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The Laughing Jesus: Religious Lies and Gnostic Wisdom
ISBN: 9781400082797 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An Incendiary Wake-Up Call to the World
What if the Old Testament is a work of fiction, Jesus never existed, and Muhammad was a mobster? What if the Bible and the Qur'an are works of political propaganda created by Taliban-like fundamentalists to justify the sort of religious violence we are witnessing in the world today? What if there is a big idea that could free us from the us-versus-them world created by religion and make it possible for us to truly love our neighbors and even our enemies? What if it is possible to awaken to a profound state of oneness and love, which the... An Incendiary Wake-Up Call to the World
What if the Old Testament is a work of fiction, Jesus never existed, and Muhammad was a mobster? What ... |
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Divine Play, Sacred Laughter, and Spiritual Understanding
ISBN: 9781403970152 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study in the relationship between religion and the comic focuses on the ways in which the latter fulfils a central function in the sacred understanding of reality of pre-modern cultures and the spiritual life of religious traditions. The central thesis is that figures such as tricksters, sacred clowns, and holy fools play an essential role in bridging the gap between the divine and the human by integrating the element of disequilibrium that results from the contact between incommensurable realities. This interdisciplinary and cross-cultural series of essays is devoted to spiritual,...
This study in the relationship between religion and the comic focuses on the ways in which the latter fulfils a central function in the sacred underst...
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Vodou in Haitian Life and Culture: Invisible Powers
ISBN: 9781403971616 / Angielski / Twarda / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection introduces readers to the history and practice of the Vodou religion, and corrects many misconceptions. The book focuses specifically on the role Vodou plays in Haiti, where it has its strongest following, examining its influence on spiritual beliefs, cultural practices, national identity, popular culture, writing and art.
This collection introduces readers to the history and practice of the Vodou religion, and corrects many misconceptions. The book focuses specifically ...
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523,30 |
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Vodou in Haitian Life and Culture: Invisible Powers
ISBN: 9781403971623 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection introduces readers to the history and practice of the Vodou religion, and corrects many misconceptions. The book focuses specifically on the role Vodou plays in Haiti, where it has its strongest following, examining its influence on spiritual beliefs, cultural practices, national identity, popular culture, writing and art.
This collection introduces readers to the history and practice of the Vodou religion, and corrects many misconceptions. The book focuses specifically ...
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Women's Renunciation in South Asia: Nuns, Yoginis, Saints, and Singers
ISBN: 9781403972217 / Angielski / Twarda / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume brings together compelling new research on South Asian women who have renounced worldly life for spiritual pursuits. Documenting contemporary women's experiences with intimate ethnographic narratives, this book offers feminist insights into Jain, Buddhist, Hindu and Baul ascetic traditions.
This volume brings together compelling new research on South Asian women who have renounced worldly life for spiritual pursuits. Documenting contempor...
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442,79 |
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Global Movements
ISBN: 9781405116138 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over the past decade we have witnessed the extraordinary rise of new global movements that throw into question the way we think about culture, power and action in a globalizing world.
Over the past decade we have witnessed the extraordinary rise of new global movements that throw into question the way we think about culture, power a...
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195,65 |
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Aftermath - A Supplement to the Golden Bough
ISBN: 9781406750492 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
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151,01 |
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The Christian and Judaic Invention of History
ISBN: 9781555403218 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The twelve articles in this book (five of them by editor Jacob Neusner) explore the background developments and motivating forces for what Neusner calls the "re-invention" of history in the fourth and fifth centuries CE. The Christianization of the Roman empire under Constantine is seen as the impetus for reexamination within both Christianity and Judaism of their historical foundations. History then became a "mode of religious-theological discourse" for the respective communities of faith. The other contributors to the volume are: Burton Mack, Glenn Chestnut, Arnaldo Momigliano, Nahum...
The twelve articles in this book (five of them by editor Jacob Neusner) explore the background developments and motivating forces for what Neusner cal...
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126,89 |
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Enthronement: The Recognition of the Reincarnate Masters of Tibet and the Himalayas
ISBN: 9781559390835 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Facinationg look at the process of identifying and re-establishing reincarnated spritiual masters.
Facinationg look at the process of identifying and re-establishing reincarnated spritiual masters.
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96,15 |
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The Role of Religion in History
ISBN: 9781560003687 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive survey of religion and its profound effects on history provides a historical context for in-depth analysis of theological, social, and political themes in which religion plays a major role. George Walsh first traces the rise and impact of primitive religions. He looks at Indian traditions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism and analyzes the Semitic tradition of Judaism and Christianity and the evolving conception of a personal God. He discusses the history and chief doctrines of Islam as well, with its fundamental respect for desert tribal values and its... This comprehensive survey of religion and its profound effects on history provides a historical context for in-depth analysis of theological, socia... |
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Politics and Culture in International History: From the Ancient Near East to the Opening of the Modern Age
ISBN: 9781560007357 / Angielski / Miękka / 605 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The current political conflicts in Somalia and Russia make the reappearance of this book as relevant as ever. Politics and Culture in International History illumines world politics by identifying the causes of conflict and war and assessing the validity of schemes for peace and unity. Bozeman maintains that political systems are grounded in cultures; thus, international relations are by definition hitercultural relations. She deals exclusively with the thought patterns of the world's literate civilizations and societies between the fourth millenium B.C. and the... The current political conflicts in Somalia and Russia make the reappearance of this book as relevant as ever. Politics and Culture in Internati... |
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235,04 |
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Seeing Through the Media
ISBN: 9781563382116 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Teachers, parents, religious leaders and others who are concerned with the dangers of cultural colonization will find in this book strategies to counteract the Christian church's loss of cultural influence in our age of electronic media.
