Books Received

Economics of an Islamic Economy. By Rauf A. Azhar. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2010. Pp. xv + 470. Hardcover $249.00.

The End of Comparative Philosophy and the Task of Comparative Thinking: Heidegger, Derrida, and Daoism. By Steven Burik. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2009. Pp. vii + 230. Price not given.

Engaging with Bediuzzaman Said Nursi: A Model of Interfaith Dialogue. By Ian S. Markham. Burlington: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2009. Pp. viii + 179. Hardcover $99.95.

Ethics Embodied: Rethinking Selfhood through Continental, Japanese, and Feminist Philosophies. By Erin McCarthy. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2010. Pp. xviii + 114. Price not given.

Excess and Masculinity in Asian Cultural Productions. By Kwai-Cheung Lo. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2010. Pp. viii + 243. Hardcover $75.00.

Exploring the Bhagavad Gītā: Philosophy, Structure and Meaning. By Ithamar Theodor. Burlington: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2010. Pp. x + 160. Hardcover $99.95.

Festivals, Feasts, and Gender Relations in Ancient China and Greece. By Yiqun Zhou. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Pp. x + 373. Hardcover $90.00.

Individualism in Early China: Human Agency and the Self in Thought and Politics. By Erica Fox Brindley. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2010. Pp. xxx + 207. Hardcover $52.00.

Indology, Indomania, and Orientalism: Ancient India’s Rebirth in Modern Germany. By Douglas T. McGetchin. Madison and Teaneck: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2009. Pp. 291. Price not given.

Just War on Terror? A Christian and Muslim Response. Edited by David Fisher and Brian Wicker. Burlington: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2010. Pp. ix + 231. Paper $29.95.

Poverty and Morality: Religious and Secular Perspectives. Edited by William A. Galston and Peter H. Hoffenberg. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Pp. xvi + 312. Hardcover $90.00. Paper $28.99.

Relativism: A Contemporary Anthology. Edited by Michael Krausz. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. Pp. xi + 573. Hardcover $99.50, £68.50. Paper $32.50, £22.50.

Sitting in Oblivion: The Heart of Daoist Meditation. By Livia Kohn. Dunedin: Three Pines Press, 2010. Pp. 243. Price not given.

Taking Confucian Ethics Seriously: Contemporary Theories and Applications. Edited by Kam-por Yu, Julia Tao, and Philip J. Ivanhoe. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2010. Pp. vii + 225. Hardcover $75.00.

Theodicy and Justice in Modern Islamic Thought: The Case of Said Nursi. Edited by Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi. Burlington: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2010. Pp. xiii + 268. Paper $34.95.

Theories of Human Nature. By Joel J. Kupperman. Indianapolis and Cambridge: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2010. Pp. ix + 199. Hardcover $44.00. Paper $14.95.

Unifying Hinduism: Philosophy and Identity in Indian Intellectual History. By Andrew J. Nicholson. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. Pp. xii + 266. Hardcover $45.00, £31.00.

The Unlikely Buddhologist: Tiantai Buddhism in Mou Zongsan’s New Confucianism. By Jason Clower. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2010. Pp. xv + 279. Hardcover $153.00.

Women in Classical Islamic Law: A Survey of the Sources. By Susan A. Spectorsky. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2010. Pp. x + 223. Hardcover $142.00.

The World’s Religions: A Contemporary Reader. Edited by Arvind Sharma. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2011. Pp. xiv + 371. Price not given.