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28/08/2026

JUST PUBLISHED

The Discovery of Insulin: Special Centenary Edition

by Michael Bliss (author), Alison Li (foreword)

ABOUT THE BOOK

The discovery of insulin at the University of Toronto in 1921–2 was one of the most dramatic events in the history of the treatment of disease. Insulin, discovered by the Canadian research team of Frederick Banting, Charles Best, James Collip, and John Macleod, was a wonder drug with the ability to bring diabetes patients back from the brink of death. It was no surprise that in 1923 the Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded for its discovery.

In this engaging and award-winning account, historian Michael Bliss draws on archival records and personal adventures to recount the fascinating story behind the discovery of insulin – a story as much filled with fiery confrontation and intense competition as medical dedication and scientific genius.

With a new preface by Michael Bliss and a new foreword by Alison Li, the special centenary edition of The Discovery of Insulin honours the one hundredth anniversary of insulin’s discovery and its continued significance a century later.

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

Michael Bliss was a Canadian historian and a University Professor Emeritus in the Department of History and the History of Medicine Program at the University of Toronto. He was the author of numerous award-winning books in business and political history as well as the history of medicine, including popular biographies of Sir Frederick Banting, Sir William Osler, and Harvey Cushing. He was an Officer of the Order of Canada, an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and the first historian to be inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.

Alison Li is a historian of science and medicine based in Toronto. She is the author and editor of multiple books, including J.B. Collip and the Development of Medical Research in Canada. Her current project, Wondrous Transformations: A Maverick Physician, the Science of Hormones, and the Birth of the Transgender Revolution.

REVIEWS

“The definitive history ... well written, highly readable.”
—London Review of Books

“The Discovery of Insulin deserves a place on the bookshelf alongside such eye-openers as James Watson’s The Double Helix.”
—Washington Post

“Scrupulously researched and compellingly readable ... I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone with an interest in diabetes, medical history, or medical scandal and gossip.”
—British Medical Journal

“This book reaches well beyond the story of insulin. It is a timeless chronicle on the pursuit of science, as well as the nature of discoveries and the people who make them.”
—Jeffrey M. Friedman, Marilyn M. Simpson Professor, The Rockefeller University, and Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

“Beautifully written for both the non-expert and expert, The Discovery of Insulin not only describes the events surrounding that momentous discovery in 1921, but also provides insight into the numerous factors that promote as well as detract from scientific discovery.”
—Patricia Brubaker, Professor, Departments of Physiology and Medicine, University of Toronto

“This book is the definitive history of the discovery of insulin and readers will be captivated by the determination, exasperation, suffering, and ultimate resurrection of individuals. Alison Li’s foreword offers tremendous insight into the writing and impact of The Discovery of Insulin – incredibly valuable and a pleasure to read!”
—Shelley McKellar, Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine, Western University

“No book before or since, fiction or non-fiction, has affected me as powerfully: I was inspired to enter the specialty of endocrinology and to pursue medical research after reading The Discovery of Insulin. The new edition of this historical masterpiece marking the centenary of insulin’s discovery fleshes out events and personalities through a narrative that remains as stirring and relevant as ever.”
—Robert A. Hegele, Jacob J. Wolfe Distinguished Medical Research Chair, Martha Blackburn Chair in Cardiovascular Research, and Distinguished University Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry, Western University

SPECIFICATIONS

ISBN: 978-93-7654-866-8
Number of pages: 350
Size: 15 x 23 x 2 cm
Year of publication: 2026
Binding: Paperback
Weight: 509 grams
Price: ₹1295

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28/08/2026

JUST PUBLISHED

Life of the Buddha

by James Scarth Gale (translator), Hyangsoon Yi (editor)

ABOUT THE BOOK

Composed in vernacular Korean by Powŏl, P’alsangnok, or Record of the Eight Marks, is an influential pre-modern fictional biography of the Buddha that chronicles the life of Śākyamuni through eight transformative stages, from his celestial origins to his final moments.

