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Hardcover. This book examines magic's generally maleficent effect on humans from ancient Egypt through the Middle Ages, including tales from classical mythology, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim cultures. It shows that certain magical motifs lived on from age to age, but that it took until the Italian Renaissance for magic tales to become fairy tales. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRKP; HRQX2; JFC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137380876
- ISBN
- 9781137380876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.52
€ 116.52
Hardcover. India and the Occult explores the reception of Indian spirituality among Western occultists through case studies. Rather than focusing on the activities of Theosophical Society, India and the Occult looks at the 'hard-core' occultism, in particular the British 20th century currents associated with Aleister Crowley, Dion Fortune, Kenneth Grant, etc. Series: Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137404985
- ISBN
- 9781137404985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.44
€ 160.44
Hardcover. This study of modernism's high imperial, occult-exotic affiliations presents many well-known figures from the period 1880-1960 in a new light. Modernism and the Occult traces the history of modernist engagement with 'irregular', heterodox and imported knowledge. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137465771
- ISBN
- 9781137465771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.68
€ 126.68
Hardcover. This compact, forcefully argued work calls Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker, and the rest of the so-called 'New Atheists' to account for failing to take seriously the historical record to which they so freely appeal when attacking religion. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HRQA; HRQA5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137477675
- ISBN
- 9781137477675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.52
€ 47.52
Hardcover. This book discusses two moral panics that appeared in the media in late apartheid South Africa: the Satanism scare and the so-called epidemic of white family murder. The analysis of these symptoms of social and political change reveals important truths about whiteness, gender, violence, history, nationalism and injustice in South Africa and beyond. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HRQX9; JFC; JFSL; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137503046
- ISBN
- 9781137503046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Hardcover. Narratives of possession have survived in early English medical and philosophical treatises. Using ideas derived from cognitive science, this study moves through the stages of possession and exorcism to describe how the social, religious, and medical were internalized to create the varied manifestations of demon possession in early modern England. Series: Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance. Num Pages: 278 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; HBTB; HRQX9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137512246
- ISBN
- 9781137512246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.58
€ 127.58
Paperback. This historical ethnography from Central Sudan explores the century-old intertwining of zar, spirit possession, with past lives of ex-slaves and shows that, despite very different social and cultural contexts, zar has continued to be shaped by the experience of slavery. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 314 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HRK; HRQM2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137534798
- ISBN
- 9781137534798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.61
€ 66.61
Hardcover. This edited volume of specially commissioned essays written for the anniversary of 'Abdu'l-Baha's journey to America tells the story of this former prisoner's interactions with the white upper echelon of American society as well as his impact on the lives and writings of important early figures in the African-American civil rights movement. Editor(s): Mottahedeh, Negar. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HBJK; HRAC; HRQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032003
- ISBN
- 9781137032003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Hardcover. Editor(s): Roper, Jonathan. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HRQX2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403939258
- ISBN
- 9781403939258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Paperback. Lucidly written and clearly argued, After the New Atheist Debate is a book that brings welcome clarity and a solid path to the often contentious conversation about religion in the public sphere. Series: UTP Insights. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; HRAB; HRQA5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442626874
- ISBN
- 9781442626874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.72
€ 31.99
€ 28.72
Hardback. Editor(s): Beaman, Lori G.; Tomlins, Steven. Num Pages: 226 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRQA5; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319096018
- ISBN
- 9783319096018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.45
€ 67.45
Hardback. Pagan Ethics Num Pages: 448 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRQM; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319189222
- ISBN
- 9783319189222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.39
€ 196.39
Paperback / so. Series: Grenzfragen Des Nerven- Und Seelenlebens. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HRQC5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 3. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1921
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662426524
- ISBN
- 9783662426524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.39
€ 70.39
Muslim Societies and the Challenge of Secularization: An Interdiscipli...
Gabriele . Ed(S): Marranci
hardcover. This is the first interdisciplinary book to address the issue of Islam, secularism and globalization. It not only offers innovative research and new material, but also provides empirical examples and theoretical debates on topics of great public interest. Editor(s): Marranci, Gabriele. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRH; HRQA; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048133611
- ISBN
- 9789048133611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.08
€ 133.08
paperback. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048168811
- ISBN
- 9789048168811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.58
€ 194.58
Paperback. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HRQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 403.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400974609
- ISBN
- 9789400974609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.46
€ 127.46
The Language and Iconography of Chinese Charms: Deciphering a Past Bel...
. Ed(S): Fang, Alex Chengyu; Thierry, Francoi...
hardcover. Editor(s): Fang, Alex Chengyu; Thierry, Francois. Num Pages: 302 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, 266 colour illustrations, 30 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; HDD; HRQ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Singapore
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789811017919
- ISBN
- 9789811017919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.02
€ 140.02
hardcover. With Boyle on Atheism, J.J. MacIntosh has culled the Boyle manuscripts held at the Royal Society Library in London and transcribed the portions that relate to atheism, arranging them in the order Boyle appears to have intended. Editor(s): MacIntosh, J. J. Series: Toronto Studies in Philosophy. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: HRQA5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 920.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802090188
- ISBN
- 9780802090188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.70
€ 127.70
Paperback. Describes the beliefs of the religious groups among the Oglala Lakota: traditional Lakota religion; the Native American Church; and the Body of Christ Independent Church. Steinmetz discusses the interdynamics of pipe, Bible and peyote, and offers a model for understanding Oglala religious identity. Num Pages: 252 pages, 22 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRKT; HRQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815605577
- ISBN
- 9780815605577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.76
€ 24.76
Paperback. Editor(s): Frawley, H. Maria. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HRQ; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551112657
- ISBN
- 9781551112657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.78
€ 38.78