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Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic: Ecstasy and Neo-Shamanism in North European Paganism
ISBN: 9780415256513 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This accessible study of Northern European shamanistic practice, or seidr, explores the way in which the ancient Norse belief systems evoked in the Icelandic Sagas and Eddas have been rediscovered and reinvented by groups in Europe and North America. The book examines the phenomenon of altered consciousness and the interactions of seid-workers or shamanic practitioners with their spirit worlds. Written by a follower of seidr, it investigates new communities involved in a postmodern quest for spiritual meaning.
This accessible study of Northern European shamanistic practice, or seidr, explores the way in which the ancient Norse belief systems evoked...
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235,04 |
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Imagining Hinduism: A Postcolonial Perspective
ISBN: 9780415257435 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Imagining Hinduism examines how Hinduism has been defined, interpreted and manufactured through Western categorizations, from the foreign interventions of eighteenth and nineteenth-century Orientalists and missionaries, to the present day. Sugirtharajah argues that ever since early Orientalists 'discovered' the ancient Sanskrit texts and the Hindu 'golden age', the West has nurtured a complex and ambivalent fascination with Hinduism, ranging from romantic admiration to ridicule. At the same time, Hindu discourse has drawn upon Orientalist representations in order to redefine Hindu...
Imagining Hinduism examines how Hinduism has been defined, interpreted and manufactured through Western categorizations, from the foreign int...
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587,73 |
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Imagining Hinduism : A Postcolonial Perspective
ISBN: 9780415257442 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an introductory-level book to open up the controversial debate over Hindu origins. It presents sophisticated and often challenging material in a clear and readable way. Dispensing with theories of natural religion in favour of sociological and historical analysis, it gives special reference to the contentious subject of Sati (widow immolation) and to contemporary representations of Hinduism. This book provides a guide to understanding of Hinduism's recent history, modern political significance and global future.
This is an introductory-level book to open up the controversial debate over Hindu origins. It presents sophisticated and often challenging material in...
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195,86 |
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Who's Who in Christianity
ISBN: 9780415260343 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Who's Who in Christianity is an invaluable reference guide to the leading men and women who have influenced the course of Christian history, including the founding fathers, saints, popes, monarchs, philanthropists, theologians, missionaries and heretics.
The book encompasses both Eastern and Western churches and the lives and opinions of personalities who have shaped the past twenty Christian centuries, from Jesus of Galilee to Pope John Paul II, and from Paul of Tarsus to Mother Teresa. Who's Who in Christianity is an invaluable reference guide to the leading men and women who have influenced the course of Christian history, ...
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107,70 |
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The Freedom to do God's Will: Religious Fundamentalism and Social Change
ISBN: 9780415270342 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Under the auspices of top international commentators, The Freedom to do God's Will considers the global impact of fundamentalism on religious traditions including Hinduism, Buddhism, Mormonism, Christianity, Judaism and Islam. With special reference to human rights issues, women's rights and the influence of social factors, it brings a new dimension to a field of study often dominated by purely religious or political perspectives, whilst challenging received ideas about the violence and conservatism of fundamentalist movements. Illustrated with original case studies, the ten...
Under the auspices of top international commentators, The Freedom to do God's Will considers the global impact of fundamentalism on religious...
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710,17 |
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Beyond Primitivism : Indigenous Religious Traditions and Modernity
ISBN: 9780415273190 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What role do indigenous religions play in today's world? This title argues that indigenous religions are dynamic, progressive forces of continuing vitality and influence. Essays are included on Haitian vodou, Korean shamanism and the Sri Lankan 'Wild Man'.
What role do indigenous religions play in today's world? This title argues that indigenous religions are dynamic, progressive forces of continuing vit...
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710,17 |
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2000 Years and Beyond: Faith, Identity and the 'Commmon Era'
ISBN: 9780415278072 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 2000 Years and Beyond brings together some of the most eminent thinkers of our time - specialists in philosophy, theology, anthropology and cultural theory. In a horizon-scanning work, they look backwards and forwards to explore what links us to the matrix of the Judaeo-Christian tradition from which Western cultural identity has evolved.
