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paperback. This text provides a study on the state of affairs in the Muslim world at a time when Muslims, like others, are confronted with the challenges posed by a rapidly changing world order. Editor(s): Mutalib, Hussin; Hashmi, Taj ul-Islam. Num Pages: 374 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFM; HRH; JFSR2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
Edition
1994th Edition
SKU
V9780333669693
ISBN
9780333669693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.56

hardcover. This work examines the thinking of two 19th-century thinkers, Soren Kierkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche. Its focus is on the radically different ways they envisioned a joyful acceptance of life - a concern they shared. Series: Library of Philosophy and Religion. Num Pages: 159 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 359.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
159
Condition
New
Edition
1997th Edition
SKU
V9780333676561
ISBN
9780333676561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.94

Hardback. The end of communism has revived the historical debate about Russia's relations with both the West and the East. This work surveys the public and private relations between Russia and Islam and concludes these are more complex than is usually recognized. Series: Studies in Russian and East European History and Society. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FB; HBJD; HBJF1; HRH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333683545
ISBN
9780333683545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.76

Hardcover. This text attempts to show that insights can be gleaned from both science and religion to enable us to understand what the world is like, how the human animal is distinctive from the sub-human, and how we might think of God. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRLB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333689356
ISBN
9780333689356
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.84

Hardcover. A collection of essays in which Femia argues that Labriola, Gramsci, Mosca and Pareto are united by the worldly humanism inherited from Machiavelli. This was due to their distinctively Italian hostility to the metaphysical abstractions of natural law and Christian theology which accounted for similarities in their thought. Num Pages: 169 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; HRQA; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333689370
ISBN
9780333689370
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.01

paperback. In this volume, Muslim, Christian and Jewish writers explore the nature of the Islamic religion and its impact on a pluralistic society. Topics explored include the Islamic belief in God, revelation in the Abrahamic faiths, the Qur'anic conception of apostleship, and the nature of prophethood. Editor(s): Cohn-Sherbok, Dan. Series: Library of Philosophy and Religion. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAF; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 311.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Edition
1997th Edition
SKU
V9780333690673
ISBN
9780333690673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.68

Hardback. Harold Fisch explores the biblical influence on the style and structure of landmark works by Fielding, Defoe, George Eliot, Kafka, Dostoevsky and others. Whilst the great novelists could not manage without the Bible, at the same time 'it would not do'. The book concludes with two chapters on the Israeli novelists S.Y. Agnon and A.B. Yehoshua. Series: Cross-Currents in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; HRA; HRLB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333714096
ISBN
9780333714096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.63

Hardcover. Happel claims that the Christian God is intimately involved at every level of physical and biological science. This volume examines the exploratory work of metaphors for time in astrophysical cosmology, chaos theory, evolutionary biology and neuroscience. Series: Cross-Currents in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HRAB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333714102
ISBN
9780333714102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.12

Hardback. In Religion, Ethnicity and Social Change the author argues that the recent focus on religious fundamentalism in ethnic conflict has obscured the ambiguous role of 'mainstream' Western religion. The book examines the relationship between the religious and secular spheres at a time of rapid transition in South Africa and Northern Ireland. Editor(s): Campling, Jo. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1HFMS; HRAF; JFF; JFSL1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333720479
ISBN
9780333720479
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.99

Hardcover. Traces the Christian critique of the Church and its history in Protestant (English) and Catholic (Italian) thought from the Reformation to the Enlightenment. The work examines the anticlericalism brought about by the bitter polemic between the two great confessions and their religious dissidents. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCC9; HRCM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 451.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333725436
ISBN
9780333725436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.72

Hardback. An examination of the role played by civil society in the legitimization of South Africa's apartheid regime and its racial policy. This book focuses on the interaction of dominant groups within the Dutch Reformed Church and the South African state over the development of race policy Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; HRCC9; HRCM; JFF; JFSL1; JPH; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333726495
ISBN
9780333726495
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.71

Hardback. The World Bank is the economistic institution most open to Earthist concerns. This book evaluates the Bank's potential for leadership in broadening public goals from narrowly economic goods to inclusive ones. Editor(s): Thakur, Shivesh Chandra. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRCX6; JPA; KCA; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333730881
ISBN
9780333730881
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.71

