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Society & culture: general
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780227174869
- ISBN
- 9780227174869
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Condition: New
€ 46.29
€ 46.29
Hardcover. The events of 9/11 prompted questions as to the origins, nature and purpose of international jihadist organisations. In particular, why had they chosen to target the US and the West in general? Turner's book provides a unique, holistic insight into these debates, taking into account historical perceptions and ideology as key factors. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JFSR2; JPFR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137409560
- ISBN
- 9781137409560
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Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Paperback. The events of 9/11 prompted questions as to the origins, nature and purpose of international jihadist organisations. In particular, why had they chosen to target the US and the West in general? Turner's book provides a unique, holistic insight into these debates, taking into account historical perceptions and ideology as key factors. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAM; JFC; JPA; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349488735
- ISBN
- 9781349488735
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€ 65.66
€ 65.66
Paperback. Through an examination of international human rights, national law, grass-roots activism and theology, this volume explores the acute problems that contemporary fundamentalist movements pose for women's equality and liberty rights. Editor(s): Howland, Courtney W. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAC; JFSJ1; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 351
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293062
- ISBN
- 9780312293062
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAC; JFSJ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 601.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 351
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312218973
- ISBN
- 9780312218973
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Condition: New
€ 67.91
€ 67.91
Paperback. Contends that it is through their encounter with Christian missions in the mid-19th century that the Yoruba came to know themselves as a distinctive people. This book focuses on the experiences of ordinary men and women and shows how the process of Christian conversion transformed Christianity into something more deeply Yoruba. Series: African Systems of Thought. Num Pages: 436 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; HRCX7; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 642.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253215888
- ISBN
- 9780253215888
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.60
€ 29.99
€ 27.60
Paperback. This collection of essays by major scholars analyze the religious diversity in Chinese religion, bringing together topics from traditional and contemporary contexts and Chinese religions' encounters with Western religion. Editor(s): Schmidt-Leukel, Perry; Gentz, J. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HRA; HRAC; HRAX; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 413.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349462087
- ISBN
- 9781349462087
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Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Paperback. Considers the role of religion and religiosity in modern Mexico, with an emphasis on popular religion and its relationship to politics. This book looks at individual stories and vignettes, and on local elements of religion, showing that despite efforts to secularize society, religion continues to be a strong component of Mexican culture. Editor(s): Nesvig, Martin Austin. Series: Jaguar Books on Latin America. Num Pages: 292 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HRCC2; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742537477
- ISBN
- 9780742537477
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Condition: New
€ 70.99
€ 70.99
Hardcover. While globalization undermines ideas of the nation-state in the Mediterranean, conversions reveal how religion can unsettle existing political and social relations. Through studies of conversions across the region this book examines the challenges that conversions represent for national, legal and policy ways of dealing with religious minorities. Editor(s): Roy, Olivier; Marzouki, Nadia. Series: Islam and Nationalism. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QRM; HRH; JFSL1; JFSR; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137004888
- ISBN
- 9781137004888
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Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Paperback. New media flows have sparked a boom of Muslim, Christian and Jewish religious channels in the Middle East. This is a close content analysis of the impact on religious broadcasting in the Middle East. It examines how the highly charged political and religious ferment in the Middle East plays out in the media Editor(s): Hroub, Khaled. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; APT; HRA; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849041331
- ISBN
- 9781849041331
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.95
€ 33.99
€ 30.95
paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JFSJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138252455
- ISBN
- 9781138252455
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Condition: New
€ 71.77
€ 71.77
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Policy Studies Institute United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853747109
- ISBN
- 9780853747109
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.57
€ 18.99
€ 17.57
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822327950
- ISBN
- 9780822327950
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.67
€ 36.99
€ 27.67
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.
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- 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
€ 64.77€ 51.18
€ 64.77
€ 51.18
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
€ 166.61
€ 166.61
Hardback. Work behaviours and inequality in work-based rewards are essential to financial security and general well-being. Although the benefits of receiving work-based rewards, such as income, benefits and retirement packages, are significant, they are not enjoyed uniformly. This title articulates an agenda for better understanding these social processes. Editor(s): Keister, Lisa. Series Editor(s): Keister, Lisa. Series: Research in the Sociology of Work. Num Pages: 405 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: JFSR; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 405
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780523460
- ISBN
- 9781780523460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.67
€ 141.67
Paperback. Editor(s): Schlehe, Judith; Sandkuhler, Evamaria. Num Pages: 286 pages, 4 b/w & 4 colour illus. BIC Classification: HRAC; JFCA; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 227 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837626131
- ISBN
- 9783837626131
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Condition: New
€ 47.00€ 38.20
€ 47.00
€ 38.20
Paperback. This important collection of essays addresses the question of why scholars can no longer do without class in religious studies and theology, and what we can learn from a renewed engagement with the topic. This volume discusses what new discourses regarding notions of gender, ethnicity, and race might add to developments on notions of class. Editor(s): Rieger, Joerg. Series: New Approaches to Religion and Power. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRCM; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137351425
- ISBN
- 9781137351425
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Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Hardback. Editor(s): Cady, Linell E.; Fessenden, Tracy. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231162487
- ISBN
- 9780231162487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.77€ 90.75
€ 117.77
€ 90.75
Paperback. Editor(s): Cady, Linell E.; Fessenden, Tracy. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231162494
- ISBN
- 9780231162494
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kuriakose, K. K. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 266 x 183 x 15. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594545535
- ISBN
- 9781594545535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.17€ 126.58
€ 182.17
€ 126.58
Hardback. This study of refugees from Ethiopia, Iraq, Somalia and Sudan examines the relationship between their religious/spiritual frameworks and the refugee experience, from home country to initial settlement in Australia. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HRA; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137563774
- ISBN
- 9781137563774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.69
€ 127.69
Paperback. Editor(s): Noake, Richard; Buxton, Nicholas. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HRCC; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- SCM Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780334049265
- ISBN
- 9780334049265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.00
€ 39.00
Hardcover. This book studies how religion influences the way people in Colombia remember a massacre of 79 civilians that occurred in a Catholic church in 2002. It analyses how strategies of memorialisation are part of religious peacebuilding initiatives that aim to resist and denounce crimes against human, ethnic, cultural and economic rights. Series: Palgrave Studies in Compromise After Conflict. Num Pages: 222 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 3JMC; HRAM2; JFFE; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137461834
- ISBN
- 9781137461834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45