Their plural reflections raise searching questions about how we move from past to future - and about who 'we' are. What do the catastrophes of the twentieth century signify for hopes of progress? Can post - Enlightment humanism and its notion of... 2000 Years and Beyond brings together some of the most eminent thinkers of our time - specialists in philosophy, theology, anthropology and c...
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195,86 |
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2000 Years and Beyond: Faith, Identity, and the 'Common Era'
ISBN: 9780415278089 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 2000 Years and Beyond brings together some of the most eminent thinkers of our time - specialists in philosophy, theology, anthropology and cultural theory. In a horizon-scanning work, they look backwards and forwards to explore what links us to the matrix of the Judaeo-Christian tradition from which Western cultural identity has evolved.
Their plural reflections raise searching questions about how we move from past to future - and about who 'we' are. What do the catastrophes of the twentieth century signify for hopes of progress? Can post - Enlightment humanism and its notion of... 2000 Years and Beyond brings together some of the most eminent thinkers of our time - specialists in philosophy, theology, anthropology and c...
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107,70 |
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Culture and the Thomist Tradition: After Vatican II
ISBN: 9780415305266 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Thomism's influence upon the development of Catholicism is difficult to overestimate - but how secure is its grip on the challenges that face contemporary society? Culture and the Thomist Tradition examines the crisis of Thomism today as thrown into relief by Vatican II, the twenty-first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church. Following the Church's declarations on culture in the document Gaudium et spes - the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World - it was widely presumed that a mandate had been given for transposing ecclesiastical culture into the...
Thomism's influence upon the development of Catholicism is difficult to overestimate - but how secure is its grip on the challenges that face contempo...
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759,15 |
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Culture and the Thomist Tradition: After Vatican II
ISBN: 9780415305273 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Thomism's influence upon the development of Catholicism is difficult to overestimate - but how secure is its grip on the challenges that face contemporary society? Culture and the Thomist Tradition examines the crisis of Thomism today as thrown into relief by Vatican II, the twenty-first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church. Following the Church's declarations on culture in the document Gaudium et spes - the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World - it was widely presumed that a mandate had been given for transposing ecclesiastical culture into the...
Thomism's influence upon the development of Catholicism is difficult to overestimate - but how secure is its grip on the challenges that face contempo...
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284,01 |
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Religion in World History: The Persistence of Imperial Communion
ISBN: 9780415314572 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Religion and World History, distinguished authors John C. Super and Briane K. Turley examine the value of religion for interpreting the human experience in the past and present. They explore the elements of religion which best connect it to the cultural and political dynamics that have influenced history. Working within this framework, Super and Turley present three unifying themes: * the relationship between formal and informal religious beliefs, how these change through time, and how they are reflected in different cultures * the relationship between... In Religion and World History, distinguished authors John C. Super and Briane K. Turley examine the value of religion for interpreting the... |
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685,68 |
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Religion in World History: The Persistence of Imperial Communion
ISBN: 9780415314589 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Individuals and groups have long found identity and meaning through religion and its collective expression. In" Religion in World History," John C. Super and Briane K. Turley examine the value of religion for interpreting the human experience in the past and present. Through this they explore those elements of religion that best connect it with cultural and political dynamics that have influenced history.
Working within this general framework, Super and Turley bring out three unifying themes: - The relationship between formal and informal religious beliefs, how these change through... Individuals and groups have long found identity and meaning through religion and its collective expression. In" Religion in World History," John C. Su...
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195,86 |
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Medieval Religion: New Approaches
ISBN: 9780415316873 / Angielski / Miękka / 446 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Constance Hoffman Berman presents an indispensable collection of the most influential and revisionist work to be done on religion in the Middle Ages in the last two decades. Bringing together an authoritative list of scholars from around the world, this book is a comprehensive compilation of the most important work in this field. Medieval Religion provides a valuable service for all those who study the Middle Ages, church history or religion. Constance Hoffman Berman presents an indispensable collection of the most influential and revisionist work to be done on religion in the Middle Age... |
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210,56 |
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Cartwrightiana
ISBN: 9780415319898 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Thomas Cartwright was the leader of the Elizabethan Puritans and his intellectual pre-eminence was widely acknowledged. Standard-bearer of the Presbytero-Puritans against Whitgift, he was held to have vanquished his powerful adversary by the publication of his "Rest" "of the Second Replie" (1557).
