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Works from 2010

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Arendt, Augustine, and the New Beginning: The Action Theory and Moral Thought of Hannah Arendt in the Light of Her Dissertation on St. Augustine, Jonathan Rothchild

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Book Review: Christianity for Hindus, Tracy Tiemeier

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Book Review: Frontiers in Catholic Feminist Theology: Shoulder to Shoulder, Tracy Tiemeier

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Catholic Feminism and Asian Religious Traditions: Rethinking Christ’s Offices of Priest, Prophet, and King, Tracy Tiemeier

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Comparative Theology as a Theology of Liberation, Tracy Tiemeier

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Engendering the ‘Mysticism’ of the Alvars, Tracy Tiemeier

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Faith saved by a mix of old and new, Tracy Tiemeier

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Quest for meaning is about the journey, not the destination, Tracy Tiemeier

Works from 2009

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Hinduism, Jainism and Ecology, Christopher Chapple

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Hare Krishna Transformed, by E. Burke Rochford, Christopher Key Chapple

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The Bhagavad Gita, Christopher Key Chapple

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Yoga and Ecology: Dharma for the Earth, Christopher Key Chapple

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Darwin's Contemplative Vision, Douglas E. Christie

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Evagrius on Sadness, Douglas E. Christie

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Place-Making as Contemplative Practice, Douglas E. Christie

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Solidarity with the Religious Other, James L. Fredericks

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I Am Wholly Your Own: Liturgical Piety and Community Among the Nuns of Helfta, Anna Harrison

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Need, Anna Harrison

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Adāb, Amir Hussain

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Death, Amir Hussain

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Islam, Amir Hussain

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Islam in Canada, Amir Hussain

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Islam in the Plural, Amir Hussain

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Oil and Water: Being Muslim and Teaching Theology in a Jesuit University in Post 9/11 America, Amir Hussain

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On Teaching Islam and the Future of Christian-Muslim Relations, Amir Hussain

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Sir Salman Rushdie, Amir Hussain

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‘The Fire Next Time’: Sleeper Cell and Muslims on Television Post 9/11, Amir Hussain

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Why Am I a Muslim, Amir Hussain

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Clothing Maketh the Saint: Ælred's Narrative Intent in the Life of Saint Ninian, Marie Anne Mayeski

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"Like a Boat is Marriage": Aelred on Marriage as a Christian Way of Life, Marie Anne Mayeski

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Christian Community in History, Vol. 2: Comparative Ecclesiology, Thomas P. Rausch

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Mandate of Heaven: Religious Studies Return to China, Thomas P. Rausch

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Pope Benedict XVI: An Introduction to his Theological Vision, Thomas P. Rausch

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Law, Religion, and Culture: The Function of System in Niklas Luhmann and Kathryn Tanner, Jonathan Rothchild

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Putting On Virtue: The Legacy of the Splendid Vices, Jonathan Rothchild

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Tillich and King on Love and Justice and the Significance for Models of Restorative Justice, Jonathan Rothchild

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Torture Is a Moral Issue: Christians, Jews, Muslims, and People of Conscience Speak Out, Jonathan Rothchild

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Book Review of Miguel A. De La Torre Liberating Jonah: Forming an Ethic of Reconciliation, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

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Ezra and Nehemiah, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

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On the Pleasures of Prophetic Judgment: Reading Micah 1:6 And 3:12 with Stokely Carmichael, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

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Re-reading Nelson Graburn's 'Introduction' to Ethnic and Tourist Arts: Cultural Expressions from the Fourth World, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

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Review of David A. Bernat and Jonathan Klawans, Religion and Violence: The Biblical Heritage, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

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Review of Emran Qureshi and Michael A. Sells, The New Crusades: Constructing the Muslim Enemy, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

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Book Review: The Truth, the Way, the Life: Christian Commentary on the Three Holy Mantras of the Srivaisnava Hindus, Tracy Tiemeier

Works from 2008

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Asceticism and the Environment: Jainism, Buddhism, and Yoga, Christopher Chapple

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The Khecarīvidyā of Ādhinātha: A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of an Early Text of Haṭhayoga, Christopher Chapple

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Sacrifice and Sustainability, Christopher Key Chapple

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The Goddess and Ecological Sensitivity: the Cultivation of Earth Knowledge, Christopher Key Chapple

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Yoga and the Luminous : Patanjali's Spiritual Path to Freedom, Christopher Key Chapple

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The Birth of the Word in the Soul, Douglas E. Christie

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Masao Abe: A Bodhisattva's Vow, James L. Fredericks

