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Claiming Knowledge
Strategies of Epistemology from Theosophy to the New Age
Av Olav Hammer
Häftad, 2003
1392 kr
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This volume deals with the transformation of religious creativity in the late modern West. Its point of departure is a set of esoteric beliefs, from Theosophy to the New Age. It shows how these traditions have adapted to the cultural givens of each successive epoch.The claims of each movement have …
Afterlife Research
Spiritual Animal Magnetism and the Beginning of a Scientific Culture
Inbunden, 2026
1048 kr
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The open access publication of this book was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.From lunar spirit travels to prospective hospital studies, Afterlife Research traces the efforts of individuals and groups in the West who, since the late nineteenth century, have sought to investigate life …
Hidden Wisdom
Esoteric Traditions and the Roots of Christian Mysticism. Second, Revised and Enlarged paperback edition
Av Guy Stroumsa
Häftad, 2005
1058 kr
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This book investigates the problem of esoteric traditions in early Christianity, their origin and their transformation in Patristic hermeneutics, in the West as well as in the East. It argues that these traditions eventually formed the basis of nascent Christian mysticism in Late Antiquity. These …
Modern Societies & the Science of Religions
Studies in Honour of Lammert Leertouwer
Inbunden, 2002
3221 kr
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This book brings together studies by seventeen specialists in the science of religions in which they relate the changes in their discipline to the changes which have occurred in a select number of modern(ising) societies worldwide. It attempts to study these developments in their relation to and as …
Religion as a Human Capacity
A Festschrift in Honor of E. Thomas Lawson
Av Timothy Light, Brian C. Wilson
Inbunden, 2003
3326 kr
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Prepared in honor of E. Thomas Lawson, the essays in Religion as a Human Capacity represent diverse points of view in the study of religion today. Part I, “Theoretical Studies,” offers a broad range of cognitivist theoretical explorations, while Part II, “Studies in Religious Behavior,” presents …
Zoroastrian Rituals in Context
Inbunden, 2003
3847 kr
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Rituals, it is agreed, play a prominent role in Zoroastrianism, one of the oldest continuous traditions of mankind. In this book, scholars from a broad range of disciplines make the first ever collective effort to address this issue. From a historical and geographical perspective, texts and …
Virgin Goddess
Studies in the Pagan and Christian Roots of Mariology
Häftad, 2003
1175 kr
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The contemporary search for the feminine face of God is requiring a re-examination of the relationship of Christianity to the pagan world in which it came to birth. Stephen Benko approaches this study as both an historian and a Christian believer. Inquiring into extra-biblical sources of Marian …
Theorizing Rituals, Volume 2: Annotated Bibliography of Ritual Theory, 1966-2005
Av Jens Kreinath, J.A.M. Snoek m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
3769 kr
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Volume two of Theorizing Rituals mainly consists of an annotated bibliography of more than 400 items covering those books, edited volumes and essays that are considered most relevant for the field of ritual theory. Instead of proposing yet another theory of ritual, the bibliography is a …
Intertextuality in the Tales of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav
A Close Reading of Sippurey Ma'asiyot
Inbunden, 2007
4317 kr
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Until 1806, Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav (1772–1810) disseminated his thoughts on redemption through homilies. In 1806, however, Nahman chose the genre of tales as an additional and innovative means of religious discourse. An academic close reading of all of the tales, known as Sippurey Ma’asiyot, has …
Rethinking Ghosts in World Religions
Av Mu-chou Poo
Inbunden, 2009
3248 kr
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The central theme of this volume is to re-examine the received concepts and images of ghosts in various religious cultures ranging from the Ancient Near East and Egypt to the Old Testament, the Classical Era, Early Medieval and Early Modern Europe, Early India, and Medieval China. As a religious …
Critical Reflections on Religion and Media in Contemporary Bali
Av Richard Fox
Inbunden, 2010
3013 kr
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Scholars of religion have always worked closely with media of one kind or another, from sacred books and archaic languages to cassette-sermons and the Internet. Yet comparatively little attention has been paid to the ways we actually use these and other media in the pursuit of historical inquiry. …
Buddhism and Transgression
The Appropriation of Buddhism in the Contemporary West
Av Adrian Konik
Inbunden, 2009
2196 kr
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If Buddhism is to remain relevant to the contemporary era, through providing effective solutions to the proliferating and protean discursive problems encountered by its present-day practitioners, it cannot continue to ignore the role of discourse in the formation of subjectivity. In the interest of …
Religion and Retributive Logic
Essays in Honour of Professor Garry W. Trompf
Av Carole Cusack, Christopher Hartney
Inbunden, 2009
3065 kr
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Garry Winston Trompf (b.1940) in his outstanding academic career has inspired scholars in the fields of Stduies in Religion and the History of Ideals. In this volume his collegues and students critique and expand upon the world of this outstanding academic. The book is divided into four parts, …
Emergence of the Hebrew Christian Movement in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Av Darby
Inbunden, 2010
2260 kr
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In nineteenth-century Britain the majority of Jewish believers in Christ worshipped in Gentile churches. Some attained ethnic and institutional independence. A few debated the implications of incorporating into their worship the observance of Jewish tradition, and advocated the theological and …
Wisdoms of Humanity
Buddhism, Paganism, and Christianity
Inbunden, 2011
2374 kr
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Wisdoms have often been considered either as meek servants to religions, or as timorous and mediocre ways of living.Resting on a new and long awaited comparative study (of buddhism, yoga, christian spirituality and ancient philosophies), this book restores these wisdoms into their fascinating and …