Life of the Buddha illuminates the rich tapestry of Chosŏn Buddhism as translated by Canadian missionary James Scarth Gale in 1915. With nearly four decades of immersion in Korean culture, Gale’s expertise ensures that this translation retains the essence of the original, while highlighting unique local teachings alongside the broader Buddhist biographical tradition. The book offers a comprehensive introduction to P’alsangnok and compiles an extensive list of Buddha biographies published in European languages from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries, aiming to evaluate Gale’s impact on the discursive formation of Buddhism in the West.

Edited by Hyangsoon Yi, this groundbreaking volume examines the dynamic interplay between popular Buddhist practice and literature during the Chosŏn era, offering a vital opportunity to explore intercultural and interreligious dialogues and the enduring relevance of Buddhist teachings.

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

James Scarth Gale (1863–1937) was a Canadian Presbyterian missionary, educator, and Bible translator who spent forty years in Korea.

Hyangsoon Yi is a professor of comparative literature at the University of Georgia.

REVIEWS

“With Life of the Buddha, Hyangsoon Yi has rescued a manuscript translation from 1915 of a little-known popular Korean Buddhist book and places it firmly in the complex social, cultural, and religious changes of Korea in the early twentieth century. Readers interested in Buddhism, Korean religions, and the role of Christian missionaries at that pivotal moment in Korean history have much to learn from this fascinating book.”
—Gregory N. Evon, Senior Lecturer in Humanities & Languages, UNSW Sydney

“Life of the Buddha is a true gem of Buddhist literature, both in Korea and beyond – a must-read for those interested in Buddhism, global Christian missions, modernity, and colonialism. It reveals that the significance of the historical Buddha was not merely a modern Western construct shaped by comparisons to the historical Jesus, but a product of rich interreligious and intercultural exchanges. This is exemplified through the meticulous translation by Canadian missionary James Scarth Gale, and further enriched by Hyangsoon Yi’s insightful introduction, which situates Gale’s work within broader religious, literary, and cultural contexts.”
—Hwansoo Kim, Professor of Korean Buddhism and Culture, Yale University

SPECIFICATIONS

ISBN: 978-93-95474-28-3
Number of pages: 270
Size: 16 x 24 x 2 cm
Year of publication: 2026
Binding: Hardcover
Weight: 567 grams
Price: ₹1795

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28/08/2026

JUST PUBLISHED

Onscreen/Offscreen

by Constantine V. Nakassis

ABOUT THE BOOK

Based on over a decade of ethnographic fieldwork in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Onscreen/Offscreen is an exploration of the politics and being of filmic images. The book examines contestations inside and outside the Tamil film industry over the question “what is an image?” Answers to this question may be found in the ontological politics that take place on film sets, in theatre halls, and in the social fabric of everyday life in South India, from populist electoral politics and the gendering of social space to caste uplift and domination.

Bridging and synthesizing linguistic anthropology, film studies, visual studies, and media anthropology, Onscreen/Offscreen rethinks key issues across a number of fields concerned with the semiotic constitution of social life, from the performativity and ontology of images to questions of spectatorship, realism, and presence. In doing so, it offers both a challenge to any approach that would separate image from social context and a new vision for linguistic anthropology beyond the question of “language.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Constantine V. Nakassis is a Professor of Anthropology and of the Social Sciences in the College, resource faculty in Cinema and Media Studies, faculty associate in Comparative Human Development, and core faculty on the Committee on International Relations at the University of Chicago.

REVIEWS

“When is a movie not ‘just a movie’? Onscreen/Offscreen explores the permeable boundaries between fiction film and real politics in Tamil culture, where movie stars become party leaders, and mass movements struggle to define themselves in a cine-politics of spectatorship amid struggles for power and identity. Constantine Nakassis brilliantly explores a complex field of images that are simultaneously representations and real presences, fictive and actual, pictures and performative actions. A crucial contribution to film studies and to contemporary anthropology.”
—W.J.T. Mitchell, author of Image Science and What Do Pictures Want?