Teachers, parents, religious leaders and others who are concerned with the dangers of cultural colonization will find in this book strategies to count...
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205,64 |
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What Would Buddha Do?: 101 Answers to Life's Daily Dilemmas
ISBN: 9781569752982 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A unique approach to Buddhism, What Would Buddha Do? shows that anyone can find guidance in Buddha s teachings. It demonstrates how to use the advice of Buddha to become a better person at work, at home, and in society. Presented in a reader-friendly format, with each page offering a question, a Buddhist quote, and advice from the author, What Would Buddha Do? applies this question to 101 problems confronted in everyday life and reveals how Buddha s teachings are still meaningful after 2,500 years."
A unique approach to Buddhism, What Would Buddha Do? shows that anyone can find guidance in Buddha s teachings. It demonstrates how to use the advice ...
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Heaven's Face, Thinly veiled
ISBN: 9781570623639 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Women religious and secular, medieval and modern have always demonstrated their own unique approach to matters of the spirit. Limited in their public roles throughout much of history, women have been compelled to turn inward, developing rich interior lives in uniquely feminine ways.
This anthology brings together women's writing from classic religious literature Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, and Hindu as well as many passages of fiction and poetry that are truly undiscovered treasures of women's spirituality. With writers ranging from Helen Keller to Aung San Suu Kyi, from Agatha... Women religious and secular, medieval and modern have always demonstrated their own unique approach to matters of the spirit. Limited in their public ...
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Church and State in Canada
ISBN: 9781573920797 / Angielski / Twarda / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The United States has enjoyed a long and venerable tradition of separation of church and state. But how is this relationship handled in Canada with which we have considerable political, economic, and social ties? Church and State in Canada describes the main contours of how religion and government interact in Canada. While written from the perspective of an American separationist, it reflects the unique traditions that have developed a somewhat different style of church-state relationships in our neighbor to the north. Written to inform U.S. readers, it includes much data from a variety of...
The United States has enjoyed a long and venerable tradition of separation of church and state. But how is this relationship handled in Canada with wh...
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Religion and Sexism: Images of Women in the Jewish and Christian Traditions
ISBN: 9781579101169 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Many Faces of Evil: Theological Systems and the Problems of Evil
ISBN: 9781581345674 / Angielski / Miękka / 546 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this examination of the questions posed by the problem of evil, John Feinberg addresses the intellectual and theological framework of theodicy. Beginning with a discussion of the logical problem of evil, he interacts with leading thinkers who have previously written on these themes. In this examination of the questions posed by the problem of evil, John Feinberg addresses the intellectual and theological framework of theodicy. ... |
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The Lost Language of Symbolism: An Inquiry Into the Origin of Certain Letters, Words, Names, Fairy-Tales, Folklore, and Mythologies
ISBN: 9781585090709 / Angielski / Miękka / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mining information from mythology, folklore, religious texts, and fairy tales from around the world, a foremost expert on symbols explains word origins and their meanings. The ultimate symbols are the letters and words in language as Bayley moves beyond mere pictures to understand the vital messages that have been ignored or lost across the centuries.
Mining information from mythology, folklore, religious texts, and fairy tales from around the world, a foremost expert on symbols explains word origin...
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The Book of Enoch
ISBN: 9781585090808 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is considered to be the most important book left out of the Bible. During the first two hundred years of Christianity it was the most widely read of all texts. This is the best available version because it was originally written in Ethiopic and the translator, R. H. Charles, directly and accurately translated it. It also includes additional research, which Charles added at a later time. He said of this work, "The influence of I Enoch on the New Testament has been greater than that of all the other apocryphal and pseudepigraphical books put together." It is referred to in the Hebrew...
This is considered to be the most important book left out of the Bible. During the first two hundred years of Christianity it was the most widely read...
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Atrahasis: An Ancient Hebrew Deluge Story
ISBN: 9781585092284 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The word Atrahasis means "extra wise" and refers to the earliest known version of Noah, who built an ark and saved mankind from destruction. This is that story, from ancient Sumeria, which many scholars believe was the original from which all known flood stories came from. This was the most popular story in the ancient world and has survived for over five thousand years. It is the only one that all cultures, worldwide, seem to share. Why? Was there really a great flood? And why do we not explore the oldest known version carefully for clues? That is the purpose of this book, which also...
The word Atrahasis means "extra wise" and refers to the earliest known version of Noah, who built an ark and saved mankind from destruction. This is t...
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