Princeton Readings in Religions
Princeton Readings in Religions is a series of scholarly books of source texts from various religions around the world translated into English. The series has been published by Princeton University Press in Princeton , New Jersey , since 1995 . The editor of the entire series ("Series Editor") is Donald S. Lopez Jr. , who is also the editor of many individual volumes. Numerous well-known specialists have contributed to it.
Many of the source texts are being presented translated into a Western language for the first time. Asia is particularly well represented. Further literature is given for the translated texts with short introductions; the individual volumes are provided with a glossary and index.
The volumes published so far are on India , Buddhism , China , Tibet , Japan , Asia , Late Antiquity , Tantra , Judaism , United States , Korea , the historical Jesus , Christianity in the Middle Ages , Islam in South Asia and yoga .
Overview
- Religions of India in practice / Donald Sewell Lopez Jr. , 1995
- Buddhism in practice / Donald Sewell Lopez Jr., 1995
- Religions of China in practice / Donald Sewell Lopez Jr., 1996
- Religions of Tibet in practice / Donald Sewell Lopez Jr., 1997
- Religions of Japan in practice / George Joji Tanabe , 1999
- Asian religions in practice: an introduction / Donald S. Lopez Jr., 1999
- Religions of Late Antiquity in practice / Richard Valantasis , 2000
- Tantra in practice / David Gordon White
- Judaism in practice / Lawrence Fine
- Religions of the United States in practice (2 volumes) / Colleen McDannell , 2001
- Religions of Asia in practice: an anthology / Donald S. Lopez Jr., 2002
- Religions of Korea in practice / Robert E. Buswell , 2007
- The Historical Jesus in Context / Amy-Jill Levine , Dale C. Allisaon Jr. , John Dominic Crossan
- Medieval Christianity in practice / Miri Rubin , 2009
- Islam in South Asia / Barbara D. Metcalf , 2009
- Yoga in Practice / David Gordon White 2011
- Zen in Practice (forthcoming)