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Paperback. Investigates role that Las Casas played in the evolution of Spanish imperialism and 16th century arguments about human rights, and claims that scholars have overestimated the extent to which he helped indigenous people. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; HR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339397
ISBN
9780822339397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. Explores the vibrancy and variety of humans' sacred encounters with the natural world, gathering a range of stories culled from Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Mayan, Himalayan, Buddhist, and Chinese shamanic traditions. Num Pages: 321 pages, 25 b/w images. BIC Classification: HRAC; JFHF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520290426
ISBN
9780520290426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

Hardback. An apostolic lifestyle characterized by total material renunciation, homelessness, and begging was practiced by monks throughout the Roman Empire in the fourth and fifth centuries. This book presents a study of this type of Christian poverty and the challenge it posed for episcopal authority and the promotion of monasticism in late antiquity. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 339 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 3D; HBG; HBLA; HBTB; HRCC1; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
339
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520233249
ISBN
9780520233249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.51
€ 56.86

Hardback. The Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament series serves pastors and teachers by providing them with a careful discourse analysis and interpretation of the Hebrew text, tracing the flow of argument in each Old Testament book and showing that how a biblical author says something is just as important as what they say. Series: Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRCF1; HRCG1; HRCX4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Publisher
Zondervan United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310942429
ISBN
9780310942429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.56

Paperback. What is religion and how did it evolve? Is it the product of blind evolutionary instinct or of rational choice? Is the only way to live a good life through religion? In this title, the author explores how the great ideas of religion have enthralled us for thousands of years - and whether we could (or should) break free. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141017778
ISBN
9780141017778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardback. This volume maps the historically resonant intersections between Jewishness and queerness, between homophobia and anti-Semitism, and between queer theory and theorizations of Jewishness. It explores the modern Jewish and homosexual identities which emerged as traces of each. Editor(s): Boyarin, Daniel; Itzkovitz, Daniel; Pellegrini, Ann. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231113748
ISBN
9780231113748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.57
€ 90.18

Hardback. Scholars have come to realize that we can and need to speak of a twin birth of Christianity and Judaism, not a genealogy in which one is parent to the other. In this book, the author develops a revised understanding of the interactions between nascent Christianity and nascent Judaism in late antiquity. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804736176
ISBN
9780804736176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.47

Paperback. What kind of literature is the Talmud? This title suggests that both the Platonic and the Talmudic dialogues are not dialogic at all. It singles out Menippean satire as the most important genre through which to understand both the Talmud and Plato, emphasizing their seriocomic peculiarity. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: HPCA; HRJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226069173
ISBN
9780226069173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Hardcover. Using Michael Bakhtin's notion of represented dialogue and real dialogism, this title demonstrates, through multiple close readings, that the give-and-take in these texts is actually monologic in spirit as well as shows that there are other elements that manifest genuine dialogicality. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226069166
ISBN
9780226069166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.85
€ 79.10

Paperback. Scholars have come to realize that we can and need to speak of a twin birth of Christianity and Judaism, not a genealogy in which one is parent to the other. In this book, the author develops a revised understanding of the interactions between nascent Christianity and nascent Judaism in late antiquity. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804737043
ISBN
9780804737043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. "Encourages us to see historic Christianity as but one expression of a universalistic potential in Jewish monotheism.. In a fruitful career not yet nearly over, Border Lines, the culmination of many years of work, may well remain Daniel Boyarin's masterpiece."-Jack Miles, Commonweal Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812219869
ISBN
9780812219869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Paperback. This work shows how women between the 12th and 16th centuries were able to carve out areas of influence by exploiting the institutional church and by manipulating religious precepts. Contributors argue that women's participation in religious life offered them access to power in all its forms. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC7; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226066394
ISBN
9780226066394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Paperback. A Christian Embrace of Modern Art. 224 pages, colour illustrations and photographs. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: ACX; HRCM. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight: 332.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801031847
ISBN
9780801031847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.58

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252073977
ISBN
9780252073977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.98

Paperback. For much of the twentieth century, Confucianism was condemned by Westerners and East Asians alike as antithetical to modernity. This book shows how classical Confucian theory - with its emphasis on family ties, self-improvement, education, and the social good - is highly relevant to the pressing dilemmas. Editor(s): Bell, Daniel A. Series: Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; HRKN1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130057
ISBN
9780691130057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Paperback. Series: Chesapeake Valor. Num Pages: 347 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FH; FR; FW; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 27. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764212956
ISBN
9780764212956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.56

Paperback. Series: Alaskan Courage. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FW; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 27. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764211966
ISBN
9780764211966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Series Editor(s): Nichols, Stephen J.; Taylor, Justin. Series: Theologians on the Christian Life. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 297.
Publisher
Crossway
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781433535055
ISBN
9781433535055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.54

Paperback. Editor(s): Ortlund, Dane Calvin; Dennis, Lane T. Series: Knowing the Bible. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Crossway Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Csm
Condition
New
SKU
V9781433547928
ISBN
9781433547928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.33

Paperback. Although stereotyped as an aspect of colonialism, Christian missions brought about massive shifts in the nature of Christianity, which by this century has become a religion largely practiced outside the west. This illuminating book provides a brief history of Christian missions and their relationship to the current globalization of Christianity. Series: Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion. Num Pages: 232 pages, maps, figures. BIC Classification: HRCX7. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631236207
ISBN
9780631236207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.94

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