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A Muslim Perspective on Interfaith Dialogue With Christians, Amir Hussain

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Film and the Introduction to Islam Course, Amir Hussain

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‘Listen to the Dark’: Death and Dying in Music, Film and Literature, Amir Hussain

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Review of “Golden States of Grace: Prayers of the Disinherited”, Amir Hussain

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The Diaspora in the West, Amir Hussain

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The global importance of ‘illiberal moderates’, an exchange: Partners in peace to precede a concert of democracies, Amir Hussain

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Thoughts on being a scholar of Islam and a Muslim in America post-9/11, Amir Hussain

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Non-canonical Towns: Representation of Urban Paradigms in Talmudic Understanding of the Jewish city, Gil P. Klein

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An 8 Day Retreat for Priests, Religious, Deacons, and Lay Ministers, Thomas P. Rausch

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I Believe in God: A Reflection on the Apostles’ Creed, Thomas P. Rausch

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Merton and the Opening to the East, Thomas P. Rausch

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Tradition, Rationality and Virtue: The Thought of Alasdair MacIntyre, Jonathan Rothchild

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Gideon at Thermopylae: Mapping War in Biblical Narratives, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

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Review of Wayne G. Rollins and D. Andrew Kille, Psychological Insight into the Bible: Text and Readings, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

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Life in the Borderlands: Lessons from the Saints on the Diversity of the Body of Christ, Tracy Tiemeier

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The Holy Spirit in the World: A Global Conversation, Tracy Tiemeier

Works from 2007

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The Myth of Religious Superiority: Multifaith Exploration of Religious Pluralism, Christopher Chapple

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Disciplines and Vows (Yamas and Vratas): How the Mystical Yields to the Ethical in Yoga and Jainism, Christopher Key Chapple

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"Foreword" from The Writings of Swami Sivananda: A Bibliographical Study, Christopher Key Chapple

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Demons and the Making of the Monk: Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity by David Brakke (Review), Douglas E. Christie

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Hesychia: The Practice of Stillness, Douglas E. Christie

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Spirituality: Its Uses and Misuses, Douglas E. Christie

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Vision Becoming Joy: The Desert in History and Imagination, Douglas E. Christie

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Dialogue and Solidarity in a Time of Globalization, James L. Fredericks

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‘If one member glories…’: Community Between the Living and the Saintly Dead in Bernard of Clairvaux’s Sermons for the Feast of All Saints, Anna Harrison

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How Quickly We Forget, Brett C. Hoover

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Life as a Muslim Scholar of Islam in Post 9/11 America, Amir Hussain

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Review of Understanding Islam: An Introduction, Amir Hussain

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The Islamic Tradition, Amir Hussain

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Andrew Greeley’s Religious Imagination: A Theological Perspective, Thomas P. Rausch

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To Embrace the Other, Thomas P. Rausch

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Atrocities, Accountability, and Peremptory Norms: Defending The Moral Authority of the International Criminal Court, Johnathan Rothchild

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Introduction, Jonathan Rothchild

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Prophetic Realism: Beyond Militarism and Pacifism in an Age of Terror, by Ronald H. Stone, Jonathan Rothchild

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Recapturing the Good, Not Merely Measuring Harms: Rehabilitation, Restoration, and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Jonathan Rothchild

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Jonah, Jesus, and Other Good Coyotes: Speaking Peace To Power in the Bible, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

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The Quiet Words of the Wise: Biblical Developments Toward Nonviolence as a Diaspora Ethic, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

Works from 2006

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Dying and Death: Jaina Dharma Traditions, Christopher Key Chapple

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Inherent Value without Nostalgia: Animals and the Jaina Tradition, Christopher Key Chapple

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Jainism and Ecology: Transformation of a Tradition, Christopher Key Chapple

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Yoga and the Mahabharata: Engaged Renouncers, Christopher Key Chapple

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St. Antony’s Fire, Douglas E. Christie

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The Work of Loneliness: Solitude, Emptiness, and Compassion, Douglas E. Christie

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Dialogue and Solidarity: Nostra Aetate after Forty Years, James L. Fredericks

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Virtual Church for Young Adults, Brett C. Hoover and Michael Hayes

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An Accidental Theologian: Thoughts on Islam in Public and Private Religious Universities, Amir Hussain

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Oil and Water: Two Faiths, One God, Amir Hussain

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Review of Me and the Mosque, a film by Zarqa Nawaz, Amir Hussain

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Review of Muslim Britain: Communities Under Pressure, edited by Tahir Abbas, Amir Hussain