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Hardback. In Hope Draped in Black Joseph R. Winters responds to the belief that America follows a constant trajectory of racial progress, using African American literature and film to construct an idea of hope that embraces melancholy in order to acknowledge and mourn America's traumatic history. Series: Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AB; HRC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361534
- ISBN
- 9780822361534
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Condition: New
€ 123.83
€ 123.83
Hardback. Mayra Rivera outlines the relationship between the ways ancient Christian thinkers and Western philosophers conceive of the "body" and "flesh." Rivera's analysis furthers developments in new materialism and helps us to better understand the influence of Christian texts on contemporary theorizations of social structure, gender, race, and faith. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359876
- ISBN
- 9780822359876
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€ 114.97
€ 114.97
Paperback. This thoughtful ethnography of Islam in Pakistan moves from the smallest scale-a single worshiper striving to be a better Muslim who is seeking guidance at a neighborhood mosque-to the largest, examining the thought of poet and philosopher Muhammad Iqbal, considered to be the spiritual visionary of the country. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JHB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822352310
- ISBN
- 9780822352310
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€ 29.99€ 29.27
€ 29.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. A collection exploring how American women missionaries spread U.S. cultural imperialism along with Protestant Christianity from the early nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth, and how their work was received. Editor(s): Reeves-Ellington, Barbara; Sklar, Kathryn Kish; Shemo, Connie Anne. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 432 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; HRCX7; JFSJ1; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346500
- ISBN
- 9780822346500
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€ 33.99€ 30.45
€ 33.99
€ 30.45
Paperback. 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: 216 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346340
- ISBN
- 9780822346340
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.02
€ 26.99
€ 25.02
Paperback. Analyzes one of the most important Catholic mission systems in republican-era Latin America. Num Pages: 392 pages, 12 illustraions, 18 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KL; HB; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345046
- ISBN
- 9780822345046
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.53
€ 32.99
€ 32.53
Paperback. A leading political theorist s impassioned call for the democratic left to counter the conservative stranglehold over American religious and economic culture. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCX6; JPA; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342724
- ISBN
- 9780822342724
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€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Paperback. Moves social movement theory beyond simplistic understandings of social-justice activism as either right-wing or left-wing, and urges a more open-minded approach to the role of religion in social movements. This title examines the interplay of Biblical scripture, gender, and nationalism in Christian Right and Native American activism. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HR; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 554.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341635
- ISBN
- 9780822341635
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.53
€ 32.99
€ 32.53
Paperback. A collection that challenges the binary conception of conservative religion versus progressive secularism by highlighting the existence of multiple secularisms. Editor(s): Jakobsen, Janet R.; Pellegrini, Ann. Series: A Social Text Book. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HRLP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341499
- ISBN
- 9780822341499
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.53
€ 32.99
€ 32.53
Paperback. Explores the profound cultural transformations triggered by Spain's efforts to colonize the Andean region, and demonstrates the continuing influence of the Inquisition to the present day. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HRC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334170
- ISBN
- 9780822334170
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€ 30.99€ 28.30
€ 30.99
€ 28.30
Paperback. Provides an ethnographic rendering of religious rituals and ascetic practices at the Akakura Mountain Shrine in northern Japan. This book explains that spiritual practice at the Akakura shrine is motivated by the efforts of women and men to comprehend and manage contradictory obligations and desires related to personal health, family, and work. Num Pages: 288 pages, 31 b&w photos, 5 figures. BIC Classification: HRKN3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330622
- ISBN
- 9780822330622
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€ 29.99€ 29.23
€ 29.99
€ 29.23
Paperback. Posits an underlying religious impetus for modernity in Mexico, claiming that the Catholic Church nursed a reform movement that ultimately affected many of the same changes as the Protestant Reformation. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HRCC7; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329435
- ISBN
- 9780822329435
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. A collection of essays demonstrating the ways diverse religious rituals, symbols, ethics and ideologies perform as primary planks in the construction of the public realm, with particular focus on peripheral nations and politicised spiritualities of resistance. Editor(s): Hopkins, Dwight N.; Lorentzen, Lois; Mendieta, Eduardo; Batstone, David. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822327950
- ISBN
- 9780822327950
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.23
€ 29.99
€ 29.23
Paperback. Examines sagas and tales from the Bible for the light they shed on the practice of law and on the meaning of a life lived in the legal profession. This book shows that the dilemmas and decisions that legal professionals confront are approached through an experience of narrative in which we come to know ourselves and our actions through stories. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG; LAS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822325246
- ISBN
- 9780822325246
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.11
€ 29.99
€ 29.11
Paperback. Offers a view of African American religious history from Africa and early America through Reconstruction to the rise of black nationalism, civil rights, and the black theology. This work includes documents, such as personal narratives, sermons, letters, protest pamphlets, early denominational histories, and theological statements. Editor(s): Sernett, Milton C. Series: C.Eric Lincoln Series on the Black Experience. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAX; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324492
- ISBN
- 9780822324492
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.86
€ 36.99
€ 36.86
Paperback. Traces the history of the Jesuits' invention of Confucius and of themselves as native defenders of Confucius' teaching. This book demonstrates how sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Western missionaries used translations of the ancient ru tradition to invent the historical figure who has since been globally celebrated as philosopher, and prophet. Num Pages: 472 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRKN1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 34. Weight in Grams: 798.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822320470
- ISBN
- 9780822320470
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.56
€ 34.99
€ 31.56
Paperback. Considers the appeal of the Christian right wing movement in contemporary American politics and culture Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRC; JFC; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822319672
- ISBN
- 9780822319672
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.35
€ 30.99
€ 30.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822317166
- ISBN
- 9780822317166
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Condition: New
€ 28.15
€ 28.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3ill. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; HRCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780822313410
- ISBN
- 9780822313410
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Condition: New
€ 28.04
€ 28.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 490 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 490
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822309260
- ISBN
- 9780822309260
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.63
€ 34.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Religious organizations in many countries of the communist world have served as agents for the preservation, defense, and reinforcement of nationalist feelings, and in playing this role have frequently been a source of frustration to the Communist Party elites. This book deals with this topic. Series: Duke Press Policy Studies. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HRA; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 717.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822308911
- ISBN
- 9780822308911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.75
€ 36.99
€ 35.75
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBS; BK; HBJH; HRHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821422304
- ISBN
- 9780821422304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92
€ 52.92
Paperback. Series: Architecture, Landscape, and American Culture. Num Pages: 408 pages, 215 black & white illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMX; HBJK; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816689576
- ISBN
- 9780816689576
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.17
€ 40.99
€ 40.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: HRQX9; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816650521
- ISBN
- 9780816650521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09