Alternative belief systems
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Alternative belief systems
Hardback. In March 1995 Japanese society was shaken when the deadly nerve gas sarin was released on the Tokyo subway system. Japanese society up to that point had considered itself one of the safest and most well-ordered. This text looks at how the Japanese psyche has changed since the "Aum Affair". Editor(s): Kisala, Robert; Mullins, Mark R. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRKN; HRQM; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333772690
- ISBN
- 9780333772690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. A collection of essays in which Femia argues that Labriola, Gramsci, Mosca and Pareto are united by the worldly humanism inherited from Machiavelli. This was due to their distinctively Italian hostility to the metaphysical abstractions of natural law and Christian theology which accounted for similarities in their thought. Num Pages: 169 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; HRQA; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333689370
- ISBN
- 9780333689370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.80
€ 126.80
Hardback. Can theology still operate in the void of post-theism? In attempting to answer this question "Agnosis" examines the concept of the void itself, tracing a history of nothingness from Augustine through Kierkegaard and Nietzsche to Bataille and Derrida. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRAB1; HRLB; HRQA5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 415.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333638644
- ISBN
- 9780333638644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.48
€ 127.48
Hardback. Compares the features which humanism, Marxism and nationalism share with recognized religions, analyzing each in turn, and asks whether there is not always a threat of the demonic when any contingent reality - man, the economic order or the skill - is made absolute. Series: Themes in Comparative Religion S. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; HRAB; HRQA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333539811
- ISBN
- 9780333539811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.16
€ 54.16
hardcover. An examination of the Unification church. This book attempts to combine the truth behind the popular image of the "Moonies", and the members' perceptions of their own inner spiritual life. Topics covered include the Korean religious heritage, and the role of Jesus in Unification thought. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRQM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1991st Edition
- SKU
- V9780333496985
- ISBN
- 9780333496985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.93
€ 127.93
hardcover. An analysis of the interplay between the Voodoo cult and the complexity of Haitian politics from the colonial period to the post Papa Doc and Baby Doc Duvalier era. The author attempts to reveal the strategic role played by Voodoo ideology and cult leaders during the Haitian Revolution. Num Pages: 161 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HRQX; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 359.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 161
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1989th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333468524
- ISBN
- 9780333468524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.45
€ 193.45
Hardcover. Contents: a packet for Ezra Pound; stories of Michael Robartes and his friends: an extract from a record made by his pupils; phases of moon; great wheel; completed symbol; soul in judgment; great year of ancients; dove or swan; all soul's night, an epilogue. With many figures and illustrations. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRQX; JMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 551.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1962
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333076897
- ISBN
- 9780333076897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.39
€ 128.39
Paperback. Part of "Insights for a New Way of Living" series, this work presents Osho who shows us that joy is the essence of life and that even unhappiness has its root in joy. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRQC; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Griffin Publishing United States
- Edition
- Pap/DVD
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312538576
- ISBN
- 9780312538576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.55
€ 20.99
€ 17.55
Paperback. From ancient Zoroastrians to Concerned Christians of 1998, a belief in the imminent end of the world and the coming of the new age has motivated hundreds of sects and cults, some of which have burned out in an orgy of violence. In this text, Professor Baumgartner explores their history. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; HRAC; HRLB; HRQM; JFC; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312238346
- ISBN
- 9780312238346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.09
€ 72.09
Investigates the cultural and ideological motivations behind early imaginings of the magician, the sorceress, and the witch in the ancient world. This book highlights the degree to which these ancient cultures shared ideas about power and legitimate authority, even while constructing and deploying those ideas in different ways. Series: Gender, Theory, and Religion. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRQX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138369
- ISBN
- 9780231138369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.02€ 56.70
€ 73.02
€ 56.70
Hardcover. This study explores the roles played by magic in contemporary African warfare, specifically through the case of Sierra Leone, to assess its impact on behaviour in conflict. A conceptual framework is suggested for analysing culturally alien practices more broadly and to inform approaches to civilian and military intervention. Num Pages: 188 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; HRQX2; JWA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621022
