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Aspects of religion (non-Christian)

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Aspects of religion (non-Christian)

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, xii, 180 p. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226203867
ISBN
9780226203867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB; HRCM; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226311111
ISBN
9780226311111
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Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226311135
ISBN
9780226311135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.53

Paperback. Was Jesus the founder of Christianity or a teacher of Judaism? When he argued the latter, Abraham Geiger ignited an intense debate in 19th-century Germany. In this study, Susannah Heschel traces the genesis of Geiger's argument and examines the reaction to it within Christian theology. Series: Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism. Num Pages: 332 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: HRCA; HRCM; HRJ; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226329598
ISBN
9780226329598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.50

Paperback. Employing a range of theories, the author draws on historical and comparative research in an attempt to discern the spirit and techniques behind the Mahabharata epic. He focuses on Yudhisthira's education, and shows how this figures relationships with others provides a thread through the stories. Num Pages: 368 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HRG; HRLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226340548
ISBN
9780226340548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.53

Paperback. A study to examine why circumcision holds such an important place in the Jewish psyche. The text traces the symbolism of circumcision through history, examining its evolution as a symbol of the covenant in the post-exilic period of the Bible and its meaning in the era of Mishnah and Talmud. Series: Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLF; JFSJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226347844
ISBN
9780226347844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.66

Paperback. This text investigates the attraction to excessive forms of mysticism among 20th-century French intellectuals, demonstrates the work the figure of the mystic does for these thinkers, and asks why resolutely secular intellectuals are drawn to affective, bodily, and denigrated forms of mysticism. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 384 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DF; HRCS1; HRLK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226349527
ISBN
9780226349527
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Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 310 pages, 6ill.5tabs. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRA; HRC; HRLP7; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226401867
ISBN
9780226401867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.59

Paperback. Addresses the 20th-century study of mysticism as a kind of mystical tradition in its own right, with its own unique histories, discourses, sociological dynamics, and rhetorics of secrecy. Jeffrey J. Kripal examines the lives and works of five historians of mysticism. Num Pages: 412 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HRLK2; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226453798
ISBN
9780226453798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.53

Paperback. Editor(s): Marty, Martin E.; Appleby, R. Scott. Series: Fundamentalism Project S. Num Pages: 888 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 179 x 254 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226508788
ISBN
9780226508788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.57
€ 52.69

Paperback. This volume explores the everyday lives of Nazarite women - part of one of the most popular indigenous religious communities in South Africa - through their songs and dances, dream narratives and fertility rituals, which come to life both musically and visually on CD-ROM. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFM; AVA; AVGD; HRK; HRLF; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226548203
ISBN
9780226548203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.27

Paperback. Regina Schwartz examines the story of Cain and Abel, as she sees it; that is, emblematic of a tragic biblical influence over Western secular notions of identity - notions often violently exclusionary, negatively defining "us" against "them" in ethnic, religious, racial, nationalistic terms. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRCG; HRJ; HRLC1; JFFE; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226742007
ISBN
9780226742007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.00

Paperback. Examines the turbulent modern history and sociology of the Sri Lankan Buddhist Monkhood and its effects upon contemporary society. Using translated Sinhalese documents and interviews with monks, this text unravels the inner workings of this New Buddhism and the ideology on which it is based. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKS; HRAX; HRE; HRLP7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226748665
ISBN
9780226748665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.53

Paperback. Translator(s): Moua, Mitt. Num Pages: 234 pages, 8 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1F; CF; HRA; HRLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226762876
ISBN
9780226762876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Travelling from high culture to pop culture and back again, this book approaches cyberspace and Las Vegas through Hegel and Kant and reads Melville's "The Confidence-Man" through the film "Wall Street". Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 292 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: HPC; HRAB; HRLK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226791623
ISBN
9780226791623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226794211
ISBN
9780226794211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.59

Paperback. Translator(s): Wissing, P. Num Pages: 472 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1MKP; HRKT; HRLF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226845609
ISBN
9780226845609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 45.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, geneal. table, map. BIC Classification: HRG; HRLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226846637
ISBN
9780226846637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 38.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 880 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: HRG; HRLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
880
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226846644
ISBN
9780226846644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.10
€ 45.08

Paperback. This work attempts to see the satis - the Hindu custom of women sacrificing themselves on the funeral pyres of their husbands - through Hindu eyes, providing an experiential and psychoanalytic account of ritual self-sacrifice and self-mutilation in South Asia. Translator(s): Mehlman, Jeffrey; White, David Gordon. Num Pages: 328 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FK; HRAX; HRG; HRLF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226885698
ISBN
9780226885698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.34

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