Burning for the Buddha: Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhism
Book
Burning for the Buddha is the first book-length study of the theory and practice of "abandoning the...
Evangelicalism
Book
Popular Evangelicalism in American Culture explores the controversies, complexities, and historical...

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Marijuana (but Were Too Stoned to Ask)
Book
Do you know the origin of the word 'bong'? Could you name ten countries where marijuana use is...

Cosmos, Gods and Madmen: Frameworks in the Anthropologies of Medicine
Roland Littlewood and Rebecca Lynch
Book
The social anthropology of sickness and health has always been concerned with religious cosmologies:...

Day of the Dead Colouring Book
Mauro Mazzara and Andrea Bianchi Carnevale
Book
The Mexican celebration to remember loved ones is a whirlwind of patterns - the iconic sugar skulls,...

Inside The Exorcist
Podcast
In 1973 Hell came home and invaded the body of a young girl. This is the story of a movie and its...

Sharia Dynamics: Islamic Law and Sociopolitical Processes: 2017
Book
This multidisciplinary volume explores the role of Islamic law within the dynamic processes of...

The Medieval Military Orders: 1120-1314
Book
This new addition to the popular Seminar Studies series looks at the origins, development and...

Atlas of European Architecture
Markus Sebastian Braun and Chris van Uffelen
Book
Architecture in Europe has always been characterized by an inimitable variety of style. Also current...

Image and Imagination: Essays and Reviews
Book
This selection from the writings of C. S. Lewis gathers together forty book reviews, never before...