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Alternative belief systems

Hardcover. Combining Hinduism with Western concepts and values, a new hybrid form of religion has developed in the US over the past century. This title traces the history of various Hindu-inspired movements in America, and argues that together they constitute a discrete category of religious practice, a distinct and identifiable form of new religion. Series: New and Alternative Religions. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRG; HRQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780814794494
ISBN
9780814794494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.75

Paperback. Traces the history of various Hindu-inspired movements in America, and argues that together they constitute a discrete category of religious practice, a distinct and identifiable form of new religion. This book offers an overview of the emergence of these movements through examining exchanges between Indian Hindus and American intellectuals. Series: New and Alternative Religions. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRG; HRQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814794500
ISBN
9780814794500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: HRQX9; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816650521
ISBN
9780816650521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Hardback. This work argues that the appropriate religious response to suspicion of its beliefs is not to try to refute or deflect them, but rather to acknowledge their force in a process of self-examination. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB1; HRQA5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780823218752
ISBN
9780823218752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.94

Hardcover. This is the account of one person's experience among the Inupiat, who live in a treeless land far north of the Arctic Circle. It records occurrences of healing, spirit manifestation, and premonition in her narrative in a year in the life of an Eskimo community. Num Pages: 289 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; HRQM2; JFSL9; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875802121
ISBN
9780875802121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.86

Hardback. Naming the Witch explores the recent series of witchcraft accusations and killings in East Java, which spread as the Suharto regime slipped into crisis and then fell. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; HRQX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1002.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751940
ISBN
9780804751940
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Hardback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HBLH; HRQX5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Truman State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612481654
ISBN
9781612481654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.52

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Mandrake of Oxford United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9781869928797
ISBN
9781869928797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
None ed.
SKU
V9780813526201
ISBN
9780813526201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 43.03

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813568843
ISBN
9780813568843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.10

Paperback. Editor(s): Levine, George. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: HRQA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156026
ISBN
9780691156026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. This book examines the early development of the fantastic tale through the works of of the German romantics Ludwig Tieck, Achim von Arnim, and E. T. A. Hoffmann; the subsequent French rediscovery of the genre in works by Theophile Gautier and Prosper Merimee; and Edgar Allan Poe's contributions to the literary form. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804738606
ISBN
9780804738606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

hardcover. Offers a rare full-scale look at an African immigrant congregation, the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in New York (PCGNY) Series: Religion, Race, & Ethnicity. Num Pages: 219 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HRQM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814786390
ISBN
9780814786390
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.52

Hardback. This book examines the early development of the fantastic tale through the works of of the German romantics Ludwig Tieck, Achim von Arnim, and E. T. A. Hoffmann; the subsequent French rediscovery of the genre in works by Theophile Gautier and Prosper Merimee; and Edgar Allan Poe's contributions to the literary form. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804738590
ISBN
9780804738590
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.48

Paperback. Sorcery has long been associated with the "dark side" of human development, along with magic and witchcraft. This text argues, however, that sorcery practices reveal critical insights into how consciousness is formed, and how human beings constitute their social and political realities. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 colour plates, 18 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: HRQX2; HRQX5; JHM; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226424132
ISBN
9780226424132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 45.88

paperback. As Owen Barfield argues, no simple translation can convey the 'thrust' of the verses. This title features Barfield's pioneering translation - 'paraphrased for an English ear' - based on more than 50 years studying the text. Translator(s): Barfield, O. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRQC5; VXM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 102 x 6. Weight in Grams: 50.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rudolf Steiner Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781855841888
ISBN
9781855841888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 5.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: HRQC5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 155 x 65. Weight in Grams: 1706.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Theosophical Univ Pr
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9780911500035
ISBN
9780911500035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 35.35

Paperback. This book provides a critical history of the distinctive tradition of Indian secularism known as Tolerance. Examining debates surrounding the activities of the Arya Samaj - a Hindu reform organization regarded as the exemplar of intolerance - it finds that Tolerance functioned to disengage Indian secularism from the politics of caste. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRAM2; HRQA; JPVH4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199995448
ISBN
9780199995448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.92

paperback. In 1634 Urbain Grandier, a handsome and dissolute priest of the parish of Loudun was tried, tortured and burnt at the stake. He had been found guilty of conspiring with the devil to seduce an entire convent of nuns in what was the most sensational case of mass possession and sexual hysteria in history. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; BT; HRQX9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099477761
ISBN
9780099477761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.59

paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 69ill. BIC Classification: BG; HRQC5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rudolf Steiner Press
Condition
New
SKU
KMK0018759
ISBN
9781855840935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; HRQC; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415831895
ISBN
9780415831895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.02

Paperback. Presenting a look into the lives of teenage Witches, this book shows that the reality of their practices, beliefs, values, and motivations is very different from the sensational depictions we see in popular culture. It traces the development of Neo-Paganism from its start in England during the 1940s. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRQX5; JFSP2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813540214
ISBN
9780813540214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.56

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB1; HRC; HRQA5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
HarperOne
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062415370
ISBN
9780062415370
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.31

Paperback. 300 years of Salem, Massachusetts' past, concentrating on the infamous witch trials held here in the 17th century to the 1890s when Daniel Low produced the first souvenir spoon. Tourist purchases have helped to create a photo album of printed images and a treasure trove of souvenirs showing famous witches and the historic sites. Num Pages: 128 pages, 300 color photos. BIC Classification: HRQX; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764304255
ISBN
9780764304255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.18

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