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Re-Enchanting the World: Maya Protestantism in the Guatemalan Highlands
ISBN: 9780817354275 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Christian evangelicals among native people in Latin America. What does it mean to be both Maya and Protestant in Guatemala? Burgeoning religious pluralism in Mesoamerica and throughout Latin America is evident as Protestantism permeates a region that had been overwhelmingly Catholic for nearly five centuries. In considering the interplay between contemporary Protestant practice and native cultural traditions among Maya evangelicals, Samson documents the processes whereby some Maya have converted to new forms of Christianity and the ways in which the Maya are... Christian evangelicals among native people in Latin America. What does it mean to be both Maya and Protestant in Guatemala? Burgeoning... |
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117,50 |
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Selling the Old-Time Religion: American Fundamentalists and Mass Culture, 1920-1940
ISBN: 9780820322940 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The relationship between Protestant fundamentalists and mass culture is often considered complex and ambiguous. "Selling the Old-Time Religion" examines this relationship and shows how the first generation of fundamentalists embraced the modern business and entertainment techniques of marketing, advertising, drama, film, radio, and publishing to spread the gospel. Selectively, and with more sophistication than has been accorded to them, fundamentalists adapted to the consumer society and popular culture with the accompanying values of materialism and immediate gratification, despite the... The relationship between Protestant fundamentalists and mass culture is often considered complex and ambiguous. "Selling the Old-Time Religion" exa... |
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227,97 |
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Between Jesus and the Market: The Emotions That Matter in Right-Wing America
ISBN: 9780822319597 / Angielski / Twarda / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kintz looks at the appeal of the Christian right wing movement in contemporary American politics and culture. She makes explicit the curcial need to understand the psychological makeup of born again Christians as well as the sociopolitical dynamics involv
Kintz looks at the appeal of the Christian right wing movement in contemporary American politics and culture. She makes explicit the curcial need to u...
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479,98 |
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Between Jesus and the Market: The Emotions That Matter in Right-Wing America
ISBN: 9780822319672 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Between Jesus and the Market" looks at the appeal of the Christian right-wing movement in contemporary American politics and culture. In her discussions of books and videotapes that are widely distributed by the Christian right but little known by mainstream Americans, Linda Kintz makes explicit the crucial need to understand the psychological makeup of born-again Christians as well as the sociopolitical dynamics involved in their cause. She focuses on the role of religious women in right-wing Christianity and asks, for example, why so many women are attracted to what is often seen as an...
"Between Jesus and the Market" looks at the appeal of the Christian right-wing movement in contemporary American politics and culture. In her discussi...
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137,09 |
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Children of Ezekiel: Aliens, Ufos, the Crisis of Race, and the Advent of End Time
ISBN: 9780822321378 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Are Milton's "Paradise Lost," Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" missile defense program, our culture's fascination with UFOs and alien abductions, and Louis Farrakhan's views on racial Armageddon somehow linked? In "Children of Ezekiel" Michael Lieb reveals the connections between these phenomena and the way culture has persistently related the divine to the technological. In a work of special interest at the approach of the millennium, Lieb traces these and other diverse cultural moments--all descended from the prophet Ezekiel's vision of a fiery divine chariot in the sky--from antiquity to the...
Are Milton's "Paradise Lost," Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" missile defense program, our culture's fascination with UFOs and alien abductions, and Louis...
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479,98 |
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Children of Ezekiel: Aliens, Ufos, the Crisis of Race, and the Advent of End Time
ISBN: 9780822322689 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Are Milton's "Paradise Lost," Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" missile defense program, our culture's fascination with UFOs and alien abductions, and Louis Farrakhan's views on racial Armageddon somehow linked? In "Children of Ezekiel" Michael Lieb reveals the connections between these phenomena and the way culture has persistently related the divine to the technological. In a work of special interest at the approach of the millennium, Lieb traces these and other diverse cultural moments--all descended from the prophet Ezekiel's vision of a fiery divine chariot in the sky--from antiquity to the...
Are Milton's "Paradise Lost," Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" missile defense program, our culture's fascination with UFOs and alien abductions, and Louis...
