Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
Nonviolence in Indian Thought: Exploring Ahiṃsā from the Vedas to Gandhi
1st Edition
By Maria Luisa Tornotti
September 10, 2026
Building on the previous Italian edition, this volume presents a historical narrative and examination of the concept of ahiṃsā (nonviolence) throughout Indian religious and philosophical traditions, tracing its evolution from ancient Vedic texts to Mahatma Gandhi's modern interpretation and ...
Twelver Shia Beliefs and Religious Financing for Social Welfare
1st Edition
By Sara Rizvi Jafree
July 20, 2026
This volume argues for the pressing need to understand the role of religious beliefs, religious scholars, and religious centres in promoting welfare and social protection services for the strengthening of global social welfare systems. The book contributes to research around the integration of ...
Hong Kong Christianities and Civic Life
1st Edition
By Ann Gillian Chu
June 18, 2026
This book explores Protestant Christianity in Hong Kong through an ethnographic study of Hong Kong Christians at a time of societal change (2013-2014 and 2019-2020). Revealing how selected published theologians and average Christians in Hong Kong understand ideas of democracy, human rights, civic ...
A Philosophy of Mindful Movement: Tai Chi, Qigong, Yoga, and the Kinesthetic Imagination
1st Edition
By Steven Geisz
June 02, 2026
This novel volume examines Chinese and Indian mindful movements (such as tai chi, qigong, Daoist meditation, and hatha yoga) to demonstrate how the contemplative practices of the body and mind can amount to a form of transformative philosophy through ways of thinking, knowing, and doing. The book ...
Sanskrit Hymns Across Traditions: Studying Stotras
1st Edition
Edited
By Hamsa Stainton, Anna Lee White
February 25, 2026
Sanskrit hymns of praise (stotra/stuti/stava) have been popular and influential within multiple religious traditions for thousands of years. Sanskrit hymns remain lively, meaningful parts of the religious lives of countless Hindus, Buddhists, and Jains today, and new stotras continue to be composed...
The Birth of Tzu Chi: Establishing the Charity Mission (1966 to 1978)
1st Edition
Edited
By Rey-Sheng Her, Rei-Ling Lai
February 24, 2026
The Birth of Tzu Chi is a historical series documenting the development of the Tzu Chi Foundation. This book covers its foundational years, detailing how Master Cheng Yen's simple aspiration, "For Buddha's teachings, for all living beings," led to a global movement. This volume documents Tzu Chi's ...
The Ethical Dimension of Forgetfulness: Engaging the Daoist Zhuangzi in Studies of Cultivated Forgetting
1st Edition
By Youru Wang
December 26, 2025
This book investigates the various meanings of forgetting and their ethical dimension in the Daoist classic Zhuangzi. It responds to recent scholarship in the study of the ethics of forgetting, which has only emerged within the past two decades in the wake of the widespread memory-studies of the ...
Decolonising the Study of Religion: Who Owns Buddhism?
1st Edition
By Jørn Borup
May 06, 2025
Decolonising the Study of Religion analyses historical and contemporary discussions in the study of religion and Buddhism and critically investigates representations, possibilities, and challenges of a decolonial approach, addressing the important question: who owns Buddhism? The monograph offers...
Inter-religious Practices and Saint Veneration in the Muslim World: Khidr/Khizr from the Middle East to South Asia
1st Edition
Edited
By Michel Boivin, Manoël Pénicaud
January 30, 2025
Inter-religious Practices and Saint Veneration in the Muslim World studies the immortal saint Khidr/Khizr, a mysterious prophet and popular multi-religious figure and Sufi master venerated across the Muslim world. Focusing on the religious figure of Khidr/Khizr and the practice of religion from ...
Buddhism, Digital Technology and New Media in Korea: Ŭisang’s Ocean Seal Diagram
1st Edition
Edited
By Hyangsoon Yi, Dal Yong Jin
September 17, 2024
Buddhism, Digital Technology and New Media in Korea introduces Ŭisang (625–702), a seminal figure in East Asian religion who founded the Korean Hwaŏm school of Buddhism, from various angles by placing his thought in the interdisciplinary and intercultural context of the twenty-first century. The ...
Christianity and Radical Democracy in the Philippines: Building a Church of the Poor
1st Edition
By Christopher Moxham
August 26, 2024
This book analyses faith-based development action in the Philippines by studying Catholic social movements and development studies in Southeast Asia. By drawing upon primary, qualitative data, this book examines cultural production and community resilience amid poverty and structural restraints. It...
Research in the Islamic Context: Political and Methodological Reflections from South Asia, Indian Ocean, and the Arab World
1st Edition
Edited
By M Ilias
August 26, 2024
This book explores some of the political and methodological directions that collectively lead to the repositioning of Islam in social science research as both an epistemic/ontological category and as a method. Chapters by experts in the field explore research in the Islamic context vis-à-vis these...