A modest question drove me to write this book: have any Indonesia-born “prophets” founded
a “religion,” in a way similar to that which occurred in the Arabian Peninsula with …

American environmentalism historically has been associated with the interests of white
elites. Yet religious leaders in the twenty-first century have helped instill concern about the …

This article sheds light on the formulation of pluralism based on the reading of classical
Javanese texts by choosing some excerpts of Hindu-Buddhist literature called kakawin and …

This article examines three exhibits at the 1939 New York World's Fair, where religion and
religious subjectivity were automobilized and reassembled: the Temple of Religion, the …

This article explores the idea of 'Milah Abraham', a term used and advocated by Ahmad
Mushaddeq and Mahful Muis, the founders of Gafatar (Gerakan Fajar Nusantara …

Before asking what US bioethics might learn from a more comprehensive and more
nuanced understanding of Islamic religion, history, and culture, a prior question is, how …

This dissertation is a close study of how one representative premodern South Asian
philosopher conceptualizes religious differences, navigates disagreements, seeks …

Scholars and policymakers, struggling to make sense of the ongoing chaos in the Middle
East, have been focusing on the possible causes of the escalation in both inter-state and …

The dominant theories in the sociological literature identify religion with propositional belief
in the transcendent and belonging to and attendance at religious services. This …

On any given weekday, the chapel at Wakulla Correctional Institution (CI) in Crawfordsville,
Florida, is perhaps the busiest building in the compound. The chapel contains a large room …