Aspects of religion (non-Christian)
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Aspects of religion (non-Christian)
Hardback. New Age and holistic beliefs and practices - sometimes called the "new spirituality" - are widely distributed across modern global society. "New Age Spirituality" examines these movements as a form of everyday or lived religion and repositions new age spirituality at the forefront of the contemporary study of religion. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRLK; HRQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 612.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781844657131
- ISBN
- 9781844657131
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Condition: New
€ 166.58
€ 166.58
Hardcover. Describes the life of a Mongolian Buddhist monastery - the Mergen Monastery in Inner Mongolia - from inside its walls. From the Qing occupation of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the Cultural Revolution, the authors tell a story of religious formation, suppression, and survival over a history that spans three centuries. Num Pages: 424 pages, 6 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HRE; HRLP7; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226031873
- ISBN
- 9780226031873
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€ 96.49€ 79.32
€ 96.49
€ 79.32
Paperback. The word "possession" is trickier than we often think, especially in the context of the Black Atlantic and its religions and economy. Here possession can refer to spirits, material goods, and, indeed, people. This book features essays by anthropologists in the Americas to explore the nexus found at the heart of the idea of being possessed. Editor(s): Johnson, Paul Christopher. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1H; HRK; HRLK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226122762
- ISBN
- 9780226122762
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.26
€ 40.99
€ 31.26
paperback. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; HRLK2; HRQM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226152370
- ISBN
- 9780226152370
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.21
€ 41.99
€ 32.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, xii, 180 p. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226203867
- ISBN
- 9780226203867
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.38
€ 30.99
€ 24.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB; HRCM; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226311111
- ISBN
- 9780226311111
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.74
€ 38.99
€ 30.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226311135
- ISBN
- 9780226311135
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.17
€ 41.99
€ 32.17
Paperback. Was Jesus the founder of Christianity or a teacher of Judaism? When he argued the latter, Abraham Geiger ignited an intense debate in 19th-century Germany. In this study, Susannah Heschel traces the genesis of Geiger's argument and examines the reaction to it within Christian theology. Series: Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism. Num Pages: 332 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: HRCA; HRCM; HRJ; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226329598
- ISBN
- 9780226329598
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.83
€ 38.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. Employing a range of theories, the author draws on historical and comparative research in an attempt to discern the spirit and techniques behind the Mahabharata epic. He focuses on Yudhisthira's education, and shows how this figures relationships with others provides a thread through the stories. Num Pages: 368 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HRG; HRLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226340548
- ISBN
- 9780226340548
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.17
€ 41.99
€ 32.17
Paperback. A study to examine why circumcision holds such an important place in the Jewish psyche. The text traces the symbolism of circumcision through history, examining its evolution as a symbol of the covenant in the post-exilic period of the Bible and its meaning in the era of Mishnah and Talmud. Series: Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLF; JFSJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226347844
- ISBN
- 9780226347844
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.39
€ 38.99
€ 30.39
Paperback. This text investigates the attraction to excessive forms of mysticism among 20th-century French intellectuals, demonstrates the work the figure of the mystic does for these thinkers, and asks why resolutely secular intellectuals are drawn to affective, bodily, and denigrated forms of mysticism. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 384 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DF; HRCS1; HRLK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226349527
- ISBN
- 9780226349527
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 27.64
€ 35.99
€ 27.64
Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 310 pages, 6ill.5tabs. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRA; HRC; HRLP7; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226401867
- ISBN
- 9780226401867
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.51
€ 42.99
€ 33.51
Paperback. Addresses the 20th-century study of mysticism as a kind of mystical tradition in its own right, with its own unique histories, discourses, sociological dynamics, and rhetorics of secrecy. Jeffrey J. Kripal examines the lives and works of five historians of mysticism. Num Pages: 412 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HRLK2; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226453798
- ISBN
- 9780226453798
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.17
€ 41.99
€ 32.17
Paperback. Editor(s): Marty, Martin E.; Appleby, R. Scott. Series: Fundamentalism Project S. Num Pages: 888 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 179 x 254 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1660.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226508788
- ISBN
- 9780226508788
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Condition: New
€ 59.73€ 50.97
€ 59.73
€ 50.97
Paperback. This volume explores the everyday lives of Nazarite women - part of one of the most popular indigenous religious communities in South Africa - through their songs and dances, dream narratives and fertility rituals, which come to life both musically and visually on CD-ROM. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFM; AVA; AVGD; HRK; HRLF; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226548203
- ISBN
- 9780226548203
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 40.05
€ 50.99
€ 40.05
Paperback. Regina Schwartz examines the story of Cain and Abel, as she sees it; that is, emblematic of a tragic biblical influence over Western secular notions of identity - notions often violently exclusionary, negatively defining "us" against "them" in ethnic, religious, racial, nationalistic terms. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRCG; HRJ; HRLC1; JFFE; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226742007
- ISBN
- 9780226742007
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.01
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Paperback. Examines the turbulent modern history and sociology of the Sri Lankan Buddhist Monkhood and its effects upon contemporary society. Using translated Sinhalese documents and interviews with monks, this text unravels the inner workings of this New Buddhism and the ideology on which it is based. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKS; HRAX; HRE; HRLP7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226748665
- ISBN
- 9780226748665
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.17
€ 41.99
€ 32.17
Paperback. Translator(s): Moua, Mitt. Num Pages: 234 pages, 8 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1F; CF; HRA; HRLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226762876
- ISBN
- 9780226762876
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 27.64
€ 35.99
€ 27.64
Paperback. Travelling from high culture to pop culture and back again, this book approaches cyberspace and Las Vegas through Hegel and Kant and reads Melville's "The Confidence-Man" through the film "Wall Street". Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 292 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: HPC; HRAB; HRLK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226791623
- ISBN
- 9780226791623
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.35
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Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226794211
- ISBN
- 9780226794211
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.91
€ 36.99
€ 28.91
Paperback. Translator(s): Wissing, P. Num Pages: 472 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1MKP; HRKT; HRLF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226845609
- ISBN
- 9780226845609
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Condition: New
€ 51.69€ 43.95
€ 51.69
€ 43.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, geneal. table, map. BIC Classification: HRG; HRLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 798.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226846637
- ISBN
- 9780226846637
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.70
€ 47.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 880 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: HRG; HRLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 880
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226846644
- ISBN
- 9780226846644
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Condition: New
€ 50.54€ 43.62
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€ 43.62
Paperback. This work attempts to see the satis - the Hindu custom of women sacrificing themselves on the funeral pyres of their husbands - through Hindu eyes, providing an experiential and psychoanalytic account of ritual self-sacrifice and self-mutilation in South Asia. Translator(s): Mehlman, Jeffrey; White, David Gordon. Num Pages: 328 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FK; HRAX; HRG; HRLF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226885698
- ISBN
- 9780226885698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 35.79
€ 46.99
€ 35.79