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Hardback. This book provides philosophical grounds for an emerging area of scholarship: the study of religion and dance. In the first part, LaMothe investigates why scholars in religious studies have tended to overlook dance, or rhythmic bodily movement, in favor of textual expressions of religious life. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: ASD; HRAB; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 24. Weight in Grams: 559.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823224036
- ISBN
- 9780823224036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.38
€ 89.38
Hardback. "After the subject" and beyond Heideggerian ontology there is the sheer givenness of phenomena without condition. In theology, this liberation means rethinking God in terms of phenomena such as love, gift, and excess. Includes an essay by Marion, "The Reason of the Gift," and a dialogue between Marion and Richard Kearney. Editor(s): Leask, Ian. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 593.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823224500
- ISBN
- 9780823224500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.15
€ 117.15
Hardback. This book is a biography of the priest and educator Edmund A. Walsh, one of the most influential Catholic figures of the 20th century. Walsh left an indelible imprint on the ideology and practical politics of Cold War Washington. Few priests, indeed few Catholics, played so large a role in shaping American foreign policy in the 20th century. Num Pages: 302 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HRCC7; JPFC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823224593
- ISBN
- 9780823224593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.54
€ 79.54
Hardback. Considers the many dimensions of prayer: how prayer relates us to the divine; prayer's ability to reveal what is essential about our humanity; the power of prayer to transform human desire and action; and the relation of prayer to cognition. It takes up the meaning of prayer from within a phenomenological point of view. Editor(s): Benson, Bruce Ellis; Wirzba, Norman. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HRLF9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823224951
- ISBN
- 9780823224951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.83
€ 105.83
Hardback. Based on careful work with rare archival sources, this book fills a gap in the history of New York Catholicism by chronicling anti-Catholic feeling in pre-Revolutionary and early national periods. Series: Hudson Valley Heritage. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HRCC7; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 26. Weight in Grams: 541.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823225125
- ISBN
- 9780823225125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.22
€ 110.22
Hardback. On the one hand, it seems impossible to experience God. On the other hand, there have been mystics who have claimed to have encountered God. This collection seeks to explore the topic again, drawing insights from phenomenology, theology, literature, and feminism. It maintains a connection with concrete rather than abstract approaches to God. Editor(s): Hart, Kevin. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823225187
- ISBN
- 9780823225187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.23
€ 111.23
hardcover. How do Catholic intellectuals draw on faith in their work? And how does their work as scholars influence their lives as people of faith? In this book, ten leading figures explore the connections in their own lives between the private realms of faith and their public calling as teachers, scholars, and intellectuals. Editor(s): Heft, James L. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 451.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- SKU
- V9780823225255
- ISBN
- 9780823225255
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Condition: New
€ 105.23
€ 105.23
hardcover. Brings together Ruth and the Song of Songs, two seemingly disparate texts of the Hebrew Bible, and reads them through a number of the methodological and theological perspectives. Editor(s): Hawkins, Peter S. Num Pages: 408 pages, 16 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HRCG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823225712
- ISBN
- 9780823225712
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.95
€ 111.95
Hardback. What is it to be a Jew and a philosopher? How has the notion of "Jewish identity" been written into and across Jewish literature, Jewish thought, and Jewish languages? This title addresses these questions, contrasting Derrida's thought with philosophical predecessors such as Rosenzweig, Levinas, Celan, and Scholem. Editor(s): Bergo, Bettina. Translator(s): Bergo, Bettina. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823226412
- ISBN
- 9780823226412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.01
€ 106.01
The Land, the Bible, and History. Toward the Land That I Will Show You...
Marchadour, Alain; Neuhaus, David
Hardback. Offers a Catholic view of the Holy Land in the debate that rages among Jews, Christians, and Muslims. This book analyzes the Promised Land - as concept, history, and contested terrain - in Catholic teaching and doctrine. It offers an analytical reading of the entire Christian Bible with reference to the idea of the Land promised by God. Series: Abrahamic Dialogues. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HR. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823226597
- ISBN
- 9780823226597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.26
€ 100.26
hardcover. Brings together essays on the topics of the ego and of God. This book illustrates the profound connection between the author's phenomenological concerns and his writings on Descartes. It highlights the topics - liberating god and the self from the constrictions of metaphysics - in the philosophy of Descartes. Translator(s): Gschwandtner, Prof. Christina M. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 22. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823227549
- ISBN
- 9780823227549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.40
€ 122.40
Paperback. Editor(s): Michel, Thomas. Series: Abrahamaic Dialogues. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 18. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823228126
- ISBN
- 9780823228126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.72
€ 35.72
Hardback. Offers an investigation into what is left of a monotheistic religious spirit - notably, a minimalist faith that is neither confessional nor credulous. Articulating this faith as works and as an objectless hope, this book deconstructs Christianity in search of the historical and reflective conditions that provided its initial energy. Translator(s): Bergo, Bettina. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HRAB; HRC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823228355
- ISBN
- 9780823228355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.57
€ 88.57
Hardback. Although many composers address the issue in their work, as yet there have been few attempts to think through the structure of religious music as we hear it. This book argues for a renewal of our thinking about religious music. It also addresses the author's notion of hyper-religious music of sounds and colors. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGD; HRLB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823230570
- ISBN
- 9780823230570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.96
€ 99.96
Hardback. In Lucretius, and in the strain of thought followed in this study, matter is always in motion, always differing from itself and yet always also made of the same stuff. This title translates one of the many ways in which Lucretius names the basic matter from which the world is made in De rerum natura. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRCV4. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 519.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823230662
- ISBN
- 9780823230662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.66
€ 105.66
Hardback. How might ethical deliberation proceed 'without nature' in the future? What does the religious drive to transform human nature have to do with the technological quest to transcend human limits? This book brings natural and social scientists into conversation with Christian theologians and ethicists to wrestle collectively with these questions. Editor(s): Albertson, David. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; RNP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 841.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823230693
- ISBN
- 9780823230693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.49
€ 135.49
Hardback. Examines and displays the influence of Edith Wyschogrod's work in essays that take up the thematics of influence in a variety of contexts: Christian theology, the saintly behavior of the villagers of Le Chambon sur Lignon, the texts of the medieval Jewish mystic Abraham Abulafia, the philosophies of Levinas, Derrida, and Benjamin. Editor(s): Boynton, Eric. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRAB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 28. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823230877
- ISBN
- 9780823230877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.61
€ 111.61
hardcover. What makes a person Jewish? Why do some people feel they have physically inherited the memories of their ancestors? Is there any way to think about race without reducing it to racism or to physical differences? This book focuses on these questions. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823231416
- ISBN
- 9780823231416
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.57
€ 111.57
Hardback. What does it mean to be called human? How does this nomination affect or effect what it means to be called divine? This book responds to these related questions in intertwined explorations of the passionate trials - examinations, tests, and ordeals - of Antigone and Jesus. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823231652
- ISBN
- 9780823231652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.90
€ 84.90
Hardback. "Augustine's Confessions" is a text that seduces. But how often do its readers respond in kind? In this book, three scholars who share a long-standing fascination with sexuality and Christian discourse attempt just that. It also offers a multivocal literary-philosophical meditation on the seductive elusiveness of desire, bodies, language, and God. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 15. Weight in Grams: 389.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823231935
- ISBN
- 9780823231935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.83
€ 104.83