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15 produkter
Honest Death
Life's End and Humanist Funerals
Häftad, 2026
236 kr
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A fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at non-religious funerals in contemporary LondonAn Honest Death is an intimate and moving ethnographic account of funerals for people who don’t believe in God or an afterlife. Focusing on secular funeral celebrants of the British Humanist Association (now …
Think Like an Anthropologist
Häftad, 2017
155 kr
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'Subtle and self-reflexive. . . an excellent overview of the debates and issues that have shaped this hugely influential social science' - GuardianHow does anthropology help us understand who we are?What can it tell us about culture, from Melanesia to the City of London? Why does it matter?For well …
Think Like an Anthropologist
E-bok, 2017
96 kr
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What is anthropology? What can it tell us about culture and the world around us? And why do we need it? For well over one hundred years, social and cultural anthropologists have traversed the world from Melanesia to suburban England, Taipei to Wall Street, uncovering surprising facts, patterns, …
Problem of Presence
Beyond Scripture in an African Church
Häftad, 2007
303 kr
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The Friday Masowe apostolics of Zimbabwe refer to themselves as 'the Christians who don't read the Bible.' They claim they do not need the Bible because they receive the Word of God 'live and direct' from the Holy Spirit. In this insightful and sensitive historical ethnography, Matthew Engelke …
God's Agents
Biblical Publicity in Contemporary England
Häftad, 2013
304 kr
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The British and Foreign Bible Society is one of the most illustrious Christian charities in the United Kingdom. Founded by evangelicals in the early nineteenth century and inspired by developments in printing technology, its goal has always been to make Bibles universally available. Over the past …
Problem of Presence
Beyond Scripture in an African Church
E-bok, 2007
520 kr
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The Friday Masowe apostolics of Zimbabwe refer to themselves as "the Christians who don’t read the Bible." They claim they do not need the Bible because they receive the Word of God "live and direct" from the Holy Spirit. In this insightful and sensitive historical ethnography, Matthew Engelke …
God's Agents
Biblical Publicity in Contemporary England
E-bok, 2013
520 kr
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The British and Foreign Bible Society is one of the most illustrious Christian charities in the United Kingdom. Founded by evangelicals in the early nineteenth century and inspired by developments in printing technology, its goal has always been to make Bibles universally available. Over the past …
Honest Death
Life's End and Humanist Funerals
Inbunden, 2026
854 kr
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A fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at non-religious funerals in contemporary LondonAn Honest Death is an intimate and moving ethnographic account of funerals for people who don’t believe in God or an afterlife. Focusing on secular funeral celebrants of the British Humanist Association (now …
Honest Death
Life's End and Humanist Funerals
E-bok, 2026
307 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at non-religious funerals in contemporary LondonAn Honest Death is an intimate and moving ethnographic account of funerals for people who don't believe in God or an afterlife. Focusing on secular funeral celebrants of the British Humanist Association (now …
Honest Death
Life's End and Humanist Funerals
E-bok, 2026
314 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at non-religious funerals in contemporary LondonAn Honest Death is an intimate and moving ethnographic account of funerals for people who don't believe in God or an afterlife. Focusing on secular funeral celebrants of the British Humanist Association (now …
Limits of Meaning
Case Studies in the Anthropology of Christianity
Av Matt Tomlinson, Matthew Engelke
E-bok, 2006
293 kr
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Too often, anthropological accounts of ritual leave readers with the impression that everything goes smoothly, that rituals are "meaningful events." But what happens when rituals fail, or when they seem "meaningless"? Drawing on research in the anthropology of Christianity from around the globe, …
Objects of Evidence
Anthropological Approaches to the Production of Knowledge
Häftad, 2009
287 kr
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Part of The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series, the contributors to this volume share the conviction that anthropology can no longer afford to ignore the importance of the concept of evidence, either for the ways in which anthropologists carry out their work …
Limits of Meaning
Case Studies in the Anthropology of Christianity
Av Matthew Engelke, Matt Tomlinson
Inbunden, 2006
1921 kr
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Too often, anthropological accounts of ritual leave readers with the impression that everything goes smoothly, that rituals are "meaningful events." But what happens when rituals fail, or when they seem "meaningless"? Drawing on research in the anthropology of Christianity from around the globe, …
Limits of Meaning
Case Studies in the Anthropology of Christianity
Av Matthew Engelke, Matt Tomlinson
Häftad, 2007
440 kr
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Too often, anthropological accounts of ritual leave readers with the impression that everything goes smoothly, that rituals are "meaningful events." But what happens when rituals fail, or when they seem "meaningless"? Drawing on research in the anthropology of Christianity from around the globe, …
