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Gloryland: Christian Suburbia, Christian Nation
ISBN: 9780313348129 / Angielski / Twarda / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Christian conservatism has changed drastically in the last 25 years. From the working-class faith of small, autonomous rural churches or storefront sanctuaries to the megachurches of the suburbs and the halls of power--Congress and the White House--the faith is no longer at the margins of American religion. Rather, it is a dominant force in the American public square. For the first time in its history, Christian conservatism boasts an expanded network of born-again clubs and services that closely follow secular trends in the American consumer market. A veritable Christian suburbia has been... Christian conservatism has changed drastically in the last 25 years. From the working-class faith of small, autonomous rural churches or storefront... |
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A Thinker's Guide to the Philosophy of Religion
ISBN: 9780321243751 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With an approachable, reader-friendly style, A Thinker's Guide to the Philosophy of Religion provides up-to-date themes in contemporary, analytic philosophy of religion. This provocative collection of readings stimulates clear thinking and careful attention to the reasons for taking up views on religious questions.
With an approachable, reader-friendly style, A Thinker's Guide to the Philosophy of Religion provides up-to-date themes in contemporary, anal...
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429,52 |
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Religion and the Environment
ISBN: 9780333919743 / Angielski / Twarda / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is an analysis of the whole frontier between religion and the environment. It deals in turn with their interactions and the effects of each on the other in the major world religions. It considers the religious impact on human uses of time, space, materials, transport, and foods, and the environmental effects of religious influence on major topics such as population pressures, morbidity, mortality, marital arrangements, contraception, the treatment of animals, and environmental management.
This book is an analysis of the whole frontier between religion and the environment. It deals in turn with their interactions and the effects of each ...
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202,66 |
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A Rumor of Angels: Modern Society and the Rediscovery of the Supernatural
ISBN: 9780385066303 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written by one of the most revered sociologists of the of the 20th century, A Rumor of Angels gives readers a unique insight into the complicated relationship between religion and society. It is undeniable that religion has had a profound effect on civilization. Readers will learn just how religion and society affect one another, and how that relationship has changed in modern times, with the secularization of mainstream society. Questioning modern morality, Peter Berger offers one of the most thought provoking books on religion in the 20th century.
Praise for Peter Berger A... Written by one of the most revered sociologists of the of the 20th century, A Rumor of Angels gives readers a unique insight into the complicat...
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65,15 |
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The World's Religions: The Study of Religion, Traditional and New Religion
ISBN: 9780415064323 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume in the World's Religions series examines the primitive (traditional) non-mainstream religion and also 20th-century sects such as the Moonies and Scientology. It also looks at the nature of religion, the philosophical issues and their bearing on the study of religions.
This volume in the World's Religions series examines the primitive (traditional) non-mainstream religion and also 20th-century sects such as the Mooni...
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Religion Without God
ISBN: 9780415217859 / Angielski / Twarda / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This criticism of theism, especially monotheism, questions the assumption that rejecting God means rejecting religion. Drawing on Western philosophical critiques of religion and non-theistic Eastern religions, Ray Billington shows how a religion without God could work.
The concept of religion without God has informed not only the theories of Nietzsche, Kant and Spinoza, but also expressions of belief in Indian and Chinese religions-Hinduism, Theravada Buddhism Zen and Taoism. Concluding with a look at the "the future of faith," this is a wide ranging and lucidly-written look at what it... This criticism of theism, especially monotheism, questions the assumption that rejecting God means rejecting religion. Drawing on Western philosophica...
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765,33 |
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Religion Without God
ISBN: 9780415217866 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This criticism of theism, especially monotheism, questions the assumption that rejecting God means rejecting religion. Drawing on Western philosophical critiques of religion and non-theistic Eastern religions, Ray Billington shows how a religion without God could work.
The concept of religion without God has informed not only the theories of Nietzsche, Kant and Spinoza, but also expressions of belief in Indian and Chinese religions-Hinduism, Theravada Buddhism Zen and Taoism. Concluding with a look at the "the future of faith," this is a wide ranging and lucidly-written look at what it... This criticism of theism, especially monotheism, questions the assumption that rejecting God means rejecting religion. Drawing on Western philosophica...
