🐻 Cornell Religious Studies unofficial reading list 2026
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| Sophomore level | |
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| South Asian Religions in Practice: The Healing Traditions RELST 2546 (fa26) |
• 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 |
| Senior level | |
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| Time & History in Ancient Mexico RELST 4256/7250 (fa26) |
• 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 |