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Hardback. Traces how each community has come to revere Abraham as an exemplar of its own spiritual teachings and practices. This book reveals how the increasingly conventional notion of equally "Abrahamic" religions derives from a dangerous misunderstanding of key biblical and Qur'anic texts, and fails to do full justice to any of the traditions. Series: Library of Jewish Ideas. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HRAF; HRAX; HRC; HRH; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155692
- ISBN
- 9780691155692
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
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Hardback. For over a century, the author (1813-55) has been at the center of a number of important discussions, concerning not only philosophy and theology, but also, the fields such as social thought, psychology, and contemporary aesthetics, especially literary theory. This title covers his journals and notebooks that take us into his workshop. Editor(s): Kirmmse, Bruce H.; Soderquist, K. Brian; Cappelorn, Niels Jorgen; Hannay, Alastair; Kangas, David; Pattison, Professor George; Rasmussen, Joel D. S.; Rumble, Vanessa. Series: Kierkegaard's Journals and Notebooks. Num Pages: 728 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: HPCD; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 261 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 728
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155531
- ISBN
- 9780691155531
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€ 260.90
€ 260.90
Hardback. The father of existentialism, Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was a philosopher who could write like an angel. Drawing from the authoritative Princeton editions of Kierkegaard's writings, this book presents a selection of his wit and wisdom, as well as a stimulating introduction to his life and work. Editor(s): Marino, Gordon. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: GBCQ; HPCD; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 192 x 111 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155302
- ISBN
- 9780691155302
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.43
€ 30.99
€ 22.43
Paperback. Makes a case that Machiavelli, far from being a pagan or atheist, was a prophet of a true religion of liberty, a way of moral and political living that would rediscover and pursue charity and justice. Translator(s): Shugaar, Antony. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAM2; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154497
- ISBN
- 9780691154497
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. Addresses the enduring puzzles in political philosophy and constitutional theory - why is religion singled out for preferential treatment in both law and public discourse? Why is a Sikh boy permitted to wear his ceremonial dagger to school while any other boy could be expelled for packing a knife? Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAM2; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691153612
- ISBN
- 9780691153612
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Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 42.58
€ 53.51
€ 42.58
Hardback. Editors: Jan. 1902-Jan. 1905, J.S. Bassett; Apr. 1905-Jan. 1919, W.H. Glasson (with Edwin Mims, Apr. 1905-July 1909; W.P. Few, Oct. 1909-Jan. 1919); Apr. 1919- W.K. Boyd, W.H. Wannamaker. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRAX; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691153278
- ISBN
- 9780691153278
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Condition: New
€ 89.18€ 68.86
€ 89.18
€ 68.86
Paperback. Presents an examination of a 2005 lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a faith-based residential rehabilitation program in an Iowa state prison of America. This work casts light on the predicament of prisoners who have precious little choice about what kind of rehabilitation they receive, if they are offered any at all. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JKVP1; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152530
- ISBN
- 9780691152530
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. No state has voted Republican more consistently or widely or for longer than Kansas. To understand red state politics, Kansas is the place. It is also the place to understand red state religion. This title tells the story of religiously motivated political activism in Kansas from territorial days to the present. Num Pages: 504 pages, 13 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; HRAM2; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150550
- ISBN
- 9780691150550
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
Hardback. Raises stark questions about the nature and meaning of innocent suffering and the relationship of the human to the divine, yet it is also one of the Bible's most obscure and paradoxical books, one that defies interpretation even today. Series: Lives of Great Religious Books. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 124 x 204 x 27. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147598
- ISBN
- 9780691147598
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.43
€ 30.99
€ 22.43
Paperback. Considers the ways Americans understand the relationship between their religious beliefs and the political arena. This work covers such topics as: how religious diversity affects American democracy, how religion is implicated in America's partisan battles, and how religion affects ideas about race, ethnicity, and gender. Editor(s): Wolfe, Alan; Katznelson, Ira. Num Pages: 456 pages, 16 line illus. 28 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM2; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147291
- ISBN
- 9780691147291
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Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 42.58
€ 53.51
€ 42.58
Paperback. The delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention blocked the establishment of Christianity as a national religion. But they could not keep religion out of American politics. This title shows that religion became sectarian and partisan whenever it entered the political fray, and that religious agendas have always mixed with nonreligious ones. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HRAM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691146133
- ISBN
- 9780691146133
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.92
€ 24.99
€ 18.92
Hardback. Late one night in 1823 Joseph Smith, Jr was reportedly visited in his family's farmhouse in upstate New York by an angel named Moroni. Thus began the unlikely career of the "Book of Mormon". This book traces the life of this book as it has formed and fractured different strains of Mormonism and transformed religious expression around the world. Series: Lives of Great Religious Books. Num Pages: 280 pages, 23 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRCC99. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 124 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691144801
