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Religion & beliefs
Hardback. Making a significant contribution to the large debate over the transition from "scriptural" to "scientific" culture in Europe, this book also sheds light on the centrality of Jews to medieval and Enlightenment history. Num Pages: 160 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; HRAX; HRC; HRJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237405
- ISBN
- 9780812237405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Paperback. Focusing on the formative period of European exploration, settlement, and conquest in the Americas, from roughly 1500 to 1760, Empires of God brings together literary scholars and historians of the English, French, and Spanish Americas to demonstrate the power of religious ideas and narratives to create kingdoms both imagined and real. Editor(s): Gregerson, Linda; Juster, Susan. Num Pages: 344 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HRAX; HRC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222609
- ISBN
- 9780812222609
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. Jean-Claude Schmitt examines a unique and controversial conversion narrative to explore its meaning within the society and culture of its period as well as what it has to tell us about the way historians think and write. Translator(s): Novikoff, Alex J. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HRJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 144 x 225 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222197
- ISBN
- 9780812222197
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.27
€ 37.99
€ 34.27
Paperback. In Old Worlds, New Mirrors Moshe Idel turns his gaze on figures as diverse as Walter Benjamin and Jacques Derrida, Franz Kafka and Franz Rosenzweig, Arnaldo Momigliano and Paul Celan, Abraham Heschel and George Steiner to reflect on their relationships to Judaism in a cosmopolitan, mostly European, context. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HRJX; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 319. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222104
- ISBN
- 9780812222104
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.08
€ 37.99
€ 34.08
Paperback. Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe seeks to explain the convergence of religion and gender in medieval Christendom. Essays in the volume examine how Europeans identified themselves as women, men, and Christians, and how these identities influenced religious belief and practice in everyday life. Editor(s): Bitel, Lisa M.; Lifshitz, Felice. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC1; HRAX; HRCV4. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220131
- ISBN
- 9780812220131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.41
€ 26.99
€ 25.41
Paperback. "Magliocco impressively corrals the diverse writings and experiences of U.S. neo-pagans into this highly readable and deeply researched ethnographic study.. Highly recommended."-Choice Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HRKP; JHBT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218794
- ISBN
- 9780812218794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.33
€ 37.99
€ 34.33
Paperback. Female saints, mystics, and visionaries have been much studied. What strategies can be employed to discern and distinguish the voices of these late medieval women from those of their scribes and confessors? This title explores these and other issues as they relate to seven holy women and their male interpreters. Editor(s): Mooney, Catherine M. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; HRC; JFSJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216875
- ISBN
- 9780812216875
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.08
€ 37.99
€ 34.08
Paperback. "A lucid and riveting account of the recent violent upheaval in Algeria."-Publishers Weekly Translator(s): Vila, Anne C. Series: Critical Authors and Issues. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; HRH; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216578
- ISBN
- 9780812216578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
Paperback. Editor(s): Sheingorn, Pamela. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812215120
- ISBN
- 9780812215120
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. Series: Studies in Health, Illness & Caregiving. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812215014
- ISBN
- 9780812215014
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.87
€ 32.99
€ 29.87
Paperback. Through a comparative ethnographic study of memory, spiritual cultural heritage, and attitudes towards state power in two villages in western Turkey, this book describes living and evolving Sunni Islam. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HRHP; JFSF; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804786607
- ISBN
- 9780804786607
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.87
€ 32.99
€ 29.87
Paperback. Maximizing the Triple Bottom Line through Spiritual Leadership shows readers how to simultaneously maximize employee well-being, sustainability, and financial performance using the Spiritual Leadership Balanced Scorecard Business Model. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HRLK; KJG; KJMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785082
- ISBN
- 9780804785082
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.15
€ 46.99
€ 42.15
Hardback. In this book, Agamben investigates the roots of the modern moral concept of duty in the theory and practice of Christian liturgy. Translator(s): Kotsko, Adam. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: HRCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804784030
- ISBN
- 9780804784030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.18
€ 97.18
Hardback. Through a comparative ethnographic study of memory, spiritual cultural heritage, and attitudes towards state power in two villages in western Turkey, this book describes living and evolving Sunni Islam. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HRHP; JFSF; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804783309
- ISBN
- 9780804783309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.21
€ 129.21
Hardback. This book builds a new framework for describing and understanding hidden organizations. It identifies eight regions where organizations operatebased on dimensions of organizational visibility, member identification, and relevant audienceultimately grouping organizations into four categories: transparent, shaded, shadowed, and dark." Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 3JM; HRLP; JPWH; KCU; RNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804781381
- ISBN
- 9780804781381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.04
€ 82.04
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804777469
- ISBN
- 9780804777469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.15
€ 71.15
Paperback. This book explores the stakes of the uses and abuses of money, language, and technical objects. Translator(s): Schott, Nils F. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804777100
- ISBN
- 9780804777100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.27
€ 37.99
€ 34.27
Hardback. This work of comparative theology brings together the Biblical Song of Songs and the Hindu Holy Word of Mouth to show how we can learn interreligiously and honor traditional commitments even while admitting the radical changes, losses, and gaps that pluralism is bringing to religious consciousness. Series: Encountering Traditions. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804776806
- ISBN
- 9780804776806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.02
€ 119.02
Hardback. Bringing together scholars with a variety of perspectives and orientations, this work examines the interconnections between law and religion and the unexpected histories and anthropologies of legal secularism in a globalizing modernity. Editor(s): Sullivan, Winnifred Fallers; Yelle, Robert A.; Taussig-Rubbo, Mateo. Series: The Cultural Lives of Law. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 677.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804775366
- ISBN
- 9780804775366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.09
€ 82.09
Hardback. Beyond Expulsion is the history of Jewish-Christian relations during the Protestant Reformation in Strasbourg, a city from which Jews had been expelled and banned. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HRJP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804774420
- ISBN
- 9780804774420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.04
€ 82.04
Hardback. "Consuming Desires" examines new forms of marriage emerging in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates in reaction, in part, to the governments' increasing attempts to control sexuality with "shari'a" law. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; LAFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761550
- ISBN
- 9780804761550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.21
€ 129.21
Hardback. This posthumous and crucial contribution by one of the latter twentieth-century's most important sociologists, overturns a half-century of assumptions about the sociology of religion. Editor(s): Kieserling, Andre. Translator(s): Brenner, David; Hermann, Adrian. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804743280
- ISBN
- 9780804743280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.70
€ 117.70
Hardback. Offers the comprehensive English-language selection of the writings of the multinational missionaries who established the Moravian faith among the indigenous and Afro-descendant populations through the turbulent years of the Great Awakening of 1881 to 1882, when converts flocked to the church and the mission's membership more than doubled. Editor(s): Offen, Karl; Rugeley, Terry. Num Pages: 448 pages, 14 photographs, 2 drawings, 4 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; 3JH; HRAX; HRCC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803248960
- ISBN
- 9780803248960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.05
€ 82.05
Hardback. Demonstrates that Freemasonry became a significant avenue for the exchange and perhaps even co-creation of cultural forms by Indians and non-Indians Num Pages: 368 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRLP; JFSV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803225473
- ISBN
- 9780803225473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82