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Aspects of religion (non-Christian)

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Aspects of religion (non-Christian)

Hardback. Specially commissioned studies of popular pilgrimages - East and West, past and present, religious and secular - ranging from Shikoku (Japan) to Santiago de Compostela (Spain), Kosovo (Yugoslavia), Glastonbury, Anfield (UK), Flanders Fields, Graceland, and military pilgrimages in the USA). Editor(s): Reader, Ian; Walter, Tony. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLF; JFC; JHM; JMH; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333563182
ISBN
9780333563182
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.00

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333593073
ISBN
9780333593073
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.28

Hardback. When great evil is done to human beings, we may feel that something absolute has been violated. Can that sense be expressed without religious concepts? This is one of the central questions discussed by philosophers of religion and moral philosophers in this collection. Editor(s): Phillips, Professor D. Z. Series: Claremont Studies in the Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 374 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333620663
ISBN
9780333620663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.18

Hardback. Most world religions proclaim that life continues beyond the grave and attempt to answer such questions as: Will we remember our former lives? Will we have bodies? Such issues serve as the basis of these essays which provide a framework for understanding concepts of the Hereafter. Editor(s): Cohn-Sherbok, Dan; Lewin, Christopher. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRLB; VXPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333630730
ISBN
9780333630730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.66

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.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333638644
ISBN
9780333638644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.46

Hardcover. This text attempts to show that insights can be gleaned from both science and religion to enable us to understand what the world is like, how the human animal is distinctive from the sub-human, and how we might think of God. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRLB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333689356
ISBN
9780333689356
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.64

Hardback. Harold Fisch explores the biblical influence on the style and structure of landmark works by Fielding, Defoe, George Eliot, Kafka, Dostoevsky and others. Whilst the great novelists could not manage without the Bible, at the same time 'it would not do'. The book concludes with two chapters on the Israeli novelists S.Y. Agnon and A.B. Yehoshua. Series: Cross-Currents in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; HRA; HRLB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333714096
ISBN
9780333714096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.82

Hardcover. This text presents a panorama of Islamic practices in Turkey. The authors, one a Muslim and one a Christian, introduce readers to Turkish Islamic piety and observances. Packed with data and insights, it should appeal to a variety of circles, both secular and traditional. Series: Library of Philosophy and Religion. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HRAB; HRH; HRLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 537.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333776704
ISBN
9780333776704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.21

Hardback. This work is an analysis of the whole frontier between religion and the environment. It considers the religious impact on human uses of time, space, materials, transport and foods, and the environmental effects of religious influence on various contemporary topics. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLP5; RN; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333919743
ISBN
9780333919743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.12

Hardcover. Revivalist religions have a reputation for the policing of gender boundaries and roles and the blanket subjugation of women. This text explores why some western women choose to join Christian and Islamic revivalist movements. Series: Women's Studies at York. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRLK; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 469.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333922873
ISBN
9780333922873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Hardcover. Kieran Flanagan explores the link between visual culture and religion in terms of tales, memory and character. He draws out the sociological implications of handling the virtual and virtue in ways of seeing. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRLB; JFC; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333998540
ISBN
9780333998540
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. Thriving and Spirituality Among Youth empirically explores the connections between spirituality and positive youth development through the research of a set of scholars from the wide array of scientific fields including biology, sociology, and theology. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470948309
ISBN
9780470948309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 87.76

Paperback. The scholarly identification of formulas and folktales in the Qur'an represents a novel approach to the world-famous religious text. Not only does it provide insight into the basic composition of this sacred document, but also pinpoints and makes accessible many of its principal themes. Num Pages: 104 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: HRH; HRLC1; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 134 x 7. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742526723
ISBN
9780742526723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.14

Can science explain powerful human emotions such as love and happiness? Or, are these emotions something more than the action of biochemicals and electrical impulses? Science is constantly uncovering the mysteries of our nature, but we are uneasy about submitting our most intimate feelings to its scrutiny. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742542648
ISBN
9780742542648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.17

Paperback. 240 pages. WIth more than seven million copies sold, this 50th anniversary edition delivers a message about the power of faith and how positive thinking can lead to the secret of success. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HRLM; VSPM. Dimension: 212 x 141 x 13. Weight: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Touchstone
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780743234801
ISBN
9780743234801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.20

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Edition
Special
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780785231820
ISBN
9780785231820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.04

Engagingly argued and written, Beyond Sacred Violence significantly extends our understanding of religious sacrifice and serves as a timely reminder that the field of religious studies is largely framed by Christianity. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887765
ISBN
9780801887765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.28

For those practicing and teaching pastoral counseling, it offers historical insights into the field. Series: Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HRAX; HRCX4; HRLM5; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801890475
ISBN
9780801890475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.19

Hardcover. Thomas Aquinas and Jean-Paul Sartre are usually identified with completely different philosophical traditions: intellectualism and voluntarism. This study shows that there are some profound similarities in their understanding of freedom and human identity. It is of interest to Aquinas and Sartre scholars. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813215761
ISBN
9780813215761
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.29

Hardcover. Dealing with the claim that the human mind is not 'bounded' on the outside but actually remains 'open' to the world and to God, this book argues that Thomas Aquinas, as properly interpreted, provides philosophical resources for rehabilitating the mind's relationship to God and thus safeguarding our knowledge of transcendent being and truth. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HRLB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813215778
ISBN
9780813215778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.60

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