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Aspects of religion (non-Christian)

Paperback. Set against a backdrop of war and revolution, this book brings sixty years of missionary nursing out of the shadows by examining how Canadian nurses shaped health care in the province of Henan and how China, in turn, influenced the nature of missionary nursing. Num Pages: 288 pages, 44 b/w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HRLP; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 4217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774814003
ISBN
9780774814003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

Paperback. Alejandro Tsakimp tells of his lives and relationships, the practice of shamanism, and the many challenges and triumphs he has encountered since childhood. Series: Fourth World Rising. Num Pages: 322 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSE; BG; HRLK; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803289888
ISBN
9780803289888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.44

Hardback. This work weaves its interpretation of Jewish culture in the Palestine of late antiquity on the warp of a singular rabbinic text "Lamentations Rabbah". The textual analyses that form the core of the book are informed by a range of theoretical paradigms rarely brought to bear on rabbinic literature. Translator(s): Stein, Batya. Series: Contraversions: Jews & Other Differences. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732260
ISBN
9780804732260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.11

Paperback. This work weaves its interpretation of Jewish culture in the Palestine of late antiquity on the warp of a singular rabbinic text "Lamentations Rabbah". The textual analyses that form the core of the book are informed by a range of theoretical paradigms rarely brought to bear on rabbinic literature. Translator(s): Stein, Batya. Series: Contraversions: Jews & Other Differences. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732277
ISBN
9780804732277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.91

Paperback. Occidental Eschatology is a study of apocalypticism and its effects on Western philosophy. One of the great Jewish intellectuals of the twentieth century, Taubes published only this one book during his life, and here the English translation finally becomes available. Translator(s): Ratmoko, David. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804760294
ISBN
9780804760294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

paperback. Male Confessions demonstrates that men are able to talk about themselves intimately and shows how the religious imagination helps them to do so while critically examining the limits of such intimate male talk. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLM7; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804769006
ISBN
9780804769006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Hardback. Maximizing the Triple Bottom Line through Spiritual Leadership shows readers how to simultaneously maximize employee well-being, sustainability, and financial performance using the Spiritual Leadership Balanced Scorecard Business Model. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLK; KJG; KJMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804776363
ISBN
9780804776363
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.91

hardcover. The book shows how pictorial art conveys aesthetic transcendence--a felt, though symbolic experience of going beyond our finite limitations that sometimes involves a sense of communing with God Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804795739
ISBN
9780804795739
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.12

Paperback. Drawing on comparative literature, ritual and performance studies, and the history of asceticism, Derek Krueger explores how early Christian writers came to view writing as salvific, as worship through the production of art. Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: HRLM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812221473
ISBN
9780812221473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.03

Paperback. Reveals many ways in which congregations are already working, beneath the radar, to care for people in need. This title provides empirical data to social scientists, religious studies scholars, and those involved in the debates over the role of faith-based organizations in faith-based services, and to clergy and congregation members themselves. Num Pages: 329 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCX6; HRLP5; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
329
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814716182
ISBN
9780814716182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. This analysis brings together the many perspectives that have shaped policy on the relationship between church and state. Contributors ranging from Stanley Fish to Richard John Neuhaus explore issues extending from religious morality and religious freedom to fundamentalism. Editor(s): Feldman, Stephen M. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 497 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCX; HRLP; JPA; JPH; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 23. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
497
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814726792
ISBN
9780814726792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.12

