsa
A feminist reconsideration of Sikh identity, discussing its original egalitarianism and current hypermasculine quality, which is harmful to both men and women.
Make Me a Man!
Looks at the ideals of masculine Hinduism—and the corresponding feminine ideals—that have built the Indian nation, and explores their consequences.
The Deities Are Many
Provides a theology of polytheism—the belief in many deities—using examples from a wide range of world religions.
The Mystic Experience
Explores the human experience of mysticism and looks at it within the spiritual traditions around the world.
Religion and Peacebuilding
Acknowledging that religion can motivate both violence and compassion, this book looks at how a variety of world religions can and do build peace.