26 Religious Studies
African Traditional Religions: Ifa
Will Coleman
2022
Licence: CC BY-NC
For use by seminary graduate students in an introductory course on the sacred West African spiritual tradition Ifa. This guide is comprised of open scholarly content and images and resides in LibGuide form, which will benefit others globally who seek open course content on African spiritual and religious traditions.
Formats: Online
Suggested for: RELS 204
The Bible and Music
James F. McGrath
2023
Licence: CC BY
The Bible and Music by Dr. James F. McGrath provides an introduction and overview of the various ways that music and the Bible have been and continue to be connected. Part 1 focuses on history: how music in the Ancient Near East sounded, how markings in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible have been interpreted as musical symbols, how chanting of biblical texts has featured liturgically in synagogues and churches, the impact of the Protestant Reformation, and musical developments in North America as enslaved Africans encountered biblical texts and stories. Part 2 focuses on specific texts in Jewish and Christian scripture and looks at how they have been interpreted through the process of setting them to music, including the soundtracks of cinematic depictions of biblical narrative and allusions to the Bible in popular music. Part 3 focuses on composers from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Formats: Online, PDF, eBook
Christianity, Islam, and Orisa Religion: Three Traditions in Comparison and Interaction
J.D.Y. Peel
2015
Licence: CC BY
The Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria are exceptional for the copresence among them of three religious traditions: Islam, Christianity, and the indigenous oriṣa religion. In this comparative study, at once historical and anthropological, Peel explores the intertwined character of the three religions and the dense imbrication of religion in all aspects of Yoruba history up to the present.
Formats: Online, PDF
Suggested for: RELS 204
The Emergence of Modern Hinduism: Religion on the Margins of Colonialism
Richard S. Weiss
2019
Licence: CC BY-NC
The Emergence of Modern Hinduism argues for the importance of regional, vernacular innovation in processes of Hindu modernization.
Formats: PDF
Suggested for: RELS 204
Essays in Anarchism and Religion
Alexandre Christoyannopoulos and Matthew S. Adams
2017
Licence: CC BY
Anarchism and religion have historically had an uneasy relationship. Yet, ever since the emergence of anarchism as an intellectual and political movement, a considerable number of religious anarchists have insisted that their religious tradition necessarily implies an anarchist political stance. Their stories are finally gaining increasing public and scholarly attention. Reflecting both a rise of interest in anarchist ideas and activism on the one hand, and the revival of religious ideas and movements in the political sphere on the other, this book examines a range of examples of overlaps and contestations betwee