Religion: general
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Religion: general
Hardback. What has been the fate of Christianity since Nietzsche's famous announcement of the "death of God"? What is the possibility of religion, specifically Christianity, thriving in our postmodern era? This book addresses these questions. Translator(s): D'Isanto, Luca. Series: Italian Academy Lectures. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRCM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231106283
- ISBN
- 9780231106283
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Condition: New
€ 57.19
€ 57.19
Paperback. The collection's central theme is the way in which the diversity of religious beliefs and practices-from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism-relates and can conflict with the moral universalism implied by the concept of human rights. Editor(s): Cohen, Irene; Martin, J. Paul; Proudfoot, Wayne. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: HRA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231104173
- ISBN
- 9780231104173
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.45
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€ 33.45
Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231064521
- ISBN
- 9780231064521
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Condition: New
€ 73.26€ 56.82
€ 73.26
€ 56.82
Paperback. This work attempts to see the satis - the Hindu custom of women sacrificing themselves on the funeral pyres of their husbands - through Hindu eyes, providing an experiential and psychoanalytic account of ritual self-sacrifice and self-mutilation in South Asia. Translator(s): Mehlman, Jeffrey; White, David Gordon. Num Pages: 328 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FK; HRAX; HRG; HRLF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 650.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226885698
- ISBN
- 9780226885698
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.14
€ 47.99
€ 37.14
Paperback. Travelling from high culture to pop culture and back again, this book approaches cyberspace and Las Vegas through Hegel and Kant and reads Melville's "The Confidence-Man" through the film "Wall Street". Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 292 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: HPC; HRAB; HRLK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226791623
- ISBN
- 9780226791623
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.48
€ 40.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 234 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226791425
- ISBN
- 9780226791425
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.76
€ 31.99
€ 24.76
Paperback. Translator(s): Moua, Mitt. Num Pages: 234 pages, 8 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1F; CF; HRA; HRLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226762876
- ISBN
- 9780226762876
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.96
€ 35.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. This text tells the story of how the idea that physical suffering could be a path to redemption became a fixed part of the French legal system during the early modern period. Using documents from criminal cases, it looks at the theory and practice of judicial torture in France from 1600 to 1788. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HRAB; JFCX; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226757544
- ISBN
- 9780226757544
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.59
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Paperback. Examines the turbulent modern history and sociology of the Sri Lankan Buddhist Monkhood and its effects upon contemporary society. Using translated Sinhalese documents and interviews with monks, this text unravels the inner workings of this New Buddhism and the ideology on which it is based. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKS; HRAX; HRE; HRLP7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226748665
- ISBN
- 9780226748665
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.37
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€ 33.37
Hardback. In early modern Europe, the king's body was literally sovereign. This title demonstrates the ways in which democratic societies have continued many of the rituals and practices associated with kingship in displaced, distorted, and, usually, unrecognizable forms. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: HP; HRA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226735351
- ISBN
- 9780226735351
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Condition: New
€ 120.52€ 99.45
€ 120.52
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Paperback. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HRA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226653129
- ISBN
- 9780226653129
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.59
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Paperback. This text consists of critical analysis of four 20th-century liberal and postliberal thinkers: John Dewey, John Rawls, Richard Rorty and Stanley Fish. The author focuses on the theorists' approach to religion and draws conclusions that challenge the very basis of constitutional government. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; JPA; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226641928
- ISBN
- 9780226641928
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.71
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Hardcover. Offers an account of religion and society in nineteenth-century America. Exploring the eruptions of religion in New York's penny presses, the budding fields of anthropology and phrenology, and Moby-Dick, this book challenges the strict separation between the religious and the secular that remains integral to discussions about religion. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 344 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HRAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226533230
- ISBN
- 9780226533230
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Condition: New
€ 94.53€ 78.69
€ 94.53
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Hardcover. In 1239, Pope Gregory IX accused Frederick II, the Holy Roman Emperor, of heresy. The author tracks the course of the book from its origins in 1239 to its most salient episodes in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He also sheds light on the persistence of free thought during a time when the outspoken risked being burned at the stake. Translator(s): Weiss, Lys Ann. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 haltone, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HRAM7; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 175 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226530291
- ISBN
- 9780226530291
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.71
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Paperback. Observes that the modern study of religion is peculiarly ambivalent toward the question of origin. Historians of religion have abandoned speculative quests for the origin of religion; at the same time, they allege that concepts of absolute beginnings are fundamental to religion itself. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226509853
- ISBN
- 9780226509853
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.48
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Paperback. Martin E. Marty argues here that religion in 20th-century America was essentially shaped by its encounter with modernity. In this first volume, he records and explores the diverse ways in which American religion embraced, rejected or cautiously accepted the modern world. Num Pages: 398 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226508948
- ISBN
- 9780226508948
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.48
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Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 310 pages, 6ill.5tabs. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRA; HRC; HRLP7; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226401867
- ISBN
- 9780226401867
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.31
€ 38.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HRAM2; HRHT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226369037
- ISBN
- 9780226369037
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.59
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Hardcover. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226359625
- ISBN
- 9780226359625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 39.97
€ 51.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 556 pages, 53ill.6tabs.6M. BIC Classification: HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 763.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 556
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226340487
- ISBN
- 9780226340487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.08€ 50.37
€ 59.08
€ 50.37