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“Survival in an Age of Revolution”: Charles Malik, Philo-Colonialism, and Global Counterrevolution (2025)
Journal Article
George, N. (2025). “Survival in an Age of Revolution”: Charles Malik, Philo-Colonialism, and Global Counterrevolution. American Historical Review, 130(2), 600-637. https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/rhaf007

While great effort has been invested in analyzing the role of revolutionary intellectuals in history, much less attention has been paid to the counterrevolution and its guides. This is especially the case in the former colonial world in the era of de... Read More about “Survival in an Age of Revolution”: Charles Malik, Philo-Colonialism, and Global Counterrevolution.

What is Zoroastrian Esotericism? Towards an Ontological Approach (2024)
Journal Article
Errichiello, M. (2024). What is Zoroastrian Esotericism? Towards an Ontological Approach. Religiographies, 3(1), 56-74

Between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, different interpretations of Zoroastrianism began to emerge among the Parsis of India. Some of these interpretations were based on ideas that Parsis defined as “esoteric.” This article examines the part... Read More about What is Zoroastrian Esotericism? Towards an Ontological Approach.

Eastern Orthodox War Justification and Ecclesial Dilemmas Arising from the War in Ukraine (2024)
Journal Article
Stoyanov, Y. (2024). Eastern Orthodox War Justification and Ecclesial Dilemmas Arising from the War in Ukraine. Studies in World Christianity, 30(2), 230-248. https://doi.org/10.3366/swc.2024.0472

The escalation of ecclesial and religio-political conflicts since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has further complicated the convoluted ecclesial situation in Ukraine and has been addressed in a series of sermon... Read More about Eastern Orthodox War Justification and Ecclesial Dilemmas Arising from the War in Ukraine.

The War in Ukraine: Challenges to Just War Doctrines in Eastern Orthodoxy (2024)
Journal Article
Stoyanov, Y. (2024). The War in Ukraine: Challenges to Just War Doctrines in Eastern Orthodoxy. Studies in Christian Ethics, 37(3), 669-692. https://doi.org/10.1177/09539468241258947

The sequence and escalation of Russian–Ukrainian political and military conflicts since 2014, culminating in Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, have reopened interest in and debates on just war theory and practice in general and specifica... Read More about The War in Ukraine: Challenges to Just War Doctrines in Eastern Orthodoxy.

‘Yoga Helps!?’ Problems between Efficacy and Legitimization (2024)
Journal Article
Augspurger, J. U. (2024). ‘Yoga Helps!?’ Problems between Efficacy and Legitimization. Religions of South Asia, 18(1-2), 169-189. https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.25832

This paper explores the role of health discourse from yoga providers and biomedical research in popularising transglobal yoga and legitimizing claims about its health benefits. As contemporary yoga is more widely associated with physical and mental h... Read More about ‘Yoga Helps!?’ Problems between Efficacy and Legitimization.

An enigmatic word in the Gathas: auuǝ̄mīrā in Yasna 49.10 (2024)
Book Chapter
Hintze, A. (2024). An enigmatic word in the Gathas: auuǝ̄mīrā in Yasna 49.10. In A. Cantera, É. V. Pirart, & C. Redard (Eds.), at̰ hōi aōjī zaraϑuštrō paōuruuīm ¿Habló Zaraϑuštra? Homenaje a Jean Kellens en su 80º anniversario (125-135). Sociedad de Estudios Iranios y Turanios

This article discusses various proposal for analysing the enigmatic form auuǝ̄mīrā, which constitutes the last word of the Gathic stanza Yasna 49.10. It is then proposed that the word is best understood as *a-u̯i-mī-ra- ‘undiminishing’. Being a compo... Read More about An enigmatic word in the Gathas: auuǝ̄mīrā in Yasna 49.10.

Pure Soul and the Jaina Traditions, Syntax and Experience (2024)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2024). Pure Soul and the Jaina Traditions, Syntax and Experience. Jaina studies, 19, 16-22

In museums and exhibitions, the Jaina tradition has generally been presented in stereotyped form. The approach of the Pure Soul exhibition at The Brunei Gallery SOAS was different. For the first time, philosophical and social differences within the J... Read More about Pure Soul and the Jaina Traditions, Syntax and Experience.

The Jaina Prosopography Database: A New Tool for the Humanities (2023)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P. The Jaina Prosopography Database: A New Tool for the Humanities. In L. W. C. van Lit, & J. H. Morris (Eds.), Digital Humanities and Religions in Asia: An Introduction (157-175). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110747607-008

How can the blind spots in Jaina social and intellectual history be investigated in a systematic fashion given the fragmentary nature of the evidence? The idea of a prosopographical database with a sociological focus emerged organically from a SOAS C... Read More about The Jaina Prosopography Database: A New Tool for the Humanities.

