Islam / Sikhism / Africa & South America

Yasin Dutton, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, UK This book considers the transmission of the Sunna through the lens of the great Madinan legal scholar, Imam Malik ibn Anas (d. 179 AH/795 CE), in his renowned book al-Muwatta’. Yasin Dutton discusses not only the legal judgements preserved in this book, but also the key scholars involved in the transmission of these judgements. Overriding these textual considerations is the concept of ‘amal, or the Practice of the People of Medina. Given the contested nature of ‘amal, it receives extended treatment here, allowing for a deeper understanding of the nature of Islamic law, and, by extension, of Islam itself.

UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 160 pages HB 9781350261860 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350261884 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350261877 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic

Indigeneity in African Religions

Oza Worldviews, Cosmologies and Religious Cultures

Afe Adogame, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA Based on religious ethnography, in-depth interviews and use of archival sources, this is the first book to explore the historical origins, worldviews, cosmologies, ritual practice and symbolism of the indigenous Oza people in South Western Nigeria. In the context of enormous social, cultural, political, economic and religious change, the volume provides crucial empirical insight. Engaging with methodological and theoretical questions that are relevant to the study of religion in Africa more broadly, Afe Adogame reveals the complexity of ‘indigeneity’ in the context of modern religious change in contemporary African milieus.

UK November 2021 • US November 2021 • 288 pages HB 9781350008267 • £85.00 / $114.00 ePub 9781350008274 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350008281 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic An Intertextual Approach with Biblical and Rabbinic Literature

Abdulla Galadari, Khalifa University of Science & Technology, United Arab Emirates

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.

Through extensive textual analysis, this book reveals how many passages of the Qur’an define death and resurrection spiritually or metaphorically. The author presents an alternative theory of interpretation, which will be of critical interest to students and scholars in the field.

UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 288 pages • 1 bw illus HB 9781350244528 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350244542 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350244535 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic

The Sikh View on Happiness

Guru Arjan’s Sukhmani

Kamala Elizabeth Nayar, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada & Jaswinder Singh Sandhu, Sources Substance Use Services, Canada This book features a new translation of Sukhmani, the celebrated Sikh text, providing its first in-depth analysis. Nayar and Sandhu draw upon the Sikh understanding of the mind, illness, and wellbeing to introduce key Sikh psychological concepts and illustrate the practical application of consciousness-based practices in the contemporary context. They highlight the overlap of the teachings in the Sukhmani with concepts and themes found in Western psychotherapy, such as mindfulness, meaningful living, and flow.

UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 272 pages PB 9781350266933 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350139879 ePub 9781350139893 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350139886 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic

Bloomsbury Studies in Religion, Space and Place

Paul-François Tremlett, The Open University, UK, John Eade, University of Roehampton, UK, and Katy Soar, University of Winchester, UK

Christianity in Brazil

An Introduction from a Global Perspective

Sílvia Fernandes, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil This book considers Brazilian Christianity’s interplay with global processes from its inception to the present day. Sílvia Fernandes adopts a multiscalar approach to Brazilian Christianity, linking local grassroots practices and beliefs with processes at the various spatio-temporal levels. These include regional, national and transnational. She also identifies historical dynamics that connect colonial Christianity with current events, including the rise, crisis and resurgence of Progressive Catholicism, and the election of right-wing populist Jair Bolsonaro with support from a sizable number of Evangelical Protestants and Charismatic Catholics, as well as 'traditionalist' Catholics.

Global Trajectories of Brazilian Religion

Lusospheres

Edited by Martijn Oosterbaan, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, Linda van de Kamp, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands & Joana Bahia, State University of Rio de Janiero Religious movements as diverse as Santo Daime, Candomblé, Capoeira, John of God, and Brazilian style Pentecostalism and Catholicism, have become immensely popular in many places outside Brazil; this book shows how Brazilian religious practices, objects and media play a central role in the making of the present-day transnational Lusosphere. Contributors argue that in a dynamic space of historical and cultural production, Brazil is imagined and re-created as ‘the cool territory’ – authentic, tropical, spiritual and sensual – highlighting new modes of cultural and religious exchange.

UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 256 pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350204959 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350204973 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350204966 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Religion, Space and Place • Bloomsbury Academic UK April 2021 • US April 2021 • 248 pages • 10 bw illus PB 9781350252509 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350072060 ePub 9781350072084 • £26.09 / $35.17 ePdf 9781350072077 • £26.09 / $35.17 Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Religion, Space and Place • Bloomsbury Academic