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Aspects of religion (non-Christian)

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Aspects of religion (non-Christian)

Paperback. Around the year 1215, female mystics and their sacramental devotion were among orthodoxy's sophisticated weapons in the fight against heresy. While studies of sanctity and heresy tend to be undertaken separately, this book brings these two avenues of inquiry together. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; HBTB; HRAM7; HRLK2; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691118604
ISBN
9780691118604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.13
€ 41.17

Hardback. Comparing eighteenth-century Sri Lankan Buddhist monastic education to medieval Christian and other contexts, this book examines such issues as bilingual commentarial practice, the relationship between clerical and "popular" religious cultures, and the place of preaching in the constitution of "textual communities". Series: Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKS; 3JF; HRAX; HRE; HRLP7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070445
ISBN
9780691070445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.98
€ 72.42

Hardback. Islam is frequently characterized as a 'religion of the book,' and yet Muslims take an almost entirely oral approach to their scripture. This book presents a semantic analysis of its self-awareness, arguing that the Qur'an understands itself not so much as a completed book, but as an ongoing process of divine 'writing' and 're-writing'. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 line illus., 4 tables 3 line illus., 4 tables. BIC Classification: HRH; HRLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691059501
ISBN
9780691059501
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.57
€ 80.87

Paperback. Looks at what it means for new generations to read and interpret ancient religious texts. This book offers a postmodern reading of the "Talmud", one of the first of its kind. It discusses spirituality and religious practice with such concepts as deconstruction, intertextuality, undecidability, multiple voicing, and eroticism in the "Talmud". Translator(s): Brown, Llewellyn. Num Pages: 272 pages, 28 halftones 2 figs. 1 map 2 tables. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
n Second printing
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691059204
ISBN
9780691059204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.60
€ 43.70

Paperback. Examines religious conversion. This book argues that conversion is an interpretive act that belongs in the realm of cultural criticism. It examines key moments in colonial and postcolonial history to show how conversion questions the limitations of secular ideologies, particularly the discourse of rights central to the British empire. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 table 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HRAB; HRLK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058993
ISBN
9780691058993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.64

Paperback. Zohar, or 'brilliant light,' is the central text of Kabbalah. In Jewish mystical tradition, it is the meeting of midrash (storytelling that expands on events in the Bible) and myth. This selection offers translations of eight of the well developed narratives in the Zohar along with notes and detailed commentary. Translator(s): Wineman, Aryeh. Series: Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 257.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
New Pbk. Ed
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058337
ISBN
9780691058337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.88

Paperback. Presents an account of a Muslim society in highland Sumatra, Indonesia. This book describes how men and women debate among themselves ideas of what Islam is and should be - as it pertains to all areas of their lives, from work to worship. It analyzes the tension between the local and universal in everyday life. Num Pages: 376 pages, 19 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FMN; HRH; HRLF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691028705
ISBN
9780691028705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.18
€ 52.20

Paperback. Demonstrates that the "three religions" of China - Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism are not mutually exclusive: they overlap and interact with each other in a rich variety of ways. This volume also illustrates some of the many interactions between Han culture and the cultures designated by the government as "minorities." Editor(s): Lopez, Donald S. Series: Princeton Readings in Religions. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRA; HRE; HRKN; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1ST
Number of pages
516
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691021430
ISBN
9780691021430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.23
€ 47.08

Paperback. Includes texts and comments on the covenant and early history of the Chosen People and their post-Exilic reconstruction; the career and message of the Messiah Jesus and the Prophet Muhammad; the concept of holiness and of a "kingdom of priests"; and, finally, the notions of church and state and the state as a church. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Printing
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691020440
ISBN
9780691020440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.60
€ 43.04

Paperback. Offering a treatment of visionary experience in some of the main texts of Jewish mysticism, this book reveals the visual nature of religious experience in Jewish spirituality from antiquity through the late Middle Ages. It shows how Jewish mystics preserved the invisible transcendence of God without doing away with the visual dimension of belief. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLC1; HRLK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691017228
ISBN
9780691017228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.18
€ 52.05

Paperback. Draws on reader-response literary theory and anthropological approaches to the study of objects in society in order to trace the biographies of Indian religious images. This book shows that Hindu priests and worshipers are not the only ones to enliven images. Num Pages: 352 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AGR; HRG; HRLB; HRLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691005201
ISBN
9780691005201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.60
€ 43.74

Hardcover. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HRKN; HRLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674698383
ISBN
9780674698383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.70
€ 52.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB1; HRCM; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674355262
ISBN
9780674355262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.06

Paperback. There is no society without right and wrong. There is no society without sin. But every culture has its own favorite list of trespasses. Perhaps the most influential of these was drawn up by the Church in late antiquity: the Seven Deadly Sins. This title guides the reader through Jewish, Christian, and Greco-Roman thoughts on sin. Translator(s): Emanuel, Susan. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRLM; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057326
ISBN
9780674057326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.09

Hardback. The American fixation with marriage owes much of its intensity to a small group of reformers who introduced Americans to marriage counseling in the 1930s. This book tells the American story of a culture gripped with the hope that, with enough effort and the right guidance, more perfect marital unions are within our reach. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRLM5; JFSJ; JHBK; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674047969
ISBN
9780674047969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.05

Hardback. Chinese culture was a performance culture, and ritual was the highest form of performance. Village ritual life everywhere in pre-revolutionary China was complex, conservative, and extraordinarily diverse. This title discusses the ritual world of a group of rural settlements in Shanxi province in pre-1949 North China. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 15 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; HRKN; HRLF; JFSF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674033047
ISBN
9780674033047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.04

Hardback. By looking at the activities of Taoist clerics in Peking, this book explores the workings of religion as a profession in one Chinese city during a period of dramatic modernisation. It focuses on ordinary religious professionals, most of whom remained obscure temple employees. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 425 pages, 5 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HRAX; HRKN5; HRLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 35. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674025059
ISBN
9780674025059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.05

Paperback. Offers alternative readings to key Q texts, readings that place an interest in the community that shaped Jesus at the centre of inquiry. Series: Harvard Theological Studies. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: HRCA; HRCM; HRJ; HRLP7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 185 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard Divinity School
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674018990
ISBN
9780674018990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.08

Hardcover. This edition of the Kramapatha and Jatapatha forms of recitational permutations of several sections of the Saunakiya Atharvaveda available in six rare manuscripts found in Pune, India. Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 470 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DQ; HRG; HRLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 263 x 184 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1102.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
470
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674009394
ISBN
9780674009394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.04

Hardcover. The Samaveda contains the earliest tradition of music from India, which is largely Rigvedic textual material in a form arranged for singing in the solemn Srauta ritual. This work presents an accented edition that is based on manuscripts collected from all over India and Europe. Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 946 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FKA; 2BBA; AVGE; HRG; HRLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 263 x 185 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1746.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
946
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674009356
ISBN
9780674009356
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.61
€ 82.98

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