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Short Introduction to World Religions
Av Timothy Dowley, Christopher Partridge
Häftad, 2018
779 kr
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This leading textbook for world religions is now available in a more concise version. Many of the features of Introduction to World Religions are retained in this volume but with focus on the religious traditions themselves. The section on religions of antiquity has been removed and key content in …
Introduction to World Religions
Av Tim Dowley, Christopher Partridge
Häftad, 2014
324 kr
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A leading textbook for world religion, this new edition is designed to help students in their study and research of the world's religious traditions. Known and valued for its balanced approach and its respected board of consulting editors, this text addresses ways to study religion, provides broad …
The Lyre of Orpheus
Popular Music, the Sacred, and the Profane
Häftad, 2013
601 kr
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The myth of Orpheus articulates what social theorists have known since Plato: music matters. It is uniquely able to move us, to guide the imagination, to evoke memories, and to create spaces within which meaning is made. Popular music occupies a place of particular social and cultural significance. …
Occult World
Inbunden, 2014
4221 kr
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This volume presents students and scholars with a comprehensive overview of the fascinating world of the occult. It explores the history of Western occultism, from ancient and medieval sources via the Renaissance, right up to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and contemporary occultism. …
Occult World
Häftad, 2016
765 kr
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This volume presents students and scholars with a comprehensive overview of the fascinating world of the occult. It explores the history of Western occultism, from ancient and medieval sources via the Renaissance, right up to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and contemporary occultism. …
Mysticism, Ritual and Religion in Drone Metal
Av Owen Coggins, Christopher Partridge
Häftad, 2019
502 kr
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This is the first extensive scholarly study of drone metal music and its religious associations, drawing on five years of ethnographic participant observation from more than 300 performances and 74 interviews, plus surveys, analyses of sound recordings, artwork, and extensive online discourse about …
Cannabis, Sacred and Profane
Häftad, 2024
375 kr
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Focussing on the ways in which cannabis has been demonized, sacralized and normalized, Christopher Partridge analyses the complex and often difficult relationship Western societies have had with the plant since the nineteenth century.After an introduction to cannabis and its uses, the book …
UFO Religions
Inbunden, 2003
2506 kr
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The spectre of the UFO, as popularized by shows such as The X-Files, has brought an astonishing slant to the face of modern religious practice. But what motivates the fantastical and sometimes sinister beliefs of UFO worshippers? UFO Religions critically examines some of the fascinating issues …
High Culture
Drugs, Mysticism, and the Pursuit of Transcendence in the Modern World
Inbunden, 2018
730 kr
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Throughout history, humans have always been fascinated by drugs and altered states. Despite the risk of addiction, many have used drugs as technologies to induce moments of meaning-making transcendence. This book traces the quest for transcendence and meaning through drugs in the modern West. …
High Culture
Drugs, Mysticism, and the Pursuit of Transcendence in the Modern World
E-bok, 2018
440 kr
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History is littered with evidence of humanity''s fascination with drugs and the pursuit of altered states. From early Romanticism to late-nineteenth-century occultism and from fin de siècle Paris to contemporary psychedelic shamanism, psychoactive substances have playedcatalyzing people. Yet …
High Culture
Drugs, Mysticism, and the Pursuit of Transcendence in the Modern World
E-bok, 2018
440 kr
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History is littered with evidence of humanity''s fascination with drugs and the pursuit of altered states. From early Romanticism to late-nineteenth-century occultism and from fin de siècle Paris to contemporary psychedelic shamanism, psychoactive substances have playedcatalyzing people. Yet …
Lyre of Orpheus
Popular Music, the Sacred, and the Profane
E-bok, 2013
408 kr
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The myth of Orpheus articulates what social theorists have known since Plato: music matters. It is uniquely able to move us, to guide the imagination, to evoke memories, and to create spaces within which meaning is made. Popular music occupies a place of particular social and cultural significance. …
Lyre of Orpheus
Popular Music, the Sacred, and the Profane
E-bok, 2013
408 kr
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The myth of Orpheus articulates what social theorists have known since Plato: music matters. It is uniquely able to move us, to guide the imagination, to evoke memories, and to create spaces within which meaning is made. Popular music occupies a place of particular social and cultural significance. …
The Lyre of Orpheus
Popular Music, the Sacred, and the Profane
Inbunden, 2013
2810 kr
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The myth of Orpheus articulates what social theorists have known since Plato: music matters. It is uniquely able to move us, to guide the imagination, to evoke memories, and to create spaces within which meaning is made. Popular music occupies a place of particular social and cultural significance. …
UFO Religions
Häftad, 2003
704 kr
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The spectre of the UFO, as popularized by shows such as The X-Files, has brought an astonishing slant to the face of modern religious practice. But what motivates the fantastical and sometimes sinister beliefs of UFO worshippers? UFO Religions critically examines some of the fascinating issues …
Religions in the Modern World
Traditions and Transformations
Av Linda Woodhead MBE, Christopher Partridge m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
2738 kr
