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Bynum examines several periods between the third and fourteenth centuries in which discussions of the body were central to Western eschatology, and suggests that Western attitudes toward the body that arose from these discussions still undergird our modern notions of the individual. Series: ACLS Lectures on the History of Religions S. Num Pages: 384 pages, 35 illus. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; HRCM; HRCS1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 28. Weight in Grams: 817.
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231081269
ISBN
9780231081269
Condition: New

€ 149.07

Paperback. Caroline Walker Bynum examines diverse medieval texts to show how women were able to appropriate dominant social symbols in ways that allowed for the emergence of their own creative voices. Num Pages: 432 pages, 46. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRCC1; HRCC2; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Zone Books
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299625
ISBN
9780942299625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Paperback. Explores the ways in which food practices enabled women to exert control within the family and to define their religious vocations. This title describes what women meant by seeing their own bodies and God's body as food and what men meant when they too associated women with food and flesh. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. Num Pages: 300 pages, 24ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC1; HRCR; HRCV; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 686. The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. 300 pages, 24ill. Explores the ways in which food practices enabled women to exert control within the family and to define their religious vocations. This title describes what women meant by seeing their own bodies and God's body as food and what men meant when they too associated women with food and flesh. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC1; HRCR; HRCV; JFSJ1. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 31. Weight: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520063297
ISBN
9780520063297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. Bynum examines several periods between the third and fourteenth centuries in which discussions of the body were central to Western eschatology, and suggests that Western attitudes toward the body that arose from these discussions still undergird our modern notions of the individual. Series: ACLS Lectures on the History of Religions S. Num Pages: 384 pages, 35 illus. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; HRCC2; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231081276
ISBN
9780231081276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. Bynum argues that Christ's blood as both object and symbol was central to late medieval art, literature, and religious life. As cult object, blood provided a focus of theological debate about the nature of matter, body, and God and an occasion for Jewish persecution; as motif, blood became a central symbol in popular devotion. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 456 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3H; HRCV; HRLB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 758.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812220193
ISBN
9780812220193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Late Medieval Christianity's encounter with miraculous materials viewed in the context of changing conceptions of matter itself. Num Pages: 440 pages, 50 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; HRAX; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Zone Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935408116
ISBN
9781935408116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Series: Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368. Studies in the Spirituality of the High Middle Ages. Series: Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA. 280 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HRCX4. Dimension: 213 x 142 x 17. Weight: 330.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520052222
ISBN
9780520052222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HRH; JPFR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784535889
ISBN
9781784535889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 49.51

Hardback. An in-depth examination of the asceticism practiced at the White Monastery in Upper Egypt in the fifth century, using diverse sources, including monastic rules, theological treatises, sermons, letters, and material culture. Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion. Num Pages: 248 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: HRLP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812239904
ISBN
9780812239904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLK; HRLM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
DeVorss & Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875168098
ISBN
9780875168098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.62

Hardcover. Describes the life of a Mongolian Buddhist monastery - the Mergen Monastery in Inner Mongolia - from inside its walls. From the Qing occupation of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the Cultural Revolution, the authors tell a story of religious formation, suppression, and survival over a history that spans three centuries. Num Pages: 424 pages, 6 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HRE; HRLP7; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226031873
ISBN
9780226031873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.85
€ 82.26

Paperback. Describes the life of a Mongolian Buddhist monastery - the Mergen Monastery in Inner Mongolia - from inside its walls. From the Qing occupation of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the Cultural Revolution, the authors tell a story of religious formation, suppression, and survival over a history that spans three centuries. Num Pages: 424 pages, 6 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HRE; HRLP7; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226031903
ISBN
9780226031903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. With a foreword by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan, this collection of contributions from leading contributors on the teaching of Islam in schools is aimed as a step towards improving intercultural understanding. Editor(s): Ellwood, Caroline. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
John Catt Educational
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908095282
ISBN
9781908095282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.25

Hardback. Friars transformed the relationship of the church to laymen by taking religion outside to public and domestic spaces. This book aims book to analyze the friars' influence on the growth and transformation of medieval buildings and urban spaces. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 colour images + 40 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; ACK; HBLC1; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 192 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1118.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300203844
ISBN
9780300203844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.46
€ 44.17

Paperback. Buddhist Psychology explores the practical relevance of Buddhist teachings on psychology to our everyday experience. By letting go of our attachment to self, we open ourselves to full engagement with life and with others. We step out of our self-made prison. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HRE; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Robinson Publishing
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841197333
ISBN
9781841197333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415785969
ISBN
9780415785969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.69

Hardback. This book combines ethnographic work in three countries (The Netherlands, the United Kingdom and France) and three cities (Rotterdam, Leicester and Marseille) with a new theoretical frame (regimes of secularity) for understanding the construction of a collective Muslim minority identity in Europe. Series: Religion and Global Migrations. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 1DDN; HRH; JFSR2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137576088
ISBN
9781137576088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.03

Hardcover. During the last decades, the world has been facing tremendous political transformations and new risks: epidemics such as HIV/Aids have had destabilizing effect on the caretaking role of kin; in post-socialist countries political reforms have made unemployment a new source of insecurity. Editor(s): Leutloff-Grandits, Carolin; Peleikis, Anja; Thelen, Tatjana. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455767
ISBN
9781845455767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.00

Paperback. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 316 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of California Press California
Edition
Reprinted Ed
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520068728
ISBN
9780520068728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.19

Hardcover. "Astonishing.. [Satyamurti's Mahabharata] brings [the] past alive .. as though it were a novel in finely crafted verse."-Vinay Dharwadker Num Pages: 928 pages, Map. BIC Classification: DCF; HRGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1362.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393081756
ISBN
9780393081756
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 39.81

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