Religion

A Friendship in Twilight

Lockdown Conversations on Death and Life Jack Miles and Mark C. Taylor

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jack Miles and Mark C. Taylor embarked on an extended conversation about living and dying in an imperiled world. A Friendship in Twilight is their plague journal. In raw and searching letters, written daily from the first lockdowns through the Capitol riot, they reflect on life during overlapping crises.

$26.00 / £20.00 paper 978-0-231-20595-5 $110.00 / £85.00 cloth 978-0-231-20594-8 2022 456 pages

Let in the Light

Learning to Read St. Augustine's Confessions James Boyd White

James Boyd White invites readers to join him in a close and engaged encounter with St. Augustine’s Confessions. He offers an accessible guide to reading the text in Latin—even for those who have never studied the language— allowing readers to experience the immediacy, urgency, and vitality of Augustine’s writing.

$30.00 / £25.00 paper 978-0-231-20501-6 $120.00 / £94.00 cloth 978-0-231-20500-9 2022 384 pages Critical Approaches to Science and Religion

Edited by Myrna Perez Sheldon, Ahmed Ragab, and Terence Keel

This book draws on critical race theory, feminist and queer theory, and postcolonial theory to develop insightful and innovative methods for analyzing science and religion. Featuring a diverse array of contributors, it examines how histories of empire, slavery, and patriarchy have shaped science and religion in the modern era.

$35.00 / £28.00 paper 978-0-231-20657-0 $140.00 / £108.00 cloth 978-0-231-20656-3 February 2023 408 pages

Sister Death

Political Theologies for Living and Dying Beatrice Marovich

Drawing on a wide range of sources—from Toni Morrison to Derrida to grassroots “death positive” movements—Beatrice Marovich critiques a political theology that pits life and death against each other in a state of endless war. Adapting the figure of “Sister Death” from Saint Francis, she calls for recognizing that life and death are family.

$32.00 / £25.00 paper 978-0-231-20837-6 $125.00 / £98.00 cloth 978-0-231-20836-9 January 2023 304 pages 26 illus.

A Cultural History of the Soul

Europe and North America from 1870 to the Present Kocku von Stuckrad

This book uncovers the history of the concept of the soul in twentieth-century Europe and North America. Beginning in fin de siècle Germany, Kocku von Stuckrad examines an astonishingly wide range of figures and movements.

$30.00 / £25.00 paper 978-0-231-20037-0 $120.00 / £94.00 cloth 978-0-231-20036-3 2021 352 pages Philosophy's Big Questions

Comparing Buddhist and Western Approaches Edited by Steven M. Emmanuel

The essays in this book turn to the major figures and texts of the Buddhist tradition in order to expand and enrich our thinking on enduring philosophical questions. Featuring striking and generative comparisons, Philosophy’s Big Questions offers readers new conceptual tools, methods, and insights for the pursuit of a good and happy life.

$30.00 / £25.00 paper 978-0-231-17487-9 $120.00 / £94.00 cloth 978-0-231-17486-2 2021 336 pages

A Partial Enlightenment

What Modern Literature and Buddhism Can Teach Us About Living Well Without Perfection Avram Alpert

Avram Alpert combines personal experience and readings of modern novels to offer another way to understand modern Buddhism. He argues that it represents a rich resource not for attaining perfection but rather for finding meaning and purpose in a chaotic world.

$30.00 / £25.00 paper 978-0231-20003-5 $120.00 / £100.00 cloth 978-0-231-20002-8 2021 264 pages Politics, Intellectuals, and Faith

Essays Matthew Feldman

Edited by Archie Henderson

This wide-ranging collection of essays examines modern intellectuals and ideologues. Matthew Feldman calls attention to the substantial role played in post–Great War Europe and the United States by religions—both familiar monotheisms like Christianity and secular “political faiths”—over the last century of upheaval.

$46.00 paper 978-3-8382-0986-9 2020 430 pages

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