Text, Context and Performance
Gagauz Folk Religion in Discourse and Practice
Inbunden, 2011
2909 kr
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Past scholarship on the Gagauz people has focused on their ethnic origins and the tension between their Christian faith and Turkish linguistic identity. This study, based on extensive fieldwork in the Republic of Moldova, approaches the problem of this central dichotomy in Gagauz identity through …
Quest for a Common Humanity
Human Dignity and Otherness in the Religious Traditions of the Mediterranean
Av Katell Berthelot, Matthias Morgenstern
Inbunden, 2011
3104 kr
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The worldview that all human beings belong to one big family has, in the history of religions, never been taken for granted. Moreover, human rights are a modern notion that should not be projected back onto the sacred texts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. However, from the Hellenistic period …
Sins and Sinners
Perspectives from Asian Religions
Inbunden, 2012
3365 kr
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Asian religious traditions have always been deeply concerned with "sins" and what to do about them. As the essays in this volume illustrate, what Buddhists in Tibet, India, China or Japan, what Jains, Daoists, Hindus or Sikhs considered to be a "sin" was neither one thing, nor exactly what the …
Religious Education in Pre-Modern Europe
Inbunden, 2012
2425 kr
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Although religious education is a much-debated topic in present-day History of Religions, its study focuses almost exclusively on contemporary phenomena. Furthermore, this field of study still lacks a comprehensive theoretical framework to structure research. The volume presented here explores …
Cosmopolitan Dharma
Race, Sexuality, and Gender in British Buddhism
Av Sharon Smith, Sally Munt m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
2479 kr
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Within Western Buddhism, practitioners are often assumed to be white and middle-class. Based in ground-breaking empirical research, Cosmopolitan Dharma: Race, Sexuality, and Gender in British Buddhism explores the stories of Buddhists from minority communities, through a rich analysis of their …
Re-imagining South Asian Religions
Essays in Honour of Professors Harold G. Coward and Ronald W. Neufeldt
Inbunden, 2012
2635 kr
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Re-imagining South Asian Religions is a collection of essays offering new ways of understanding aspects of Hindu, Tibetan Buddhist, Sikh, Jain, Theosophical, and Indian Christian experiences. Moving away from canonical texts, established authorities, and received historiography, the essays in this …
Orient in Spain
Converted Muslims, the Forged Lead Books of Granada, and the Rise of Orientalism
Av Mercedes Garcia-Arenal Rodriquez, Fernando Rodríguez Mediano
Inbunden, 2013
3965 kr
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Taking as its main subject a series of notorious forgeries by Muslim converts in sixteenth-century Granada (including an apocryphal gospel in Arabic), this book studies the emotional, cultural and religious world view of the Morisco minority and the complexity of its identity, caught between the …
Faith in the Familiar
Religion, Spirituality and Place in the South of the Netherlands
Av Kim Knibbe
Inbunden, 2013
2153 kr
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Faith in the Familiar is an ethnography of religious change in the Netherlands, a country that has moved from strongly pillarized to strongly secularist in the space of fifty years. This book shows how people look back on this, but also how Catholic rituals continue to play a role in the …
Problem of Disenchantment
Scientific Naturalism and Esoteric Discourse 1900 - 1939
Av Egil Asprem
Inbunden, 2014
4056 kr
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The Problem of Disenchantment offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to the intellectual history of science, religion, and “the occult” in the early 20th century. By developing a new approach to Max Weber’s famous idea of a “disenchantment of the world”, and drawing on an …
Sikh Diaspora
Theory, Agency, and Experience
Inbunden, 2013
3191 kr
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Sikh Diaspora: Theory, Agency, and Experience is a collection of essays offering new insights into the diverse experiences of Sikhs beyond the Punjab. Moving beyond migration history and global in their scope, the essays in this volume draw from a range of methodological approaches to engage with …
Sociology of Religion in America
A History of a Secular Fascination with Religion
Inbunden, 2014
2387 kr
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Sociology of Religion in America tells the story of the controversies involved in the development of a scientific specialty that often makes news in America. The evidence it presents runs contrary to the many myths about the field. Sometimes viewed by scholars as a backwater, actual evidence from …
Studying Religions with the Iron Curtain Closed and Opened
The Academic Study of Religion in Eastern Europe
Inbunden, 2015
2752 kr
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Studying Religions with the Iron Curtain Closed and Open. The Academic Study of Religion in Eastern Europe offers an account of the research focused on the origins, development and the current situation of the Study of Religions in the 20th century in countries such as the Czech Republic, Poland, …
Religious Transformation in Modern Asia
A Transnational Movement
Av David Kim
Inbunden, 2015
2693 kr
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This volume explores the religious transformation of each nation in modern Asia. When the Asian people, who were not only diverse in culture and history, but also active in performing local traditions and religions, experienced a socio-political change under the wave of Western colonialism, the …
Arena for Higher Powers
Ceremonial Buildings and Religious Strategies for Rulership in Late Iron Age Scandinavia
Inbunden, 2015
4134 kr
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In An Arena for Higher Powers Olof Sundqvist investigates ceremonial buildings and religious ruler strategies in Late Iron Age Scandinavia (i.e. AD 550-1050/1100). The author offers here an account of the role played by religion in political undertakings among the pre-Christian ruling elites at …
Problem of Disenchantment
Scientific Naturalism and Esoteric Discourse 1900 - 1939
Av Egil Asprem
Häftad, 2016
1188 kr
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The Problem of Disenchantment offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to the intellectual history of science, religion, and “the occult” in the early 20th century. By developing a new approach to Max Weber’s famous idea of a “disenchantment of the world”, and drawing on an …