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134,68 |
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African American Religious History: Documentary Witness
ISBN: 9780822324492 / Angielski / Miękka / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This widely-heralded collection of remarkable documents offers a view of African American religious history from Africa and early America through Reconstruction to the rise of black nationalism, civil rights, and black theology of today. The documents--many of them rare, out-of-print, or difficult to find--include personal narratives, sermons, letters, protest pamphlets, early denominational histories, journalistic accounts, and theological statements. In this volume Olaudah Equiano describes Ibo religion. Lemuel Haynes gives a black Puritan's farewell. Nat Turner confesses. Jarena Lee...
This widely-heralded collection of remarkable documents offers a view of African American religious history from Africa and early America through Reco...
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137,09 |
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The Enigma of Gift and Sacrifice
ISBN: 9780823221653 / Angielski / Twarda / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What does it mean to give a "gift"? In this timely collection, distinguished anthropologists--Maurice Godelier, George Marcus, Stephen Tyler--and philosophers--Mark C. Taylor, John D. Caputo, Jean-Joseph Goux and Adriaan Peperzak, explore an enigma that has disturbed contemporary philosophers from Marcel Mauss to Jacques Derrida. The essays included in the volume: Some Things You Give, Some Things You Sell, But Some Things You Must Keep for Yourselves: What Mauss Did Not Say about Sacred Objects by Maurice Godelie. The Gift and Globalization: A Prolegomenon to the Anthropological Study of...
What does it mean to give a "gift"? In this timely collection, distinguished anthropologists--Maurice Godelier, George Marcus, Stephen Tyler--and phil...
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347,74 |
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The Bishop's Voice: Selected Essays 1979-1999
ISBN: 9780824518776 / Angielski / Miękka / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For twenty years, Episcopal Bishop John Spong, wrote a monthly column in his diocesan newspaper, The Voice. Throughout the years, he used the paper as a pulpit for his progressive views about faith, dogma, tradition, and human rights. Compiled and edited by his daughter, Christine, this collection serves as an excellent introduction to Spong's breathtaking breadth of interest and capability as one of the century's leading voices for religious and human inclusivity.
For twenty years, Episcopal Bishop John Spong, wrote a monthly column in his diocesan newspaper, The Voice. Throughout the years, he used the paper as...
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100,95 |
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Passion for Peace: Reflections on War & Nonviolence
ISBN: 9780824524159 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Violence, war, and terrorism fill our televisions, newspapers, and websites. To meet the great need for nonviolent wisdom in the tradition of Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, Crossroad presents this new and reedited version of Thomas Merton s "Passion for Peace." The book, never before available in an attractive trade edition, presents Merton s most important insights into themes such as the nature of violence, armed conflict, Christian responsibility, and the individual in the state."
Violence, war, and terrorism fill our televisions, newspapers, and websites. To meet the great need for nonviolent wisdom in the tradition of Martin L...
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86,10 |
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Inculturation and the Church in North America
ISBN: 9780824524388 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This fourth volume of the Church in the 21st Century series examines the relation between Catholic faith and the secular culture. Topics include: The Role of Catholics in American Political Culture * Young Adult Catholic Culture * Gender and Catholic Political Life * Women Theologians * The Power of the Laity * Business Culture and the Church * The Sectarian Threat * A Truly Local Church * U.S. Hispanic Marian Devotion * Collective Identity.
This fourth volume of the Church in the 21st Century series examines the relation between Catholic faith and the secular culture. Topics include: The ...
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107,68 |
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Prophets of Peace: Pacifism and Cultural Identity in Japan's New Religions
ISBN: 9780824822675 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Wars in the Persian Gulf and Yugoslavia have given new impetus to the ongoing debate in Japan concerning its postwar constitution and related issues of national security and world order. Although often overlooked in this debate, Japanese religious groups--especially some of the New Religions--have promoted peace as a major theme of their doctrine and activities, often explicitly supporting a pacifist position. This study, undertaken in the wake of the Persian Gulf War, looks at a representative group of New Religions and explores their concepts and practices of peace. Many of the Japanese... Wars in the Persian Gulf and Yugoslavia have given new impetus to the ongoing debate in Japan concerning its postwar constitution and related issue... |
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92,75 |
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Being White: Finding Our Place in a Multiethnic World
ISBN: 9780830832477 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What does it mean to be white? When you encounter people from other races or ethnicities, you may become suddenly aware that being white means something. Those from other backgrounds may respond to you differently or suspiciously. You may feel ambivalence about your identity as a white person. Or you may feel frustrated when a friend of another ethnicity shakes his head and says, "You just don't get it because you're white."
