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Peter Berger and the Study of Religion
ISBN: 9780415215329 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Peter Berger is the most influential contemporary sociologist of religion. This collection of essays is the first in-depth study of his contribution to the field, providing a comprehensive introduction to his work and to current thought in the study of religion. Themes addressed include:
* Berger on religion and theology * Religion, spirituality and the discontents of modernity * Secularization and de-secularization A postscript by Peter Berger, responding to the essays, completes this overview of this major figure's work. Peter Berger is the most influential contemporary sociologist of religion. This collection of essays is the first in-depth study of his contribution t...
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195,54 zł |
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The Sociology of Religion: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives
ISBN: 9780415226660 / Angielski / Twarda / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This expanded second edition provides a clear and comprehensive discussion of theoretical perspectives in relation to a wide range of substantive issues illustrating the diversity of religious beliefs and practices. Offering a broad comparative view, Malcolm Hamilton draws on the insights of history, anthropology and sociology, surveying classic and contemporary theory to give a full picture of the variety and scope of theoretical perspectives. Theoretical issues are related to particular beliefs and practices, showing how abstract concepts affect and illuminate specific areas of religion....
This expanded second edition provides a clear and comprehensive discussion of theoretical perspectives in relation to a wide range of substantive issu...
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694,86 zł |
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Ecstatic Religion: A Study of Shamanism and Spirit Possession
ISBN: 9780415301244 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. States of spirit possession, in which believer's feel themselves to be possessed by the deity and raised to a new plane of existence, are found in almost all known religions. From Dionysiac cults to Haitia voodoo, Christian and Sufi mysticism to shamanic ritual, the rapture and frenzy of ecstatic experience forms an iconic expression of faith in all its devastating power and unpredictability.
States of spirit possession, in which believer's feel themselves to be possessed by the deity and raised to a new plane of existence, are found in alm...
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195,54 zł |
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Selling Spirituality: The Silent Takeover of Religion
ISBN: 9780415302081 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From Feng Shui to holistic medicine, from aromatherapy candles to yoga weekends, spirituality is big business. It promises to soothe away the angst of modern living and to offer an antidote to shallow materialism. Selling Spirituality is a short, sharp, attack on this fallacy. It shows how spirituality has in fact become a powerful commodity in the global marketplace - a cultural addiction that reflects orthodox politics, curbs self-expression and colonizes Eastern beliefs. From Feng Shui to holistic medicine, from aromatherapy candles to yoga weekends, spirituality is big business. It promises to soothe away the angst... |
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694,86 zł |
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Ecstatic Religion: A Study of Shamanism and Spirit Possession
ISBN: 9780415305082 / Angielski / Twarda / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. States of spirit possession, in which believer's feel themselves to be possessed by the deity and raised to a new plane of existence, are found in almost all known religions. From Dionysiac cults to Haitia voodoo, Christian and Sufi mysticism to shamanic ritual, the rapture and frenzy of ecstatic experience forms an iconic expression of faith in all its devastating power and unpredictability.
States of spirit possession, in which believer's feel themselves to be possessed by the deity and raised to a new plane of existence, are found in alm...
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694,86 zł |
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Challenging Religion
ISBN: 9780415309486 / Angielski / Twarda / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the last half of the 20th century new religious movements or cults of one sort and another mushroomed throughout the US and Europe. Increasingly these groups have been met with attempts to monitor and control them on the part of the state, and concerns about the protection of religious consumers have been set against the democratic right to religious freedom.
In the last half of the 20th century new religious movements or cults of one sort and another mushroomed throughout the US and Europe. Increasingly th...
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746,33 zł |
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Shamanism : Critical Concepts in Sociology
ISBN: 9780415311922 / Angielski / Twarda / 1240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This anthology tells the story of shamanism in Eurasia, North and South America, Africa and Australia. It brings together 56 articles and book excerpts by anthropologists, psychologists, religious scholars and historians illustrating the variety of views on this subject.
This anthology tells the story of shamanism in Eurasia, North and South America, Africa and Australia. It brings together 56 articles and book excerpt...
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2959,58 zł |
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When Religion Meets New Media
ISBN: 9780415349567 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This lively book focuses on how different Jewish, Muslim, and Christian communities engage with new media. Rather than simply reject or accept new media, religious communities negotiate complex relationships with these technologies in light of their history and beliefs. Heidi Campbell suggests a method for studying these processes she calls the "religious-social shaping of technology" and students are asked to consider four key areas: religious tradition and history; contemporary community values and priorities; negotiation and innovating technology in light of the community; communal...
This lively book focuses on how different Jewish, Muslim, and Christian communities engage with new media. Rather than simply reject or accept new med...
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694,86 zł |
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When Religion Meets New Media
ISBN: 9780415349574 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This lively book focuses on how different Jewish, Muslim, and Christian communities engage with new media. Rather than simply reject or accept new media, religious communities negotiate complex relationships with these technologies in light of their history and beliefs. Heidi Campbell suggests a method for studying these processes she calls the "religious-social shaping of technology" and students are asked to consider four key areas: religious tradition and history; contemporary community values and priorities; negotiation and innovating technology in light of the community; communal... This lively book focuses on how different Jewish, Muslim, and Christian communities engage with new media. Rather than simply reject or accept new ... |
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195,54 zł |
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Religion and Everyday Life
ISBN: 9780415351539 / Angielski / Twarda / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This introductory text explores the historical and contemporary relevance of religion to social life, through an examination of practice and belief. Author Hunt reconsiders how theories and concepts are lived at the level of selfhood and cultural identity, through religious and spiritual belief. At the same time he looks at contemporary changes in religious life and how these are impacted by socialization, institutional belonging, and belief, and at the significance of class, gender, age and ethnicity. Individual chapters cover a range of issues, such as:
This introductory text explores the historical and contemporary relevance of religion to social life, through an examination of practice and belief... |
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875,01 zł |
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Religion and Everyday Life
ISBN: 9780415351546 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This introductory text explores the historical and contemporary relevance of religion to social life, through an examination of practice and belief. Author Hunt reconsiders how theories and concepts are lived at the level of selfhood and cultural identity, through religious and spiritual belief. At the same time he looks at contemporary changes in religious life and how these are impacted by socialization, institutional belonging, and belief, and at the significance of class, gender, age and ethnicity. Individual chapters cover a range of issues, such as:
This introductory text explores the historical and contemporary relevance of religion to social life, through an examination of practice and belief... |
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190,39 zł |
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Religion and Cyberspace
ISBN: 9780415357630 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Religion and Cyberspace" explores how religious individuals and groups are responding to the opportunities and challenges that cyberspace brings.
