Religion & beliefs
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Religion & beliefs
Hardcover. An English language work to analyze the Christian renewal in Crimea. Drawing on archives in Odessa, Simferopol, and St Petersburg, it provides both a case study of past and present religious nationalism in Eastern Europe and an examination of the political conflicts and compromises endemic to holy places. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HRCC8. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804125
- ISBN
- 9780875804125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.88
€ 51.88
Paperback. Deals with Muslim-Jewish relations in the United States, Israel, and Europe. This title explains the similarities and differences between Judaism and Islam, the history of Jihad, the legal and religious positions of Jews in the world of Islam, how various expressions of Islam regard Jews, the range of Muslim views about Israel, and more. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAF; HRH; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Jewish Publication Society
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780827608641
- ISBN
- 9780827608641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.56
€ 21.56
hardcover. Brings nuance and depth to the question, Are Black megachurches more focused on prosperity than on people? Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRCX6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823249565
- ISBN
- 9780823249565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.37
€ 108.37
hardcover. In the Old Testament book of Job, the pious Job is made to suffer for no apparent reason. The heart of the story is Job's quest to understand why he must bear, and why God would allow, such misery. This book presents a Marxist interpretation of Job's story. Translator(s): Mandarini, Matteo. Series: New Slant: Religion, Politics, Ontology. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HRCF1; JPA; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 207 x 16. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346227
- ISBN
- 9780822346227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.77
€ 101.77
paperback. Offers an analysis of the culture and paintings of colonial Cuzco. Focusing on the era's paintings and its historical archives, this book explores how the festival celebrated the victory of the Christian God over sin and death, the triumph of Christian orthodoxy over the imperial Inka patron (the Sun), and Spain's conquest of Peruvian society. Num Pages: 312 pages, 51 illustrations, 8 in color. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJH; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822323679
- ISBN
- 9780822323679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.27
€ 30.99
€ 28.27
paperback. This title emhasizes the complexities inherent in one distinct white ethnic group's involvement in America's racial dilemma. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRJ; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814726815
- ISBN
- 9780814726815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.45
€ 33.99
€ 30.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 31 tables and figures. BIC Classification: HRCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition, Updated with a new prefa
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813564715
- ISBN
- 9780813564715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.47
€ 34.99
€ 33.47
paperback. David Powers claims that the need for Muhammad to be the "seal of all prophets," combined with the fact that Muhammad apparently had an adopted son, Zayd, created a situation that drove early transmitters of the Qur'an to introduce a group of interrelated deletions, additions, and emendations into certain passages of the text. Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion. Num Pages: 376 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: HRH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812221497
- ISBN
- 9780812221497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.52
€ 42.52
hardcover. In the Self's Place is a phenomenological reading of Augustine that engages with modern and postmodern analyses of Augustinian philosophy. Translator(s): Kosky, Jeffrey. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804762908
- ISBN
- 9780804762908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.74
€ 126.74
hardcover. This is a social and cultural study of what happened in Venice in 1785 when a sixty-year-old man was accused of having sex with an eight-year-old girl. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HRC; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 992. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762618
- ISBN
- 9780804762618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.96
€ 147.96
hardcover. Brides of Christ is a study of professed nuns and life in the convents of colonial Mexico. Num Pages: 528 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HRLP7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 916. Weight in Grams: 821.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804752831
- ISBN
- 9780804752831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.54
€ 85.54
hardcover. Centered around an ethnographic case study of a dragon king temple, this book examines the social and political dynamics underlying the revival of popular religion in contemporary rural China. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 table, 13 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRKN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804751605
- ISBN
- 9780804751605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.98
€ 137.98
hardcover. The first comprehensive history of a major Muslim rebellion and the rise and fall of an independent Islamic state within China during the second half of the nineteenth century-in Xinjiang, where potentially separatist Islamic movements still worry the Chinese state. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804748841
- ISBN
- 9780804748841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.75
€ 116.75
hardcover. This work takes a historical approach to examining Islam's role in globalization. It identifies complex historical and geopolitical trends in Islamic history, and constructs from these a clear assessment of contemporary Islam. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFFS; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 17. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804748117
- ISBN
- 9780804748117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.53
€ 95.53
paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 3. BIC Classification: HRCC1; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801481130
- ISBN
- 9780801481130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.02
€ 41.99
€ 37.02
Paperback. aeo Strong team of contributors with international reputations. aeo One of the first books in a rapidly expanding field, pulling together work from feminist theology and philosophy, and comparative religion. Editor(s): King, Ursula. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631193777
- ISBN
- 9780631193777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.76
€ 61.76
Paperback. * * Presents an innovative, reception history approach to the study of Ecclesiastes, by tracing its influence on religion, culture, literature, art and social thought. * Explores a fascinating range of Jewish and Christian readings. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 10. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470674918
- ISBN
- 9780470674918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.83
€ 48.99
€ 48.83
paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HB; HRAM2; KCA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penn State University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised
- SKU
- V9780271063768
- ISBN
- 9780271063768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 35.88
€ 45.99
€ 35.88
Paperback. This is an English translation of St. Thomas Aquinas' work "On Evil". Translator(s): Oesterle, John A.; Oesterle, Jean T. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 39. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268037147
- ISBN
- 9780268037147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.39
€ 46.99
€ 41.39
Paperback. While some religious texts may remain static over time, the "Ramayana" epic has been retold in a variety of ways over the centuries and across South Asia. This collection brings together re-tellings translated from the four major South Indian languages and from genres as diverse as drama, short stories, poetry, and folk song. Editor(s): Richman, Paula. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 b&w photos, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219534
- ISBN
- 9780253219534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.08
€ 27.99
€ 26.08
Hardback. Translator(s): Major, John S.; Queen, Sarah A.; Meyer, Andrew Seth; Roth, Harold D. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPDF; HRAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231159807
- ISBN
- 9780231159807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.88€ 81.45
€ 107.88
€ 81.45
Hardcover. Why has religion persisted across the course of human history? Secularists have predicted the end of faith for a long time, but religions continue to attract followers. This title focuses on the concrete realities of worship, examining religious holidays, conversion stories, prophetic visions, and life-cycle events. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226713915
- ISBN
- 9780226713915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.81€ 77.34
€ 93.81
€ 77.34
Hardcover. The credit for creating Buddhism goes to the Buddha. But who was this Buddha, and how did he become the Buddha we know and love today? This book follows the twists and turns of Eastern and Western notions of the Buddha, leading finally to his triumph as the founder of a world religion. Series: Buddhism and Modernity. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226493206
- ISBN
- 9780226493206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.47
€ 30.99
€ 24.47
Hardcover. Providing historical context to help us reevaluate the current furor over homosexuality in the Church, this book brings to light the myriad ways that modern churches and openly gay men and women can learn from the wealth of each other's cultural and spiritual experience. Num Pages: 240 pages, 51 halftones. BIC Classification: HRCV4; HRCX6; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226250618
- ISBN
- 9780226250618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.59€ 43.95
€ 51.59
€ 43.95