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Hardback. Argues that the end of metaphysics paves the way for an anti-essentialist religion. This book explores the congruence between Christianity and hermeneutics in light of the dissolution of metaphysical truth. It analyzes the future of religion together with the political, social, and historical aspects that characterize our post-Christian world. Editor(s): Zabala, Santiago. Translator(s): McCuaig, William. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134941
- ISBN
- 9780231134941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.81€ 64.07
€ 82.81
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Paperback. An anthology applying Judith Butler's theories to religion. It uses her work to investigate a variety of topics in biblical, Islamic, Buddhist, and Christian traditions. It sheds light on Butler's ideas and highlights their ethical and political import. It discusses subjects such as religious rituals, and biblical constructions of sexuality. Editor(s): Armour, Ellen T.; Ville, St. Susan M. Series: Gender, Theory, and Religion. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HR; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134071
- ISBN
- 9780231134071
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.28
€ 40.99
€ 29.28
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.44€ 62.34
€ 80.44
€ 62.34
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.84€ 82.84
€ 108.84
€ 82.84
Hardback. The "science of religion" is an important element in the interpretation of William James's work and in the methodology of the study of religion. An authority on pragmatism and the philosophy of religion, Wayne Proudfoot and a stellar group of contributors from a variety of disciplines including religion, philosophy, psychology, and history, bring innovative perspectives to James's work. Editor(s): Proudfoot, Wayne. Series: Columbia Series in Science and Religion. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231132046
- ISBN
- 9780231132046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 46.67
€ 59.15
€ 46.67
Hardback. Nagarjuna is the most influential thinker in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition. This book provides an examination of Nagarjuna's life and writings within the social, religious, and institutional contexts of the early history of Buddhism. It locates Nagarjuna's writings at a critical juncture in the development and spread of Mahayana Buddhism. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231131643
- ISBN
- 9780231131643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.44€ 62.34
€ 80.44
€ 62.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130813
- ISBN
- 9780231130813
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.55
€ 37.99
€ 27.55
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.52
€ 37.99
€ 27.52
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.84€ 83.22
€ 108.84
€ 83.22
Paperback. The experience of the divine in India has three components, sight, performance, and sound. One in a trilogy of books that include Diana Eck's Darsan: Seeing the Divine in India, and Susan L. Schwartz's Rasa: Performing the Divine in India, Mantra presents an introduction to the use of sound-mantra-in the practice of Indian religion. Num Pages: 136 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; HRK; HRLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 164 x 9. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129619
- ISBN
- 9780231129619
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 37 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526. The Fortunes of Hindu Festivals. 288 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JFSJ. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129190
- ISBN
- 9780231129190
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.47
€ 37.99
€ 27.47
Hardback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 37 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129183
- ISBN
- 9780231129183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.11€ 79.73
€ 104.11
€ 79.73
Paperback. A pioneering study of Zhu Xi's reading of the Analects, this book demonstrates how commentary is both informed by a text and informs future readings, and highlights the importance of interlinear commentary as a genre in Chinese philosophy. Num Pages: 184 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; HPDF; HRKN1; HRLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231128650
- ISBN
- 9780231128650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.94
€ 33.99
€ 24.94
Hardback. Offers perspectives on the practices and beliefs of Greco-Roman Jews who lived outside of Palestine and beyond rabbinic control or influence. This book investigates their influence on early Christians and examines how the two communities defined themselves in relation to each another. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBTB; HRAX; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231128568
- ISBN
- 9780231128568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.39€ 85.82
€ 112.39
€ 85.82
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.07€ 51.02
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€ 51.02
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.84€ 83.22
€ 108.84
€ 83.22
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.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126403
- ISBN
- 9780231126403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.07€ 51.02
€ 65.07
€ 51.02
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126014
- ISBN
- 9780231126014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.48
€ 46.99
€ 33.48
Paperback. Investigates the varieties of New Age and Neopagan religions in the US from their origins in the nineteenth century to their reemergence in the 1960s counterculture. This book considers the differences and similarities between the New Age and Neopagan movements and observes the antagonistic relationship between these two practices in America. Series: Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 166 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231124034
- ISBN
- 9780231124034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.55
€ 37.99
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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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123631
- ISBN
- 9780231123631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.52
€ 37.99
€ 27.52