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Works from 2023

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A Child of the Father of Lies: A Sermon Given by Professor Cyril Hovorun, Cyril Hovorun

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Invisibility, Anti-Asian Racism, and Feminist Studies in Religion, Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier

Works from 2022

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Perspectives from Contemporary India and 6th Century Jain Yoga, Christopher Chapple

Gandhi’s Philosophy of Swaraj (Self-Rule, Independence, Freedom): Gandhi, Thurman, and Lawson as a Way of Peace and Change, Christopher Chapple

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“Thousands and Thousands of Lovers”: Sense of Community Among the Nuns of Helfta, Anna Harrison

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What Remains of the Night? The Unbearable Burden of Grief, Anna Harrison

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Segmeted Secrecy as Catholic Ecclesial Practice: The Case of Gay Priests, Brett C. Hoover

Works from 2021

David Hales, Kusumita Pedersen, Tatiana Brailovskaya, eds., Faith for Earth: A Call for Action. Nairobi and Chicago: United Nations Environment Programme. Parliament of the World’s Religions, 2020. Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology. Vol. 25. No. 3, 2021. Pp. 257-258., Christopher Chapple

“Naissance de sagesses: L’âge axial” and “Première prédications du Bouddha” and “Spéculations et pratiques tantriques” and “Le Yoga-Vāsiṣṭha: un yoga en sept étapes”, Christopher Chapple

Religious Pluralism and Inter-religious Friendship in Los Angeles, Christopher Chapple

Textual Sources for Yoga Therapy, Christopher Chapple

The Role of Religions in Times of Ecological Crisis, Christopher Chapple

Thomas Merton and the Bhagavad Gita, Christopher Chapple

Tribute to Professor Jaini, Christopher Chapple

Yoga: Classical (Pātañjala), Christopher Chapple

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‘A New and Special Joy’: Increasing the Happiness of Mary and the Saints in the Helfta Spirituality, Anna Harrison

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Conscience and Confidence: Rebel Hearts, Anna Harrison

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Evaluating the Moral Framing of Disaffiliation: Sociological and Pastoral Perspectives on the Rise of the “Nones”, Brett C. Hoover

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Still Unaccommodated: Why Are Hispanic Catholics Treated Unequally?, Brett C. Hoover

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‘Chickens coming home to roost’: American Muslims in the Aftermath, Amir Hussain

Works from 2020

A Jain Ethic for the End of Life, Christopher Chapple

Body, Mind, and Breath: Yoga as a Framework for Integrative Spiritual Care, Christopher Chapple

Book Symposium: Candy Guenther Brown, Debating Yoga and Mindfulness in Public Schools: Reforming Secular Education or Re-establishing Religion? University of North Carolina Press, 2019. “Yoga and Meditation: Indoctrination or Integration of Body, Breath, and Emotions.” Religious Studies Review. Vol. 46, Issue 2. June 2020, pp. 173-174., Christopher Chapple

“Dignity: A Hindu Perspective” and “Jewish and Hindu Perspectives on Dignity”, Christopher Chapple

Ecology in a Time of Covid, Christopher Chapple

Four New Works on the Mahābhārata, Christopher Chapple

Free Will in Jainism, Christopher Chapple

History of Jain Academic Studies in North American Universities, Christopher Chapple

Honoring the Goddess: Padmāvatī, Lalitā, and Lakṣmī, Christopher Chapple

Jaina Philanthropic Support of Higher Education in the USA, Christopher Chapple

The Academic Study of Yoga in India, Christopher Chapple

The Dasgupta Review, Christopher Chapple

The World’s Religions in a Time of Pandemic, Christopher Chapple

Worlds of Dream in the Yogavāsiṣṭha, Christopher Chapple

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Mass in the Time of Quarantine, Anna Harrison

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Joy and Strain in Shared Parishes: Look Who’s Here, Brett C. Hoover

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Many Arts, One Body: Interview with Brett Hoover, Brett C. Hoover

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The Disarray of Christmas, Brett C. Hoover

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War and autocephaly in Ukraine, Cyril Hovorun

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Interview, Amir Hussain

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Muslims in America: Living up to the Ideals of the Greatest, Amir Hussain

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Double review of Jean Bethke Elsthain, Augustine and the Limits of Politics and Debra Erickson and Michael Le Chevallier eds., Jean Bethke Elshtain: Politics, Ethics, and Society, Matthew R. Petrusek

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Afterword, Matthew R. Petrusek and Johnathan Rothchild

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Introduction, Matthew R. Petrusek and Johnathan Rothchild

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Protestant and Orthodox Perspectives on Dignity: A Response, Matthew R. Petrusek and Johnathan Rothchild

Works from 2019

Devotion in Jain Song and Poetic Narrative, Christopher Chapple

Foreword, Christopher Chapple

Jeremy David Engels. The Art of Gratitude. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2018. In Reading Religion: A Publication of the American Academy of Religion. www.readingreligion.org Posted October 3, 2019., Christopher Chapple

“Preface and Introduction” (vii-xvi) and “Activity, Cessation, and a Return to Origins in the Yoga Sūtra” (185-201), Christopher Chapple

Religious Experience and Yoga, Christopher Chapple

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Religious Experience and Yoga, Christopher Chapple

