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Paperback. This text is a cross-cultural exploration of the study of visuality and the arts from a religious perspective. The collection gathers together the contemporary scholarship for those interested in art, religion, visual culture, and cultural studies. Editor(s): Plate, S. Brent. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AGR; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312240295
- ISBN
- 9780312240295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 124.23
€ 124.23
Paperback. Examines how religion and related beliefs have varied impacts on the needs and perceptions of practitioners, service users, and the support networks available to them. The authors argue that social workers need to understand these phenomena, so that they can become more confident in challenging discriminatory and oppressive practices. Series: Social Work in Practice Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HR; JKSN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 12. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861349811
- ISBN
- 9781861349811
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.67
€ 30.99
€ 28.67
Paperback. This book contributes significantly to the body of knowledge that deals with the Mande-speaking people of West Africa. It deals with the impact of religion and commerce on the integration of the Mandingo ethnic group into the political and social economies of Liberia. Num Pages: 188 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JFSL3; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761803553
- ISBN
- 9780761803553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Paperback. A rich and dynamic introduction to the varieties of religious life and the central issues in the sociology of religion today. It leads the reader through the key ideas and main debates within the field as well as offering in-depth descriptions and analysis of specific religions and movements. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HRA; JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 171 x 16. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781446202913
- ISBN
- 9781446202913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.75
€ 47.75
Paperback. An introduction to religions in America since the Civil War, with the main focus on the twentieth century. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 256 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HRA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748613021
- ISBN
- 9780748613021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Religion, Culture, and the State: Reflections on the Bouchard-Taylor R...
. Ed(S): Adelman, Howard; Anctil, Pierre
hardcover. Religion, Culture, and the State addresses reasonable accommodation from legal, political, and anthropological perspectives, with the contributors using the 2008 Bouchard-Taylor Report as their point of departure to contextualize the English and French Canadian experiences of multiculturalism and diversity. Editor(s): Adelman, Howard; Anctil, Pierre. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HRAM2; JPVH4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442642614
- ISBN
- 9781442642614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.76
€ 58.76
Hardcover. How does religion stimulate and feed imperial ambitions and violence? This title identifies three core components of an imperial theology that have transhistorical and contemporary relevance: dualistic ethics, a theory of divine election, and a sense of salvific mission. It shows how the religious ideas shaped Achaemenian practice. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 halftones, 11 line drawings, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; HBJD; HBLA; HRKP; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226481968
- ISBN
- 9780226481968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.74€ 78.49
€ 94.74
€ 78.49
Hardback. Editor(s): Sadique, Kim; Stanislas, Perry. Num Pages: 404 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; JKVP; JKVQ2; LBBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 218 x 27. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456199
- ISBN
- 9781137456199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.48
€ 157.48
Paperback. Papers presented over four years at the Religion, Food, and Eating Seminar at the American Academy of Religion. Editor(s): Zeller, Benjamin E.; Dallam, Marie W.; Neilson, Reid L.; Rubel, Nora L. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 376 pages, 11. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLM; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160315
- ISBN
- 9780231160315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.78
€ 42.99
€ 30.78
Hardback. Papers presented over four years at the Religion, Food, and Eating Seminar at the American Academy of Religion. Editor(s): Zeller, Benjamin E.; Dallam, Marie W.; Neilson, Reid L.; Rubel, Nora L. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 376 pages, 11. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLM; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160308
- ISBN
- 9780231160308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.43€ 89.80
€ 118.43
€ 89.80
Hardback. Editor(s): Haynes, Jeff. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; HRA; JFC; JFFS; JFSL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312215729
- ISBN
- 9780312215729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.37
€ 122.37
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Kaufmann, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy Franz-Xaver (University of Bielefeld); Schafers, Bernhard. Series: Gegenwartskunde - Sonderheft. Num Pages: 219 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810006998
- ISBN
- 9783810006998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.52
€ 69.52
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Liedhegener, Antonius; Werkner, Ines-Jacqueline. Series: Politik Und Religion. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531173122
- ISBN
- 9783531173122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.89
€ 59.89
Hardback. A collection of debates on both modern and postmodern religion from an international perspective. This looks at whether there are postmodern forms of religion and how the study of religion can be better integrated with recent developments in the study of culture. Series: Religion and Spirituality in the Modern World. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631198475
- ISBN
- 9780631198475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.83
€ 114.83
Paperback. * Presents both modern and postmodern religious debates in one volume. * Includes newly commissioned contributions by recognised experts in this area. * Discusses religion, modernity and postmodernity from an international perspective. . Series: Religion and Spirituality in the Modern World. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HRA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631198482
- ISBN
- 9780631198482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.09
€ 57.09
Paperback. "The issue of the Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism has been debated endlessly, but few scholars have seriously continued Weber's own research into the Reformation sources of seventeenth-century England. David Little's study was one of the first to do so, and remains an important contribution." Guenther Roth, University of Washington" Num Pages: 284 pages, xviii, 270 p. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HRA; HRC; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 135 x 205 x 18. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226485461
- ISBN
- 9780226485461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Hardback. While social scientists, beginning with Weber, envisioned a secularized world, religion today is forthrightly becoming a defining feature of life all around the globe. The book as a whole explores the connections between religion and politics, and the ways in which globalization shapes these processes. Editor(s): Lindquist, Galina; Handelman, Don. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HR; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845457716
- ISBN
- 9781845457716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.77
€ 155.77
Paperback. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GBC; HPCF; JF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401087360
- ISBN
- 9789401087360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.44
€ 122.44
Hardcover. Explores foundational issues surrounding the interaction of religion and the academy in the 21st century. Featuring the work of scholars from diverse institutional, disciplinary and religious backgrounds, it issues from a three-year Lilly Seminar on religion and higher education. Editor(s): Sterk, Andrea. Series: Erasmus Institute Books. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268040536
- ISBN
- 9780268040536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.57
€ 108.57
Paperback. Explores foundational issues surrounding the interaction of religion and the academy in the 21st century. Featuring the work of scholars from diverse institutional, disciplinary and religious backgrounds, it issues from a three-year Lilly Seminar on religion and higher education. Editor(s): Sterk, Andrea. Series: Erasmus Institute Books. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268040543
- ISBN
- 9780268040543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25