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Paperback. Anna Maria van Schurman (1607-1678) was an advocate and exemplar of women's education, this text contains her writings on the defence of women's education, her letters to other learned women, her own account of her early life as well as responses to her work from male contemporaries Translator(s): Irwin, Joyce L. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DNF; HRC; JFSJ1; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226849997
- ISBN
- 9780226849997
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.85
€ 34.99
€ 27.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; HRCC1; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 267 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 770.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Second edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226872391
- ISBN
- 9780226872391
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Condition: New
€ 50.87€ 44.01
€ 50.87
€ 44.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 326 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 537.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226890562
- ISBN
- 9780226890562
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
€ 40.99
€ 31.64
Paperback. Argues for the possibility of theological thinking in a postmodern secular milieu, equating a desire to think theologically with a desire for thinking that does not disappoint. Winquist suggests that, in the wake of psychoanalysis, theology must elaborate the meaning of desire in its own discourse. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226902135
- ISBN
- 9780226902135
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.94
€ 32.99
€ 25.94
Paperback. Analyzes the events in 1993 that led to the death of 74 men, women and children in the Waco religious community in Texas. Examining topics such as the media's role and the relation between religion and violence, the book discusses why the tragedy took place and whether it could have been avoided. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; HRCC99; HRCZ; JFC; JFFE; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 686.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226908458
- ISBN
- 9780226908458
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.37
€ 47.99
€ 37.37
Paperback. This book chronicles the institution of the papacy and its influence on the culture, politics, and economy throughout the decline of the Roman emparie, Byzantine rule, and the Middle Ages. Translator(s): Sievert, James. Num Pages: 320 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HRCC2; HRCC7; HRCX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231075152
- ISBN
- 9780231075152
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 36.23
€ 49.99
€ 36.23
Hardback. The black church has always played a vital role in urban US settings. This study examines the impact of the church on blacks and the church's efforts to meet the arduous demands and sacrifices of urban life. It explores the ministers' role of leadership in African-American communities. Series: The Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 297 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC9; JFSG; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 681.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231099806
- ISBN
- 9780231099806
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Condition: New
€ 104.11€ 80.00
€ 104.11
€ 80.00
Hardback. An exploration of the pig in Judeo-Christian culture and European anti-semitism, this work chronicles its cultural and religious character. The author details the folkloric beliefs still found among both provincial and urban Europeans. Translator(s): Volk, Carol. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 448 pages, 3: 5,. BIC Classification: HRC; JFC; JFSR1; JHBT; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 140 x 38. Weight in Grams: 794.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231103664
- ISBN
- 9780231103664
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Condition: New
€ 118.30€ 90.18
€ 118.30
€ 90.18
Paperback. An exploration of the pig in Judeo-Christian culture and European anti-semitism, this work chronicles its cultural and religious character. The author details the folkloric beliefs still found among both provincial and urban Europeans. Translator(s): Volk, Carol. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 448 pages, 3: 5,. BIC Classification: HRC; JFC; JFHF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 638.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 401
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231103671
- ISBN
- 9780231103671
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.28
€ 40.99
€ 29.28
Hardback. Breaking new ground in cultural, political, and social history, Rossinow tells the story of the new left-wing movement that emerged in the 1960s from an innovative perspective: illustrating the spiritual dimension of student activism and providing the first account "from the bottom up"-as well as linking local developments to the national scene. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; HRC; JPFF; JPFK; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 36. Weight in Grams: 908.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110563
- ISBN
- 9780231110563
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Condition: New
€ 118.30€ 90.18
€ 118.30
€ 90.18
Hardback. In an analysis that deftly unites feminist criticism, psychoanalysis, and Catholic theology, Kelley Raab explores the symbolic implications of women at the altar, providing rich insight into issues of gender, symbolism, and power. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCX1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113342
- ISBN
- 9780231113342
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Condition: New
€ 118.30€ 90.18
€ 118.30
€ 90.18
Paperback. McGinn demonstrates how Antichrist has often reflected the human need to comprehend the persistence of evil in the world, and examines how it has haunted popular imagination in both the form of individuals--such as Nero, Napoleon, and Saddam Hussein--and groups--Jews, heretics, Muslims. Num Pages: 369 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 369
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119771
- ISBN
- 9780231119771
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.52
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€ 27.52
Paperback. A history of the Religious Society of Friends. This book provides an introduction to its beliefs and practices; and a picture of the culture and controversies of the Friends. It reflects the group's diversity in the wake of the sectarian splintering of the nineteenth century. It also examines commonalities among American Friends. Series: Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC97. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123631
- ISBN
- 9780231123631
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.52
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The Two Cities: A Chronicle of Universal History to the Year 1146