“By using the tools of semiotic anthropology to examine Tamil cinema, Onscreen/Offscreen models an incredibly innovative methodology for understanding the cinematic image more broadly and in radically processual terms. Nakassis pursues the question of how images happen and for whom they happen across events, and in doing so he reaches brilliant insights into the gender politics of cinema and the potentials of realism when the power of the image always exceeds what has been recorded and what is projected onto the screen.”
—Francis Cody, Associate Professor of Anthropology and in the Asian Institute, University of Toronto

“How can a slap onscreen threaten the life of an actor offscreen? This book is not only a passionate and detailed portrait of Tamil cinema and filmgoing, but also a theoretical meditation about images and their power. Thanks to vibrant analyses and striking case studies, superb ethnographic research becomes a crucial contribution to the current debate about visual media and their political implications.”
—Francesco Casetti, Sterling Professor of Humanities and Film and Media Studies, Yale University

“Applying the analytic strategies and methods of linguistic anthropology to film, Constantine Nakassis presents a comprehensive look at cinema as un fait social total. Far more than a deep dive into Tamil film history, Onscreen/Offscreen is a major contribution to cinema studies and the anthropology of images.”
—Steven Feld, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Emeritus, University of New Mexico

SPECIFICATIONS

ISBN: 978-93-95474-00-9
Number of pages: 400
Size: 16 x 24 x 3 cm
Year of publication: 2026
Binding: Hardcover
Weight: 750 grams
Price: ₹2895

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28/08/2026

JUST PUBLISHED

The Goddess in the Mirror: An Anthropology of Beauty

by Tulasi Srinivas

ABOUT THE BOOK

In The Goddess in the Mirror, Tulasi Srinivas offers a pathbreaking ethnography of contemporary Indian beauty parlors in Bangalore. Exploring the gendered world of beauty in the intimate spaces of the salon, whose popularity has exploded amid an urban tech revolution, Srinivas invites readers to consider what beauty is and what it does. Visiting diverse salons that cater to various classes, castes, and q***r sexualities, she tracks the relationships between clients and workers, revealing the beauty industry’s painful political, religious, and economic stakes. Embodiment, religion, and narrative intersect as clients and beauticians tell well-known stories of beautiful Hindu goddesses, heroines, queens, and apsaras, thereby weaving their own ethical subjectivities every day. Following the goddess’s allure, radiance, woundedness, fluidity, and fertility, Srinivas situates ideas of beauty within a larger moral and political context where beauty is both a fleeting pursuit and a rich resource for navigating a patriarchal present.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tulasi Srinivas is Professor of Anthropology, Religion, and Transnational Studies at Emerson College. She is the author of The Cow in the Elevator: An Anthropology of Wonder and Winged Faith: Rethinking Religious Pluralism and Globalization through the Satya Sai Movement, and the coeditor, with Krishnendu Ray, of Curried Cultures: Globalization, Food, and South Asia.

REVIEWS

“Beautifully written and creatively argued, The Goddess in the Mirror presents an original perspective on beauty work that takes us beyond predictable and reductionist framings of the subject. Tulasi Srinivas’s moving ethnography innovatively tracks how Hindu myths and stories that customers and workers narrate offer paths to becoming.”
—Purnima Mankekar, coauthor of The Future of Futurity: Affective Capitalism and Potentiality in a Global City

“The work of beauty lends itself to philosophical speculation and to a sociology of neoliberal self-making. But the odor, press, shimmer, and grit of the bodies, relations, myths, and techniques assembling the contemporary life beautiful has seldom been as palpable as in Tulasi Srinivas’ The Goddess in the Mirror. A stunning ethnographic achievement that leads its reader through the challenge and complexity of gendered recognition via situations comic, luminous, and horrifying.”
—Lawrence Cohen, author of No Aging in India: Alzheimer’s, The Bad Family, and Other Modern Things