paperback. Provides a synthetic introduction to the historical development, context, theory, and goals of a range of US-born liberation theologies. This title covers: Black Theology, Womanist Theology, Latino/Hispanic Theology, Latina Theology, Asian American Theology, Asian American Feminist Theology, Native American Theology, and Feminist Theology. Editor(s): Floyd-Thomas, Stacey M.; Pinn, Anthony B. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRLB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814727652
ISBN
9780814727652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Black theology tends to be a theology about no-body. This title examines theological thinking about race, gender, and sexuality. It investigates the traditional source materials for black theology, such as spirituals and slave narratives, seeking to link them to materials like photography that highlight the theological importance of the body. Series: Religion, Race, & Ethnicity. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814767757
ISBN
9780814767757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. A range of perspectives and data on pastoral abuse, investigating sexual and financial misconduct, and political and personal abuse of authority. Rather than focusing on individuals, it investigates whether the foundation for malfeasance is inherent in religious organizations themselves. Editor(s): Shupe, Anson D. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCM; HRCX; HRLP; JFF; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814781470
ISBN
9780814781470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Says that not only are Latinos a religious community, but their religious institutions inform daily life and politics in Latino communities to a considerable degree. This work shows that Latino religious institutions have played a significant role in the poor and urban communities where Latinos live. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRLM; JFSL4; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814794142
ISBN
9780814794142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. A collection that challenges the binary conception of conservative religion versus progressive secularism by highlighting the existence of multiple secularisms. Editor(s): Jakobsen, Janet R.; Pellegrini, Ann. Series: A Social Text Book. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HRLP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341499
ISBN
9780822341499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Contemporary continental philosophy approaches metaphysics with great reservation. A point of criticism concerns traditional philosophical speaking about God. Derrida, Marion, Bataille, Adorno, Taubes, and Bakhtin, each in their own way, continue the exploration begun by Nietzsche and Heidegger. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 460 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; HRAB; HRCM; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 26. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
460
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823220359
ISBN
9780823220359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.39

Paperback. Focuses on the problematic faith in the works of Kafka, Celan, and Jabs to reevaluate the notions of God and covenant in light of Nietzsche's death of Godhypothesis, the divine-human relation. Series: Studies in Religion & Literature. Num Pages: 265 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; HRAB; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823222018
ISBN
9780823222018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Hardback. With a fresh, transdisciplinary approach, this title aims to probe the possibility of a green shift radical enough to permeate the ancient roots of our sensibility and the social sources of our practice. It explores our sense of how to proceed in the face of an ecological crisis that demands fresh thinking and acting. Editor(s): Kearns, Laurel; Keller, Catherine. Series: Transdisciplinary Theological Colloquia S. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLP5; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 44. Weight in Grams: 989.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780823227457
ISBN
9780823227457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.23

Hardback. For Thomas Aquinas the ontological and ethical orders are not autonomous but inseparable. This book shows how traditional Natural Law was transformed by thinkers like John Locke and Kant into a doctrine compatible with early modern and modern notions of nature and morality. Series: Moral Philosophy and Moral Theology. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823228539
ISBN
9780823228539
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.26

Paperback. Proceedings of a colloquium, the 8th in a series of colloquia, held in 2008 at the Theological School of Drew University. Editor(s): Isasi-Diaz, Ada Maria. Series: Transdisciplinary Theological Colloquia. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM; HRLM; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823241361
ISBN
9780823241361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Hardback. Divine Enticement argues for a reconception of theology and it subject matter as modes of seduction, of both body and mind. Theological language as evocation opens onto rereadings of faith, sacrament, ethics, prayer and scripture. The conclusion argues for a sense of theology as calling upon infinite possibility. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823242894
ISBN
9780823242894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.62

Hardback. This book aims to renew theological thinking by extending and radicalizing an iconoclastic and existentialist mode of thought. It proposes a theology whose point of departure assumes and accepts the critiques of religion launched by Nietzsche, Freud, Marx Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HRLB; HRLM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823256952
ISBN
9780823256952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.57

Hardback. Features a concept of sacred humanity embedded in African-American religious thought historically and available for a more scientifically and morally grounded African-American religiosity in the present and future. Also traces indications of this concept in select writings of Anna Julia Cooper, W. E. B. Du Bois, and James Baldwin. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HRC; HRLB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823269815
ISBN
9780823269815
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.85

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