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Religion & beliefs
Paperback. The relationship between religion and modern culture remains a controversial issue within Christian theology. This book focuses on Paul Tillich's interpretation of modern culture and the influence of capitalism, highlighting the context of his work in relation to Karl Marx and the Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School. Series: Harvard Theological Studies. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRCX6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard Divinity School Theological Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021471
- ISBN
- 9780674021471
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€ 26.99€ 23.89
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Hardback. The intense piety of late T'ang essays on Buddhism by literati has helped earn the T'ang its title of the "golden age of Chinese Buddhism." This study shows that many literati participated in intra-Buddhist debates. It demonstrates that representations of Buddhism by lay people underwent a major change during the T'ang-Sung transition. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HRAX; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 676.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674022652
- ISBN
- 9780674022652
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€ 54.99€ 46.60
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Hardback. Set in Germany, northern France, Italy, Poland, and Spain, the essays in this book focus on leading rabbinic scholars and their writings, as well as important issues of Jewish intellectual history, such as the nature of halakhah and aggadah, kabbalah and spirituality, childhood and popular religion. Series: Harvard Center for Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 238 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: DSB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard Center for Jewish Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023932
- ISBN
- 9780674023932
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€ 40.99€ 34.17
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Hardback. In 911, the French king ceded land along the river Seine to Rollo the Viking, on condition that he convert to Christianity. This work advances our understanding of early Normandy and the Vikings' transformation from pagan raiders to Christian princes. It also sheds light on the intersection of religious tradition, identity, and power. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 map, 1 genealogical chart. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 538.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024434
- ISBN
- 9780674024434
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€ 120.04€ 107.68
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Hardback. By looking at the activities of Taoist clerics in Peking, this book explores the workings of religion as a profession in one Chinese city during a period of dramatic modernisation. It focuses on ordinary religious professionals, most of whom remained obscure temple employees. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 425 pages, 5 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HRAX; HRKN5; HRLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 35. Weight in Grams: 710.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025059
- ISBN
- 9780674025059
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.60
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Hardback. The Honganji branch of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism was a powerhouse that exercised its military will by fanning violent uprisings of ikko ikki, loosely structured "leagues of one mind". This title looks at the complex and often contradictory relationship between these ikko leagues and the Honganji institution. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; HRE; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 622.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025097
- ISBN
- 9780674025097
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€ 45.99€ 38.32
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Paperback. Religious beliefs and practices, which permeated all aspects of life in antiquity, travelled well-worn routes throughout the Mediterranean. New gods encountered in foreign lands by merchants and conquerors were often taken home to be adapted and adopted. This collection of essays offers a comparative perspective on this complex spiritual world. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: HB; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Ancient Religions United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025486
- ISBN
- 9780674025486
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€ 37.99€ 31.97
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Hardback. A collection of essays that cover several aspects of Maimonides' work and influence: from his work on Jewish law to his understanding of God; from his view of the soul to his understanding of other religions; from his influence on Jewish scholars in the eastern Mediterranean to his impact on the emergence of Judaism. Series: Harvard Center for Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 244 x 27. Weight in Grams: 748.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard Center for Jewish Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025905
- ISBN
- 9780674025905
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€ 65.34€ 60.05
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Hardback. The sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy is an acute crisis that Catholicism has faced since the Reformation. This book documents how church and government policymakers responded to the problem of clergy sexual abuse only under the pressure of private lawsuits. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC7; JFFE2; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674028104
- ISBN
- 9780674028104
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Condition: New
€ 54.64€ 50.74
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Hardback. A study of the changing role of religion in Western culture. It focuses on the Sunday lives of a number of prominent British and American writers - and what they have had to say about Sunday. It also examines such observant Christians as George Herbert, Samuel Johnson, Edmund Burke, Hannah More, and Jonathan Edwards. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031685
- ISBN
- 9780674031685
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€ 47.99€ 40.39
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Hardback. Buddhism in medieval Korea is characterized as 'State Protection Buddhism', a religion whose primary purpose was to rally support (supernatural and popular) for and legitimate the state. This book attempts to specify Buddhism's place in Koryo and to ascertain to what extent and in what areas Buddhism functioned as a state religion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 2 maps, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 38. Weight in Grams: 866.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031883
- ISBN
- 9780674031883
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.60
