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Paperback. This historical ethnography from Central Sudan explores the century-old intertwining of zar, spirit possession, with past lives of ex-slaves and shows that, despite very different social and cultural contexts, zar has continued to be shaped by the experience of slavery. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 314 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HRK; HRQM2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- Reprint
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137534798
- ISBN
- 9781137534798
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€ 62.23
€ 62.23
Hardcover. This book asserts that gratitude for God's gift of creation grounds the insight of positive psychology that grateful persons act pro-socially. Kenneth Wilson posits that a sense of gratitude encourages sacrificial service and reveals all behavior to have at heart an essential moral quality. Series: Pathways for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Hardback
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- 2015
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137536914
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- 9781137536914
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€ 62.43
€ 62.43
Hardcover. What norms and principles guide the Afghan Taliban in their conduct of hostilities? The author focuses on the Layeha, a Code of Conduct issued by the highest Taliban authority. Interviews with Taliban members were conducted to understand their perception of the Layeha, which is modeled as a 'one-way mirror.' Num Pages: 316 pages, 6 figures, 14 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HRAM2; JPL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 600.
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- Hardback
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- 2015
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137537164
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- 9781137537164
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€ 63.38
€ 63.38
Paperback. Ahmed Al-Dawoody examines the justifications and regulations for going to war in both international and domestic armed conflicts under Islamic law. He studies the various kinds of use of force by both state and non-state actors in order to determine the nature of the Islamic law of war. Series: Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law, and History. Num Pages: 356 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: HRH; JWA; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Paperback
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- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- 2011th Edition
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137540744
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- 9781137540744
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€ 129.41
€ 129.41
Hardcover. Jin Young Choi rereads discipleship in the Gospel of Mark from a postcolonial feminist perspective, developing an Asian and Asian American hermeneutics of phronesis. Colonized subjects perceive Jesus' body as phantasmic. Discipleship means embodying the mystery of this body while engaging with invisible, placeless and voiceless others. Series: Postcolonialism and Religions. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCF2; HRCG; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Hardback
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- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137541543
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- 9781137541543
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€ 149.77
€ 149.77
Globalized Muslim Youth in the Asia Pacific: Popular Culture in Singap...
Kamaludeen Mohamed Mohamed Nasir
Hardcover. This book is a sociological study of Muslim youth culture in two global cities in the Asia Pacific: Singapore and Sydney. Comparing young Muslims' participation in and reflections on various elements of popular culture, this study illuminates the range of attitudes and strategies they adopt to reconcile popular youth culture with piety. Series: Pop Music, Culture and Identity. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 1MBFN; HRHP; JFSP2; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Hardback
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- 2015
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137543509
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- 9781137543509
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€ 62.43
€ 62.43
Fierce Feminine Divinities of Eurasia and Latin America: Baba Yaga, Ka...
Malgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba
Hardcover. Responding to a growing interest in fierce feminine archetypes and syncretic religions, Malgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba offers a study of the origin and worship of four feminine deities across cultures and continents: the Slavic Baba Yaga, the Hindu goddess Kali, the Brazilian Pombagira, and the Mexican Santa Muerte. Num Pages: 204 pages, 41 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KL; HRL; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Hardback
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- 2015
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137543547
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- 9781137543547
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€ 92.98
€ 92.98
Paperback. This book briefly surveys the evolution of the Western concept of development, recognizing the wider dimensions of human and economic development and the role of institutions and rules, which has moved toward the vision and the path of development envisaged in Islam. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JPV; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
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- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- 2010th Edition
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137543875
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- 9781137543875
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€ 61.51
€ 61.51
Hardcover. This book is grounded in a theorization of the author's personal story including growing up as a female adoptee of a single parent in a patriarchal context, and current material context as an immigrant in New Zealand. Series: Postcolonialism and Religions. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; HBTQ; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Hardback
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- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137544308
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- 9781137544308
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€ 62.62
€ 62.62
Hardcover. The book explores the variables and invariables of the church. Its argument is that self-awareness of the church was often a matter of change, depending on historical circumstances. It encourages appreciating plurality in the church and sets the system of coordinates for identifying the ecclesial 'self'. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 graphs. BIC Classification: HRCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 319. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137545411
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- 9781137545411
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€ 149.96
€ 149.96
Hardback. Recently discovered ancient silk and bamboo manuscripts have reformulated our understanding of ancient Chinese thought. They show that ancient Chinese philosophy was and is much richer and more complex than we ever imagined, and they chart the path from belief in powerful spirits and gods to the discovery of universal laws and order. Translator(s): Tadd, Misha. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBD; HPDF; HRKN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137546968