“[T]his is a valuable and nuanced book that will resonate with scholars of gender and labour, urban anthropology, South Asian studies, and anyone interested in how everyday practices become sites of political struggle. In terms of disciplinary impact, The Goddess in the Mirror may well become a touchstone for integrating aesthetic and affective dimensions into analyses of power.”
—Gunjan Shekhawat, LSE Review of Books

SPECIFICATIONS

Hardcover edition

ISBN: 978-93-7654-594-0
Number of pages: 296 with 32 b/w illustrations
Size: 16 x 24 x 3 cm
Year of publication: 2026
Binding: Hardcover
Weight: 600 grams
Price: ₹1995

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Paperback edition

ISBN: 978-93-7654-560-5
Number of pages: 296 with 32 b/w illustrations
Size: 15 x 23 x 2 cm
Year of publication: 2026
Binding: Paperback
Weight: 430 grams
Price: ₹1095

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28/08/2026

JUST PUBLISHED

Déjà Viewed: Nation, Gender, and Genre in Bollywood Remakes of Hollywood Cinema

by Gohar Siddiqui

ABOUT THE BOOK

Situates the remake as one of the primary responses to Bollywood’s globalization and corporatization.

Focused on post-1990 Bollywood remakes of Hollywood films, Déjà Viewed tells a larger story of the rapidly changing Indian film industry in the wake of globalization and corporatization. It situates the remake as a gendered response to these changes, drawing on approaches from film theory, gender studies, and cultural studies. The book looks at films from a variety of genres and modes, including the Bollywood family film, romantic comedy, noir, and melodrama, and each film’s close analysis is accompanied by attention to concerns related to remake theory, such as homage, anxiety of influence, defamiliarization, and pastiche. Seeking to historicize how gender and genres become translated and transformed in the Bollywood remake, the book contributes to transnational understandings of gender and genre as media texts move across various borders—geographic, cinematic, economic, and aesthetic.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gohar Siddiqui is Assistant Professor of Visual and Performing Arts at Clark University.

REVIEWS

“This is a valuable addition to Bollywood studies. Siddiqui is well versed in the different industrial contexts, codes, and conventions of both Bollywood and Hollywood, and the book’s readability will make it attractive to specialists and non-specialists alike.”
—Anupama Arora, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

“This is a welcome addition to Indian and South Asian film and media studies as well as the study of cross-cultural remakes. It closely examines questions of genre, nation, globalization, and political economy, and instead of reading influence in only one direction, it contributes a comparative perspective that throws light on the form of the Hollywood film as well.”
—Usha Iyer, Stanford University

SPECIFICATIONS

ISBN: 978-93-95474-91-7
Number of pages: 240
Size: 16 x 24 x 2 cm
Year of publication: 2026
Binding: Hardcover
Weight: 524 grams
Price: ₹1695

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28/08/2026

JUST PUBLISHED

Sweetening and Intensification: Currents Shaping Hindu Practices

by Amy L. Allocco and Xenia Zeiler (editors)

ABOUT THE BOOK

Explores how these two currents are shaping the contours of contemporary Hindu worship, myth, and visual and material culture in contemporary South Asia and its diasporas.

This volume focuses on two alternately converging and diverging currents that increasingly shape Hindu traditions—namely, sweetening and intensification. Sweetening is understood here to include the softening of deities’ iconographies, the standardization of religious narratives, and the sanitization of ritual practices. Alongside this current exists intensification, which is understood as an insistence on the continuing relevance of rigorous, visceral, and frequently stigmatized practices and beliefs, often in response to new circumstances and challenges. This volume emphasizes an inclusive approach by bringing these two currents into sustained conversation. As Hindu traditions are increasingly expanding into new settings, including but not limited to new diaspora and new media contexts, the long-established yet ever changing scale of sweet/neutral/spicy unfolds in new ways, as well. The essays in this volume delineate these developments across diverse Hindu geographic, linguistic, ethnic, and social contexts; textual and theological traditions; and ritual and media formats. Indeed, the volume’s multidisciplinary approach shows how these processes intersect with and even drive contemporary (re)negotiations, (re)interpretations, and (re)constructions of Hindu deities, practices, narratives, and symbols.

