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Hardcover. Explores the development of religious media in America. This book shows how the homiletic tradition in Protestant sermons provided a foundation for the development of visual and literary realism. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226390031
ISBN
9780226390031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.56
€ 82.26

Paperback. Explores the development of religious media in America. This book shows how the homiletic tradition in Protestant sermons provided a foundation for the development of visual and literary realism. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226390048
ISBN
9780226390048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.23

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.32

Paperback. Explores the invention of sodomy in medieval Christendom, examining its conceptual foundations in theology and gauging its impact on Christian sexual ethics both then and now. The text traces the genealogy of this cultural construct through many of the idiosyncratic worldviews of the Middle Ages. Series: Chicago Series on Sexuality, History & Society. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCX6; JFC; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 11. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226410401
ISBN
9780226410401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.92

Paperback. This analysis of the relationship between male homosexuality and Catholicism examines the Church's language about sexual morality and the rhetorical devices used to actively produce silence about the topic. The author draws analogies between clerical institutions and gay culture. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC7; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226410432
ISBN
9780226410432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Offers an account of the Protestant Reformation, reporting on the larger clashes between Protestants and Catholics, and also on events in the author's convent. This work provides a fresh perspective on struggles for religious and political power in sixteenth-century Geneva and a glimpse at early modern monastic life. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: BGX; HBJD; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226417066
ISBN
9780226417066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Explores the world of education in Islam since the medieval era, illuminating the struggle among Islamic scholars and educators over whether to reform or resist as a way of preserving identity. This title also offers an overview of the great diversity in forms of Islamic education. Num Pages: 218 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 255 x 13. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Chicago Press Journals
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226421872
ISBN
9780226421872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.05

Paperback. "Mystics" presents a collection of previously unpublished essays by prominent scholars that consider both the idea of mystics and mysticism. The contributors offer detailed discussions of a variety of mystics from history, and on mysticism in the twenty-first century. Editor(s): Kessler, Michael; Sheppard, Christian. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226432106
ISBN
9780226432106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. A study of the making of saintly reputations, showing how sainthood, although frequently seen as a personal trait, is actually the product of negotiations between particular individuals and their communities. This text examines the mechanics of sainthood. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 182 x 225 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226439723
ISBN
9780226439723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.94

Paperback. This text seeks to set the southern Ohio Welsh in the context of Welsh immigration as a whole from 1795 to 1850, and explores how these strict Calvinists responded to the moral dilemmas posed by leaving their native land and experiencing economic success in the United States. Series: University of Chicago Geography Research Papers S. Num Pages: 354 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; HBTP; HRCC93; JFFN; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226448534
ISBN
9780226448534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.51

Paperback. Addresses the 20th-century study of mysticism as a kind of mystical tradition in its own right, with its own unique histories, discourses, sociological dynamics, and rhetorics of secrecy. Jeffrey J. Kripal examines the lives and works of five historians of mysticism. Num Pages: 412 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HRLK2; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226453798
ISBN
9780226453798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.29

Hardcover. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; HRCC7; HRCC9; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226472577
ISBN
9780226472577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.08
€ 49.71

Paperback. In this volume Levi-Strauss explores the mythologies of the Americas, with occasional incursions into European and Japanese folklore, tales of sloths and squirrels are interwoven with discussions of Freud, Saussure, "signification," and plays by Sophocles and Labiche. Translator(s): Chorier, B. Num Pages: 258 pages, 1 colour plate, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KLS; HPCF; HRQ; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226474823
ISBN
9780226474823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.02

Hardcover. How does religion stimulate and feed imperial ambitions and violence? This title identifies 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. It shows how the religious ideas shaped Achaemenian practice. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 halftones, 11 line drawings, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; HBJD; HBLA; HRKP; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226481968
ISBN
9780226481968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.82
€ 78.49

Paperback. Beginning with a dissection of the instruction manual given to each of the 9/11 hijackers, this book talks about the September 11 and serves as a study on the character of religion. It shows how the terrorists justified acts of destruction and mass murder "in the name of God, the most merciful, the most compassionate." Num Pages: 190 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University Of Chicago Press
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226482033
ISBN
9780226482033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.19

Paperback. "The issue of the Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism has been debated endlessly, but few scholars have seriously continued Weber's own research into the Reformation sources of seventeenth-century England. David Little's study was one of the first to do so, and remains an important contribution." Guenther Roth, University of Washington" Num Pages: 284 pages, xviii, 270 p. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HRA; HRC; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 135 x 205 x 18. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226485461
ISBN
9780226485461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. A critical history of the study of Buddhism in the West, incorporating insights of colonial and post-colonial cultural studies. Social, political and cultural conditions that have shaped the course of Buddhist studies are discussed. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226493091
ISBN
9780226493091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Through incisive discussions of topics ranging from practice, power, and pedagogy to ritual, history, sex, and death, the authors offer new directions for the understanding of Buddhism, taking constructive and sometimes polemical positions in an effort both to demonstrate the shortcomings of assumptions about the religion and the potential. Editor(s): Lopez, Donald S. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 175 x 19. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226493152
ISBN
9780226493152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.00
€ 28.58

Hardcover. Gendun Chopel is considered the most important Tibetan intellectual of the twentieth century. He dictated the "Adornment" for Nagarjuna's Thought, recognized as a controversial work of Madhyamaka or "Middle Way" philosophy. This book presents the English translation of this major Tibetan work, accompanied by an essay on Chopel's life. Series: Buddhism and Modernity. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HREX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226493169
ISBN
9780226493169
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.52
€ 46.59

Paperback. Gendun Chopel is considered the most important Tibetan intellectual of the twentieth century. This title presents the English translation of the work, "Adornment for Nagarjuna's Thought", accompanied by an essay on Gendun Chopel's life liberally interspersed with passages from his writings. Series: Buddhism and Modernity. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HREX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226493176
ISBN
9780226493176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.09

Paperback. Both practitioners and admirers of Buddhism have proclaimed its compatibility with science. This book explores how and why these two seemingly disparate modes of understanding the inner and outer universe have been so persistently linked. Series: Buddhism and Modernity. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226493190
ISBN
9780226493190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. In its interpretation of Latin and Greek culture, Christianity contends that Satan is behind all deities, demigods, and spiritual creatures, including the gods of the household, the lares and penates. This book says that the thinkers of the Italian Renaissance had a more nuanced and perhaps less sinister interpretation of these creatures. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HRQX9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 12. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226501314
ISBN
9780226501314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Explores how Pentecostalism presents the experience of being born again as a chance for Nigerians to realize the promises of political and religious salvation made during the colonial and post colonial eras. This book sheds light on Nigeria's politics, and the everyday struggles of ordinary citizens coping with poverty, and inequality. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HRAM2; HRCC96. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 153 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226507132
ISBN
9780226507132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Editor(s): Marty, Martin E.; Appleby, R. Scott. Series: Fundamentalism Project S. Num Pages: 888 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 179 x 254 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226508788
ISBN
9780226508788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.63
€ 52.25

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