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Hardback. Presents an overview of the religious practices of Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian Americans. This work explores how these communities work through issues of gender, race, transnationalism, income disparities and social service, and the passing along an ethnic identity to the next generation. Editor(s): Min, Pyong Gap; Kim, Jung Ha. Series: Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans. Num Pages: 224 pages, references, index, glossary. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HR; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759100824
- ISBN
- 9780759100824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.14
€ 157.14
Paperback. Editor(s): Partridge, Christopher; Woodhead, Professor, Dr. Linda; Kawanami, Hiroko. Num Pages: 504 pages, 36 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 174. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 504
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415858816
- ISBN
- 9780415858816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.82
€ 63.82
Paperback. Brings together the important selections from the volumes on Buddhism, India, China, Tibet, and Japan to give an overview of how religions have been lived by both ordinary and extraordinary people throughout the continent of Asia. This work offers a look at the spectrum of religious practices in Asia over almost three millennia. Editor(s): Lopez, Donald S. Series: Princeton Readings in Religions. Num Pages: 752 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HRAC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Paperback Octavo
- SKU
- V9780691090610
- ISBN
- 9780691090610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.86€ 50.98
€ 64.86
€ 50.98
Paperback. Demonstrates that the "three religions" of China - Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism are not mutually exclusive: they overlap and interact with each other in a rich variety of ways. This volume also illustrates some of the many interactions between Han culture and the cultures designated by the government as "minorities." Editor(s): Lopez, Donald S. Series: Princeton Readings in Religions. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRA; HRE; HRKN; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 516
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691021430
- ISBN
- 9780691021430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.86€ 50.37
€ 64.86
€ 50.37
Hardback. A sweeping new work exploring Iran's cultural import and influence on each of the world's major religions Num Pages: 400 pages, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HRAX; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780743073
- ISBN
- 9781780743073
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.41
€ 59.41
Paperback. Offers the coverage of Korean religious practice, especially the various Christian denominations and new indigenous religions. It features chapters that include translations of the sources on Korean religious practice, accompanied by an introduction that frames the significance of the selections. Editor(s): Buswell, Robert E. Series: Princeton Readings in Religions. Num Pages: 544 pages, 2 halftones. 1 line illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691113470
- ISBN
- 9780691113470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.07€ 42.04
€ 53.07
€ 42.04
Paperback. A comprehensive and radical new survey of religious life in Rome over the course of a millennium. Num Pages: 476 pages, 58 b/w illus. 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 176 x 22. Weight in Grams: 940.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 476
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521316828
- ISBN
- 9780521316828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.91
€ 40.99
€ 40.91
Paperback. This 1999 book describes the religious life of the Greeks from the archaic to the Roman periods. Series: Key Themes in Ancient History. Num Pages: 230 pages, 36 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBLA; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362. Series: Key Themes in Ancient History. 230 pages, 36 b/w illus. This 1999 book describes the religious life of the Greeks from the archaic to the Roman periods. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBLA; HRKP. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 15. Weight: 370.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521388672
- ISBN
- 9780521388672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.89
€ 36.89
Hardcover. Materials from ten different cultures and traditions that arose and developed in Mediterranean religions are presented side by side in an incisive study of the complexities of the ancient spiritual world, which interprets these specific beliefs, rituals, practices, gods, and cults. Editor(s): Johnston, Sarah Iles. Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library. Num Pages: 732 pages, 20 colour illustrations, 2 maps, 100halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 267 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1574.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 732
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674015173
- ISBN
- 9780674015173
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.77€ 70.98
€ 77.77
€ 70.98
Paperback. In the letter to the Hebrews, we read 'At various times in the past and in various different ways, God spoke to our ancestors..' (Hebrews 1.1). 'At various times and in various ways', that is what this book is all about. Num Pages: 104 pages, illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRLK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 203 x 8. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Sheed & Ward
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556121401
- ISBN
- 9781556121401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.96
€ 20.96
Paperback. Presents an array of works that together offer a view of the Tibetan religious landscape over the centuries. Organized thematically, the twenty-eight chapters in this work are testimony to the vast scope of religious practice in the Tibetan world. It is intended for scholars, students, and general readers. Editor(s): Lopez, Donald S. Series: Princeton Readings in Religions. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HREX; HRLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Abridged
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129723
- ISBN
- 9780691129723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. A collection of essays demonstrating the ways diverse religious rituals, symbols, ethics and ideologies perform as primary planks in the construction of the public realm, with particular focus on peripheral nations and politicised spiritualities of resistance. Editor(s): Hopkins, Dwight N.; Lorentzen, Lois; Mendieta, Eduardo; Batstone, David. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822327950
- ISBN
- 9780822327950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.31
€ 29.99
€ 27.31
Hardcover. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: HR; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560725213
- ISBN
- 9781560725213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.15€ 71.61
€ 93.15
€ 71.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HRCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486491028
- ISBN
- 9780486491028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.75
€ 19.99
€ 19.75
Paperback. Making a case for the use of affect theory in religious studies, Donovan O. Schaefer challenges the notion that religion is inextricably linked to language and cognition, contending instead that religion is primarily driven by affect and that non-human animals have the capacity to practice religion. Num Pages: 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822359906
- ISBN
- 9780822359906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.01
€ 26.99
€ 25.01
Paperback. Europe is a relatively secular part of the world in global terms. Why is this so? And why is the situation in Europe so different from that in the United States? This book considers these questions. It explores the nature of Eurosecularity (variations on the theme) - paying attention to its historical, philosophical and institutional dimensions. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HRLB; HRQA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 138
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754660118
- ISBN
- 9780754660118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.52
€ 49.52
hardcover. Series: British Idealist Studies, Series 1: Oakeshott. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 135 x 63. Weight in Grams: 755.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907845621
- ISBN
- 9780907845621
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.12
€ 41.12
paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; JFF; JFSL1; JPF; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 101.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Policy Studies Institute United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853747109
- ISBN
- 9780853747109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.39
€ 18.99
€ 17.39
Hardback. Records the principle papers and responses of a conference presented at the U. of South Florida in February 1999. The ten papers, authored by an interdisciplinary group of scholars, treat (many from a Weberian perspective) such topics as how new religious movements treat wealth, religious beliefs in contemporary Africa, the uses of the words rich' Series: South Florida-Rochester-St. Louis Studies in Religion and the Social Order. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scholars Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780788505683
- ISBN
- 9780788505683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.01
€ 74.01
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€ 27.81
€ 34.99
€ 27.81