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Religion & beliefs
Hardcover. The globalization of Christianity, its spread and appeal to peoples of non-European origin, is by now a well-known phenomenon. Scholars increasingly realize the importance of natives rather than foreign missionaries in the process of evangelization. Editor(s): Lindenfeld, David; Richardson, Miles. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12 ills. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRCX7; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570. Indigenous Encounters with Missionary Christianity, 1800-2000. 312 pages, 12 ills. Editor(s): Lindenfeld, David; Richardson, Miles. The globalization of Christianity, its spread and appeal to peoples of non-European origin, is by now a well-known phenomenon. Scholars increasingly realize the importance of natives rather than foreign missionaries in the process of evangelization. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRCX7; JFSL9; JHM. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 21. Weight: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452177
- ISBN
- 9780857452177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.63
€ 155.63
Hardcover. The Protestant and Catholic Reformations thrust the nature of conversion into the center of debate and politicking over religion as authorities and subjects imbued religious confession with novel meanings during the early modern era. The volume offers insights into the historicity of the very concept of "conversion." Editor(s): Luebke, David Martin; Poley, Jared; Ryan, Daniel C.; Sabean, David Warren. Series: Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HRAM2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 184 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453754
- ISBN
- 9780857453754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.94
€ 154.94
Hardcover. This volume offers valuable insights into the constitutions of humanity and personhood characteristic of Siberia and Amazonia. The contributors conducted their ethnographic fieldwork among peoples undergoing transformative processes of their lived environments, such as the depletion of natural resources and migration to urban centers. Editor(s): Brightman, Marc; Grotti, Vanessa Elisa; Ulturgasheva, Olga. Num Pages: 226 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCS; 1KLSBZ; HRKT; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 174 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 466. Personhood, Animals, Plants and Things in Contemporary Amazonia and Siberia. 226 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Brightman, Marc; Grotti, Vanessa Elisa; Ulturgasheva, Olga. This volume offers valuable insights into the constitutions of humanity and personhood characteristic of Siberia and Amazonia. The contributors conducted their ethnographic fieldwork among peoples undergoing transformative processes of their lived environments, such as the depletion of natural resources and migration to urban centers. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FCS; 1KLSBZ; HRKT; JHM. Dimension: 174 x 236 x 16. Weight: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454683
- ISBN
- 9780857454683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.00
€ 155.00
Hardcover. This ethnographic study is an entrance into the world of Buryat Mongol divination, where a group of cursed shamans undertake the "race against time" to produce innovative remedies that will improve their fallen fortunes at an unconventional pace. Num Pages: 244 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPM; HRLF; HRLM; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504. The Sliding Scale of Time in Mongolian Divination. 244 pages, illustrations. This ethnographic study is an entrance into the world of Buryat Mongol divination, where a group of cursed shamans undertake the "race against time" to produce innovative remedies that will improve their fallen fortunes at an unconventional pace. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPM; HRLF; HRLM; JHM. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 19. Weight: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454829
- ISBN
- 9780857454829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.48
€ 155.48
Hardcover. The Politics and Pragmatics of Inter-communal Relations Around Holy Places. 196 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Bowman, Glenn. By including both historical processes and particular events, this volume demonstrates the importance of understanding the wider contexts within which social interactions take place and shows that tolerance and inter-communalism are simultaneously possible and perpetually under threat. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HRLF; JFSR; JHMC. Dimension: 152 x 236 x 14. Weight: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454867
- ISBN
- 9780857454867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.77
€ 154.77
Hardcover. Everyday practice of religion is complex in its nature, ambivalent, and at times contradictory. The task of an anthropology of religious practice is therefore precisely to see how people navigate and make sense of that complexity, and what the significance of religious beliefs and practices in a given setting can be. Editor(s): Schielke, Samuli; Debevec, Liza. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360. An Anthropology of Everyday Religion. Series: EASA Series. 184 pages. Editor(s): Schielke, Samuli; Debevec, Liza. Everyday practice of religion is complex in its nature, ambivalent, and at times contradictory. The task of an anthropology of religious practice is therefore precisely to see how people navigate and make sense of that complexity, and what the significance of religious beliefs and practices in a given setting can be. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSR; JHMC. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 14. Weight: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857455062
- ISBN
- 9780857455062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.60
€ 154.60
