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Aspects of religion (non-Christian)
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Aspects of religion (non-Christian)
Paperback. This is the first major response to the challenge of neuroscience to religion. It considers eastern forms of religious experience as well as Christian viewpoints and challenges the idea of a mind identical to, or a by-product of, brain activity. It explores religion as inner experience of the Transcendent, and suggests a modern spirituality. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HRLK; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 140 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2006th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230507715
- ISBN
- 9780230507715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardcover. This is the first major response to the challenge of neuroscience to religion. It considers eastern forms of religious experience as well as Christian viewpoints and challenges the idea of a mind identical to, or a by-product of, brain activity. It explores religion as inner experience of the Transcendent, and suggests a modern spirituality. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HRLK; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230507708
- ISBN
- 9780230507708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.61
€ 127.61
Hardcover. This study examines the post-medieval reception of Vienna's women's monastic institutions. Through analysis of the physical and historical place such women's institutions held in an important urban and political center, this book provides a new picture of the ways in which the medieval shapes later understandings of women's role and agency. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HRLP7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230393578
- ISBN
- 9780230393578
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. Taking its cue from the renewed interest in theology among Marxist and politically radical philosophers or thinkers, this study inquires into the reasons for this interest in theology focusing on the British literary theorist Terry Eagleton and the Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Zizek, as two contemporary prominent Marxist thinkers. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; HRLB; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340114
- ISBN
- 9780230340114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.70
€ 127.70
Hardcover. The primary aim of this volume is to synthesize the two fields of disability studies and biblical studies. It illustrates how academic or critical biblical scholarship has shown that many texts involving disability in the Bible is much more nuanced than a casual reading or isolated proof texting may indicate. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRLC; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338296
- ISBN
- 9780230338296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.82
€ 160.82
Hardcover. An interdisciplinary study of the supernatural and the occult in fin-de-siecle France (1870-1914), the present volume examines the explosion of interest in devil-worship, magic and mysticism both from an historical perspective and through analysis of key literary works of the period. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJC; HRAX; HRLK2; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293083
- ISBN
- 9780230293083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.70
€ 160.70
Paperback. This short book is a lively dialogue between a religious believer and a skeptic. It covers all the main issues including different ideas of God, the good and bad in religion, religious experience and neuroscience, pain and suffering, death and life after death, and includes interesting autobiographical revelations. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRLK; HRQC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230251670
- ISBN
- 9780230251670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This book puts spirit back at the heart of spirituality. By exploring the everyday impacts of alternative spiritual beliefs and practices, the book examines contemporary spirituality and how critical social science can map and understand it. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 figures. BIC Classification: HRLK; HRQM2; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219397
- ISBN
- 9780230219397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, this book analyzes public discourses on secularism in France to consider how Islam becomes subsumed under the fetishized headscarf, how women's bodies come to represent collective identities, and how the activism and engagement of suburban Muslim women with secular politics is ignored. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HRAC; HRH; HRLM7; HRQA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230121010
- ISBN
- 9780230121010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Hardcover. Cattoi and McDaniel present a selection of articles on the role of the body and the spiritual senses - our transfigured channels of sensory perceptions - in the context of spiritual practice. The volume investigates this theme across a variety of different religious traditions within Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Daoism. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRAC; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230119741
- ISBN
- 9780230119741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.81
€ 138.81
Spirits without Borders: Vietnamese Spirit Mediums in a Transnational ...
