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Alternative belief systems

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
€ 42.86

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
€ 14.98

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

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

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

€ 138.75

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

€ 106.50

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
€ 25.20

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
€ 29.60

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

€ 91.38

Hardcover. Starting from the assumption of a far greater cultural gulf between the learned and the lay in the medieval world than between rich and poor, Elf Queens explores the church's systematic campaign to demonize fairies and infernalize fairyland and the responses this provoked in vernacular romance. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HRQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248432
ISBN
9780812248432
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.98

Hardback. Alchemical Mercury is the first comprehensive study to consider alchemy, from the past through the present and beyond, in relation to literary and visual theory. Num Pages: 232 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HRQX2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804760324
ISBN
9780804760324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.56

Paperback. This is the first book to explore comparatively how magic-usually portrayed as the antithesis of the modern-is also at home in modernity. Editor(s): Meyer, Birgit; Pels, Peter. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HRQX2; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804744645
ISBN
9780804744645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.81

Paperback. Series: Symbol, Myth and Ritual. Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HRQ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801491375
ISBN
9780801491375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; HBLH; HRQX5; HRQX9; JFHF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486111
ISBN
9780801486111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HRQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691632780
ISBN
9780691632780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.60
€ 85.15

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 410 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRQA5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
410
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691609065
ISBN
9780691609065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.74
€ 53.22

Hardback. Offers a comprehensive study of the life, teachings, and following of the controversial Indian guru known in his youth as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and in his later years as Osho (1931-1990). Based on extensive ethnographic and archival research, it is suitable for anyone interested in religion and globalization. Num Pages: 264 pages, 18 b/w images. BIC Classification: HRG; HRLK2; HRQM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780520286665
ISBN
9780520286665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.82
€ 72.48

Paperback. Presents a history and ethnography of Puerto Rican brujeria (witch-healing). This book explores how brujeria emerged from a blending of Catholicism, Afro-Latin religions, French Spiritism, and folk Protestantism and also looks at how it has adapted to changes in state policies and responded to global flows of ideas and commodities. Num Pages: 335 pages, 50 b&w figures. BIC Classification: 1KJP; HRQX5; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 509. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292771260
ISBN
9780292771260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. Completed in 1653, Father Bernabe Cobo's "Historia del Nuevo Mundo" is an important source of information on pre-conquest and colonial Spanish America. Though parts of the work are lost, the remaining sections which have been translated offer insights into Inca culture and Peruvian history. This title presents a translation of Cobo's massive work. Translator(s): Hamilton, Roland. Num Pages: 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HDD; HRAX; HRQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292738614
ISBN
9780292738614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.33

Paperback. Reconstructs how Iberian, indigenous, and African beliefs fused to create a syncretic religious culture in Brazil. Focusing on sorcery, this title argues that European traditions of witchcraft combined with practices of Indians and African slaves to form a Brazilian set of beliefs that became central to the lives of the people in the colony. Translator(s): Whitty, Diane Grosklaus. Series: LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series. Num Pages: 374 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HRQX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292702363
ISBN
9780292702363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.00

Paperback. Studies secularism and religiosity in Russia, past and present Series: New Anthropologies of Europe. Num Pages: 292 pages, 14 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HRQA5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253223555
ISBN
9780253223555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. A collection of 11 essays, which examine the Esalen Institute's roots, the place of its beliefs in American religious history, and its influence. It is suitable for those interested in the history of American religion as well as those who regard this place as the epicenter of the human potential movement. Editor(s): Shuck, Glenn W.; Kripal, Jeffrey J. Series: Religion in North America. Num Pages: 344 pages, 3 b&w photos, 2 figures, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAX; HRQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 527.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217592
ISBN
9780253217592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.10

Hardback. Editor(s): Kahn, Jonathon S.; Lloyd, Vincent W. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM2; HRQA; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231174909
ISBN
9780231174909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.30
€ 79.41

Hardcover. Alec Owen situates seemingly anachronistic practices such as exploratory sex magic, alchemy and astral travel, alongside revolutionary understandings of rationality in a demonstration of how a newly psychologized magic operated in conjunction with the developing patterns of modern life. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 166 x 38. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226642017
ISBN
9780226642017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.25

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