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Sophomore level

Buddhism RELST 2299

  • The Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism by Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
  • The Foundations of Buddhism by Rupert Gethin

South Asian Religions in Practice: The Healing Traditions RELST 2546

  • The Indian Way: An Introduction to the Philosophies & Religions of India by John M Koller
  • Shamans, Mystics & Doctors: A Psychological Inquiry into India & its Healing Traditions by Sudhir Kakar
  • Medusa’s Hair: An Essay on Personal Symbols & Religious Experience by Gananath Obeyesekere
  • Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India by Diana Eck
  • Given to the Goddess by Lucinda Ramberg
  • In Amma’s Healing Room: Gender & Vernacular Islam in South India by Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger
  • Gabriel of Madness: Islamic Poetry & Ethics in an Age of Hindu Nationalism by Anand Vivek Taneja
  • Mudpacks and Prozac: Experiencing Ayurvedic, Biomedical & Religious Healing by Murphy Halliburton

Junior level

Partition: Violence, Citizenship & the Making of Modern South Asia RELST 3023

  • The Partition of India by Haimanti Roy
  • From Raj to Republic: Sovereignty, Violence & Democracy in India by Sunil Purushotham
  • Munnu: A Boy from Kashmir by Malik Sajad

History, Theory & Methods in the Academic Study of Religion RELST 3049/6049

  • Natural Symbols: Explorations in Cosmology by Mary Douglas
  • Fetishizing Tradition: Desire and Reinvention in Buddhist and Christian Narratives by Alan Cole
  • Revelatory Events: 3 Case Studies of the Emergence of New Spiritual Paths by Ann Taves
  • How God Becomes Real: Kindling the Presence of Invisible Others by T.M. Luhrmann

History of Christianity RELST 3695

  • Confessions by Augustine
  • A Brief History of Christianity by Carter Lindberg
  • Secrets of God: Writings of Hildegard of Bingen by Sabina Flanagan

Senior level

Time & History in Ancient Mexico RELST 4256/7250

  • The Codex Borgia: A Full-Color Restoration of the Ancient Mexican Manuscript by Díaz & Rodgers
  • Portraying the Aztec Past: The Codices Boturini, Azcatitlan & Aubin by Angela Herren Rajagopalan
  • Deciphering Aztec Hieroglyphs: A Guide to Nahuatl Writing by Gordon Whittaker

Moses Maimonides RELST 4540

  • Epistles of Maimonides: Crisis & Leadership Abraham S. Halkin
  • A Maimonides Reader by Isadore Twersky
  • Maimonides in His World: Portrait of a Mediterranean Thinker by Sarah Stroumsa
  • Maimonides: The Life & World of One of Civilization’s Greatest Minds by Joel L. Kraemer
  • The Guide of the Perplexed by Moses Maimonides

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