Jason Sion Mokhtarian’s book, Rabbis, Sorcerers, Kings, and Priests: The Culture of the Talmud in Ancient Iran, was selected by the Jewish Book Council as a finalist for the Nahum Sarna Memorial …
Read More >UC Press is pleased to share the Society for Classical Studies (SCS) announcement that Emily Mackil’s book, Creating a Common Polity: Religion, Economy, and Politics in the Making of the Greek Koinon, …
Read More >Distinguished anthropologist and scholar of Africa, John Peel passed away in November. Two of Peel’s colleagues from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, Paul Gifford and Richard Rathbone, have …
Read More >Most Americans know the story of Thanksgiving, but the woman who helped ensure its status as a national holiday, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, is a little less familiar. Hale was an educated …
Read More >University of California Press is exhibiting at to the 2015 American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Joint Meeting. The meeting convenes November 21-24 in Atlanta. Please visit us at booths …
Read More >Amanda Lucia, author of Reflections of Amma: Devotees in a Global Embrace, was interviewed on New Books in Religion. New Books in Religion is part of a collection of podcasts hosted by the …
Read More >by Evan Berry, author of Devoted to Nature: The Religious Roots of American Environmentalism Some Americans, especially among the most trenchant ranks of conservative Catholics, have expressed outrage about Pope Francis’ direct …
Read More >By Norman Girardot, author of Envisioning Howard Finster: The Religion and Art of a Stranger from Another World Norman Girardot, fresh from attending the “America is Hard to See” exhibit at the (New) …
Read More >Join Norman Girardot next month for a reading, discussion, and signing of his new book, Envisioning Howard Finster: The Religion and Art of a Stranger from Another World, held in Chicago’s Intuit: The Center …
Read More >Kevin O’Neill, author of recently released Secure the Soul: Christian Piety and Gang Prevention in Guatemala, spoke to Alejandra Bronfman on the New Books in Latin American Studies podcast last week. New Books in …
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