ABOUT THE EDITORS

Amy L. Allocco is Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Multifaith Scholars Program at Elon University in North Carolina. She is the coeditor, with Brian K. Pennington, of Ritual Innovation: Strategic Interventions in South Asian Religion.

Xenia Zeiler is Professor of South Asian Studies at the University of Helsinki. She is the editor of Digital Hinduism and the coeditor of several volumes on digital culture and religion in Asia and beyond.

REVIEWS

“This volume is distinguished not just by its geographical and linguistic diversity but also by its variety of disciplinary approaches—textual, historical, literary, visual, and anthropological. All of the chapters take pains to showcase Hinduism’s lived and living traditions as they adapt and change. Further, they expand how we understand the sweetening/intensification dialectic within the context of several current impulses, including globalization and the rise of Hindu majoritarianism in India.”
—Archana Venkatesan, University of California, Davis

“The driving theme of this book opens into fascinating twists and turns in the study of Hindu traditions while poking important holes in scholarly assumptions. Against the backdrop of long-observed processes of Sanskritization, or sweetening, we find these processes to be far from inevitable or unidirectional. Through this collection’s vivid explorations of how deities, rituals, and traditions sweeten and intensify over time and space, we find a new appreciation for the dynamism of Hindu traditions.”
—Corinne G. Dempsey, Nazareth University

SPECIFICATIONS

ISBN: 978-93-95474-05-4
Number of pages: 354
Size: 16 x 24 x 3 cm
Year of publication: 2026
Binding: Hardcover
Weight: 677 grams
Price: ₹2295

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28/08/2026

JUST PUBLISHED

Yoga and Phenomenology on Consciousness

by Giulia Moiraghi

ABOUT THE BOOK

Brings yogic traditions into dialogue with current philosophical and scientific research on consciousness.

In this book, philosopher and yoga practitioner Giulia Moiraghi brings yoga into dialogue with current debates on consciousness in analytic philosophy and cognitive science. The book explores embodiment’s role in revealing a typically overlooked dimension of consciousness: the horizon consciousness. Bringing major thinkers in phenomenology together with the classical texts of yogic traditions, as well as the author’s own firsthand experience, the book argues that yoga, across all the centuries and in its diversity of practices, points toward a common core that should not be left to an archaeological domain of study but should be integrated into ongoing philosophical research on consciousness. By helping the reader understand the relevance of key phenomenological concepts to the practice and actualization of yoga, the book provides a concise and agile tool for general practitioners in the contemplative field and for scholars in consciousness studies, Indian studies, philosophy, psychology, and cognitive science.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Giulia Moiraghi is University Lecturer in Phenomenology and Yoga at the University of Pisa and a lifelong yoga practitioner. She is the author of In cammino verso la cosa: Heidegger dall’estetica all’ontologia and Cura e Ardore: Il rigore e la passione della pratica yoga.

REVIEW

“This is an important contribution to both the scholarly study of yogic traditions and the emerging global conversation on consciousness. The scholarship is both wide-ranging and sound, and the book offers interesting and novel interpretations of yogic texts and traditions, which are made possible by the deep work on Husserl and Heidegger. It will be of interest to scholars of phenomenology, yoga, Indian philosophy, and consciousness studies.”
—Matthew MacKenzie, author of Buddhist Philosophy and the Embodied Mind: A Constructive Engagement

SPECIFICATIONS

ISBN: 978-93-95474-13-9
Number of pages: 268
Size: 16 x 24 x 2 cm
Year of publication: 2026
Binding: Hardcover
Weight: 556 grams
Price: ₹1795

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28/08/2026

JUST PUBLISHED

Compact Atlas of Global Christianity

by Kenneth R. Ross, Gina A. Zurlo, and Todd M. Johnson (editors)

ABOUT THE BOOK

Combining empirical data, thematic maps, innovative graphs and original analysis, this volume offers a uniquely detailed visual and textual account of Global Christianity.