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202,40 |
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International Perspectives on Citizenship, Education and Religious Diversity
ISBN: 9780415274401 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Citizenship is high on the agenda of education systems in many of the world's democracies. As yet, however, discussions of citizenship education have neglected issues of religious diversity and how the study of religions can contribute to our understanding of citizenship. International Perspectives on Citizenship, Education and Religious Diversity brings together an international range of contributions from religious studies scholars and educators specialising in the study of religions. Together, these illustrate and explore the key questions for educational theory and pedagogy...
Citizenship is high on the agenda of education systems in many of the world's democracies. As yet, however, discussions of citizenship education have ...
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938,15 |
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Jesus Dub: Theology, Music and Social Change
ISBN: 9780415310185 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Robert Beckford explores the dialogue between two central institutions in African Caribbean life: the church and the dancehall. He highlights how Dub - one of the central features of dancehall culture - can be mobilized as a framework for re-evaluating theology, taking apart doctrine and reconstructing it under the influence of a guiding theme. Engaging with the social and cultural heritage that informs Christian African Caribbean culture, including the influence of slavery, Revival Christianity and working class Jamaican life, Black theology and music ranging from post-war... Robert Beckford explores the dialogue between two central institutions in African Caribbean life: the church and the dancehall. He highlights how D... |
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765,33 |
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Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman World
ISBN: 9780415311298 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study is the first to assemble the evidence for the existence of sorcerors in the ancient world; it also addresses the question of their identity and social origins. The resulting investigation takes us to the underside of Greek and Roman society, into a world of wandering holy men and women, conjurors and wonder-workers, and into the lives of prostitutes, procuresses, charioteers and theatrical performers.
This fascinating reconstruction of the careers of witches and sorcerors allows us to see into previously inaccessible areas of Greco-Roman life. Compelling for both its detail and... This study is the first to assemble the evidence for the existence of sorcerors in the ancient world; it also addresses the question of their identity...
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236,95 |
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Filming the Gods : Religion and Indian Cinema
ISBN: 9780415314244 / Angielski / Twarda / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Filming the Gods" explores Indian cinema's portrayal of religion and the gods, from early film-makers' first forays onto the silent screen to the technicolor spectacles of modern Bollywood. Looking at the influential Hindi cinema of Mumbai, as well as at Islamic and other sources, Rachel Dwyer asks how the depiction of divinity and devotion in film has affected India's religious, political and sexual culture. Her exhilarating tale weaves from Indian cinema's founding nationalist impulses, where Hindi epics from the Mahabharata and Ramayana were devised in response to western Biblical films,...
"Filming the Gods" explores Indian cinema's portrayal of religion and the gods, from early film-makers' first forays onto the silent screen to the tec...
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765,33 |
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Religion and Violence in South Asia: Theory and Practice
ISBN: 9780415372916 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do religions justify and cause violence or are they more appropriately seen as forces for peace and tolerance? Featuring contributions from international experts in the field, this book explores the debate that has emerged in the context of secular modernity about whether religion is a primary cause of social division, conflict and war, or whether this is simply a distortion of the 'true' significance of religion and that if properly followed it promotes peace, harmony, goodwill and social cohesion. Focusing on how this debate is played out in the South... Do religions justify and cause violence or are they more appropriately seen as forces for peace and tolerance? Featuring contributi... |
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236,95 |
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Coming Together/Coming Apart: Religion, Community and Modernity
ISBN: 9780415912624 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The idea of "community" is increasingly vital to our individual and social well-being. Yet at the same time, our ordinary communal relations are being eroded by increased social and geographical mobility, lost traditions, and the growing pluralism of society. Examining this renewed desire for community, Coming Together/Coming Apart locates the current problems of society in the conditions of modern capitalism. Arising out of a common matrix of a world in crisis, contemporary religious, social and feminist...
The idea of "community" is increasingly vital to our individual and social well-being. Yet at the same time, our ordinary communal relations are being...
