Books for Review

Publishers or authors are welcome to submit books for review. However there can be no guarantee that books submitted will necessarily be reviewed.

Books for review should be sent to:

Ms. Maike Wachs (MJR)
Fachgebiet Religionswissenschaft
Landgraf-Philipp-Straße 4
D-35032 Marburg (letter post) OR D-35037 Marburg (parcels)
Deutschland/Germany

The books listed below have been received for review recently. If you would like to review one of these books, please send a request to the General Editor, including your university or institutional affiliation, academic interests and full postal address:

Brahier, Gabriela; Johannsen, Dirk. Konstruktionsgeschichten. Narrationsbezogene Ansätze in der Religionsforschung. Diskurs Religion. Beiträge zur Religionsgeschichte und religiösen Zeitgeschichte. Band 2. Ergon-Verlag, Würzburg, 2013.

Fredriksen, Paula. Sin. The Early History of an Idea. Princeton University Press, 2012.

Gentz, Joachim. Understanding Chinese Religions. Dunedin Academic Press, 2013.

Harvey, Peter. An Introduction to Buddhism. Teachings, History and Practices. Second Edition. Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Heit, Alexander. Religions-Politik II. Zur pluralistischen Religionskultur in Europa. Pano Verlag, 2012.

Luiselli, Maria Michaela; Mohn, Jürgen; Gripentrop, Stephanie (Hrgs.). Kult und Bild. Die bildliche Dimension des Kultes im Alten Orient, in der Antike und in der Neuzeit. Diskurs Religion. Beiträge zur Religionsgeschichte und religiösen Zeitgeschichte. Band 1. Ergon-Verlag, Würzburg, 2013.

Krüger, Oliver. Die mediale Religion. Probleme und Perspektiven der religionswissenschaftlichen und wissenssoziologischen Medienforschung. Transcript Verlag, 2012.

MacGregor, Kirk R. A Comparative Study of Adjustments to Social Catastrophes in Christianity and Buddhism. The Black Death in Europe and the Kamakura Takeover in Japan as Causes of Religious Reform. The Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, New York, 2011.

Oliver, Paul. New Religious Movements. A Guide for the Perplexed. Continuum International Publishing Group, 2012.

Park, Jungnok. How Buddhism Acquired a Soul on the Way to China. Equinox Publishing Ltd., 2012.