Religion: general
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Religion: general
Hardcover. To many outside India, Hinduism is envisioned as the foundation of an ideal, all-embracing society. Yet this is far from the truth. This work documents how Hindu fundamentalists have succeeded in censoring and banning many cultural works, tampered with university teaching, and prevented academics from continuing in their jobs. Series: Manifestos for the Twenty-first Century. Num Pages: 102 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 189 x 120 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 102
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906497385
- ISBN
- 9781906497385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.49
€ 19.99
€ 17.49
Paperback. Chronicling the drama of Francisca's interrogation and her spirited but ultimately unsuccessful defense, The Inquisition of Francisca - transcribed from more than three hundred folios and published for the first time in any language - will be a valuable resource for both specialists and students of the history and religion of Spain in the. Editor(s): Ahlgren, Gillian T. W. Translator(s): Ahlgren, Gillian T. W. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; BGX; HRAM7; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226142241
- ISBN
- 9780226142241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.98
€ 34.99
€ 27.98
Paperback. Identifying the three core components of an imperial theology that have transhistorical and contemporary relevance: dualistic ethics, a theory of divine election, and a sense of salvific mission, the author shows how these religious ideas shaped Achaemenian practice and brought the Persians unprecedented wealth, power, and territory, and more. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 halftones, 11 line drawings, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLA1; HRAM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 15. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226251875
- ISBN
- 9780226251875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.06
€ 32.99
€ 26.06
Hardcover. Translator(s): Berman, Robert. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 238 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226275857
- ISBN
- 9780226275857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.24€ 79.40
€ 95.24
€ 79.40
Hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226367248
- ISBN
- 9780226367248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.24€ 79.50
€ 95.24
€ 79.50
Hardcover. Differences among religious communities have motivated - and continue to motivate - many of the deadliest conflicts in human history. But how did political power and organized religion become so thoroughly intertwined? This book focuses on the "big three monotheisms" - Judaism, Islam, and Christianity - to consider such questions. Num Pages: 272 pages, 24 halftones, 2 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; HBTB; HRAM2; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226388434
- ISBN
- 9780226388434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.14€ 48.96
€ 57.14
€ 48.96
Paperback. An account of blasphemy in Victorian England, retelling the forgotten stories of more than 200 working-class blasphemers, such as G.W. Foote, who stood trial three times for the crime of blasphemy. Foote's "martyrdom" transformed blasphemy from a religious offence into a class and cultural crime. Num Pages: 442 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBF; HBTB; HRAM7; HRCC2; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226506913
- ISBN
- 9780226506913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.69
€ 43.99
€ 33.69
Paperback. In this second volume of two tracing the history of 20th-century American religion, Martin E. Marty tells the story of how America has survived religious disturbances and culturally prospered from them. Num Pages: 478 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBTB; HRA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226508979
- ISBN
- 9780226508979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.57
€ 40.99
€ 31.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HRAM2; HRKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 31. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226703800
- ISBN
- 9780226703800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.85
€ 34.99
€ 27.85
Paperback. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 280 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: HRAB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226791319
- ISBN
- 9780226791319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.69
€ 37.99
€ 29.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20ill. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226791388
- ISBN
- 9780226791388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.19€ 44.22
€ 51.19
€ 44.22
Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226899008
- ISBN
- 9780226899008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.24€ 79.56
€ 95.24
€ 79.56
Hardback. Num Pages: 535 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 41. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 535
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231088268
- ISBN
- 9780231088268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.10€ 86.26
€ 113.10
€ 86.26
Hardback. Finding in the world's myths-its sacred stories-a way to talk about experiences shared across time and space, Doniger champions the cause of comparative mythology as she expertly taps a wealth of traditions-from the Hebrew Bible to the Bhagavad Gita. Series: American Lectures on the History of Religions. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLB; JFC; JFHF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231111706
- ISBN
- 9780231111706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.87
€ 135.87
Paperback. Finding in the world's myths-its sacred stories-a way to talk about experiences shared across time and space, Doniger champions the cause of comparative mythology as she expertly taps a wealth of traditions-from the Hebrew Bible to the Bhagavad Gita. Series: American Lectures on the History of Religions. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLB; JFC; JFHF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780231111713
- ISBN
- 9780231111713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.45
€ 46.45
Paperback. Examines the Buddhist priest Kukai's influence on Japanese culture. This book contends that the importance of Kukai's transmission of esoteric Buddhism to Japan lay in his creation of a general theory of language grounded in the ritual speech of mantra. It explores the rhetorical strategies Kukai employed in his works. Num Pages: 620 pages, 5 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRAX; HRE; HRLP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 620
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780231112871
- ISBN
- 9780231112871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.57€ 42.11
€ 53.57
€ 42.11
paperback. Taking as its starting point the long-standing characterization of Milton as a "Hebraic" writer, this book probes the limits of the relationship between Milton and his Jewish antecedents. It shows how Milton's text can inform a more nuanced reading of midrash just as midrash can offer new insights into "Paradise Lost". Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; DSC; HRAX; HRC; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123297
- ISBN
- 9780231123297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Hardback. Explores the changes, distortions, and reforms that are a part of our postmodern faith and the forces shaping the religious imagination. Editor(s): Robbins, Jeffrey W. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 216 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780231141246
- ISBN
- 9780231141246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.81€ 57.39
€ 73.81
€ 57.39
Hardback. Series: The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; HRA; HRE; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231148320
- ISBN
- 9780231148320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.93
€ 97.93
Hardback. Series: Gender, Theory, and Religion. Num Pages: 416 pages, 14 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRCS1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231156431
- ISBN
- 9780231156431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.05€ 90.63
€ 119.05
€ 90.63
Paperback. Originally published: Chambersburg, Pa.: Anima, c1990. Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRE; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231157896
- ISBN
- 9780231157896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.15
€ 43.99
€ 31.15
Hardback. Papers presented over four years at the Religion, Food, and Eating Seminar at the American Academy of Religion. Editor(s): Zeller, Benjamin E.; Dallam, Marie W.; Neilson, Reid L.; Rubel, Nora L. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 376 pages, 11. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLM; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160308
- ISBN
- 9780231160308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.05€ 89.98
€ 119.05
€ 89.98
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB; HRAM1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231163422
- ISBN
- 9780231163422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.52€ 83.64
€ 109.52
€ 83.64
Hardback. Editor(s): Balmer, Randall H.; Riess, Jana. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 264 pages, 13 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM2; HRCC99; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231165983
- ISBN
- 9780231165983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.76€ 79.57
€ 104.76
€ 79.57