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Religion & beliefs

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147239
ISBN
9780691147239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 51.02

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.46

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.30

Paperback. Middle Eastern Muslim men have been widely vilified as terrorists, religious zealots, and brutal oppressors of women. This book challenges these stereotypes with the stories of ordinary Middle Eastern men as they struggle to overcome infertility and childlessness through assisted reproduction. Num Pages: 432 pages, 18 halftones. 16 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; HRH; JFSJ2; JHMC; MBNH4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148892
ISBN
9780691148892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.70

Hardback. Series: Library of Jewish Ideas. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691149745
ISBN
9780691149745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.30

Paperback. Takes an unprecedented look at one of the great rivalries of the Middle Ages and offers it as a revealing lens through which to view the intertwined histories of medieval England and France. This book compares Westminster Abbey and the abbey of Saint-Denis - two of the most important ecclesiastical institutions of the thirteenth century. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 halftones. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DDF; HBLC1; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691150062
ISBN
9780691150062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.87

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.54

Hardback. From the dawn of writing in Sumer to the sunset of the Islamic empire, this title traces four thousand years of speculation on the origins of civilization. It looks at the ways the conquerors and those they conquered reshaped their myths of civilization's origins in response to the social and political consequences of empire. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691151489
ISBN
9780691151489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.32

Paperback. In 2002, after an altercation between Muslim vendors and Hindu travelers at a railway station in the Indian state of Gujarat, fifty-nine Hindu pilgrims were burned to death. This title provides a riveting ethnographic account of this collective violence. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; HRH; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691151779
ISBN
9780691151779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Hardback. BIC Classification: HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152202
ISBN
9780691152202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.73
€ 68.43

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.32

Paperback. From the 1950s until his death in 1994, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - revered by his followers worldwide simply as the Rebbe - built the Lubavitcher movement from a relatively small sect within Hasidic Judaism into the powerful force in Jewish life that it is today. This title paints a portrait of Schneerson. Num Pages: 368 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: BGX; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154428
ISBN
9780691154428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.56

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Hardback. As China continues to transform itself, many assume that the nation will eventually move beyond communism and adopt a Western-style democracy. This book provides a standard for evaluating political progress in China and enriches the dialogue of possibilities available to this rapidly evolving nation. Editor(s): Bell, Daniel A.; Fan, Ruiping. Translator(s): Ryden, Edmund. Series: The Princeton-China Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRKN1; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154602
ISBN
9780691154602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.32

Hardback. It is widely recognized that the creators of the Talmud innovatively interpreted and changed the older traditions on which they drew. The author argues on the contrary that structural features of the Talmud were designed to produce a discontinuity with tradition, and that this discontinuity was part and parcel of the rabbis' self-conception. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: HRJS; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154862
ISBN
9780691154862
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 46.67

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.36

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 197.56
€ 148.48

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

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