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Paperback. Scholar and magician, Siegel uncovers the age-old practices of magic in sacred rites and rituals and unveils the contemporary world of Indian magic of street and stage entertainers. Siegel's journeys take him from ancient Sanskrit texts to the slums of New Dehli as he explores India's remarkable magical tradition. Num Pages: 464 pages, 8 halftones, 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: HRQX5; HRQX9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 180 x 26. Weight in Grams: 880.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226756875
- ISBN
- 9780226756875
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 38.52
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Paperback. This text tells the story of how the idea that physical suffering could be a path to redemption became a fixed part of the French legal system during the early modern period. Using documents from criminal cases, it looks at the theory and practice of judicial torture in France from 1600 to 1788. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HRAB; JFCX; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226757544
- ISBN
- 9780226757544
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
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Paperback. The author was employed as consultant for the Islamic fundamentalist Shari'a Movement's project to unite Muslims and non-Muslims in Khartoum's shanty towns. His book examines the use of Islam as a tool for political transformation and discusses religious discourse in Africa. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226758701
- ISBN
- 9780226758701
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.39
€ 52.99
€ 41.39
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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Series: Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226763606
- ISBN
- 9780226763606
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.01
€ 37.99
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Paperback. This study provides an analysis of the commitments, beliefs and concerns of American evangelicals and examines how they interact with and influence secular society, the text argues that traditional, orthodox evangelicalism endures because of the challenges of our modern pluralistic environment. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 map, 30 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC99. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226764191
- ISBN
- 9780226764191
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
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Paperback. Presents an account of how people in the Taita Hills of Kenya have appropriated and made sense of development thought and practice, focusing on the complex ways that development connects with changing understandings of witchcraft. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; HRQX5; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226764580
- ISBN
- 9780226764580
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
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Hardback. Uses the figure of A S Eddington (1882-1944) - a pioneer in astrophysics, relativity, and the popularization of science, and a devout Quaker - to show how religious and scientific values can interact without compromising the integrity of either. This book questions many common assumptions about the relationship between science and spirituality. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: HRCX6; PDX; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226770970
- ISBN
- 9780226770970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.41€ 46.16
€ 53.41
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Hardback. Presents a collection of author's writings on Maimonides, comprising sixteen essays, three of which appear in English for the first time. This title provides translations of materials that are originally quoted in Hebrew, Arabic, Latin, German, and French; written an informative introduction highlighting the contributions found in each essay. Editor(s): Green, Kenneth Hart. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: HPD; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1044.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 768
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226776774
- ISBN
- 9780226776774
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Condition: New
€ 53.41€ 46.16
€ 53.41
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Paperback. Scholars have made urban mothers living in poverty a focus of their research for decades. Offering an analysis of how faith both motivates and at times constrains poor mothers' actions, this book reveals the ways it serves as a lens through which many view and interpret their worlds. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HR; JFFA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226781617
- ISBN
- 9780226781617
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
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Paperback. This text explores the relationship between prayer and poetry in the century following the Protestant Reformation. The author challenges the conventional and largely misleading distinctions between the ritualized worlds of Catholicism and the more individualistic focus of Protestantism. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBB; HRCC2; HRCC7; HRCC9; HRCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226789699
- ISBN
- 9780226789699
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
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Paperback. Num Pages: 234 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226791425
- ISBN
- 9780226791425
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
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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
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226794211
- ISBN
- 9780226794211
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
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Paperback. The history of Christianity in America has been marked by recurring periods of religious revivals or awakenings. This book addresses the economic and political context of evangelical revivalism and its historical linkages with economic expansion and Republicanism in the 19th century. Num Pages: 238 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRCC2; JFC; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226795867
- ISBN
- 9780226795867
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.57
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Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, 2 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1D; AV; HBJD; HBLH; HRQX2; HRQX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226807928
- ISBN
- 9780226807928
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
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Paperback. An examination of the cultural context in which theological pluralism emerged. Analyzing models of theology, this work formulates a "revisionist" model and applies it to questions in contemporary theology including the meanings of religion, theism, and of Christology. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226811291
- ISBN
- 9780226811291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
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Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, xiv, 238 p. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226819211
- ISBN
- 9780226819211
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
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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
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Condition: New
€ 53.41€ 46.16
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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€ 38.52
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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
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Condition: New
€ 52.22€ 45.21
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Paperback. Translator(s): Buitenen, J. A. B. van. Num Pages: 582 pages, x, 572 p. BIC Classification: 1F; HRG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 31. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 582
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226846651
- ISBN
- 9780226846651
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.51
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Paperback. Anna Maria van Schurman (1607-1678) was an advocate and exemplar of women's education, this text contains her writings on the defence of women's education, her letters to other learned women, her own account of her early life as well as responses to her work from male contemporaries Translator(s): Irwin, Joyce L. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DNF; HRC; JFSJ1; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226849997
- ISBN
- 9780226849997
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.93
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Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; HRCC1; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 267 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Second edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226872391
- ISBN
- 9780226872391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.03€ 44.38
€ 51.03
€ 44.38