Otto, Bishop Of Otto, Bishop Of Freising
Paperback. The 12th-century bishop Otto of Freising was an outstanding historian of his century. "The Two Cities" was his masterwork, spanning in time from Adam and Eve to the coming of the last days - which he believed were imminent. Translator(s): Mierow, Charles Christopher. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; HBG; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 151 x 29. Weight in Grams: 726.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126014
- ISBN
- 9780231126014
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.48
€ 46.99
€ 33.48
Hardback. Both the Prophet Joseph Smith and his Book of Mormon have been characterized as ardently, indeed evangelically, antimasonic. Yet in this sweeping social, cultural, and religious history of nineteenth-century Mormonism and its milieu, Forsberg argues that masonry, like evangelical Christianity, was an essential component of Smith's vision. Series: Religion & American Culture S. Num Pages: 352 pages, 39 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC2; HRCC99; JFC; JFSJ; JFSV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 726.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126403
- ISBN
- 9780231126403
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Condition: New
€ 65.07€ 51.02
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Hardback. In the 11th-century Eucharistic Controversy, Alberic of Monte composed a small but important treatise. His treatise was said to have destroyed the argument that the bread and wine survived its consecration. Modern scholars had long believed his treatise to be lost. This book demonstrates that this crucial document is an existing identifiable text. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; HRAM7; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126847
- ISBN
- 9780231126847
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Condition: New
€ 108.84€ 83.22
€ 108.84
€ 83.22
Hardback. Ranging over two millennia of history and culture, Koschorke considers such thinkers as Freud, Weber, Rousseau, and Kleist in an exploration that illuminates issues of historical, religious, artistic, psychological, and cultural importance. Translator(s): Dunlap, Thomas. Num Pages: 216 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: HRCG; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231127561
- ISBN
- 9780231127561
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Condition: New
€ 65.07€ 51.02
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Hardback. Suggests that Martyrs are produced, not by lived experience of particular historical individuals but by the stories that are later told about them. This work explores the central role of persecution in the early development of Christian ideas, institutions, and cultural forms and shows how the legacy of Christian martyrdom plays out in the world. Series: Gender, Theory, and Religion. Num Pages: 360 pages, 3 photographs. BIC Classification: HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 171 x 25. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129862
- ISBN
- 9780231129862
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Condition: New
€ 108.84€ 83.22
€ 108.84
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Paperback. Suggests that Martyrs are produced, not by lived experience of particular historical individuals but by the stories that are later told about them. This work explores the central role of persecution in the early development of Christian ideas, institutions, and cultural forms and shows how the legacy of Christian martyrdom plays out in the world. Series: Gender, Theory, and Religion. Num Pages: 360 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502. Early Christian Culture Making. Series: Gender, Theory, and Religion. 360 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. Suggests that Martyrs are produced, not by lived experience of particular historical individuals but by the stories that are later told about them. This work explores the central role of persecution in the early development of Christian ideas, institutions, and cultural forms and shows how the legacy of Christian martyrdom plays out in the world. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HRCC2. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 19. Weight: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129879
- ISBN
- 9780231129879
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.52
€ 37.99
€ 27.52
Hardback. Daniel Hillel follows events in the Hebrew Bible to reveal the complex interplay between the ancient Israelites and their natural and cultural environments. More than just affecting their material existence, the diverse environmental character of the ancient Near East profoundly shaped the evolution of Jewish culture and beliefs and, ultimately, of Western civilization as a whole. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HRCG; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231133623
- ISBN
- 9780231133623
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Condition: New
€ 108.84€ 82.84
€ 108.84
€ 82.84
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 312 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134002
- ISBN
- 9780231134002
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Condition: New
€ 80.44€ 62.34
€ 80.44
€ 62.34
Hardback. Explores the practice and meanings of death rituals in poor urban neighborhoods on the outskirts of the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca. This book provides descriptions of the Day of the Dead and other religious practices. It analyzes how the rites and beliefs associated with death shape and reflect poor Oaxacans' values and social identity. Num Pages: 336 pages, 42 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HRCR; JFCA; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136884
- ISBN
- 9780231136884
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Condition: New
€ 106.47€ 81.48
€ 106.47
€ 81.48
Paperback. Explores the practice and meanings of death rituals in poor urban neighborhoods on the outskirts of the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca. This book provides descriptions of the Day of the Dead and other religious practices. It analyzes how the rites and beliefs associated with death shape and reflect poor Oaxacans' values and social identity. Num Pages: 336 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HRCR; JFCA; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136891
- ISBN
- 9780231136891
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
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Hardback. Valentinus (100-160 CE) was an influential early Christian Gnostic opposed to the beliefs and practices that would later become part of the Christian orthodoxy. This book presents Valentinus' interpretation of the biblical creation myth. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141727
- ISBN
- 9780231141727
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Condition: New
€ 73.35€ 56.86
€ 73.35
€ 56.86