Religious Experience and Yoga, Christopher Chapple

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Muslim, Jewish, and Catholic Perspectives on Sacred Spaces and Sacred Clothing: An Interfaith Panel Discussion, Reuven Firestone, Amir Hussain, and Pim Valkenberg

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Practical Theology in the United States, Brett C. Hoover

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Patristics and sociolinguistics, Cyril Hovorun

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Review of Blinded by the Light directed by Gurinder Chadha, Amir Hussain

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Review of Republic of Islamophobia: The Rise of Respectable Racism in France by Jim Wolfreys, and American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear by Khaled A. Beydoun, Amir Hussain

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Seeking Understanding: Helping Graduate Students to Write for Scholarly Journals in Religion, Amir Hussain

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Sexuality, Spirituality, and the Love of God, Amir Hussain

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Review of Kevin M. Clark ed., The Seven Deadly Sins: Sayings of the Father of the Church (Washington DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2018) and Gail Ramshaw, Saints on Sunday: Voices from Our Past Enlivening Our Worship (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2018), Matthew Petrusek

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The Mysticism of Encounter: How Pope Francis Provides Fresh Grounds for Solidarity by Transcending Postcolonial and Civilizational-Clash Paradigms of the Other, Matthew R. Petrusek

Works from 2018

Animal Ethics, Christopher Chapple

Animals, Vegetarianism, and Nonviolence, Christopher Chapple

Jaina Ethics and Moral Philosophy, Christopher Chapple

The Nonviolent Hero in the Bhagavad Gītā, Gandhi, and the Quakers, Christopher Chapple

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‘Where Have You Vanished?’: Aelred of Rievaulx’s Lamentation on Simon, Anna Harrison

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Parish M Ministry in a Multicultural Church: Where Are We?, Brett C. Hoover

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Silent Majorities: Power Dynamics in Catholic Parishes Shared by Latinos, Brett C. Hoover

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American Muslims in the Age of President Trump, Amir Hussain

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Review of Muslim Americans in the Military: Centuries of Service by Edward E. Curtis IV, Amir Hussain

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The Legacy of Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Amir Hussain

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The Surprise of Reconciliation in the Catholic Tradition, Jonathan Rothchild

Works from 2017

Contemplative Pedagogy: A Descriptive Account of Two Approaches to Student Engagement at Loyola Marymount University, Christopher Chapple

Ecological Considerations in Jainism and Modern Views, Christopher Chapple

Foreword, Christopher Chapple

India, Christopher Chapple

Jain Dharma: The Eternal Law of Ahimsa, Christopher Chapple

Jainisme et yoga: la purification karmique par la non-violence, Christopher Chapple

Lynn White Jr. and India: Romance? Reality?, Christopher Chapple

“Non-possession and Simplicity: Ethics and Lifestyle in Buddhism and Thomas Aquinas,” “The Simple Life in Quaker Tradition,” “Juliet Schor on Contemporary Acquisitiveness,” “John Woolman, American Quaker.”, Christopher Chapple

Reincarnation: Mechanics, Narratives, and Implications, Christopher Chapple

Tantric Yoga in the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa of Hinduism and the Jñānārṇava of Jainism, Christopher Chapple

Thomas Berry and His Study of World Faiths, Christopher Chapple

Whitney A. Bauman, Richard Bohannon, Kevin J. O'Brien, eds. Grounding Religion: A Field Guide to the Study of Religion and Ecology, 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2017. http://readingreligion.org/books/grounding-religion, Christopher Chapple

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The Uruly, Chaotic Wind of God: Imagining a Church and Ministry Stirred Up and Prodded by the Spirit, Brett C. Hoover

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Ecumenism: Rapprochement through co-working to reconciliation, Cyril Hovorun

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American Muslims in the Age of President Trump, Amir Hussain

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Funerals and Death Rites: Honoring the Departed, Amir Hussain

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Review of Before Orthodoxy: The Satanic Verses in Early Islam by Shahab Ahmed, Amir Hussain

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‘The Most Beautiful of Stories’: A Muslim Reflection on the Qur’an and Moral Injury, Amir Hussain

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Towards a Hermeneutic of Humanity: Wilfred Cantwell Smith and the Study of Muslims, Amir Hussain

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Making the Fundamental Option Fully Free: How Human Capabilities Help Clarify Rahner’s Conception of Justice, Matthew Petrusek

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Book Review of John J. Fitzgerald, The Seductiveness of Virtue: Abraham Joshua Heschel and John Paul II on Morality and Personal Fulfillment, Matthew R. Petrusek

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Dialoguing from a Fixed Point: How Aristotle and Pope Francis Illuminate the Promise — and Limits — of Inclusion in Catholic Higher Education, Matthew R. Petrusek

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Federalism, Subsidiarity, and Voting Rights: Critiquing the Shelby County decision through Johannes Althusius and Catholic Social Teaching, Jonathan Rothchild

Works from 2016

Ahiṃsā in the Mahābhārata, Christopher Chapple

Establishing Yoga Studies, Christopher Chapple

Foreword, Christopher Chapple

“Introduction,” “The Jaina Yogas of Haribhadra Virahāṅka’s Yogabindu,” “Contemporary Expressions of Yoga in Jainism”, Christopher Chapple

L’India, tra sviluppo e attenzione per la Terra, Christopher Chapple