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Aspects of religion (non-Christian)

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Aspects of religion (non-Christian)

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. 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

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. 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. Focusing on the work of Mircea Eliade, this book takes a methodological concern as well as a wider concern, to try and indicate the many facets and implications of Eliade's scholarship as a historian of religions. This book also considers Eliade's literary dimensions. Series: Library of Philosophy and Religion. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HRAB; HRLB; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333549766
ISBN
9780333549766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.10

Hardback. All arts and sciences, in their own way, ultimately try to come to grips with reality. What sets philosophy, theology and religion apart is that they grapple with ultimate reality. In these essays, written in honour of Professor Hick, world scholars in these fields share their most recent insights. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRLB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333548363
ISBN
9780333548363
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.41

hardcover. These essays deal with philosophical accounts of interpretation, the interpretation of scripture (with particular reference to the work of the Oxford theologian and philosopher Austin Farrer), and provide some examples of interpretative practice relating to Genesis and the book of Psalms. Editor(s): Loades, Ann; McLain, Michael. Series: Studies in Literature and Religion. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HRAB; HRLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
Edition
1992nd Edition
SKU
V9780333539590
ISBN
9780333539590
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.83

Paperback. A comprehensive work on the religions of China, which includes chapters on ancient religions, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Chinese Islam, Christianity in China, as well as on popular religion. There is a continuity between religion and philosophy through the maxim "Heaven and man are one". Series: Themes in Comparative Religion S. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRA; HRKN; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 219 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
291
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333531747
ISBN
9780333531747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.22

Hardcover. A comprehensive work on the religions of China, which includes chapters on ancient religions, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Chinese Islam, Christianity in China, as well as on popular religion. There is a continuity between religion and philosophy through the maxim "Heaven and man are one". Series: Themes in Comparative Religion S. Num Pages: 291 pages, notes, chronological table, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRA; HRKN; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
291
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333531730
ISBN
9780333531730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.19

hardcover. This reader collects together chapters on each major aspect of John Hick's thought from a variety of sources. Themes include faith and knowledge, philosophy of religion, evil and the God of love, death and eternal life, the myth of God incarnate and the problems of religious pluralism. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRLB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1990th Edition
SKU
V9780333487297
ISBN
9780333487297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.73

Hardcover. A set of papers resulting from the proceedings of a major Jewish-Christian-Muslim trialogue held in California. The subjects discussed were the concepts of God in the three traditions, their attitudes to the material world and their understandings of human life and history. Editor(s): Hick, John Harwood; Meltzer, Edmund S. Series: Library of Philosophy and Religion. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB1; HRCM; HRH; HRJ; HRLB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460. A Jewish, Christian, Muslim Encounter. 253 pages, appendix, index. Editor(s): Hick, John; Meltzer, Edmund S. A set of papers resulting from the proceedings of a major Jewish-Christian-Muslim trialogue held in California. The subjects discussed were the concepts of God in the three traditions, their attitudes to the material world and their understandings of human life and history. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HRAB1; HRCM; HRH; HRJ; HRLB. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 21. Weight: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1989 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333439708
ISBN
9780333439708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.93

Hardback. The book '.. should be assured of the attention of the many on both sides of the Atlantic who are fascinated by this subject.' John Hick Series: Library of Philosophy and Religion. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB1; HRCM; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333331798
ISBN
9780333331798
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.25

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan New York
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293833
ISBN
9780312293833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Hardcover. This study explores the role that the singular plays in the theories of science of Robert Grosseteste, Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, Marsilius of Inghen, and Pierre d'Ailly. It pursues the question specifically in relation to the question of whether theology is a science. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HPCB; HRAB; HRLB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312292966
ISBN
9780312292966
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.40

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

€ 72.08

Hardback. This text is a study of Muharram rituals and interfaith relations in three locations in India: Ladakh, Darjeeling, and Hyderabad. The book looks at how publicly staged rituals serve to mediate communal relations: between Muslim and Hindu populations and between Muslims and Buddhists. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HPDF; HRAC; HRH; HRK; HRLF; HRLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312216375
ISBN
9780312216375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.39

Paperback. Considers how teacher/student relations sustain and renew the Jewish tradition Series: Samuel & Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLM3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991290
ISBN
9780295991290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.29

Studies the different ways religions have coped with the pressures of modernization in America. This work examines how these religions have confronted changing attitudes regarding the meaning and purpose of sex, the definition of marriage, the responsibility of fathers, and the status of children. Editor(s): Browning, Don S.; Clairmont, David A. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAC; HRLM; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138000
ISBN
9780231138000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 98.30

The experience of the divine in India has three components, sight, performance, and sound. One in a trilogy of books that include Diana Eck's Darsan: Seeing the Divine in India, and Susan L. Schwartz's Rasa: Performing the Divine in India, Mantra presents an introduction to the use of sound-mantra-in the practice of Indian religion. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; HRK; HRLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129602
ISBN
9780231129602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 133.52

Hardcover. Num Pages: 347 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 190 x 28. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
347
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231072489
ISBN
9780231072489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.38

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