Jaina Non-Tīrthas in Madhyadeśa II.2: Heritage without History (2023)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2023). Jaina Non-Tīrthas in Madhyadeśa II.2: Heritage without History. Berliner indologische Studien, 26,

The concluding part of the essay Jaina Non-Tīrthas in Madhadeśa II presents illustrated sections on Indora, Māmoṃ, Thūbana, Bahorībanda, Seroṃna, Pacarāī, Golākoṭa, Mahebā and Bajarañgagaṛha, Devagaṛha and Būṛhī Canderī. It introduces the method of f... Read More about Jaina Non-Tīrthas in Madhyadeśa II.2: Heritage without History.

Ọ̀rúnmìlà and the Yorùbá Intellectual Tradition: Words and Language vis-à-vis Western Modernity (2023)
Journal Article
Bello, S. A. (2023). Ọ̀rúnmìlà and the Yorùbá Intellectual Tradition: Words and Language vis-à-vis Western Modernity. Culture and dialogue, 11(1), 85-103. https://doi.org/10.1163/24683949-12340129

The essay offers a decolonial reading of the thought of Ọ̀rúnmìlà, the ancient legendary Yorùbá African messenger and interpreter of the spiritual tradition of Ifá with the aim to address the problem of hegemonic languages (such as English and French... Read More about Ọ̀rúnmìlà and the Yorùbá Intellectual Tradition: Words and Language vis-à-vis Western Modernity.

The Trimandiras of the Akrama Vijñāna Mārga (2023)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P. (2023). The Trimandiras of the Akrama Vijñāna Mārga. In P. Flügel, H. De Jonckheere, & R. Söhnen-Thieme (Eds.), Pure Soul: The Jaina Spiritual Traditions (172-193). Centre of Jaina Studies, SOAS

The analysis of the standard practice of image-veneration in
the Akram Vijñan Mārg enables us to answer the question about the differences between the spiritual (adhyātmika) discourses of A.M. Paṭel, his elder contemporary Kanajī Svāmī, and of Śrīma... Read More about The Trimandiras of the Akrama Vijñāna Mārga.

Six Jaina Bronzes (2023)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P., Krüger, P., & Shah, P. (2023). Six Jaina Bronzes. In P. Flügel, H. De Jonckheere, & R. Söhnen-Thieme (Eds.), Pure Soul: The Jaina Spiritual Traditions (96-103). Centre of Jaina Studies, SOAS

Jain metal altars can be found in numerous museums and
collections outside India. Most of these objects come from
western India and were produced between the 11th and 19th
century. Although large numbers of these altar pieces exist, an
in-depth s... Read More about Six Jaina Bronzes.

Pure Soul: Conceptions and Representations (2023)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P. (2023). Pure Soul: Conceptions and Representations. In P. Flügel, H. De Jonckheere, & R. Söhnen-Thieme (Eds.), Pure Soul: The Jaina Spiritual Traditions (4-14). Centre of Jaina Studies, SOAS

The history of the Jaina philosophical discourse on the soul
is yet to be written. It will inevitably focus on the ways in which
the relationship between soul and body is conceived, and what
practical implications the various stances carry. For Ja... Read More about Pure Soul: Conceptions and Representations.

Pure Soul: The Jaina Spiritual Traditions (2023)
Book
Flügel, P., De Jonckheere, H., & Söhnen-Thieme, R. (Eds.). (2023). Pure Soul: The Jaina Spiritual Traditions. Centre of Jaina Studies, SOAS

Jaina thinkers developed different perspectives on the relationship between the soul and the material non-soul. These perspectives can be categorised into two basic stances, namely classical and spiritualistic Jaina philosophy, each with its variants... Read More about Pure Soul: The Jaina Spiritual Traditions.

Ọ̀rúnmìliàn Film-Philosophy: Aesthetics of Èjìgbèdè Ẹ̀kú in Saworoidẹ (2023)
Journal Article
Bello, S. A. (2023). Ọ̀rúnmìliàn Film-Philosophy: Aesthetics of Èjìgbèdè Ẹ̀kú in Saworoidẹ. Film and Philosophy, 27, 89-103. https://doi.org/10.5840/filmphil2022111421

This article discusses a relationship between the philosophical praxis of Ọ̀rúnmìlà and aesthetics of Èjìgbèdè Ẹ̀kú (i.e., the costume of the living and the costume of the dead) in Saworoidẹ (dir. Túndé Kèlání’s, 1999). I construct the Yorùbá/Ọ̀rúnmì... Read More about Ọ̀rúnmìliàn Film-Philosophy: Aesthetics of Èjìgbèdè Ẹ̀kú in Saworoidẹ.