"Cartwrightiana" is the first of two volumes giving authoritative editions of the works of the early Elizabethan Puritans--Cartwright, Browne and Harrison. It contains among other texts: accounts of Cartwright's examination before the Commissioners in 1590, "Resolution of Doubts about Entering... Thomas Cartwright was the leader of the Elizabethan Puritans and his intellectual pre-eminence was widely acknowledged. Standard-bearer of the Presbyt...
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1812,16 |
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The Writings of Robert Harrison and Robert Browne
ISBN: 9780415319904 / Angielski / Twarda / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Robert Harrison and Robert Browne were the initiators of the principles of English Separatism and Congregationalism. Unlike the Presbytero-Puritans, these nonconformists sought to establish local churches that were independent of the state. Although they encountered fierce opposition from the clergy, state officials and Anglican bishops, they persisted in their practices. As a result, the ideas of these two men profoundly influenced the Puritan movement both of England and America.
Robert Harrison and Robert Browne were the initiators of the principles of English Separatism and Congregationalism. Unlike the Presbytero-Puritans, t...
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857,10 |
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The Writings of Henry Barrow, 1587-1590
ISBN: 9780415319911 / Angielski / Twarda / 696 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Henry Barrow and John Greenwood are the fathers of Elizabethan Separatism. Unlike Robert Browne, they refused to compromise their beliefs or conform to Anglicanism and as a consequence they died in 1593 - as martyrs for their steadfast adherence to the principles of English Congregationalism.
Volumes three and four include c. 40 items derived from manuscripts, surreptitiously printed books and very rare pamphlets and documents which allow evaluation of the teachings of the Separatists, in relation to the activities of the Elizabethan hierarchy, to the Puritans, to the Pilgrims in the... Henry Barrow and John Greenwood are the fathers of Elizabethan Separatism. Unlike Robert Browne, they refused to compromise their beliefs or conform t...
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1420,35 |
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The Writings of John Greenwood 1587-1590, Together with the Joint Writings of Henry Barrow and John Greenwood 1587-1590
ISBN: 9780415319928 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Henry Barrow and John Greenwood are the fathers of Elizabethan Separatism. They died martyrs for their steadfast adherence to the principles of English Congregationalism. This title collates documents which allow evaluation of the teachings of the Separatists, in relation to a variety of contemporary groupings.
Henry Barrow and John Greenwood are the fathers of Elizabethan Separatism. They died martyrs for their steadfast adherence to the principles of Englis...
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440,75 |
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The Writings of Henry Barrow, 1590-91: The Writings of Henry Barrow, 1590-1591
ISBN: 9780415319935 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume contains the great Separatist's solus writings from 1590-1591. It includes texts taken from manuscript sources, and rare tracts that have been reprinted here for the first time.
This volume contains the great Separatist's solus writings from 1590-1591. It includes texts taken from manuscript sources, and rare tracts that have ...
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367,28 |
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The Writings of John Greenwood and Henry Barrow, 1591-1593
ISBN: 9780415319942 / Angielski / Twarda / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Volumes five and six contain some 25 pieces of manuscript material, or rare tracts, many of which have been available for the first time.
Volumes five and six contain some 25 pieces of manuscript material, or rare tracts, many of which have been available for the first time.
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1273,41 |
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Colonial Saints: Discovering the Holy in the Americas, 1500-1800
ISBN: 9780415934954 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the cult of Saint Anne to the devotees of the Virgin of Guadalupe, from Saint Anthony who competed with Christ for popularity in Brazil, to Jesuits who mixed freely with shamans that talked with the gods, this exciting new anthology examines the conversion of the colonized. The essays examine how New World spirits transformed into Old World saints - for example, the spirit of love transfigured into the Virgin Mary - as well as the implications of the canonization of the first American saint. Colonial Saints illustrates the complex and intimate connections among confessional life...
From the cult of Saint Anne to the devotees of the Virgin of Guadalupe, from Saint Anthony who competed with Christ for popularity in Brazil, to Jesui...
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710,17 |
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