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Christians in the City of Montréal
Glenn Smith, McGill University, Canada
Documents the roots of Christianity in Montréal, focusing on the present experience of Christians across the Census Metropolitan Area, 4 3 million
Explores: the indigenous roots of Montréal and what Christianity looks like the among the city’s indigenous peoples; “The Quiet Revolution” of intense socio-political and socio-cultural change in French Canada from 1960; immigration since the 1960s, and the ethnic diversity of Churches Includes interviews with leading figures from Montreal and lay people from various traditions Interludes between chapters bring to life key information about Montreal, including "Who are the Québécois", and the national sport or "religion" of Canada - hockey
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 272 pages • 16 bw illus
PB 9781350420144 • £24 99 / $34 95 • HB 9781350420137 • £75 00 / $100 00
ePub 9781350420168 • £22 49 / $31 04
ePdf 9781350420151 • £22 49 / $22 49
Series: Christians in the City: Studies in Contemporary Global Christianity Bloomsbury Academic
Mind, Text, and Reality in Buddhist Studies
Engaging the Scholarship of Rupert Gethin
Edited by Paul Fuller, University of Edinburgh, UK & Indaka Weerasekera, Independent scholar, UK
This volume brings together contributions from North America, UK, Europe and Asia into a single volume to advance the field of scholarship and to celebrate Rupert Gethin’s immense contribution to Buddhist studies The essays include explorations of Buddhist teachings, Abhidharma and scriptural studies and cover the fields of research that engage Rupert Gethin’s scholarship: Buddhist cosmology, textual translations, Abhidharma and the interface between Buddhism and modern science
UK August 2025
• US August 2025 • 256 pages • 2 bw illus
HB 9781350506015
• £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9781350505988 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350505971 • £76 50 / $76 50
Bloomsbury Academic
Tibetan Magic Past and Present
Edited by Cameron Bailey, Independent scholar, USA & Aleksandra Wenta, University of Florence, Italy
This book focuses on the theme of magic in Tibetan contexts, encompassing both premodern and modern text-cultures as well as contemporary practices Combining the theoretical approaches of anthropology, ethnography, religious and textual studies, the volume aims to shed light on experiences, practices, and practitioners that have been frequently marginalized by the normative mainstream monastic Buddhist traditions and Western Buddhist scholarship
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 272 pages • 10 bw illus
PB 9781350354982 £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350354944
ePub 9781350354968 £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350354951 • £76 50 / $76 50
Bloomsbury Academic
Evangelical Christian Responses to Islam
A Contemporary Overview
Richard McCallum, University of Oxford, UK
Drawing on over 300 texts written by more than 170 Evangelical authors, academics, leaders, missionaries and converts in the first two decades of the twenty-first century, this book explores what the Evangelical micro public sphere has to say about key issues in Christian-Muslim relations today This book looks at a variety of perspectives and considers where they may lead in the future
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 304 pages • 5 tables
PB 9781350418257 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350418219
ePub 9781350418233 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350418226 • £76 50 / $76 50
Bloomsbury Academic
Tibetan Sky-Gazing Meditation and the Pre-History of Great Perfection Buddhism
The Skullward Leap Technique and the Quest for Vitality
Flavio Geisshuesler, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
This open access book argues that Dzogchen once belonged to a cult centered on the quest for vitality, which involved the worship of the sky as primordial source of life and endorsed the hunting of animals The book also traces the historical development of the Great Perfection and advances an innovative model of meditation
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.
UK August 2025 • US August 2025 • 240 pages
PB 9781350428850 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350428812
ePub 9781350428836 • £00 00 / $00 00
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Bloomsbury Academic
On Being Nonreligious in Contemporary Japan
Decline, Antipathy, and Aversion to Institutions
Ian Reader, The University of Manchester, UK & Clark Chilson, The University of Pittsburgh, USA
This book challenges the notion of the nonreligious in Japan being religious through tradition and institution Ian and Clark instead argue that many Japanese say they are nonreligious because they actually dislike religion and want to distance themselves from it To support this argument, the book explores how religion is in decline in Japan today Demonstrating how negative images of religion are produced in the mainstream media, in popular culture, and by various groups and people, this book also explores specific case studies such as anti-cult organizations, lawyers, government agencies, intellectuals, and religious organizations
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 272 pages • 5 bw illus
HB 9781350541498 £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9781350541511 £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350541528 £76 50 / $76 50
Bloomsbury Academic
Islam and Muslims in Victorian Britain
New Perspectives
Edited by Jamie Gilham, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
This book brings together the work of sixteen leading and emerging scholars of Islam in Britain, Western Islam and the history of Christian-Muslim relations to offer fresh perspectives on Islam and Muslims in Victorian Britain The contributors reveal 19th-century attitudes and beliefs about Islam and Muslims to demonstrate the plurality of approaches to Islam and Muslims in Britain’s past – in politics, academia, literature, the press and other forms of popular culture They also bring to life the stories and voices of early Muslim settlers and converts to Islam to assess their experiences as Muslims in the Victorian period
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 288 pages • 13 bw illus
PB 9781350299672 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350299634
ePub 9781350299658 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350299641 £76 50 / $76 50
Series: Islam of the Global West Bloomsbury Academic