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Paperback. Christianity, not religion in general, has been important for American democracy. This book offers a view of how Christianity and democracy have shaped each other. Series: The Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures in American Politics. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRC; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 207 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032309
- ISBN
- 9780674032309
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€ 36.99€ 31.06
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Hardback. One of the leading humanists of Quattrocento Italy, Lorenzo Valla (1406-1457) has been praised as a brilliant debunker of medieval scholastic philosophy. In this book, the author seeks a more balanced assessment, presenting us with a comprehensive analysis of the humanist's attempt at radical reform of Aristotelian scholasticism. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HPCB; HRQA. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 748.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032699
- ISBN
- 9780674032699
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€ 60.58€ 55.91
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Hardback. Contemplates key moments in the philosophical reception and uses of Paradise, marked by the rise of critical and historical methods in the Early Modern period. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 162 x 242 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032859
- ISBN
- 9780674032859
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€ 54.64€ 50.74
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Hardback. Chinese culture was a performance culture, and ritual was the highest form of performance. Village ritual life everywhere in pre-revolutionary China was complex, conservative, and extraordinarily diverse. This title discusses the ritual world of a group of rural settlements in Shanxi province in pre-1949 North China. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 15 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; HRKN; HRLF; JFSF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674033047
- ISBN
- 9780674033047
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.73
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Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 425
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674033344
- ISBN
- 9780674033344
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€ 50.99€ 42.46
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Paperback. Offers a panoramic history of the American Catholic laity. This title tells the story of this ancient church from the perspective of ordinary Americans, the lay believers who have kept their faith despite persecution from without and clergy abuse from within. It focuses on the intricacies of prayer and ritual. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAX; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674034884
- ISBN
- 9780674034884
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.06
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Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674046542
- ISBN
- 9780674046542
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€ 47.99€ 40.39
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Hardback. The American fixation with marriage owes much of its intensity to a small group of reformers who introduced Americans to marriage counseling in the 1930s. This book tells the American story of a culture gripped with the hope that, with enough effort and the right guidance, more perfect marital unions are within our reach. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRLM5; JFSJ; JHBK; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047969
- ISBN
- 9780674047969
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.31
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Hardback. Why do so many evangelicals follow leaders with dubious credentials when they have other options in their own faith? Exploring intellectual authority within evangelicalism, the authors reveal how the concept of anointing--being chosen by God to speak for him--established a conservative evangelical leadership isolated from secular arts and sciences. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM3; HRAM6; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674048188
- ISBN
- 9780674048188
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
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Hardback. A hundred years ago Catholic believers young and old, rich and poor, would fill churches on holy days, drawn together in prayer and in the conviction that they, the laypeople, needed the clergy and patron saints to mediate between them and their God. This book traces dramatic changes in the practice of faith among American Catholics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HRCC7; HRCR1; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674049130
- ISBN
- 9780674049130
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.31
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Hardback. After the Bible, the Passover haggadah is the most widely read classic Jewish text. Few editions are as exquisite as the Washington Haggadah in the Library of Congress. A stunning facsimile edition, meticulously reproduced in full color, brings this illuminated fifteenth-century manuscript to life for a new generation of readers. Num Pages: 248 pages, 38-page color facsimile, 11 color illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJC; HRJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 185 x 23. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Fac Blg
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674051171
- ISBN
- 9780674051171
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.32
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Hardback. Palaces of Time resurrects the seemingly banal calendar as a means to understand early modern Jewish life. Elisheva Carlebach has unearthed a trove of beautifully illustrated calendars, to show how Jewish men and women both adapted to the Christian world and also forged their own meanings through time. Num Pages: 304 pages, 56 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; HRJC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 190 x 28. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674052543
- ISBN
- 9780674052543
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.17
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Hardback. Religion has been on the rise in America for decades - which strikes many as a shocking new development. This book shows how the American public, powered by a national religious revival, was purposefully disillusioned regarding the country's mythical innocence and fortified for an epochal struggle with totalitarianism. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HRAM2; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 803.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055551
- ISBN
- 9780674055551
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Condition: New
€ 54.64€ 50.74
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