Building on the success of Todd M. Johnson and Kenneth R. Ross’s highly acclaimed Atlas of Global Christianity, this volume is the tenth in a series of reference works that takes the analysis of worldwide Christianity to a deeper level of detail.

This volume focuses on Global Christianity, offering reliable demographic information, thematic maps, innovative graphs and original interpretative essays by indigenous scholars and practitioners. It maps patterns of growth and decline, assesses major traditions and movements, analyses key themes and examines current trends. As a comprehensive account of the presence of Christianity in every part of the world, this volume will become a standard work of reference in its field.

Key features:

• Profiles of Christianity in every part of the world, coupled with attractive presentations of statistical and demographic information.
• Cutting-edge maps and innovative graphs, with detailed explanations of the significance of changes over time.
• Analyses of leading features and current trends in regard to Christianity worldwide, written by scholars with expertise in global Christianity, with a majority from the Global South.
• Essays examining each of the major Christian traditions as they are finding expression globally.
• Essays assessing the direction of Christian faith in global terms in relation to such key themes as faith and culture, worship and spirituality, theology, social and political engagement, mission and evangelism, religious freedom, gender, inter-religious relations, migration, and climate change.

ABOUT THE EDITORS

Kenneth R. Ross is Professor of Theology and Dean of Postgraduate Studies at Zomba Theological University in Malawi and Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. His most recent monograph is Mission, Race and Colonialism in Malawi: Alexander Hetherwick of Blantyre (Edinburgh University Press, 2023).

Gina A. Zurlo, Ph.D. is a Visiting Lecturer in World Christianity at Harvard Divinity School (Cambridge, MA, USA). She is the co-author of the World Christian Encyclopedia, 3rd edition (2019) and editor of the World Christian Database and World Religion Database (Brill). She has recently authored three books: Global Christianity: A Guide to the World’s Largest Religion from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe (2022); Women in World Christianity: Building and Sustaining a Global Movement (2023); and From Nairobi to the World: David B. Barrett and the Re-Imagining of World Christianity (2023). She was named one of the BBC’s 100 most inspiring and influential women of 2019 for her work in quantifying religion and non-religion worldwide.

Todd M. Johnson is the Eva B. and Paul E. Toms Distinguished Professor of Mission and Global Christianity and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA. He is also visiting Research Fellow at Boston University’s Institute for Culture, Religion and World Affairs.

REVIEWS

“The Compact Atlas of Global Christianity captures in one volume a wealth of useful demographic data on the world Christian movement today. It will prove an invaluable resource for researchers and general readers alike, and will disabuse media commentators of the myth that Christianity is a dying religion of the Western world.”
—Brian Stanley, University of Edinburgh

“By combining comprehensive demographic analysis of global Christianity with interpretative essays replete with helpful illustrations and graphs, this volume stakes a serious claim to being one of the most vital compilations available to readers in the church and academy. At a minimum, its rich array of content and coverage promises a valuable contribution to the existing literature, and it is likely to be a major and widely used resource.”
—Jehu J. Hanciles, Emory University

“Laser-focused on describing the contours of Christianity across the globe, this atlas employs colorful maps, informative tables and visualizations, and succinct, orienting essays to guide readers through the past, present, and future of Christian movements and populations.

Summing Up: Recommended. General readers through graduate students.”
—Z. Motts, Iowa State University, CHOICE

SPECIFICATIONS

ISBN: 978-93-95474-96-2
Number of pages: 432 with 261 colour graphs, 98 colour charts and 131 colour maps
Size: 21 x 26 x 3 cm
Year of publication: 2026
Binding: Hardcover
Weight: 1 kg 711 grams
Price: ₹9995

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28/08/2026

JUST PUBLISHED

Christianity in South and Central Asia

by Kenneth R. Ross, Daniel Jeyaraj, and Todd M. Johnson (editors)

ABOUT THE BOOK

Combines empirical data and original analysis in a uniquely detailed account of Christianity in South and Central Asia.

