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Paperback. Discover how pain that is not transformed becomes transferred. Embrace the freedom of being okay with not being okay. Learn that a life of trusting is far more magnificent than a life of pleasing. Because hurt people hurt people, but free people have the power to free people. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226.

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Publication date: 2013
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Number of pages: 240
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SKU: V9780849964565
ISBN: 9780849964565

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Ascetics and Brahmins: Studies in Ideologies and Institutions (Cultura...

Patrick Olivelle

Hardcover. Series: Cultural, Historical and Textual Studies of South Asian Religions. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2+ figures. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 662. Studies in Ideologies and Institutions. Series: Cultural, Historical and Textual Studies of Religions. 330 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRG. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 26. Weight: 662.

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Publication date: 2011
Publisher: Anthem Press
Number of pages: 330
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SKU: V9780857284327
ISBN: 9780857284327

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The Anthropologist and the Native: Essays for Gananath Obeyesekere (Cu...

H. Seneviratne

Hardcover. Editor(s): Seneviratne, H. L. Series: Cultural, Historical and Textual Studies of South Asian Religions. Num Pages: 494 pages, 3+ figures. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 37. Weight in Grams: 938. Essays for Gananath Obeyesekere. Series: Cultural, Historical and Textual Studies of Religions. 494 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Seneviratne, H. L. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRG. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 37. Weight: 938.

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Publication date: 2011
Publisher: Anthem Press
Number of pages: 494
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SKU: V9780857284358
ISBN: 9780857284358

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Multiple Moralities and Religions in Post-Soviet Russia

Jarrett Zigon

Hardcover. The wide-ranging topics in this ethnographically based volume show the broad religious influence on both discursive and everyday moralities. The contributors reveal that although religion is a significant aspect of the various assemblages of morality, much like in other parts of the world, religion in postsocialist Russia cannot be separated.. Editor(s): Zigon, Jarrett. Num Pages: 244 pages, 5 ills. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HRAM1; HRCC8; JFSR; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2011
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Number of pages: 244
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SKU: V9780857452092
ISBN: 9780857452092

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Beyond Conversion & Syncretism: Indigenous Encounters With Missionary ...

David Lindenfeld

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
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SKU: V9780857452177
ISBN: 9780857452177

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Conversion and the Politics of Religion in Early Modern Germany (Spekt...

David M. Luebke

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
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SKU: V9780857453754
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Animism in Rainforest and Tundra: Personhood, Animals, Plants and Thin...

Marc Brightman

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
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SKU: V9780857454683
ISBN: 9780857454683

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Fortune and the Cursed: The Sliding Scale of Time in Mongolian Divinat...

Katherine Swancutt

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
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SKU: V9780857454829
ISBN: 9780857454829

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Sharing the Sacra: The Politics and Pragmatics of Inter-communal Relat...

Glenn Bowman

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
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SKU: V9780857454867
ISBN: 9780857454867

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Ordinary Lives and Grand Schemes: An Anthropology of Everyday Religion...

Samuli Schielke

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
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SKU: V9780857455062
ISBN: 9780857455062

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Christian Politics in Oceania (Asao Studies in Pacific Anthropology)

Matt Tomlinson

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.

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Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Number of pages: 260
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SKU: V9780857457462
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Teaching Religion

Terence Copley

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
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SKU: V9780859898195
ISBN: 9780859898195

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Prophet Muhammad in French and English Literature: 1650 to the Present

Ahmad Gunny

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