The COVID-19 crisis truly challenged social interaction, the use of space and objects, as well our sense purpose meaning in life. In this context, religious communities faced sudden interruption their usual activities, lack access to communal spaces a global epidemic that summoned ancient “medieval plague” anxieties work with. This article focuses on vast repertoire adaptations reactions severa...

of paper: Can Hindu Beliefs and Values Help India Meet its Ecological Crisis? India is facing a serious social and ecological crisis. The devastation of the natural resource base has increaed poverty and increasingly constitutes a serious threat to public health. The Hindu beliefs, values and practices, built on a 'utilitarian conservationism' rather than a 'protectionist conservationsism,' can...

This paper examines transreligiosity in the context of transmission South Asian concepts spirituality to UK 20th century. Between 1920s and 1990s, Indian teacher author Phiroz Mehta (1902–1994) crossed borders a colonial postcolonial shuttling between India but also transgressed conceptual practice religion, teaching religious post-Christian spiritual seekers 1970s–80s London. cultivated an ela...

This article describes the chronology of recognition formal religion and marginalization local in Indonesia. Formally, Indonesian government recognizes based on policy or constitution That is Presidental Decree number 1 year 1965 Constitution Number 5 1969. According to constitution, religions are Islam, Christian, Catholic, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism. But Confucianism was marginalized ne...

Editor’s introduction: As very effectively portrayed by Rustam Sabirov in this chapter, Buddhism in the Russian Republic of Buryatia has had a dynamic and at times turbulent history due to factors beyond its control or influence. These dynamics help both contextualize and throw into relief the well-known suppression of Buddhist practices and leadership in Tibet under Chinese dominance since the...