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Religion & beliefs
Hardback. Aims to explore contemporary manifestations of the worship of apotropaic Siva that have transmigrated to the West. This book explores Hindu vernacular traditions or 'village Hinduism' especially in the context of the Hindu diaspora. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845532345
- ISBN
- 9781845532345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.35
€ 131.35
Hardback. The book is aimed at university students taking courses in Comparative Religion and Philosophy and practitioners of yoga. Hence, it presents yoga in the context of its historical evolution in India and seeks to explain the nature of its associations with various metaphysical doctrines. Num Pages: 300 pages, 10 figures. BIC Classification: HPDF; HRAC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845532246
- ISBN
- 9781845532246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.96
€ 41.96
Hardback. While social scientists, beginning with Weber, envisioned a secularized world, religion today is forthrightly becoming a defining feature of life all around the globe. The book as a whole explores the connections between religion and politics, and the ways in which globalization shapes these processes. Editor(s): Lindquist, Galina; Handelman, Don. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HR; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845457716
- ISBN
- 9781845457716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.77
€ 155.77
Hardback. In many parts of the world the white manA" is perceived to be an instigator of globalization and an embodiment of modernity. However, so far anthropologists have paid little attention to the actual heterogeneity and complexity of whitenessA" in specific ethnographic contexts. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HRQM; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456740
- ISBN
- 9781845456740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.43
€ 155.43
Hardback. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a uniquely reluctant and distinctly German Lutheran revolutionary. In this volume, the author, an Anglican priest and historian, argues that Bonhoeffer's powerful critique of Germany's moral derailment needs to be understood as the expression of a devout Lutheran Protestant. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; HRCM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455316
- ISBN
- 9781845455316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.52
€ 155.52
Hardback. Studies of religion have a tendency to conceptualise 'the Spirit' and 'the Letter' as mutually exclusive and intrinsically antagonistic. However, the history of religions abounds in cases where charismatic leaders deliberately refer to and make use of writings. This book challenges prevailing scholarly notions.. Num Pages: 286 pages, 7 ills. BIC Classification: 1H; HRC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454838
- ISBN
- 9781845454838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.28
€ 155.28
hardcover. Focusing on places, objects, bodies, narratives, and ritual spaces where religion may be found or inscribed, the authors reveal the role of religion in contesting rights to places, to knowledge and to property, as well as access to resources. It also considers implicitly or explicitly the problematic relation between science and religion. Editor(s): Pine, Frances; Pina-Cabral, Joao de. Num Pages: 12 ills. BIC Classification: HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781845454098
- ISBN
- 9781845454098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.45
€ 155.45
Hardback. Studying how people become religious, this volume offers a perspective for the study of religion, one that examines the works of transmission and innovation through the prism of learning. It argues that religious culture is socially and dynamically constructed by agents who are not mere passive recipients but engaged in active learning processes. Editor(s): Berliner, David; Sarro, Ramon. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSR; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453749
- ISBN
- 9781845453749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.00
€ 155.00
Hardback. Exploring an ambiguous region between recognized findings and unfettered imagination, this book explores the multifaceted, far-reaching, and often contentious attempts of people with contrasting worldviews to develop convincing and satisfying interpretations of rapidly accumulating discoveries in physics, astronomy, and biology. Num Pages: 244 pages, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: HRA; JFHF; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452865
- ISBN
- 9781845452865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.48
€ 154.48
Hardback. Considers the cultural power of magic, from early Christianity and the ancient Mediterranean to the film career of Buffalo Bill, focusing on topics such as Surrealism, France in the classical age, alchemy, and American fundamentalism. This book ranges from theory to practice, from demonology to exoticism, and from the magic of memory to stage. Editor(s): Wygant, Amy. Series: Polygons: Cultural Diversities & Intersections. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: HRQX2; VXW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451783
- ISBN
- 9781845451783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.60
€ 154.60
Hardback. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 225 pages, 6+ figures, maps and photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843312345
- ISBN
- 9781843312345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.83
€ 132.83
Hardback. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 355 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 355
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843310099
- ISBN
- 9781843310099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.83
€ 132.83
Hardback. Drawing on ethnographic inquiry and the anthropological literature on doubt and atheism, this volume explores people's reluctance to pursue religion. Editor(s): Blanes, Ruy Llera. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HRQA5; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785336287
- ISBN
- 9781785336287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.00
€ 157.00
Hardback. Textbook Violence offers critical perspectives on how textbooks deal or not deal with issues of conflict and violence in religions. Editor(s): Lewis, Professor James R.; Andreassen, Bengt-Ove. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: HRAM9; JN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781792582
- ISBN
- 9781781792582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.72
€ 129.72
Hardback. This book provides a hard-hitting examination of the spiritual motivations, rhetorical moves, and political implications associated with apologetical discourses. It argues that what is at stake is relevance, and examines the consequences of engaging in mythopoesis as opposed to scholarship. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: HRH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 241 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781792162
- ISBN
- 9781781792162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.71
€ 104.71
Hardback. This volume explores the way in which various religious traditions, including Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, have represented and reflected upon the environment - in this case: minerals, gems, metals but also geological formations such as mountains and the earth itself. Editor(s): Dahnhardt, Thomas. Num Pages: 316 pages, 11 figures. BIC Classification: 1FK; HRAC; HRLK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 73.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781791288
- ISBN
- 9781781791288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.27
€ 44.27
Hardback. A collection of previously published essays by Russell T. McCutcheon highlighting different identifying claims within the work of a number of leading scholars of religion is combined with new, substantive introductions, authored by other scholars, discussing the strategies of identification employed by the scholars whom McCutcheon analyzes. Editor(s): Miller, Monica. Series: Culture on the Edge: Studies in Identity Formation. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: HRA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781790717
- ISBN
- 9781781790717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.96
€ 41.96
Hardback. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRHC; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474408011
- ISBN
- 9781474408011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.54
€ 159.54
Hardback. A Spiritual City provides a broad examination of the meaning and importance of cities from a Christian perspective. It is a comprehensive and thought-provoking theological and spiritual reflection on city-making that invites readers to rethink the idea of the city. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX6; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118830512
- ISBN
- 9781118830512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.66
€ 116.66
Hardback. Beyond Secular Order is the first of a two-volume work that expands upon renowned theologian John Milbank s innovative attempt to understand both theology and modern thought begun in his previously published classic text Theology and Social Theory. Series: Illuminations: Theory & Religion. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118825235
- ISBN
- 9781118825235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.88
€ 93.88
Hardback. Written by a leading authority on Chinese philosophy, Decoding Dao uniquely focuses on the core texts in Daoist philosophy, providing readers with a user-friendly introduction that unravels the complexities of these seminal volumes. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: HRKN5; HRLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118465752
- ISBN
- 9781118465752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.07
€ 110.07
Hardback. This comprehensive volume brings together a team of distinguished scholars to create a wide-ranging introduction to patristic authors and their contributions to not only theology and spirituality, but to philosophy, ecclesiology, linguistics, hagiography, liturgics, homiletics, iconology, and other fields. Editor(s): Parry, Ken. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Religion. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 181 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1000.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118438718
- ISBN
- 9781118438718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 213.73
€ 213.73
Hardback. Editor(s): Osho International Foundation. Series: Authentic Living. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRLK; HRQC; VSP; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Osho International United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780984444410
- ISBN
- 9780984444410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.91
€ 20.99
€ 20.91
Paperback. Editor(s): Osho International Foundation. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLK; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Osho International United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780983640028
- ISBN
- 9780983640028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.25
€ 14.99
€ 14.25