Fjelstad, Karen, Hien, Nguyen Thi
Hardcover. Spirits without Borders is an ethnographic study of the transnational and multicultural expansion of Vietnam's Mother Goddess Religion and its spirit possession ritual. The work explores how and why the ritual spread from Vietnam to the US and back again and the impact of ritual transnationalism in both countries. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 229 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HRLK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 208 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230114937
- ISBN
- 9780230114937
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRLM7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230111646
- ISBN
- 9780230111646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. The book investigates three situations in the Catholic Church that point to Catholicism's weak spot: the role of women in the Church. Zagano sheds light on the Catholic Church's hierarchically-imposed laws that keep women at a distance from the holy, whether as liturgical ministers, as wives of priests, or as priests themselves. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCX; HRLM7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 1. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230111639
- ISBN
- 9780230111639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
Hardcover. Speaking of Gods analyzes the figurative-narrative creation of gods, their heavenly abodes, and behaviors, reaching back to the beginning of history in Sumer, Babylon, Egypt, Persia and Greece, and continuing through the figures and narratives of a biblical tradition that includes the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Qur'an. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRCG; HRLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108110
- ISBN
- 9780230108110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardcover. This comparative study graphs the feminist theological trajectory of the religious writings of four eclectic, but similar, women: Hannah More, Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Mary Baker Eddy. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; HRLK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230102590
- ISBN
- 9780230102590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardcover. This is an original study of the sociological imagination in regard to visual culture. It explores the reflexive dimensions of choice over seeing or not seeing in relation to paintings, images and islands. Bourdieu, Goffman and Simmel provide the basis for insights into how reflexivity in sociology has unexplored theological implications. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSB; HRLP5; JFCX; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230002654
- ISBN
- 9780230002654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.46
€ 66.46
Paperback. An encyclopaedia of Christian theologians from the first to the thirteenth century, giving biographical and theological overviews, together with comprehensive bibliographies. Num Pages: 590 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; HRLB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 253 x 203 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 588
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780227679708
- ISBN
- 9780227679708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 144.47
€ 144.47
Paperback. Free when packaged with any Damrosch World Literature title. Translator(s): Mascaro, Juan. Series: Penguin Classics S. Num Pages: 160 pages, chronology. BIC Classification: HRG; HRLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 127.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449181
- ISBN
- 9780140449181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.33
€ 13.99
€ 12.33
The Pagan Book of Living and Dying: Practical Rituals, Prayers, Blessi...
Starhawk,, Nightmare, M. Macha
Paperback. A groundbreaking addition to today's popular literature on death and dying, in The Pagan Book of Living and Dying is the first comprehensive guide to Paganism's beliefs and practices in facing death. Num Pages: 384 pages, music. BIC Classification: DNF; HRKP; HRLM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062515162
- ISBN
- 9780062515162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.81
€ 21.99
€ 19.81
Paperback. Editor(s): Cleary, Thomas. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; HRLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 201.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- HarperSanFrancisco
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062501981
- ISBN
- 9780062501981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.79
€ 21.79
Paperback. Expands on the wisdom found within the author's beloved prose poem, which presents a challenge to all who long to live an authentic life. This title opens the door to a fresh way of life - a way of intimacy, honesty, and peace with ourselves, others, and the world around us. Series: Plus. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLK; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061116711
- ISBN
- 9780061116711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.22
€ 17.99
€ 15.22
Paperback. A work that expands on Oriah Mountain Dreamer's prose poem. It challenges readers to live with passion, energy, and honesty. It states that the key is to savour the everyday world of family, friends, love, and work with clear minds and open hearts. It offers an invitation to discover a place of connection, serenity, and joy that is our own. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLM; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 163.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061116704
- ISBN
- 9780061116704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.76
€ 16.99
€ 14.76
hardcover. Offers an anthropological study of contemporary Tibetan Buddhist monasticism and tantric ritual in the Ladakh region of North-West India and of the role of tantric ritual in the formation and maintenance of traditional forms of state structure and political consciousness in Tibet. This work builds up a picture of Tibetan tantric traditions. Series: Routledge Studies in Tantric Traditions. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HREX; HRLF; HRLP5; HRLP7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700714704
- ISBN
- 9780700714704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.17
€ 175.17
hardcover. This book illuminates the remarkable resilience of South Asian Sufi saints and their cults in the face of radical economic and political dislocations. It breaks new ground in current research. Editor(s): Werbner, Pnina; Basu, Helene (University of Munster). Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKB; HRH; HRLB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415150996
- ISBN
- 9780415150996
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.17
€ 175.17