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Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 245 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
2nd edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801446276
ISBN
9780801446276
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.91

Paperback. Compact, timely, well-researched, and balanced, this institutional history of Social Security's seventy years shows how the past still influences ongoing reform debates, helping the reader both to understand and evaluate the current partisan arguments on both sides. Series: Studies in Government and Public Policy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JKSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615223
ISBN
9780700615223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.66

Paperback. A history of the postwar avant-garde in America. The book integrates diverse moments in American culture, such as bebop jazz, gestalt therapy, beat poetry, Jungian psychology and Zen Buddhism and argues that all of these movements have a unifying theme: spontaneous improvization. Num Pages: 356 pages, 8 colour plates, 30 halftones, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ABA; ACX; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041902
ISBN
9780226041902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Kregel Publications,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780825443756
ISBN
9780825443756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTV; HBW; JPFC; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
IMG Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9780902869868
ISBN
9780902869868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.43

Hardcover. BIC Classification: HB. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674503885
ISBN
9780674503885
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.50
€ 65.14

Hardcover. BIC Classification: HB. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674503892
ISBN
9780674503892
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.50
€ 65.14

Hardcover. Berrigan uses the story of Job to ignite our religious imagination and show us the way to effective protest and true faith. Continuing his series of livel reflections on Scripture, he inspires us to action and assures us of God's fidelity. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 34. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Sheed & Ward
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580510745
ISBN
9781580510745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.65

Paperback. On September 11, 2001 Daniel Berrigan sat at his desk in upper Manhattan writing a commentary on the Book of Genesis. As he explored the goodness of God's creation, the terrible events of that day stopped him cold. Num Pages: 112 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Sheed & Ward
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580511292
ISBN
9781580511292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.49

Paperback. Through this selection from his many books, journals, poems, and homilies, a chronicle of Fr. Berrigan's life and work unfolds from the early steps in his vocation, to his decision to cross the line and go to prison, his ongoing witness for peace, and his extraordinary commentaries on scripture and the life of radical discipleship. Editor(s): Dear, John. Series: Modern Spiritual Masters. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360. Essential Writings. Series: Modern Spiritual Masters. 288 pages. Editor(s): Dear, John. Through this selection from his many books, journals, poems, and homilies, a chronicle of Fr. Berrigan's life and work unfolds from the early steps in his vocation, to his decision to cross the line and go to prison, his ongoing witness for peace, and his extraordinary commentaries on scripture and the life of radical discipleship. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HRLK. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 14. Weight: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Orbis Books
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570758379
ISBN
9781570758379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.09

paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
3rd Edition
SKU
V9780823233953
ISBN
9780823233953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.08

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 409.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823233946
ISBN
9780823233946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.24

Paperback. This work shows how women between the 12th and 16th centuries were able to carve out areas of influence by exploiting the institutional church and by manipulating religious precepts. Contributors argue that women's participation in religious life offered them access to power in all its forms. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC7; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226066394
ISBN
9780226066394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.89

Hardcover. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRQA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813934631
ISBN
9780813934631
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.66

Paperback. Beginning with a startling endorsement of the patristic view of Judaism - that it was a 'carnal' religion, in contrast to the spiritual vision of the Church, the author argues that rabbinic Judaism was based on a set of assumptions about the human body that were profoundly different from those of Christianity. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412. Reading Sex in Talmudic Culture. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. 272 pages. Beginning with a startling endorsement of the patristic view of Judaism - that it was a 'carnal' religion, in contrast to the spiritual vision of the Church, the author argues that rabbinic Judaism was based on a set of assumptions about the human body that were profoundly different from those of Christianity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight: 414.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520203365
ISBN
9780520203365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.86

Paperback. "Encourages us to see historic Christianity as but one expression of a universalistic potential in Jewish monotheism.. In a fruitful career not yet nearly over, Border Lines, the culmination of many years of work, may well remain Daniel Boyarin's masterpiece."-Jack Miles, Commonweal Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812219869
ISBN
9780812219869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.32

Hardcover. Using Michael Bakhtin's notion of represented dialogue and real dialogism, this title demonstrates, through multiple close readings, that the give-and-take in these texts is actually monologic in spirit as well as shows that there are other elements that manifest genuine dialogicality. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226069166
ISBN
9780226069166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 78.93

Hardback. Scholars have come to realize that we can and need to speak of a twin birth of Christianity and Judaism, not a genealogy in which one is parent to the other. In this book, the author develops a revised understanding of the interactions between nascent Christianity and nascent Judaism in late antiquity. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804736176
ISBN
9780804736176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.21

Hardback. This volume maps the historically resonant intersections between Jewishness and queerness, between homophobia and anti-Semitism, and between queer theory and theorizations of Jewishness. It explores the modern Jewish and homosexual identities which emerged as traces of each. Editor(s): Boyarin, Daniel; Itzkovitz, Daniel; Pellegrini, Ann. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231113748
ISBN
9780231113748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.61
€ 90.70

Paperback. Counterinsurgency, Civil War, and Decolonization. Series: African Studies. 278 pages, 10 b/w illus. This 2009 book details the devastating Mau Mau civil war fought in Kenya during the 1950s and its legacies for the post-colonial state. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 3JJPG; HBJH; HBLW; HBW. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 15. Weight: 442.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
278
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521130905
ISBN
9780521130905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.20

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