Buddhism / Asia / Gender & Sexuality

Paul Fuller, Bath Spa University, UK This textbook outlines the origins and principles of Engaged Buddhism. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the central themes and issues of the movement, offering new insights into the formation of modern Buddhism. The issues covered include politics, gender, environmentalism, identity, blasphemy and violence. These are illustrated by case studies and examples from a range of locations where Buddhism is practised. Discussion points and suggested further reading, including internet resources, are provided at the end of each chapter, further enriching undergraduates' grasp of the topic.

UK September 2021 • US September 2021 • 240 pages • 20 bw illus PB 9781350129061 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350129078 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9781350129092 • £19.79 / $26.05 ePdf 9781350129085 • £19.79 / $26.05 Bloomsbury Academic

Rethinking 'Classical' Yoga and Buddhism

Meditation, Metaphors and Materiality

Karen O'Brien-Kop, University of Roehampton, UK Revisiting the early systemic formation of what we now call ‘yoga’ in South Asia, this book de-centres the Eurocentric and imperialist enterprises of the 19th century. Karen O'Brien-Kop reframes the cultural period of the first to fifth centuries CE using categorical markers from Indic intellectual history, whilst also showing that Buddhist traditions were just as concerned as Hindu traditions with meditative disciplines of yoga.

UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 240 pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350229990 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350230019 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350230002 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Religious Studies • Bloomsbury Academic

The Culture of Giving in Myanmar

Buddhist Offerings, Reciprocity and Interdependence

Hiroko Kawanami, Lancaster University, UK Examining the culture of giving in Myanmar, this book explores the pivotal role that Buddhist monastic members occupy in creating a platform for civil society. It extends the discussions of Buddhist offerings that normally focus on the one-way flow of goods and services from the laity to the monastic community, into an understanding of wider Buddhist cultures. This reveals how deeply the reciprocal transactions of giving and receiving in society – or interdependent living – are implicated in the Buddhist faith.

UK December 2021 • US December 2021 • 200 pages • 8 bw illus PB 9781350267305 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350124172 ePub 9781350124196 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350124189 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic

Ethnic and Religious Diversity in Myanmar

Contested Identities

Edited by Perry Schmidt-Leukel, University of Muenster, Germany, Hans-Peter Grosshans, University of Muenster, Germany, Madlen Krueger, University of Muenster, Germany & Samuel Ngun Ling, Myanmar Institute of Theology, Myanmar Religious and ethnic conjunctions are treated from historical, political, religious and ethnic minority perspectives through both case studies and overview chapters. The book addresses the thorny issues of Buddhist supremacy, Burmese nationalism, and ethnic-religious hierarchy along with reflections on Buddhist, Christian and Muslim communities. Through its focus on identity issues and its inclusion of both insider and outsider perspectives, this book provides new insights into the complex religious situation of Myanmar.

UK December 2021 • US December 2021 • 256 pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350187405 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350187429 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350187412 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic

Bloomsbury Studies in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality

Dawn Llewellyn, University of Chester, UK, Sîan Hawthorne, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK, and Sonya Sharma, Kingston University London, UK

Beyond Religion in India and Pakistan

Gender and Caste, Borders and Boundaries

Virinder S. Kalra, University of Manchester, UK & Navtej K. Purewal, SOAS, University of London, UK Drawing on insights from theoretical engagements with materiality and subalternity, this volume provides new ways of understanding religion in South Asia. The book presents the realm of material expression in popular religions as a very real and important indication of wider developments in political, social and religious identity and practice, and as a result challenges the definition of religion more broadly.

UK June 2021 • US June 2021 • 256 pages • 5 bw illus PB 9781350266308 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350041752 ePub 9781350041776 • £81.00 / $106.83 ePdf 9781350041769 • £81.00 / $106.83 Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality • Bloomsbury Academic

Becoming Queer and Religious in Malaysia and Singapore

Sharon A. Bong, Monash University Malaysia, Malaysia Sharon Bong explores the personal journeys of several GLBTIQ (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer) persons negotiating the tensions between living out their sexuality and religiosity in Malaysia and Singapore. Bong presents a broad spectrum of queer strategies emerging from participants’ narratives of ‘becoming’ which encompass becoming Asian, becoming postcolonial, becoming sexually religious and religiously sexual and becoming ‘persons’. These strategies are used in the book as counterpoints to nationhood narratives of becoming Asian or postcolonial, which are still mired in religious-sponsored and colonialinherited sexual regulations.

UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 224 pages PB 9781350266872 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350132733 ePub 9781350132757 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350132740 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality • Bloomsbury Academic