- ISBN
- 9780230621022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardcover. Bruce Ledewitz proposes a Reformation in secular thinking. He shows that in opposition to today's aggressive Atheism, religious sources are necessary if secularism is to promote fulfilling human relationships and peaceful international relations. Amid signs that secularism is growing in unhealthy ways, Ledewitz proposes a new secular way to live. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRQA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 219 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230614024
- ISBN
- 9780230614024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Bringing together many of today's key scholars of verbal charming, these essays cover vernacular magical texts and practice from Malaysia to Madagascar, and from England to Estonia. As the most comprehensive collection of research on charms, charmers and charming available in the English language, it forms an essential reader on the topic. Editor(s): Roper, Jonathan. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRQX2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551848
- ISBN
- 9780230551848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.63
€ 183.63
Paperback. The authentic spiritual quest is marked not by certainties but by questions and doubt. Mark Vernon -- who was a priest, and left an atheist -- explores the wonder of science, the ups and downs of being 'spiritual but not religious', the insights of ancient philosophy, and God the biggest question. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRQA5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293212
- ISBN
- 9780230293212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.01
€ 33.01
Paperback. This short book is a lively dialogue between a religious believer and a skeptic. It covers all the main issues including different ideas of God, the good and bad in religion, religious experience and neuroscience, pain and suffering, death and life after death, and includes interesting autobiographical revelations. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRLK; HRQC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230251670
- ISBN
- 9780230251670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. The late Victorian period witnessed the remarkable revival of magical practice and belief. Butler examines the individuals, institutions and literature associated with this revival and demonstrates how Victorian occultism provided an alternative to the tightening camps of science and religion in a social environment that nurtured magical beliefs. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HRQX2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223394
- ISBN
- 9780230223394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.77
€ 160.77
Hardcover. This book puts spirit back at the heart of spirituality. By exploring the everyday impacts of alternative spiritual beliefs and practices, the book examines contemporary spirituality and how critical social science can map and understand it. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 figures. BIC Classification: HRLK; HRQM2; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219397
- ISBN
- 9780230219397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. Using a wide range of unexplored archival material, this book examines the 'spectral' influence of Victorian spiritualism and Psychical Research on women's writing, analyzing the ways in which modern writers have both subverted and mimicked nineteenth century sources in their evocation of the seance. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBF; DSK; HRQM2; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230200050
- ISBN
- 9780230200050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.67
€ 116.67
Hardcover. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, this book analyzes public discourses on secularism in France to consider how Islam becomes subsumed under the fetishized headscarf, how women's bodies come to represent collective identities, and how the activism and engagement of suburban Muslim women with secular politics is ignored. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HRAC; HRH; HRLM7; HRQA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230121010
- ISBN
- 9780230121010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
The Thunder: Perfect Mind: A New Translation and Introduction
Taussig, Hal, Calaway, Jared, Kotrosits, Maia...
Hardcover. This is the first book-length treatment in English of the Nag Hammadi text, The Thunder: Perfect Mind - a poem of 'I am' statements that has garnered a strong following in mainstream culture. This book offers a fresh, current translation (with detailed Coptic annotations) and ten chapters of introductory analysis of the text. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRQC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105638
- ISBN
- 9780230105638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.46
€ 160.46
Why I Left, Why I Stayed: Conversations on Christianity Between an Eva...
Campolo, Tony, Campolo, Bart
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
€ 27.99€ 22.66
€ 27.99
€ 22.66
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
€ 50.98
€ 50.98
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
€ 6.12
Paperback. It provides an argument for the evaluation of religious lives and their struggles for meaning and power in the contemporary landscape of critical theory. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HRQM2; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801881886
- ISBN
- 9780801881886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.31
€ 43.31