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Today, I finally received my reading lists for my comprehensive exams. I still don’t know which two of the three traditions I requested will be the chosen traditions. As it stands, I was given a list of 10-13 books for each possible tradition, as well as for the “theory” exam. I choose seven for each and return that list to the professor that will be giving the exam. Here’s my list for each exam (I put up all three traditions I requested). I have underlined the ones I have read previously for classes or own.

Theory

• Bell, Catherine. Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensions
• Durkheim, Emile. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
• Freud, Sigmund. Civilization and Its Discontents
• Freud, Sigmund. Totem and Taboo
• Roy, Olivier. Globalized Islam
• Taylor, Mark C. About Religion
• Smith, Jonathan Z. Imagining Religion

Christianity

• Ahltstrom, Sidney. A Religious History of the American People
• Ehrman, Bart. The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings
• Logan, F. Donald. A History of the Church in the Middle Ages
• McGrath, Alister. Christianity: An Introduction
• Ozment, Steven. The Age of Reform, 1250-1550: An Intellectual and Religious History of Late Medieval and Reformation Europe
• Pelikan, Jaroslav. The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volumes 1-5
• Stevenson, James. Creeds, Councils and Controversies: Documents Illustrating the History of the Church

Islam

• Arberry, Arthur. The Qur’an Interpreted
• Denny, Frederick. Introduction to Islam
• Geaves, Ron. Aspects of Islam
  
• Madelung, Wilferd. Succession to Muhammad
• Rahman, Falzur. Major Themes of the Qur’an
• Schimmel, Annemarie. The Mystical Dimension of Islam
• Watt, W Montogmery. The Formative Period Of Islamic Thought

Hinduism

• Bayly, Susan. Caste, Society and Politics in India from the Eighteenth Century to the Modern Age
• Eck, Diana L. Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India
• Flood, Gavin. An Introduction to Hinduism
• Khandelwal, Meena. Women in Ochre Robes: Gendering Hindu Renunciation
• Miller, Barbara S. The Bhagavad-Gita: Krishna’s Counsel in Time of War
• Ramanujan, A K. Speaking of Siva
• Smith, David. Hinduism and Modernity

I guess that means I have quite a bit of reading to do over the next 10 weeks.