- ISBN
- 9781137546968
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€ 108.72
€ 108.72
Hardcover. This volume brings together established and rising scholars to revitalize political theology by examining conceptions of power that work beyond sovereign power. The hope is to reexamine the character of authority by attending to the multiple, various, but often under-appreciated ways that power is exercised in the contemporary world. Editor(s): Daniel, Joshua. Series: New Approaches to Religion and Power. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
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- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137548658
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- 9781137548658
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€ 62.12
€ 62.12
Hardcover. Is recreational drug use morally wrong? In this book, I examine four types of argument for the view that it is - religious, nonreligious, harm-based, and non-harm-based - and contend that, by and large, they do not succeed. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM1; JFFH1; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
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- V9781137548764
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- 9781137548764
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€ 62.31
€ 62.31
Hardcover. This book is Wiebe's defense of the claim that a significant form of spiritual experience is found in 'knowing something we have no right to know'. He selects forty-five first-hand accounts from a data-base at the University of Wales to make his case, and, in solidarity with those people, recounts something of his own experience. Num Pages: 235 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRCS; HRLK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137549488
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- 9781137549488
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€ 62.36
€ 62.36
Hardback. In these letters to friends and colleagues spanning around twenty years, renowned radical theologian Thomas J. J. Altizer offers a series of meditative mini-essays on religious, theological, political, and philosophical matters that are central and vital to our contemporary era. Editor(s): Grimshaw, Mike. Series: Radical Theologies and Philosophies. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 505.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137549495
- ISBN
- 9781137549495
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€ 119.38
€ 119.38
Hardcover. Through original interviews and research, Llewellyn uses spirituality to uncover new commonalities between the second and third feminist waves, and sacred and secular experiences. Her lively approach highlights the importance of reading cultures in feminist studies, connecting women's voices across generations, literary practices, and religions. Series: Breaking Feminist Waves. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HRLK; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137549952
- ISBN
- 9781137549952
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€ 119.21
€ 119.21
Hardcover. This book considers positions refugees take relative to the state, humanitarian actors and faith-based organisations in the humanitarian field. Attention is drawn to refugee agency as they negotiate circumstances of considerable constraint demonstrating relational dimensions of religious practice and experience. Series: Religion and Global Migrations. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 black & white tables, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FBS; HRH; JFFD; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137550057
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- 9781137550057
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€ 62.36
€ 62.36
Hardcover. The Ecumenical Association of the Third World Theologians illuminated the struggles of liberating the poor, and sought to do theology with the marginalized seeking freedom, gender co-responsibility, and racial and ethnic equality. This book offers an interpretative history of the formative years of this historic movement. Series: Christianities of the World. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137550538
- ISBN
- 9781137550538
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€ 108.96
€ 108.96
Hardcover. Pentecostal-charismatics in Latin America and among Latinos: communities that share profound historical, linguistic and cultural roots. This compilation brings together practitioners and academics with pentecostal-charismatic affiliations, who analyse from within the development of the movement among these diverse communities. Editor(s): Alfaro, Sammy. Series: Christianity and Renewal - Interdisciplinary Studies. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; HRCC96. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137550590
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- 9781137550590
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Condition: New
€ 139.62
€ 139.62
Hardback. Series: Postcolonialism and Religions. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSC; HBJF; HRA; HRJ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 405.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137551368
- ISBN
- 9781137551368
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€ 62.23
€ 62.23
Hardback. This volume brings together a prominent group of Christian economists and theologians to provide an interdisciplinary look at how we might use the tools of economic and theological reasoning to cultivate more just and moral economies for the 21st century. Editor(s): Doherty, Sean; Carnegie. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM1; HRAM2; HRCX; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137552235
- ISBN
- 9781137552235
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€ 139.98
€ 139.98
Hardback. Muslim Institutions of Higher Education in Postcolonial Africa examines the colonial discriminatory practices against Muslim education through control and dismissal and discusses the education reform movement of the post-colonial experience. Editor(s): Lo, Mbaye; Haron, Muhammed. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; HRHP; JFSR2; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 631.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137552303
- ISBN
- 9781137552303
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€ 119.97
€ 119.97
Hardcover. As advanced by astronomer-cosmologist Sir Fred Hoyle, astronomy, biology, astrobiology, astrophysics, and cosmology converge agreeably with natural theology. In The Big Bang and God, these interdisciplinary convergences are developed by an astronomer collaborating with a theologian. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137552426
- ISBN
- 9781137552426
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€ 149.91
€ 149.91
Hardback. The Black Church Studies Reader addresses the depth and breadth of Black theological studies. The volume examines salient themes such as gender, sexuality, race, social class, health care, and public policy. The focus of the volume while African American attends to broader African continental and Diasporan religious contexts Editor(s): Pollard, Alton B.; Duncan, Carol B. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 691.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137552877
- ISBN
- 9781137552877
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€ 171.75
€ 171.75