What does it mean to be white? When you encounter people from other races or ethnicities, you may become suddenly aware that being white means somethi...
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77,03 |
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Sojourners in the Wilderness: The Christian Right in Comparative Perspective
ISBN: 9780847686452 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While the Christian Right has been the subject of a good deal of scholarly analysis, it has not been adequately studied within a comparative context--across time, across different institutional systems, or across different religious communities. In Sojourners in the Wilderness, a host of distinguished scholars examine these dimensions of the Christian Right. The contributors analyze the Christian Right historically--what is its relationship today with earlier manifestations? How have its organizational structures and strategies changed over time?; Sociologically--what are the current...
While the Christian Right has been the subject of a good deal of scholarly analysis, it has not been adequately studied within a comparative context--...
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235,10 |
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Jewish Every Day: The Complete Handbook for Early Childhood Teachers
ISBN: 9780867050486 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Chapters on developmentally appropriate practice; anti-bias education; God and Spirituality; Torah; Israel; Hebrew; each of the Jewish holidays; secular holidays; storytelling; music; life cycles; clergy and other important people; infants and toddlers; non-Jewish teachers; interfaith families; keeping kosher at school; and more.
Chapters on developmentally appropriate practice; anti-bias education; God and Spirituality; Torah; Israel; Hebrew; each of the Jewish holidays; secul...
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165,51 |
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Religion and Personal Autonomy: The Third Disestablishment in America
ISBN: 9780872498204 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on extensive primary research and grounded in a historical and theoretical framework, Religion and Personal Autonomy analyzes the role of religion in contemporary American society. The book makes a significant contribution to the current debate among American--and some non-American--sociologists of religion concerning secularization, the contemporary cultural role of 'mainline' religion for individuals, and the relevance of regional differences in religious identity and change. In this thought-provoking book, the author suggests that while the churches have heretofore reflected local...
Based on extensive primary research and grounded in a historical and theoretical framework, Religion and Personal Autonomy analyzes the role of religi...
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141,98 |
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Coming Out Spiritually: The Next Step
ISBN: 9780874779660 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In these times of dramatic social change, when the highly charged issue of homosexuality is undeniably causing controversy in many arenas--religion, marriage, politics, education, the military--Christian de la Huerta, founder and director of Q-Spirit, offers a fresh outlook on gay spirituality and how to assert it.A spiritual awakening is occurring in the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered community, as in much of the world. In this encompassing guidebook, de la Huerta looks at Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Taoism, Sufism, New Thought, New Age, and...
In these times of dramatic social change, when the highly charged issue of homosexuality is undeniably causing controversy in many arenas--religion, m...
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92,48 |
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Women, Islam and the State
ISBN: 9780877227861 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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137,09 |
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Deism and Social Ethics
ISBN: 9780954316198 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Religion in many parts of the world, in both politics and personal life, for good or ill, is now exerting a greater influence than at any time in living memory. There is now not merely a cultural-religious confrontation between a worldwide Islam and what it sees as an affluent agnostic West, but the worrying rise of Christian fundamentalism in the most powerful nation on earth. And the latter has its distinctive political agenda. Part of this agenda entails a biased approach to the Israeli-Palestinian issue, but the most significant aspect of all religiously-inspired politics is...
Religion in many parts of the world, in both politics and personal life, for good or ill, is now exerting a greater influence than at any time in livi...
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97,07 |
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Religion, Reason and Nature in Early Modern Europe
ISBN: 9781402000478 / Angielski / Twarda / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From a variety of perspectives, the essays presented here explore the profound interdependence of natural philosophy and rational religion in the long seventeenth century' that begins with the burning of Bruno in 1600 and ends with the Enlightenment in the early Eighteenth century. From the writings of Grotius on natural law and natural religion, and the speculative, libertin novels of Cyrano de Bergerac, to the better-known works of Descartes, Malebranche, Cudworth, Leibniz, Boyle, Spinoza, Newton, and Locke, an increasing emphasis was placed on the rational relationship between...
From a variety of perspectives, the essays presented here explore the profound interdependence of natural philosophy and rational religion in the long...
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402,53 |
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