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Paperback. In this Very Short Introduction, Barry Stephenson approaches ritual from theoretical and historical perspectives, detailing the efforts to understand the nature and function of ritual, and developing a narrative of ritual's place in social and cultural life. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 176 x 5. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199943524
- ISBN
- 9780199943524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. Editor(s): Mitchell, Jon P.; Bull, Michael. Series: Sensory Studies Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCR; HRLF; JFCD; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781350001510
- ISBN
- 9781350001510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.69
€ 53.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199733620
- ISBN
- 9780199733620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.12
€ 59.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBLA1; HRKP3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415508032
- ISBN
- 9780415508032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.61
€ 58.61
Paperback. The principle of sacrifice is as old as human life itself. This book provides an overview of sacrificial practices around the world since prehistoric times. It also examines the reasons behind these rituals, and in the case of human sacrifice an attempt is made to understand the mentality of the 'victims' who often willingly went to their deaths. Num Pages: 192 pages, 48 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRLF; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 170 x 12. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750945004
- ISBN
- 9780750945004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.41
€ 17.99
€ 16.41
Hardback. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMNX; HRLF; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385646
- ISBN
- 9781782385646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.68
€ 155.68
Hardcover. This work demonstrates that religious Jews have been able to keep issues on the political agenda of the Israeli government, but not to determine their outcomes. It shows that, within the communities of both religious and secular Jews, there is division about conceding parts of biblical Israel. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HRJ; JFSR1; JPH; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Pub
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- SKU
- KIN0001054
- ISBN
- 9781555876784
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBLC1; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632490
- ISBN
- 9780691632490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.84
€ 109.84
Paperback. The mythic roots and modern future of Ecuadorian indigenous communities in the twenty-first century Series: Interpretations of Culture in the New Millenium. Num Pages: 232 pages, 18 photographs; 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; HRLF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252076039
- ISBN
- 9780252076039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. A comprehensive analysis of religion's evolutionary significance and a study of its main component, ritual. Series: Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 557 pages. BIC Classification: HRLF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 558
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521296908
- ISBN
- 9780521296908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.99
€ 41.99
€ 39.99
Paperback. This book argues for the continuing tension across historical contexts between movements emphasizing ritual and movements emphasizing sincerity. Our contemporary age has, at great risk, downplayed the importance of ritual. Drawing on examples from Chinese, Greek, Jewish, and contemporary culture, the book presents an innovative interdisciplinary account of how ritual works. Num Pages: 248 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: HRLF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195336016
- ISBN
- 9780195336016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.22
€ 52.22
Paperback. Scholars tend to call them 'rites of passage'. Most people prefer to speak of them as life cycle events or milestones. This volume offers fresh insights into rituals as old as the Hebrew Bible in contexts as familiar as the American Midwest and as exotic as Karaism. Editor(s): Greenspoon, Alan. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 236 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535771
- ISBN
- 9781557535771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.28
€ 48.28
Hardcover. Num Pages: 607 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DN; HRAC; HRLF; HRLP1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1354.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 607
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763502658
- ISBN
- 9788763502658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.72€ 52.54
€ 67.72
€ 52.54
Paperback. Considers the typological background to ordained ministry some have drawn from the Old Testament and what ministry meant to the earliest Christian communities. Explores the ordination rites and theology of the early church, the Christian East, the medieval West, the churches of the Reformation, and the post-Tridentine Roman Catholic Church. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- SPCK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780281071579
- ISBN
- 9780281071579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.70
€ 27.99
€ 24.70
paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLF; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780195301458
- ISBN
- 9780195301458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.81
€ 40.99
€ 40.81
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857210067
- ISBN
- 9780857210067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.66
€ 13.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC9; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 178 x 5. Weight in Grams: 76.
- Publisher
- Crossway Books United States
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433535345
- ISBN
- 9781433535345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.30
€ 8.99
€ 8.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1MBN; HBLW; HRAX; HRCC9; HRLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- Otago University Press New Zealand
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877578557
- ISBN
- 9781877578557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.72
€ 24.99
€ 18.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCS; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801015144
- ISBN
- 9780801015144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.17
€ 17.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV; YNR. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 156 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- InterVarsity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844745043
- ISBN
- 9781844745043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.36
€ 12.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Inter-Varsity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844745616
- ISBN
- 9781844745616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.29
€ 26.99
€ 20.29
hardcover. Vitthal, also called Vithoba, is the most popular god in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, and the best-known Hindu god of that region outside of India. This book by Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere is the foremost study of the history of Vitthal, his worship, and his worshippers. Translator(s): Feldhaus, Anne. Series: South Asia Research. Num Pages: 370 pages, 33 b&w halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: HRGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 634. Fine in fine cloth covers, lacking dust wrapper. Covers showing light shelf wear. Smudged on page edges. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031750
- ISBN
- 9780199777594
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
Num Pages: 500 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 821.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781618112767
- ISBN
- 9781618112767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.97€ 127.04
€ 131.97
€ 127.04
Paperback. Drawing on Greek, Latin, Coptic, and Syriac sources, this book shows how historical traditions and notions of a shared past shaped the interactions and behavior of these high-profile communities. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBLA; HD; HRAX; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520294868
- ISBN
- 9780520294868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06