Religions of the Silk Road: Premodern Patterns of Globalization

Drawing on the latest research and scholarship, this newly revised and updated edition of Religions of the Silk Road explores the majestically fabled cities and exotic peoples that make up the romantic notions of the colonial era while examining how cultural traditions also travelled to the people encounted on the Silk Road.

Author: R. Foltz
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 06/21/2010
Pages: 190
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9780230621251
ISBN10: 0230621252
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | History
- Religion | Comparative Religion
- History | Asia | General

About the Author
RICHARD C. FOLTZ is an Associate Professor of Religion at Concordia University. He is the author of Animals in Islamic Tradition and Muslim Cultures (2006) and editor of Environmentalism in the Muslim World (2005) and Worldviews, Religion, and the Environment: A Global Anthology (2003).