Shame, Modesty, and Honor in Islam
Edited by Ayang Utriza Yakin, UCLouvain, Belgium, Adis Duderija, Griffith University, Australia & An Van Raemdonck, Ghent University, Belgium
The book examines various conceptions of hayâ, or feelings of shame, modesty and honor in Islam, and the practices associated with this concept in both Muslim majority and minority contexts It argues that hayâ’ or modesty is the result of social constructions in which ideas, objects and practices interact in social and cultural contexts It then demonstrates how this concept has undergone profound transformations temporally and spatially
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 272 pages
PB 9781350386143 £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350386105
ePub 9781350386129 £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350386112 • £76 50 / $76 50
Bloomsbury Academic
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Popular Music
Edited by Christopher Partridge, University of Lancaster, UK & Marcus Moberg, Abo Akademi University, Finland
The second edition of The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Popular Music provides an updated, state-of-the-art analysis of the most important themes and concepts in the field, combining research in religious studies, theology, critical musicology and sociology It comprises 33 updated essays, a replacement of one of the chapters (on Buddhism), and six new chapters The Handbook continues to provide a guide to methodology, key genres, popular music subcultures, as well as an extensive updated bibliography It remains the essential tool for anyone with an interest in popular culture generally and religion and popular music in particular
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 512 pages
PB 9781350286870 • £39 99 / $54 95
Previously published in HB 9781350286979
ePub 9781350286993 £126 00 / $171 44
ePdf 9781350286986 £126 00 / $126 00
Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks • Bloomsbury Academic
Ritual and Social Dynamics in Christian and Islamic Preaching
Edited by Ruth Conrad, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, Roland Hardenberg, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany, Hanna Miethner, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany & Max Stille, Max Planck Institute for Human Development
This volume explores the socio-cultural dynamics of religious speeches through an analysis of Christian and Islamic sermons and preachers in the past and present In total, the volume brings together nine contributions by international experts in their respective fields.
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 224 pages
PB 9781350408883 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350408845
ePub 9781350408869 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350408852 • £76 50 / $76 50
Bloomsbury Academic
Speculative Orientalism: Asian Religions in New Wave Science Fiction
Sang-Keun Yoo, Marist College, USA
Sang-Keun Yoo highlights the underexplored connection between New Wave American science fiction and Asian religions, such as Taoism, Buddhism, and Hinduism Bringing fresh perspectives to the works of William S Burroughs, Philip K Dick, Ursula K and Samuel R Delany, this book offers an insightful examination of the role of Asian religions in American science fiction and their impact on the genre's history
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 240 pages • 9
HB 9781350447899 • £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9781350447936 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350447929 • £76 50 / $76 50
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Popular Fiction and Religious Dynamics • Bloomsbury Academic
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Material Religion in the Ancient Near East and Egypt
Edited by Nicola Laneri, University of Catania, Italy & Sharon R. Steadman, SUNY Cortland, USA
An essential survey of material religion in the ancient Near East and Egypt This volume contains 29 contributions spanning from the Neolithic to the Iron Age, a theoretical introduction to the concept of material religion, and editor introductions to each of its six parts, which tackle the following themes: the human body; religious architecture; the written words; sacred images; the spirituality of animals; and the sacred role of the landscape Illustrated with over 100 images, chapters provide insight into every element of religion and materiality, from the largest building to the smallest amulet
UK August 2025 US August 2025 526 pages 106 bw illus
PB 9781350398696 £54 99 / $74 95
Previously published in HB 9781350280816
ePub 9781350280830 • £153 00 / $207 89
ePdf 9781350280823 • £153 00 / $153 00
Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks • Bloomsbury Academic
Religious Diversity in Australia Living Well with Difference
Edited by Douglas Ezzy, University of Tasmania, Australia, Anna Halafoff, Deakin University, Australia, Greg Barton, Deakin University, Australia & Rebecca Banham, University of Tasmania, Australia
An examination of the variety of strategies used for the negotiation of Australian religious diversity in the context of the law, migration, education, policing, the media, and interfaith This book articulates the challenges that confront religious and ethnic minorities, including discrimination and structural inequalities generated by Christian and other forms of privilege It also articulates constructive strategies that are deployed, including encouraging forms of belonging, structured ways of negotiating disagreement, and respectful engagement with difference
UK September 2025 • US September 2025 • 272 pages • 2 bw illus
PB 9781350334489 • £28 99 / $39 95
Previously published in HB 9781350334441
ePub 9781350334465 • £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350334458 • £76 50 / $76 50 Bloomsbury Academic
Jerusalem in Memory and Eschatology
Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Visions of the Past and Future of Jerusalem
Emma O'Donnell Polyakov, Merrimack College, USA
Shedding light on contemporary conflicts, this volume explores the connection between notions of sacred space and time in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim visions of the past and future of Jerusalem The book offers multiple analyses of how the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif serves as a flashpoint for religious ideology and fervor
UK July 2025 • US July 2025 • 256 pages
HB 9781350505735 £85 00 / $115 00
ePub 9781350505759 £76 50 / $103 94
ePdf 9781350505742 £76 50 / $76 50
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