Religious Transformations in the Early Modern World: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture)

185pp., xiii. Complete letter line, f-a, below number line with 3 2 1 0 9 8 : presumed first printing. Glossy wraps with dark blue title band across top front cover for title lettering in orange, above subtitle and author name lettering in white; remainder of front cover illustrated with colorful scene of Sultan with his advisors, by Nan Singh: "Scholars Gather at Akbar's Court [1605]". Part One: Introduction: Religious Changes Around the Globe; Part Two: : The Documents: 1. Mesoamerica: Mexica Innovations and Mexican Catholicism; ; 2. Europe: Reforms and Reformations in Christianity; 3. Africa and Southwest Asia: Politics and Mysticism in Islam and Judaism; 4. South Asia: Syncretism and Sikhism in the Mughal Empire; 5. East Asia: Competing and Combining Traditions in China and Japan. Appendixes: A Chronology of Early Modern Religious Transformations (1420s-1620s); Questions for Considerations; Selected Bibliography. Index, pp. 175-185. Very minor: Pp. 65-112 were bumped at bottom corner of textblock, as a unit, [1/2" on the diagonal, 1/8" to left of lower right corner, resulting in soft curling (NO hard crease): weighted down, now essentially flat, with NO impact on text itself], else unqualifiedly As New: Tight binding (NO cracks); NO rubbing wear; Corners sharp (NO curls or bumps); NO previous owner names. Clean text. UNREAD.…