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Cultural Studies

Buddhism and Cinematic Technicity-Consciousness

posted by Teri Williams February 1, 20217 min read188 Views

By Victor Fan ‘Cinematic Imaging and Imagining through the Lens of Buddhism’ (from the latest issue of Paragraph) is one…

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

Religion, Identity and Power: Turkey and the Balkans in the Twenty-First Century

posted by Helena Heald January 21, 20218 min read296 Views

by Ahmet Erdi Öztürk Religion and belief are two of humanity’s oldest identity codes. Identity is intertwined with religion and,…

Christianity

The Jesuits and the Globalisation of the Renaissance

posted by Teri Williams October 26, 20204 min read53 Views

By Peter Burke The idea that the unintended consequences of human action are often more important – for better and…

detail from book cover: Miracles of Healing featuring the text psychotherapy
Religion

Psychotherapy and Religion in Twentieth-Century Scotland

posted by Anna Glazier June 3, 20207 min read241 Views

A Q&A with Gavin Miller, author of Miracles of Healing, an investigation of the relationship between religion and psychotherapy in…

Politics, Philosophy and Religion

Studies in World Christianity turns 25: The complete SWC index

posted by Teri Williams May 5, 20201 min read273 Views

The Edinburgh University Press journal Studies in World Christianity recently turned an impressive 25 years old, and to celebrate we have…

Declaration of Human Fraternity 2019
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

Christians and Muslims: Friends or Foes?

posted by Zuzana IHNATOVA March 27, 20207 min read491 Views

Read on to explore the details behind writing the first and second edition of the fascinating study looking at the…

Protestants, Gender and the Arab Renaissance in Late Ottoman Syria
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

Five Reasons why the Middle East Matters for World Christianity

posted by Emma at EUP April 26, 20198 min read2026 Views

Events such as the Arab Spring and the civil war in Syria have brought Middle Eastern Christians into the public…

Cultural History

What did Virginia Woolf really think about Holy Week and Easter? (4 of 4)

posted by Carla Hepburn April 21, 20191 min read824 Views

Jane de Gay discusses what Virginia Woolf really thought about Easter in a series of blog posts throughout Holy Week.

Muslims in Central Asia
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

7 things you may not know about the history of Muslims in Central Asia

posted by Emma at EUP February 4, 20198 min read1801 Views

By Galina M. Yemelianova 1) There are both narrow and broad notions of Central Asia. The narrow one relates to…

Hussein Ahmad Amin
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

Translating ‘The Sorrowful Muslim’s Guide’ – a labour of love

posted by Emma at EUP November 26, 20186 min read1474 Views

When we first thought about translating The Sorrowful Muslim’s Guide by Hussein Ahmad Amin, it was not just because the book…

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