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207,33 |
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Religion and Justice in the War Over Bosnia: In the War Over Bosnia
ISBN: 9780415915199 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume explores the moral and religious issues that underlie the violence and atrocities in Bosnia. From diverse academic and philosophical perspectives, the works of Jean Bethke Elshtain, James Turner Johnson, Michael Sells, John Kelsay, and G. Scott Davis aim to inform not just scholars of ethics, politics and religion, but everyone concerned with the prospects for justice in the post-Cold War era.
This volume explores the moral and religious issues that underlie the violence and atrocities in Bosnia. From diverse academic and philosophical persp...
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740,65 |
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Religion and Justice in the War Over Bosnia: In the War Over Bosnia
ISBN: 9780415915205 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume explores the moral and religious issues that underlie the violence and atrocities in Bosnia. From diverse academic and philosophical perspectives, the works of Jean Bethke Elshtain, James Turner Johnson, Michael Sells, John Kelsay, and G. Scott Davis aim to inform not just scholars of ethics, politics and religion, but everyone concerned with the prospects for justice in the post-Cold War era.
This volume explores the moral and religious issues that underlie the violence and atrocities in Bosnia. From diverse academic and philosophical persp...
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296,21 |
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Revealing the Sacred in Asian and Pacific America
ISBN: 9780415938075 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Asian and Pacific Islander Americans constitute the fastest-growing racial group in the United States. They are also one of the most religiously diverse. Through them Asian traditions such as Hinduism, Sikhism, Confucianism, and Buddhism have been introduced into every major city and across a wide swath of Middle America. The contributors to this volume provide an inter disciplinary resource for the study of Asian and Pacific Islander American religion.
Asian and Pacific Islander Americans constitute the fastest-growing racial group in the United States. They are also one of the most religiously diver...
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765,33 |
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Revealing the Sacred in Asian and Pacific America
ISBN: 9780415938082 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Asian and Pacific Islander Americans constitute the fastest-growing racial group in the United States. They are also one of the most religiously diverse. Through them Asian traditions such as Hinduism, Sikhism, Confucianism, and Buddhism have been introduced into every major city and across a wide swath of Middle America. The contributors to this volume provide an inter-disciplinary resource for the study of Asian and Pacific Islander American religion.
Asian and Pacific Islander Americans constitute the fastest-growing racial group in the United States. They are also one of the most religiously diver...
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236,95 |
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Invitation to the Sociology of Religion
ISBN: 9780415941259 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written in lively prose, this volume aims to introduce students to the major themes, problems and goals of the sociological study of religion while also summoning the sense of wonder and curiosity for the enterprise itself.
Written in lively prose, this volume aims to introduce students to the major themes, problems and goals of the sociological study of religion while al...
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765,33 |
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Las Abejas: Pacifist Resistance and Syncretic Identities in a Globalizing Chiapas
ISBN: 9780415942157 / Angielski / Twarda / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Las Abejas (the Bees) is a Christian pacifist indigenous organization. Sociedad Civil Las Abejas gained the attention of the international community in 1997, when Mexican paramilitary forces brutally massacred 45 organization members during mass at a Catholic church.
Las Abejas (the Bees) is a Christian pacifist indigenous organization. Sociedad Civil Las Abejas gained the attention of the international community i...
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839,40 |
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Death On A Friday Afternoon: Meditations On The Last Words Of Jesus From The Cross
ISBN: 9780465049332 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Numerous writers and composers have been captivated by the suggestiveness of Jesus' Seven Last Words. But Richard John Neuhaus's sustained exploration of these utterances is something altogether different. Through them he plumbs the depths of human experience and sets forth the central narrative of Western civilization-the suffering, death, and resurrection of Christ-in a way that engages the attention of believers, unbelievers, and those who are not sure what they believe. Death on a Friday Afternoon is an invitation to the reader into a spiritual and intellectual exploration of the dark...
Numerous writers and composers have been captivated by the suggestiveness of Jesus' Seven Last Words. But Richard John Neuhaus's sustained exploration...
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