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Sociology & anthropology
Religion and the Decline of Fertility in the Western World
. Ed(S): Derosas, Renzo; Poppel, Frans Van
Hardback. Provides insights into the relationships between religion and demography during the crucial period of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. This book shows the similarities as well as the differences in the positions of the various churches on matters important for reproduction in Western Europe, the US and Canada in the period 1850-1950. Editor(s): Derosas, Renzo; Poppel, Frans van. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HR; JHBD; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402051890
- ISBN
- 9781402051890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.86
€ 123.86
Hardback. Ranging from the local essays to the national level and within the larger Chinese cultural/religious universe, the essays in this volume explore the complex nature of identity/role and the processes of identity formation which have shaped Taiwan's multileveled past and its many faceted present. Editor(s): Katz, Paul R.; Rubenstein, Murray. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; HRK; JFSR; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312239695
- ISBN
- 9780312239695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.88
€ 122.88
Paperback. In Religion and the Making of Nigeria Olufemi Vaughan examines how Christian, Muslim, and indigenous religious structures along with the legacies of British colonial rule have provided the essential social and ideological frameworks for the construction of contemporary Nigeria. Series: Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HBJH; HBTB; HRAM2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362272
- ISBN
- 9780822362272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42
Hardback. In Religion and the Making of Nigeria Olufemi Vaughan examines how Christian, Muslim, and indigenous religious structures along with the legacies of British colonial rule have provided the essential social and ideological frameworks for the construction of contemporary Nigeria. Series: Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People. Num Pages: 336 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HBJH; HBTB; HRAM2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362067
- ISBN
- 9780822362067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.33
€ 115.33
Paperback. This volume brings emerging research on religion and development into conversation with politics. Deploying innovative conceptual frameworks, and drawing on empirical research from across contemporary Asia, this collection makes an incisive contribution to the analysis of aid and development processes. Editor(s): Bush, R.; Fountain, Philip; Feener, Michael. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JHB; JPS; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349494019
- ISBN
- 9781349494019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.39
€ 63.39
Hardback. This sixth volume in the series covers such topics as the state, religious hegemony and official definition of "genuine" religion; the hegemony of authority in maintaining religious orthodoxy; and cultural revitalization and innovation. Series: Religion & the Social Order S. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 0. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762300389
- ISBN
- 9780762300389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.00
€ 116.00
Hardback. Editor(s): Barbalet, Jack; Possamai, Adam; Turner, Professor Bryan S. Series: Key Issues in Modern Sociology. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18+ tables and graphs. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JFSR; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857287984
- ISBN
- 9780857287984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.32
€ 130.32
Paperback. This book explores educational and cultural experiences of 'part-time' unveilers during their undergraduate degree programs in public institutions in Turkey. The term 'part-time unveiler' refers to undergraduate female students who cover their hair in their private lives but who remove the headscarf while at a Turkish university. Series: Middle East Today. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349292837
- ISBN
- 9781349292837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.29
€ 64.29
Paperback. Editor(s): Hustinx, Lesley; Haers, Jacques; Mels, Sara. Series: Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 9 colour illustrations, 17 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HRAC; JFSR; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 563.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319346694
- ISBN
- 9783319346694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.73
€ 122.73
Hardcover. Religion and Volunteering Editor(s): Hustinx, Lesley; Essen, Johan von; Haers, Jacques; Mels, Sara. Series: Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 9 colour illustrations, 17 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSR; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319045849
- ISBN
- 9783319045849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.51
€ 123.51
Paperback. aeo A major new account of the nature of religion and its changing role in modern societies, by one of the most original French sociologists writing on religion today. aeo Written in a stylish and accessible way, this book addresses the problem of how to distinguish religion from other systems of meaning in modern Western society. Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HRA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745620473
- ISBN
- 9780745620473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.94
€ 25.94
Hardback. This is a major new account of the nature of religion and its changing role in modern societies, by one of the most original French sociologists writing on religion today. In a stylish and accessible study, Hervieu--Leger addresses the problem of how to distinguish religion from other systems of meaning in modern Western society. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745620466
- ISBN
- 9780745620466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.40
€ 72.40
Paperback. How are time-honored tenets of faith, different ritual sensibilities, and newly emerging eschatological imaginaries articulated with other normative registers and moral susceptibilities in disputes? This book examines such questions through cases in Europe, the United States, Israel, Africa, and South and Southeast Asia. Editor(s): Benda-Beckmann, F.von; Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JHB; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458240
- ISBN
- 9781349458240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.59
€ 121.59
Hardcover. How are time-honored tenets of faith, different ritual sensibilities, and newly emerging eschatological imaginaries articulated with other normative registers and moral susceptibilities in disputes? This book examines such questions through cases in Europe, the United States, Israel, Africa, and South and Southeast Asia. Editor(s): Benda-Beckmann, Franz von; Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von; Ramstedt, Martin; Turner, Bertram. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; HRA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137322043
- ISBN
- 9781137322043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.21
€ 122.21
Hardcover. Starting from an ethnographic appraisal of the place of religious practices, and thereby returning to an approach more recently neglected, this book offers a detailed understanding of English everyday life. Three contemporary case studies disclose the complex patterns and compulsion of ordinary lives, including both moral and historical dimensions. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HR; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571817266
- ISBN
- 9781571817266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.95
€ 151.95
Hardcover. A reissue Religion in Secular Society (1966) by Bryan Wilson (1926-2004), a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford for thirty years and one of the leading sociologists of religion of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Bruce, Steve. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRQA; JFSR; JHBT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 202 x 24. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Anniversary
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198788379
- ISBN
- 9780198788379
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.62
€ 71.62
Paperback. In the new edition of this widely praised text, Alan Aldridge examines the complex realities of religious belief, practice and institutions. Religion is a powerful and controversial force in the contemporary world, even in supposedly secular societies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HR; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653471
- ISBN
- 9780745653471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.37
€ 26.37
Hardback. In the new edition of this widely praised text, Alan Aldridge examines the complex realities of religious belief, practice and institutions. Religion is a powerful and controversial force in the contemporary world, even in supposedly secular societies. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HR; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653464
- ISBN
- 9780745653464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
Hardcover. Series: North American Religions. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV; HRLF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479861613
- ISBN
- 9781479861613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.43
€ 96.43
Paperback. Series: North American Religions. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV; HRLF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479839551
- ISBN
- 9781479839551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Marty, Martin E. Series: Chicago History of American Religion. Num Pages: 294 pages, xx, 274 p. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 16. Weight in Grams: 311.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226510026
- ISBN
- 9780226510026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.98
€ 40.99
€ 30.98
Hardback. With this edited collection, Solange Lefebvre and Lori G. Beaman bring together a series of case studies of religious groups and practices from all across Canada that re-examine and question the classic distinction between the public and private spheres. Editor(s): Lefebvre, Solange; Beaman, Lori G. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSR; JHB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442648623
- ISBN
- 9781442648623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.69
€ 86.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531136936
- ISBN
- 9783531136936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.32
€ 79.32
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Pickel, Gert; Hidalgo, Oliver. Series: Politik Und Religion. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer vs United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531183442
- ISBN
- 9783531183442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.16
€ 59.16