Hardcover. The phrase Christian politics points in two directions: political relations between denominations in one direction, and ways that Christian churches contribute to debates about how society should be governed in the other. Editor(s): Tomlinson, Matt; McDougall, Debra L. Series: ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology. Num Pages: 260 pages, 9 ills, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1MK; HRAM2; HRC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 259 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466. Series: ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology. 260 pages, 9 ills, 3 maps. Editor(s): Tomlinson, Matt; McDougall, Debra L. The phrase Christian politics points in two directions: political relations between denominations in one direction, and ways that Christian churches contribute to debates about how society should be governed in the other. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1MK; HRAM2; HRC; JHMC. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 17. Weight: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457462
- ISBN
- 9780857457462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.17
€ 155.17
Paperback. TEACHING RELIGION is the first book to trace the developments in religious education in England and Wales in the half century to 1994. It starts with the 1944 Butler Act and ends with the DFE Circular of 1994 which was issued to take further the RE provision in the 1988 Education Reform Act. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; HRLM3; JNU; YQR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Updated Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898195
- ISBN
- 9780859898195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.39
€ 41.39
Hardcover. A magisterial survey of the Prophet Muhammad in French and English literature over 350 years that presents a cross-cultural history and a discussion of the intellectual changes in the representation of the Prophet's life based the close examination of original published manuscripts. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; DSB; HRH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 364. 1650 to the Present. 320 pages. A magisterial survey of the Prophet Muhammad in French and English literature over 350 years that presents a cross-cultural history and a discussion of the intellectual changes in the representation of the Prophet's life based the close examination of original published manuscripts. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; DSB; HRH. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 23. Weight: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The Islamic Foundation
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780860374787
- ISBN
- 9780860374787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.46
€ 47.99
€ 37.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HREX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wisdom Publications
- Edition
- English Ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861713592
- ISBN
- 9780861713592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.64
€ 18.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: BGX; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Wisdom Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861713936
- ISBN
- 9780861713936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.94
€ 17.99
€ 14.94
Hardcover. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: HREP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1235.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Wisdom Publications,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 832
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861714445
- ISBN
- 9780861714445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.92€ 50.98
€ 56.92
€ 50.98
Freedom from Extremes: Gorampa's "Distinguishing the Views" and the Po...
Geshe Lobsang Dargyay Jose Ignacio Cabezon
Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wisdom Publications
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861715237
- ISBN
- 9780861715237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.83
€ 35.99
€ 28.83
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wisdom Publications
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861715527
- ISBN
- 9780861715527
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.28
€ 20.99
€ 19.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 Photographs. BIC Classification: HRE; WFW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Wisdom Publications
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861715770
- ISBN
- 9780861715770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.13
€ 18.99
€ 16.13
Paperback. Series: Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Wisdom Publications,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861715909
- ISBN
- 9780861715909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.96
€ 42.99
€ 33.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Wisdom Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861716111
- ISBN
- 9780861716111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.60
€ 17.99
€ 15.60
Mission to Tibet: The Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Account of Fath...
Fr. Ippolito Desideri S.J.
Paperback. Num Pages: 696 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1106.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Wisdom Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861716760
- ISBN
- 9780861716760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.60
€ 37.99
€ 33.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wisdom Publications
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861716807
- ISBN
- 9780861716807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.92
€ 18.99
€ 15.92
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Institution of Engineering and Technology United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863413049
- ISBN
- 9780863413049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.28€ 104.55
€ 107.28
€ 104.55