- ISBN
- 9780691144801
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.68
€ 26.99
€ 20.68
Hardback. Examines the religion's role in the creation of a market economy in early America. Focusing on the economic culture of New England, this title views commerce through the eyes of Boston merchants and reveals how merchants built a modern form of exchange out of the transitions in the puritan understanding of the meaning of New England. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143590
- ISBN
- 9780691143590
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Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 42.58
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€ 42.58
Paperback. Shows that the end of the Religious Right doesn't signal the decline of evangelical Christianity but rather its disentanglement from a political machine that sold it out to a narrow electoral agenda of such causes as opposition to gay marriage and abortion. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM2; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143293
- ISBN
- 9780691143293
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HRAB; HRQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 30. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142555
- ISBN
- 9780691142555
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Hardback. Religion and liberty are often thought to be mutual enemies. This title argues that political emancipation and the defense of political liberty have always required the self-sacrifice of people with religious sentiments and a religious devotion to liberty. It shows that when this has been corrupted or suffocated, Italians have lost their liberty. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HRAM2; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142357
- ISBN
- 9780691142357
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Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 42.58
€ 53.51
€ 42.58
Paperback. The Merkavah movement is widely recognized as the first full-fledged expression of Jewish mysticism, one that had important ramifications for classical rabbinic Judaism. This title offers a look at the history of Jewish mysticism from the book of "Ezekiel" to the Merkavah mysticism of late antiquity. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142159
- ISBN
- 9780691142159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 42.58
€ 53.51
€ 42.58
Hardback. Tells a story of religion, soldiering, suffering, and death in the Great War. This book reveals the surprising frequency with which Americans who fought viewed the war as a religious challenge that could lead to individual and national redemption. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 line illus. BIC Classification: HBWN; HRAM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139920
- ISBN
- 9780691139920
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Hardback. Soren Kierkegaard (1813-55) published an extraordinary number of works during his lifetime, but he left behind nearly as much unpublished writing, most of which consists of what are called his "journals and notebooks." This title includes Kierkegaard's extensive notes on lectures. Editor(s): Cappelorn, Niels Jorgen; Hannay, Alastair; Kangas, David J.; Kirmmse, Bruce H.; Pattison, Professor George; Rumble, Vanessa; Soderquist, K. Brian. Series: Kierkegaard's Journals and Notebooks. Num Pages: 864 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPCF3; HRAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 258 x 198 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 864
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138930
- ISBN
- 9780691138930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 218.79€ 164.34
€ 218.79
€ 164.34
Hardback. Argues that religious conservatives have in fact dramatically increased and improved democratic participation and that they are far more civil and reasonable than is commonly believed. This title shows that the vast majority of Christian Right leaders encourage their followers to embrace deliberative norms in the public square. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 line illus. 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM2; JPA; JPF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691137407
- ISBN
- 9780691137407
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Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 42.58
€ 53.51
€ 42.58
Hardback. Tells how Jan Jeroenszoon, through great personal courage and faith in the rule of law, managed to survive gruesome torture and vindicate himself by successfully arguing at trial that the authorities remained subject to the law even in times of war. Translator(s): Grayson, J. C. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 halftones. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1DSE; HBJD; HBLH; HRAM9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135649
- ISBN
- 9780691135649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.34€ 55.72
€ 71.34
€ 55.72
Hardback. An anthology of writings by twenty-one scientists, from the dawn of the Scientific Revolution to the frontiers of science, about their faith, their views about God, and the place religion holds - or doesn't - in their lives in light of their commitment to science. Editor(s): Frankenberry, Nancy K. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 35. Weight in Grams: 874.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134871
- ISBN
- 9780691134871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
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€ 33.81
Paperback. Brings together leading Christian scholars of diverse theological and ethical perspectives - Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist, and Anabaptist - to address fundamental questions of state and civil society, international law and relations, the role of the nation, and issues of violence and its containment. Editor(s): Coleman, John A. Series: Ethikon Series in Comparative Ethics. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; HRCX6; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134819
- ISBN
- 9780691134819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
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Paperback. A collection of quotations on various things from the relationship between church and state to the status of women. It lays out the positions of the founders of America on more than seventy topics, including the afterlife, the death of loved ones, the raising of children, the reliability of biblical texts, and the nature of Islam and Judaism. Editor(s): Hutson, James H. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: GBCQ; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133836
- ISBN
- 9780691133836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.68
€ 26.99
€ 20.68