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Anthropology

Paperback. Proposes a fresh approach that unites the study of religion with fields as diverse as neuroscience, anthropology, sociology, and psychology to better understand how these processes are incorporated into the broader cultural formations we think of as religious or spiritual. Num Pages: 232 pages, 7 line illus. 7 tables. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140889
ISBN
9780691140889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.47

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

€ 89.13
€ 67.89

Paperback. 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: 399.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153285
ISBN
9780691153285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.36

Paperback. Examines the complex relationship between transnational religion and politics through the lens of one cosmopolitan community in Siberia: Buryats, who live in a semiautonomous republic within Russia with a large Buddhist population. This book illustrates how this community employed Buddhism to adapt to key moments of political change. Series: Buddhism and Modernity. Num Pages: 272 pages, 27 halftones, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HRE; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226072722
ISBN
9780226072722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.72

Hardback. While social scientists, beginning with Weber, envisioned a secularized world, religion today is forthrightly becoming a defining feature of life all around the globe. The book as a whole explores the connections between religion and politics, and the ways in which globalization shapes these processes. Editor(s): Lindquist, Galina; Handelman, Don. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HR; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845457716
ISBN
9781845457716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.77

Paperback. Editor(s): Marty, Martin E. Series: Chicago History of American Religion. Num Pages: 294 pages, xx, 274 p. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 16. Weight in Grams: 311.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226510026
ISBN
9780226510026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.50

Paperback. Series: North American Religions. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV; HRLF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479839551
ISBN
9781479839551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Hardcover. Series: North American Religions. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV; HRLF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479861613
ISBN
9781479861613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.43

Hardcover. Starting from an ethnographic appraisal of the place of religious practices, and thereby returning to an approach more recently neglected, this book offers a detailed understanding of English everyday life. Three contemporary case studies disclose the complex patterns and compulsion of ordinary lives, including both moral and historical dimensions. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HR; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571817266
ISBN
9781571817266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.88

Hardback. This is a major new account of the nature of religion and its changing role in modern societies, by one of the most original French sociologists writing on religion today. In a stylish and accessible study, Hervieu--Leger addresses the problem of how to distinguish religion from other systems of meaning in modern Western society. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745620466
ISBN
9780745620466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.40

Paperback. aeo A major new account of the nature of religion and its changing role in modern societies, by one of the most original French sociologists writing on religion today. aeo Written in a stylish and accessible way, this book addresses the problem of how to distinguish religion from other systems of meaning in modern Western society. Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HRA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745620473
ISBN
9780745620473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.94

Hardback. This sixth volume in the series covers such topics as the state, religious hegemony and official definition of "genuine" religion; the hegemony of authority in maintaining religious orthodoxy; and cultural revitalization and innovation. Series: Religion & the Social Order S. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 0. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762300389
ISBN
9780762300389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.50

Hardback. In Religion and the Making of Nigeria Olufemi Vaughan examines how Christian, Muslim, and indigenous religious structures along with the legacies of British colonial rule have provided the essential social and ideological frameworks for the construction of contemporary Nigeria. Series: Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HBJH; HBTB; HRAM2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362067
ISBN
9780822362067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.33

Paperback. In Religion and the Making of Nigeria Olufemi Vaughan examines how Christian, Muslim, and indigenous religious structures along with the legacies of British colonial rule have provided the essential social and ideological frameworks for the construction of contemporary Nigeria. Series: Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HBJH; HBTB; HRAM2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 477.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362272
ISBN
9780822362272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Hardback. Ranging from the local essays to the national level and within the larger Chinese cultural/religious universe, the essays in this volume explore the complex nature of identity/role and the processes of identity formation which have shaped Taiwan's multileveled past and its many faceted present. Editor(s): Katz, Paul R.; Rubenstein, Murray. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; HRK; JFSR; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312239695
ISBN
9780312239695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.71

Hardback. Cultural conflict plays an increasingly dominant role in American politics, with religion acting as a catalyst in the often bitter confrontations ranging from abortion to public education. These essays present a mixed asessment of the scope and divisiveness of such conflicts. Series: Religious Forces in the Modern Political World. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; HRA; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847682676
ISBN
9780847682676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 180.80

Paperback. An introductory analysis of Korean American religious practices and community Editor(s): Yoo, David K.; Chung, Ruth H. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; HRLK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074745
ISBN
9780252074745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardback. The purpose of this volume is to analyze the relationships, possible articulations and contradictions between religion and science as forms of life: ways of engaging human experience that originate in particular social and cultural formations. Editor(s): Salazar, Carles; Bestard, Joan. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782384885
ISBN
9781782384885
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.12

Hardback. Saint Namdev is a figure central to the history of bhakti, or devotional Hinduism, one of the oldest religious practices in India. This book focuses on Namdev as a feature of Marathi public memory and examines the many ways that he has been remembered. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231141840
ISBN
9780231141840
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.58
€ 79.12

Paperback. This volume features essays on the church and religion in contemporary Europe. Topics include: the Church and democracy in modern Europe; church and media domination; and Protestants in a Catholic state - a silent minority in Ireland. Editor(s): Inglis, Tom; Mach, Zdzislaw; Mazanek, Rafal. Num Pages: 228 pages, index, references, notes. BIC Classification: HRA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621519
ISBN
9781900621519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.86

Hardcover. This volume features essays on the church and religion in contemporary Europe. Topics include: the Church and democracy in modern Europe; church and media domination; and Protestants in a Catholic state - a silent minority in Ireland. Editor(s): Inglis, Tom; Mach, Zdzislaw; Mazanek, Rafal. Num Pages: 208 pages, index, references, notes. BIC Classification: HRA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621502
ISBN
9781900621502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.51
€ 47.01

paperback. Has kinship become more structureless, commodified, and flexible in the global era? Do such representations overlook the "diffuse, enduring ties" that kinship has long signified? What has been the effect of contemporary bio-politics on kinship practices and theories? This title deals with these questions. Editor(s): Franklin, Sarah; McKinnon, Susan. Num Pages: 536 pages, 11 b&w photos, 1 table, 6 maps, 15 figures. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 36. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822327967
ISBN
9780822327967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.80

Hardback. The relationship between language and various kinds of non-linguistic behavior has been of great fascination for many of those working in the fields of cultural anthropology, linguistics, and philosophy, or, broadly understood, cultural studies. The authors in this volume explore this relationship in a number of cultures and social contexts.. Editor(s): Stroinska, Magda. Series: Polygons. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CJB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 439.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571812025
ISBN
9781571812025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.77

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
1 Reprint
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292728899
ISBN
9780292728899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.79

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