"Religion and Cyberspace" explores how religious individuals and groups are responding to the opportunities and challenges that cyberspace brings.
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195,54 zł |
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Religion and Cyberspace
ISBN: 9780415357678 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the twenty-first century, religious life is increasingly moving from churches, mosques and temples onto the Internet. Today, anyone can go online and seek a new form of religious expression without ever encountering a physical place of worship, or an ordained teacher or priest. The digital age offers virtual worship, cyber-prayers and talk-boards for all of the major world faiths, as well as for pagan organisations and new religious movements. It also abounds with misinformation, religious bigotry and information terrorism. Scholars of religion need to understand the emerging forum that...
In the twenty-first century, religious life is increasingly moving from churches, mosques and temples onto the Internet. Today, anyone can go online a...
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694,86 zł |
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Sociology, Religion and Grace
ISBN: 9780415371964 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Grace is a central concept of theology, while the term also has a wide range of meanings in many fields. For the first time in book format, the sociology of grace (or enchantment) is comprehensively explained in detail, with fascinating results. The author's writings on this topic take the reader on an intriguing journey which traverses subjects ranging from theology, through the history of art, archaeology and mythology to anthropology. As such, this volume will interest academics across a wide range of disciplines apart from sociology. Grace is a central concept of theology, while the term also has a wide range of meanings in many fields. For the first time in book format, the soc... |
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488,92 zł |
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Religions in Global Society
ISBN: 9780415393188 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Peter Beyer, a distinguished sociologist of religion, presents a way of understanding religion in a contemporary global society - by analyzing it as a dimension of the historical process of globalization. Introducing theories of globalization and showing how they can be applied to world religions, Beyer reveals the nature of the contested category of 'religion' what it means, what it includes and what it implies in the world today. Written with exceptional clarity and illustrated with lively and diverse examples ranging from Islam and Hinduism to African traditional... Peter Beyer, a distinguished sociologist of religion, presents a way of understanding religion in a contemporary global society - by analyzing it a... |
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694,86 zł |
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Religions in Global Society
ISBN: 9780415393195 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Peter Beyer, a distinguished sociologist of religion, presents a way of understanding religion in a contemporary global society - by analyzing it as a dimension of the historical process of globalization. Introducing theories of globalization and showing how they can be applied to world religions, Beyer reveals the nature of the contested category of 'religion' what it means, what it includes and what it implies in the world today. Written with exceptional clarity and illustrated with lively and diverse examples ranging from Islam and Hinduism to African traditional... Peter Beyer, a distinguished sociologist of religion, presents a way of understanding religion in a contemporary global society - by analyzing it a... |
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277,89 zł |
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Religion and Conflict in South and Southeast Asia : Disrupting Violence
ISBN: 9780415397346 / Angielski / Twarda / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Revised papers originally presented at a conference held at Arizona State University in October, 2004.
Revised papers originally presented at a conference held at Arizona State University in October, 2004.
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746,33 zł |
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Religious Fundamentalism and Social Identity
ISBN: 9780415416764 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon in the United States of September 11th, 2001 brought the phenomenon of religious fundamentalism to the world's attention.Sociological research has clearly demonstrated that fundamentalists are primarily reacting against modernity, and believe that they are fighting for the very survival of their faith against the secular enemy. But we understand very little about how and why people join fundamentalist movements and embrace a set of beliefs, values and norms of behaviour which are counter-cultural. This is essentially a question for... The attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon in the United States of September 11th, 2001 brought the phenomenon of religious fundamental... |
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694,86 zł |
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Embodying Colonial Memories: Spirit Possession, Power, and the Hauka in West Africa
ISBN: 9780415908771 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A study of the West African Hauka - spirits that grotesquely mimic and mock "Europeans" of the colonial epoch. The author considers spirit possession as a set of embodied practices with serious social and cultural consequences. Embodying Colonial Memories is the first in-depth study of the West African Hauka, spirits in the body of (human) mediums which mimic and mock Europeans of the colonial epoch. Paul Stoller, who was initiated into a spirit possession troupe, recounts an insider's tale of the Hauka with respect and "brotherly"...
A study of the West African Hauka - spirits that grotesquely mimic and mock "Europeans" of the colonial epoch. The author considers spirit possession ...
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226,42 zł |
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Rational Choice Theory and Religion: Summary and Assessment
ISBN: 9780415911924 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rational Choice Theory and Religion considers one of the major developments in the social scientific paradigms that promises to foster a greater theoretical unity among the disciplines of sociology, political science, economics and psychology. Applying the theory of rational choice--the theory that each individual will make her choice to maximize gain and minimize cost--to the study of religion, Lawrence Young has brought together a group of internationally renowned scholars to examine this important development within the field of religion for the...
Rational Choice Theory and Religion considers one of the major developments in the social scientific paradi...
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283,04 zł |