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Religions in the Modern World: Traditions and Transformations, Third Edition is the ideal textbook for those coming to the study of religion for the first time, as well as for those who wish to keep up-to-date with the latest perspectives in the field. This third edition contains new and upgraded …
Religions in the Modern World
Traditions and Transformations
Av Linda Woodhead MBE, Christopher Partridge m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
821 kr
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Religions in the Modern World: Traditions and Transformations, Third Edition is the ideal textbook for those coming to the study of religion for the first time, as well as for those who wish to keep up-to-date with the latest perspectives in the field. This third edition contains new and upgraded …
Re-Enchantment of the West, Vol 2
Alternative Spiritualities, Sacralization, Popular Culture and Occulture
Inbunden, 2006
2826 kr
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The Re-Enchantment of the West challenges those theories that predict widespread secularization beyond traditional institutional religiosity. Spiritualities are emerging that are not only quite different from the those forms of religion that are in decline, but are often defined over against them …
Re-Enchantment of the West, Vol 2
Alternative Spiritualities, Sacralization, Popular Culture and Occulture
Häftad, 2006
1417 kr
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The Re-Enchantment of the West challenges those theories that predict widespread secularization beyond traditional institutional religiosity. Spiritualities are emerging that are not only quite different from the those forms of religion that are in decline, but are often defined over against them …
Re-Enchantment of the West
Volume 1 Alternative Spiritualities, Sacralization, Popular Culture and Occulture
Häftad, 2005
1064 kr
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As a book about emergent spirituality in the contemporary West, this books focuses on the nature, evolution and significance of new forms of religion and alternative spiritualities. Part One of the book provides the theoretical background and guides the reader through some of the principal debates. …
Re-Enchantment of the West
Volume 1 Alternative Spiritualities, Sacralization, Popular Culture and Occulture
E-bok, 2005
1169 kr
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As a book about emergent spirituality in the contemporary West, this books focuses on the nature, evolution and significance of new forms of religion and alternative spiritualities. Part One of the book provides the theoretical background and guides the reader through some of the principal debates. …
Re-Enchantment of the West, Vol 2
Alternative Spiritualities, Sacralization, Popular Culture and Occulture
E-bok, 2006
1559 kr
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The Re-Enchantment of the West challenges those theories that predict widespread secularization beyond traditional institutional religiosity. Spiritualities are emerging that are not only quite different from the those forms of religion that are in decline, but are often defined over against them …
Holy Terror
Understanding Religion and Violence in Popular Culture
Av Christopher Partridge, Eric S. Christianson
E-bok, 2016
831 kr
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The authors of religious scriptures had little difficulty enhancing sacred narratives with the rhetoric of violence. The phenomenon continues in the habitual linkage of violence and religion in contemporary film, music and literature. ''Holy Terror'' brings together scholars of religious studies, …
Holy Terror
Understanding Religion and Violence in Popular Culture
Av Christopher Partridge, Eric S. Christianson
E-bok, 2016
813 kr
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The authors of religious scriptures had little difficulty enhancing sacred narratives with the rhetoric of violence. The phenomenon continues in the habitual linkage of violence and religion in contemporary film, music and literature. ''Holy Terror'' brings together scholars of religious studies, …
UFO Religions
E-bok, 2012
831 kr
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The spectre of the UFO, as popularized by shows such as The X-Files , has brought an astonishing slant to the face of modern religious practice. But what motivates the fantastical and sometimes sinister beliefs of UFO worshippers? UFO Religions critically examines some of the fascinating issues …
UFO Religions
E-bok, 2012
813 kr
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The spectre of the UFO, as popularized by shows such as The X-Files , has brought an astonishing slant to the face of modern religious practice. But what motivates the fantastical and sometimes sinister beliefs of UFO worshippers? UFO Religions critically examines some of the fascinating issues …
Religions in the Modern World
Traditions and Transformations
Av Hiroko Kawanami, Christopher Partridge m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
970 kr
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Religions in the Modern World: Traditions and Transformations, Third Edition is the ideal textbook for those coming to the study of religion for the first time, as well as for those who wish to keep up-to-date with the latest perspectives in the field. This third edition contains new and upgraded …
Religions in the Modern World
Traditions and Transformations
Av Hiroko Kawanami, Christopher Partridge m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
970 kr
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Religions in the Modern World: Traditions and Transformations, Third Edition is the ideal textbook for those coming to the study of religion for the first time, as well as for those who wish to keep up-to-date with the latest perspectives in the field. This third edition contains new and upgraded …
Occult World
E-bok, 2014
797 kr
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This volume presents students and scholars with a comprehensive overview of the fascinating world of the occult. It explores the history of Western occultism, from ancient and medieval sources via the Renaissance, right up to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and contemporary occultism. …
Occult World
E-bok, 2014
797 kr
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This volume presents students and scholars with a comprehensive overview of the fascinating world of the occult. It explores the history of Western occultism, from ancient and medieval sources via the Renaissance, right up to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and contemporary occultism. …