Hardback. Responding to historical analyses of post Reformation English Catholicism, the essays in this collection focus on polemical, devotional, political, and literary texts that dramatize the conflicts between context sensitive Catholic and anti-Catholic discourses in early modern England. Editor(s): Marotti, Arthur F. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBD; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333732182
ISBN
9780333732182
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.39

Hardback. This biography of David Livingstone provides an account of his strengths and weaknesses. He could be difficult and unsympathetic, but he was also single minded, patient and brave. This book tells of his life both in Britain and Africa, where he discovered Victoria Falls and was mauled by a lion. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; BGH; HRCX7; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333740415
ISBN
9780333740415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.40

Hardback. Anti-Catholicism forms part of the dynamics to Northern Ireland's conflict and is critical to the self defining identity of certain Protestants. This text examines the socio-economic and political processes that have led to theology being used in social closure and stratification. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3J; HBJD1; HRCC7; HRCC91; JH; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333746349
ISBN
9780333746349
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.53

hardcover. By reconstructing it and tracing its vicissitudes, David Conway rehabilitates a time-honoured conception of philosophy, originating in Plato and Aristotle, which makes theoretical wisdom its aim. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; HPCA; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
Edition
2000th Edition
SKU
V9780333747117
ISBN
9780333747117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.99

Hardback. This volume offers a radical solution to the problems faced by Islam in a rapidly changing and globalizing world. It proposes a de-politicization of the faith and the introduction of reforms to embrace secular democracy, pluralism, civil society and individual human rights. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFM; HRH; JFSR2; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 521.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333751206
ISBN
9780333751206
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.97

Paperback. This volume offers a radical solution to the problems faced by Islam in a rapidly changing and globalizing world. It proposes a de-politicization of the faith and the introduction of reforms to embrace secular democracy, pluralism, civil society and individual human rights. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFM; HRH; JFSR2; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333751213
ISBN
9780333751213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.51

Hardback. This study analyses the 17th century revival of monasticism by English women who founded convents in France and the Low Countries. It argues that despite strict monastic enclosure and exile, the women nevertheless engaged actively in the spiritual and political controversies of their day. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDN; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HRCX8; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 447.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333753705
ISBN
9780333753705
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.96

Hardcover. This is a collection of John Hick's essays on the understanding of the world's religions as different human responses to the same ultimate transcendent reality. He is in dialogue with philosophers, Evangelicals, the Vatican and other both Catholic and Protestant theologians. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333761038
ISBN
9780333761038
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.84

Hardback. In March 1995 Japanese society was shaken when the deadly nerve gas sarin was released on the Tokyo subway system. Japanese society up to that point had considered itself one of the safest and most well-ordered. This text looks at how the Japanese psyche has changed since the "Aum Affair". Editor(s): Kisala, Robert; Mullins, Mark R. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRKN; HRQM; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333772690
ISBN
9780333772690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.99

Hardcover. This text presents a panorama of Islamic practices in Turkey. The authors, one a Muslim and one a Christian, introduce readers to Turkish Islamic piety and observances. Packed with data and insights, it should appeal to a variety of circles, both secular and traditional. Series: Library of Philosophy and Religion. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HRAB; HRH; HRLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 537.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333776704
ISBN
9780333776704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.26

Hardback. An insight into the cultural traditions that have shaped the Balkan region from pagan times, through folk culture, the medieval Christian churches, the encounter between Christianity and Islam, up to the religious and national mythologies that have proved so destructive in the modern era. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 268 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVW; HBJD; HRAX; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333778104
ISBN
9780333778104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.11

Paperback. This study investigates the place of the royal court and the operation of patronage in several European kingdoms in the early Middle Ages. It seeks to identify the roots of later medieval developments, and especially of the Carolingian Renaissance, in the centuries immediately succeeding the period of Roman rule. Series: Medieval Culture & Society. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3F; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC1. Category: (G) General; (U) Tertiary Education. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333786666
ISBN
9780333786666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 153.62

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