This comprehensive reference volume covers every country in South and Central Asia, offering reliable demographic information and original interpretative essays by indigenous scholars and practitioners. It maps patterns of growth and decline, assesses major traditions and movements, analyses key themes and examines current trends.

Key Features:

• Profiles of Christianity in every country in South and Central Asia including clearly presented statistical and demographic information.
• Analyses of leading features and current trends written by indigenous scholars.
• Essays examining each of the major Christian traditions (Independents, Orthodox, United Churches, Protestants/Anglicans, Catholics, Evangelicals, Pentecostals/Charismatics) as they are finding expression in South and Central Asia.
• Essays explore key themes such as faith and culture, worship and spirituality, theology, social and political engagement, mission and evangelism, religious freedom, gender, inter-faith relations, monastic movements and spirituality, displaced populations, and ecclesiology.

ABOUT THE EDITORS

Kenneth R. Ross is Professor of Theology and Dean of Postgraduate Studies at Zomba Theological University in Malawi and Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. His most recent monograph is Mission, Race and Colonialism in Malawi: Alexander Hetherwick of Blantyre (Edinburgh University Press, 2023).

Daniel Jeyaraj is an Indian Christian theologian with expertise in historical theology, the studies on Indo-German missions, Indic religions and Tamil ethics. He is the Professor of World Christianity and Director of the Andrew F. Walls Center for the Study of African and Asian Christianity at Liverpool Hope University in England. He has earlier served as Judson-DeFreitas Professor of World Christianity at Andover Newton Theological School, John A. Mackay Professor of World Christianity, Princeton Theological Seminary and Aaron Professor for the History of Christianity, Gurukul Lutheran Theological College and Research Institute.

Todd M. Johnson is the Eva B. and Paul E. Toms Distinguished Professor of Mission and Global Christianity and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA. He is also visiting Research Fellow at Boston University’s Institute for Culture, Religion and World Affairs.

REVIEWS

“This book achieves for me what some of the best research monographs fail to do; it offers new and deeper insights into Christianity in South and Central Asia in a highly accessible form ... delightful reading.”
—David Emmanuel Singh, International Journal of Asian Christianity

“This book is currently one of the best-edited compendia on world Christianity. It achieves a remarkable uniformity of style, tone, and coverage across 38 chapters by 40 authors, with each chapter offering lively accounts of current trends. Christianity in South and Central Asia is an excellent offering in the Edinburgh Companions series.”
—Joel A. Carpenter, Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, Mission Studies

“Christianity in South and Central Asia represents public recognition of the unprecedented explosion of World Christianity during the past half century. Ambitious and wide-ranging essays by forty authors from varied backgrounds and disciplines explore the highly complex and multiple forms of local and regional Christianities that now exist within fourteen countries. Complicating this work further are Christianities within India itself which, like a gigantic elephant among smaller creatures, embraces more countries and cultures and complexities than all the other thirteen countries combined. Cross-cutting essentials of institutions and ideologies of least seven major historic traditions, as well as of manifold minor traditions found within these countries, are essays that address key themes as these pertain to each country – namely: caste, demography, diaspora, evangelism, faith, freedom, gender, identity, inter-faith relations, socio-political contexts, theology and worship. This truly remarkable collection should appeal to a broad readership concerned with contemporary affairs in our world.”
—Robert Eric Frykenberg, University of Wisconsin - Madison

SPECIFICATIONS

ISBN: 978-93-95474-20-7
Number of pages: 520 with 47 b/w tables and 12 colour line art
Size: 21 x 26 x 3 cm
Year of publication: 2026
Binding: Hardcover
Weight: 1 kg 950 grams
Price: ₹11995

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