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Hardback. Focuses on one of the most important religious centers in Africa and in the world: the Yoruba city of Ile-Ife in southwest Nigeria. This title presents a study of the spiritual and cultural center of the Yoruba religion, tells how the city went from great prominence to near obliteration and then rose again as a contemporary city of gods. Num Pages: 356 pages, 24 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HRAC; HRKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520265554
- ISBN
- 9780520265554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.25€ 58.30
€ 75.25
€ 58.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBG; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 136 x 41. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Hebrew Union College Press
- Edition
- Rev Sub
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878202171
- ISBN
- 9780878202171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.44
€ 45.44
Hardback. Examines the rise of anti-Catholic hostility in early nineteenth-century Vietnam under the Nguyen dynasty. Focusing on, but not limited to, the Cochinchina region, this book explores grassroots experiences of the religion and the conflict between the Nguyen court and missionaries of the Missions Etrangeres de Paris (MEP). Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMV; GTB; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804756518
- ISBN
- 9780804756518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.95
€ 76.95
Hardback. This book criticizes theories, dominant today, that reduce the self to a simple illusion, proposing a new theory of the ego that allows us to better understand our existence and our relations with others. Translator(s): Vallier, Robert. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759885
- ISBN
- 9780804759885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.75
€ 150.75
Paperback. The first comprehensive examination of the rise of black Judaism in America. Num Pages: 322 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HRJ; JFSL3; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190490096
- ISBN
- 9780190490096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.31
€ 61.31
hardcover. Although we know much about the population of the capital of early modern England, we know little about how Londoners conceived of the many peoples of their own city. This book seeks to rectify this, addressing the question of how the inhabitants of the metropolis ordered the heterogeneity around them. Num Pages: 226 pages, Includes 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: HB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754663751
- ISBN
- 9780754663751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.74
€ 185.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRQX2; VXW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Ibis Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892541676
- ISBN
- 9780892541676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.07
€ 32.99
€ 30.07
Hardcover. This book offers an original account of the history of liberal thought, one grounded in an institutional history of medieval pluralism and the early modern rationalizing state, and explores the deep tensions that liberal political thought rests upon. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFCX; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198717140
- ISBN
- 9780198717140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.26
€ 110.26
paperback. This book offers an original account of the history of liberal thought, one grounded in an institutional history of medieval pluralism and the early modern rationalizing state, and explores the deep tensions that liberal political thought rests upon. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFCX; JPA. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198808916
- ISBN
- 9780198808916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.12
€ 53.12
Hardback. Translator(s): Tribe, Keith. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231154123
- ISBN
- 9780231154123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.31
€ 30.99
€ 22.31
paperback. Occidental Eschatology is a study of apocalypticism and its effects on Western philosophy. One of the great Jewish intellectuals of the twentieth century, Taubes published only this one book during his life, and here the English translation finally becomes available. Translator(s): Ratmoko, David. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032707
- ISBN
- 9780804760294
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Hardback. A character study of one of the presidents in American history. It analyses Bush, his idolisation of Ronald Reagan, and his devout Christianity. It also studies the language that he uses and is the starting point for a debate about undoing the damage wrought by him. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 29. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KNW0009781
- ISBN
- 9780747593942
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardcover. This is a classic collection of midrash. It contains commentary on a large part of the Book of Exodus (chapters 12 to 23) and represents the two main modes of interpretation: the halakhah (legal doctrine), and the aggadah (moral and religious teachings). The work also contains allusions to historical events and ancient legends not found elsewhere. Translator(s): Lauterbach, Jacob Z. Series: Edward E. Elson Classic. Num Pages: 1200 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG9; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 4522 x 3226 x 73. Weight in Grams: 1275.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Jewish Publication Society United States
- Number of pages
- 1200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780827606784
- ISBN
- 9780827606784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.76
€ 108.76
Paperback. A summary of saint's lives and religious festivals which decisively influenced medieval poetry, painting and stained glass. A resource for students of art history and religious studies. Contains a selection of over 70 biographies ranging from the first Apostles to Francis of Assisi. The selection and translation is by Christopher Stace. Editor(s): Hamer, Richard Frederick Sanger. Translator(s): Stace, Christopher. Num Pages: 432 pages, notes. BIC Classification: ACK; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 315 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140446487
- ISBN
- 9780140446487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Hardcover. Examines presuppositions and philosophical commitments that support and shape moral theories. This book discusses topics belonging to 'metaethics', the study of moral concepts, language, and thought rather than a study of moral issues themselves. It brings to light various philosophical problems raised by moral theorizing. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631229636
- ISBN
- 9780631229636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.77
€ 154.77
Paperback. Pentecostalism has experienced explosive growth. This reader examines the ideas that launched the movement and fuelled its expansion around the world. It describes the history and theology of the early Pentecostal movement and its significance to the contemporary Christian world. Editor(s): Jacobsen, Douglas. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253218629
- ISBN
- 9780253218629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.30
€ 25.99
€ 24.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 388 pages, Illustrations maps (some col.). BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 181 x 36. Weight in Grams: 986.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772893198
- ISBN
- 9788772893198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.35€ 40.76
€ 51.35
€ 40.76
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Windblown Media United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780964729223
- ISBN
- 9780964729223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.40
€ 17.99
€ 15.40
Paperback. A collection of stories that offers an important guide for readers interested in medieval art and literature and, more generally, in popular religious culture. Translator(s): Ryan, William Granger. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1152.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 816
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154077
- ISBN
- 9780691154077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.75€ 42.23
€ 53.75
€ 42.23
Paperback. Depicting the lives of the saints in an array of both factual and fictional stories, "The Golden Legend" was perhaps the most widely read book, after the Bible, during the late Middle Ages. This title captures the immediacy of this image-filled work, and offers an important guide for readers interested in medieval art and literature. Translator(s): Ryan, William Granger. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691001531
- ISBN
- 9780691001531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.75€ 42.66
€ 53.75
€ 42.66