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Our list reflects the breadth and diversity of religious studies in the contemporary academy. We publish scholars who study religion across a wide variety of time periods, world regions, and religious traditions, using methods drawn from history, classics, philosophy, literary and cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, and political science.
Whether humanities or social science–oriented, books on the Princeton religion list explore and illuminate the ways in which religious traditions have intermingled and influenced each other to inform our past and present.
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Emily Sigalow on American JewBu
May is Jewish American Heritage month, and it is worth noting that today, many Jewish Americans are embracing a dual religious identity, for instance, practicing Buddhism while also staying connected to their Jewish roots.
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The longest seder: A story of Haggadah
The Haggadah, the text for the Passover seder meal, is supposed to teach the story of Exodus, primarily to the young. It does that poorly, for it assumes that readers are so well versed in the story that they’d prefer to dwell instead on ancient commentaries.
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Kate Bowler on The Preacher’s Wife
Since the 1970s, an important new figure has appeared on the center stage of American evangelicalism—the celebrity preacher’s wife.
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Jack Wertheimer on The New American Judaism
American Judaism has been buffeted by massive social upheavals in recent decades. In The New American Judaism, Jack Wertheimer, a leading authority on the subject, sets out to discover how Jews of various orientations practice their religion in this radically altered landscape.
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Marcin Wodziński on Historical Atlas of Hasidism
Historical Atlas of Hasidism is the very first cartographic reference book on one of the modern era's most vibrant and important mystical movements.
