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The Christian Matrix of al-Hira (2008)
Book Chapter
Hunter, E. C. D. (2008). The Christian Matrix of al-Hira. In C. Jullien (Ed.), Les Controverses des Chretiens dans l’Iran Sassanide (41-56). Association pour l'Avancement des Études Iraniennes

Religiousness Among Young Muslims in Germany (2008)
Book Chapter
Hirschler, K., Eilers, K., & Clara, S. (2008). Religiousness Among Young Muslims in Germany. In A. al-Hamarneh, & J. Thielmann (Eds.), Islam and Muslims in Germany (83-115). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004158665.I-592.23

Rabbinische Gleichnisse und ihre Vergleichbarkeit mit neutestamentlichen Gleichnissen (2008)
Book Chapter
Hezser, C. (2008). Rabbinische Gleichnisse und ihre Vergleichbarkeit mit neutestamentlichen Gleichnissen. In R. Zimmermann (Ed.), Hermeneutik der Gleichnisse Jesu (217-237). Mohr-Siebeck

Asceticism and Power in South and Southeast Asia (2008)
Book
Flügel, P., & Houtman, G. (Eds.). (in press). Asceticism and Power in South and Southeast Asia. Routledge

Including analyses by top academics in the field, this book takes a unique look at questions of power and asceticism in the Hindu, Jain and Buddhist traditions of South and Southeast Asia. Ideas about power and purity in these three traditions are cr... Read More about Asceticism and Power in South and Southeast Asia.

Freedom or Salvation: Jaina Political Activism and Martyrdom under British Rule (2008)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P. (in press). Freedom or Salvation: Jaina Political Activism and Martyrdom under British Rule. In P. Flügel, & G. Houtman (Eds.), Asceticism and Power in South and Southeast Asia. Routledge

The participation of many Jainas in the Indian freedom struggle was only recently systematically documented. It was inspired by the example of “Mahātma” Gāndhī, who was able to mobilised mass protest against colonial rule under the banner of non-vio... Read More about Freedom or Salvation: Jaina Political Activism and Martyrdom under British Rule.

Review of Salah al-Din: al-Qa’id wa-‘asruhu by M. al-Hiyari, and Manhaj Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi fi al-hukm wa-al-qiyada by N. al-T. Sulayman (2008)
Journal Article
Hirschler, K. (2008). Review of Salah al-Din: al-Qa’id wa-‘asruhu by M. al-Hiyari, and Manhaj Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi fi al-hukm wa-al-qiyada by N. al-T. Sulayman. al-Usur al-Wusta = العصور الوسطى = al-ʻUṣūr al-Wusṭá, 20(1), 31-32

Kami in Fabula: A Tentative Analysis of a Mediaeval Mythological Text (2008)
Journal Article
Padoan, T. (2008). Kami in Fabula: A Tentative Analysis of a Mediaeval Mythological Text. Newsletter: SOAS Centre for the Study of Japanese Religions, 24-27

Castration; The eunuchs of Qing dynasty China; A Medical and Historical Review (2008)
Journal Article
Chatterton, J., & Bultitude, M. (2008). Castration; The eunuchs of Qing dynasty China; A Medical and Historical Review. De historia urologiae Europaeae, 15, 39-47

During the Qing dynasty (1644-1912), eunuchs worked in Peking’s Imperial Palace as servants for the Imperial Family. Typically the emperor would have 2000 eunuchs in his service. They would symbolically and physically protect the emperor from the com... Read More about Castration; The eunuchs of Qing dynasty China; A Medical and Historical Review.