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Paperback. This text focuses on what it means to be Jewish in America and the different positions held within the Jewish community on past and present church-state issues - whether Orthodox Jews in the military should wear yarmulkes while in uniform - and if Jewish prisoners have a right to Kosher food. Editor(s): Sarna, Jonathan D.; Dalin, David G. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268016562
ISBN
9780268016562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Hardback. Are today's radical Islamic groups restoring Islam to an earlier model of religiously inspired politics, as they claim, or are they introducing striking innovations? A leading scholar of the Muslim world investigates these issues in the context of the broad reaches of Muslim history. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; HRH; JFSR2; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231120388
ISBN
9780231120388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43
€ 89.80

Paperback. Are today's radical Islamic groups restoring Islam to an earlier model of religiously inspired politics, as they claim, or are they introducing striking innovations? A leading scholar of the Muslim world investigates these issues in the context of the broad reaches of Muslim history. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; HRH; JFSR2; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231120395
ISBN
9780231120395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Hardcover. This survey ranges across several centuries of change in the ways in which historians have thought and written about history in America. In particular, John F. Wilson is concerned with how historians have perceived religion's relationship to the political organization of the country. Series: George H. Shriver Lecture Series in Religion in American History. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; HBJK; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820322896
ISBN
9780820322896
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.93

Paperback. Editor(s): Espinosa, Gaston. Series: Columbia Series in Religion and Politics. Num Pages: 528 pages, 71 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRAM2; JPHL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231143332
ISBN
9780231143332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Should members of religious sects be able to use peyote in worship? How can the law address the refusal of parents to provide medical care to their children or the refusal of doctors to perform abortions? This title presents a framework for addressing such questions that involve competing demands of fairness, liberty, and constitutional validity. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH4; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141138
ISBN
9780691141138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Should members of religious sects be able to use peyote in worship? How can the law address the refusal of parents to provide medical care to their children or the refusal of doctors to perform abortions? This title presents a framework for addressing such questions that involve competing demands of fairness, liberty, and constitutional validity. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH4; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 34. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141145
ISBN
9780691141145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

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

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843837923
ISBN
9781843837923
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.89

Hardback. This text evaluates the influence of the religious community on the American penal system, with emphasis on the role of the prison chaplain. It looks at penitentiaries, and the like, between 1820 and 1913 and assesses the influence of historical and theological trends on the rise in number. Num Pages: 194 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 1KBBES; 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; JFSR; JKVP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761818106
ISBN
9780761818106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.82

Hardback. Offers an interpretation of the rise of evangelical Christianity in the early American South by reconstructing the complex, biracial history of the Baptist movement in southeastern Virginia. Series: American South Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HRCC92. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927381
ISBN
9780813927381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC2; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691170848
ISBN
9780691170848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691121482
ISBN
9780691121482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.23

Paperback. Moving beyond the realm of traditional "church history," this book offers a survey of American religion since World War II. Identifying the major trends and telling moments within major denominations, it asks how these religious groups have shaped, and been shaped by, some of the important and divisive issues and events of the last half century. Series: Columbia Histories of Modern American Life. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231121552
ISBN
9780231121552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Translator(s): Holoch, George. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRAM2; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231151016
ISBN
9780231151016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.41

Paperback. This student-friendly introduction combines both thematic andchronological approaches in exploring the pivotal role religionplayed in American history - and of its impact across a range ofissues, from identity formation and politics, to race, gender, andclass. Editor(s): Porterfield, Amanda; Corrigan, John. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRAX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 173 x 20. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405161381
ISBN
9781405161381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.70

Paperback. Offering a selection of classic and recent scholarship, this reader presents a portrait of religion's fate across four centuries of the American experience. Topics include American-Indian religion, women, Catholics, Protestants and fundamentalism, Judaism and political activism. Editor(s): Butler, Jon; Stout, Harry S. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAC; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 779.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195097764
ISBN
9780195097764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 165.75

Paperback. The new edition of Religion in American Life, written by three of the country's most eminent historians of religion, offers a superb overview that spans four centuries, illuminating the rich spiritual heritage central to nearly every event in our nation's history. Series: Religion in American Life. Num Pages: 576 pages, 38 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 210 x 37. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199832699
ISBN
9780199832699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.40

Paperback. The delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention blocked the establishment of Christianity as a national religion. But they could not keep religion out of American politics. This title shows that religion became sectarian and partisan whenever it entered the political fray, and that religious agendas have always mixed with nonreligious ones. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HRAM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691146133
ISBN
9780691146133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. Editor(s): Alvarez, Elizabeth Hayes. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439914519
ISBN
9781439914519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.91

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