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Mind, Body & Spirit

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Mind, Body & Spirit

Paperback. How do people practice religion in their everyday lives? Courtney Bender spent more than a year working as a volunteer for a non-profit organisation called God's Love We Deliver, helping to prepare food for people with AIDs, this volume tells the story of that time. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226042824
ISBN
9780226042824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.94

Paperback. Traces the dual strains of 'iconophilia' and iconoclasm, the privileging and prohibition of religious images, over a span of two-and-a-half millennia in the West. This book addresses arguments regarding the moral authority of the image in European Christianity from the medieval through the early modern periods. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 448 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226044149
ISBN
9780226044149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.13

Paperback. Shows how the problem of neighbor love opens questions that are fundamental to ethical inquiry and suggest a new theological configuration of political theory. This title explores today's central historical problem: the persistence of the theological in the political. Series: TRIOS. Num Pages: 216 pages, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAM2; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226045207
ISBN
9780226045207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.90

Paperback. The events of 9/11 had a profound impact on American society, but they had an even more lasting effect on Muslims living in the US. Describing how Islam in America began as a strange cultural object and is gradually sinking into familiarity, this book is an up-close account of how Islam takes its American shape. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 halftones, 6 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370. How Islam is Becoming an American Religion. 280 pages, 10 halftones, 6 line drawings, 3 tables. The events of 9/11 had a profound impact on American society, but they had an even more lasting effect on Muslims living in the US. Describing how Islam in America began as a strange cultural object and is gradually sinking into familiarity, this book is an up-close account of how Islam takes its American shape. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRH; JFSR2. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226049571
ISBN
9780226049571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Traces the critical engagement of Agamben, Derrida, and Zizek, among others, back to nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century philosophers of early Christianity. This work offers a different way for critical theory to construe the relationship between the modern past and the biblical traditions to which we seem to be drawn once again. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226056906
ISBN
9780226056906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Hardcover. How should we speak of bodies and souls? Drawing on new and classical understandings of perception, consciousness, memory, agency, and creativity, this book frames a convincing argument for a dynamic and integrated self capable of language, thought, discovery, caring, and love. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226061061
ISBN
9780226061061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 43.16

Paperback. This volume begins with Roman myths and traces their influence in early Christian and later European literature. Ninety-five entries cover subjects such as sacrificial cults and rites in pre-Roman Italy, Roman religion and its origins, the mythologies of paganism, and myth in twentieth-century English literature. Translator(s): Doniger, Wendy. Num Pages: 344 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QDAR; HRA; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 792.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226064550
ISBN
9780226064550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.87
€ 44.11

Paperback. Looking at the lives and works of some of Finster's contemporaries: the self-taught evangelical artists whose beliefs and neuvres occupy the gray area between madness and Christian ecstasy, this book includes biographical portraits, and a profound meditation on the chaos of despair and the ways in which creativity can help order our lives. Num Pages: 198 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGR; HRCS; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226066875
ISBN
9780226066875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. Series: Chicago History of American Religion. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRCX7; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226068121
ISBN
9780226068121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Hardcover. Using Michael Bakhtin's notion of represented dialogue and real dialogism, this title demonstrates, through multiple close readings, that the give-and-take in these texts is actually monologic in spirit as well as shows that there are other elements that manifest genuine dialogicality. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226069166
ISBN
9780226069166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 79.10

Paperback. What kind of literature is the Talmud? This title suggests that both the Platonic and the Talmudic dialogues are not dialogic at all. It singles out Menippean satire as the most important genre through which to understand both the Talmud and Plato, emphasizing their seriocomic peculiarity. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: HPCA; HRJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226069173
ISBN
9780226069173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Hardcover. Compares the Christian efforts aimed toward European Jews and toward indigenous people of the New World, focusing on the intersection of colonial expansion with the Inquisition and adding significant nuance to the question of the colonial encounter. This title offers a major reassessment of early modern European identity. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HRAF; HRAX; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226069197
ISBN
9780226069197
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.45

Paperback. Series: Textual Sources for the Study of Religion S. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: GBCR; HRKZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226069302
ISBN
9780226069302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.02

Paperback. Series: Readings in Western Civilization. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226069395
ISBN
9780226069395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.79

Hardcover. Through an interview and sixteen essays, this title explores key intersections of medieval religion and philosophy. It focuses less on individual Christian, Jewish, and Muslim thinkers than on their relationships with one another. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HPCB; HRAB; HRAF; HRC; HRH; HRJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 238 x 32. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226070803
ISBN
9780226070803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 79.17

Paperback. Through an interview and sixteen essays, this title explores key intersections of medieval religion and philosophy. It focuses less on individual Christian, Jewish, and Muslim thinkers than on their relationships with one another. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRAF; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226070810
ISBN
9780226070810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.84

Paperback. Examines the complex relationship between transnational religion and politics through the lens of one cosmopolitan community in Siberia: Buryats, who live in a semiautonomous republic within Russia with a large Buddhist population. This book illustrates how this community employed Buddhism to adapt to key moments of political change. Series: Buddhism and Modernity. Num Pages: 272 pages, 27 halftones, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HRE; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226072722
ISBN
9780226072722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, xx, 308 p., 1 halftone, 13 line drawings, 34 tables. BIC Classification: HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226075709
ISBN
9780226075709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Paperback. In this text Bernadette Brooten examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world. She establishes the fact that condemnations of female homoerotic practices were based on widespread awareness of sexual love between women. Series: Chicago Series on Sexuality, History & Society. Num Pages: 446 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA; HRC; JFSJ; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 227 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
446
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226075921
ISBN
9780226075921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.88

Paperback. A study of the relationships between theological norms, legal principles, and sexual practice. Num Pages: 698 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRCX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1108.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
698
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226077840
ISBN
9780226077840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.90
€ 64.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226089003
ISBN
9780226089003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.64

Paperback. In this multifaceted work, John Carman and Vasudha Narayanan clarify historical developments in South Asian religion and make important contributions to the methodology of textual interpretation and the comparative study of world religions. Num Pages: 342 pages, xviii, 324 p. BIC Classification: HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226093062
ISBN
9780226093062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.13

Paperback. There have been numerous studies in recent decades of the medieval inquisitions, most emphasizing larger social and political circumstances and neglecting the role of the inquisitors themselves. This title focuses on these individuals. It explores how it is that the most idealistic of purposes can lead to the justification of such dark ends. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226104324
ISBN
9780226104324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.62

Paperback. Conjures the consciousness of Mexico, evoking the dreams that made and unmade an ancient culture. This book takes readers into the dream that was the religion of the Aztecs, a religion whose own apocalyptic visions anticipated the coming of the Spanish conquerors. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 halftone, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLC; HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226110035
ISBN
9780226110035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.45

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