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92 produkter
Rituals of Initiation and Consecration in Premodern Japan
Power and Legitimacy in Kingship, Religion, and the Arts
Inbunden, 2022
1338 kr
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In premodern Japan, legitimization of power and knowledge in various contexts was sanctioned by consecration rituals (kanjō) of Buddhist origin. This is the first book to address in a comprehensive way the multiple forms and aspects of these rituals also in relation to other Asian contexts.The …
Religious Voices in Self-Narratives
Making Sense of Life in Times of Transition
Av Marjo Buitelaar, Hetty Zock
Inbunden, 2013
2074 kr
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In present-day pluralistic and individualized societies, the question of how individuals appropriate religious traditions has become particularly relevant. In this volume, psychologists, anthropologists, and historians examine the presence of religious voices in narrative constructions of the self. …
Wilderness in Mythology and Religion
Approaching Religious Spatialities, Cosmologies, and Ideas of Wild Nature
Av Laura Feldt
Inbunden, 2012
2321 kr
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Wilderness is one of the most abiding creations in the history of religions. It has a long and seminal history and is of contemporary relevance in wildlife preservation and climate discourses. Yet it has not previously been subject to scrutiny or theorising from a cross-cultural study of religions …
Islamization in Modern South Asia
Deobandi Reform and the Gujjar Response
Inbunden, 2012
2492 kr
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This book explores the religious identity of the indigenous Gujjars living in Rajaji National Park (RNP), Uttarakhand, India. In the broader context of forest conservation discourse, steps taken by the local government to relocate the Gujjars outside RNP have been crucial in their choice to …
Ecology of Coexistence and Conflict in Cyprus
Exploring the Religion, Nature, and Culture of a Mediterranean Island
Inbunden, 2014
1962 kr
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What is the significance of sustainable resource management for the functioning of Mediterranean island societies? How do human-environment relations reflect in a multi-ethnic religious landscape? This book poses these questions in the context of the Ottoman, British, and modern history of Cyprus. …
Feeding, Sharing, and Devouring
Ritual and Society in Highland Odisha, India
Av Peter Berger
Inbunden, 2015
2321 kr
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Few thorough ethnographic studies on Central Indian tribal communities exist, and the elaborate discussion on the cultural meanings of Indian food systems ignores these societies altogether. Food epitomizes the social for the Gadaba of Odisha. Feeding, sharing, and devouring refer to locally …
Religious Publishing and Print Culture in Modern China
1800-2012
Av Philip Clart, Gregory Adam Scott
Inbunden, 2014
1920 kr
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Scholarly interest in print culture and in the study of religion in modern China has increased in recent years, propelled by maturing approaches to the study of cultural history and by a growing recognition that both were important elements of China's recent past. The influence of China in the …
Mindscaping the Landscape of Tibet
Place, Memorability, Ecoaesthetics
Av Dan Smyer Yü
Inbunden, 2015
1791 kr
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Based on the author’s cross-regional fieldwork, archival findings, and critical reading of memoirs and creative works of Tibetans and Chinese, this book recounts how the potency of Tibet manifests itself in modern material culture concerning Tibet, which is interwoven with state ideology, politics …
Mindscaping the Landscape of Tibet
Place, Memorability, Ecoaesthetics
Av Dan Smyer Yü
Häftad, 2016
400 kr
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Based on the author’s cross-regional fieldwork, archival findings, and critical reading of memoirs and creative works of Tibetans and Chinese, this book recounts how the potency of Tibet manifests itself in modern material culture concerning Tibet, which is interwoven with state ideology, politics …
Divided by Faith and Ethnicity
Religious Pluralism and the Problem of Race in Guatemala
Inbunden, 2014
2321 kr
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Two unprecedented, striking developments form part of the reality of many Latin Americans. Recent decades have seen the dramatic rise of a new religious pluralism, namely the spread of Pentecostal Christianity - Catholic and Protestant alike - and the growth of indigenous revitalization movements. …
Crossings and Crosses
Borders, Educations, and Religions in Northern Europe
Av Jenny Berglund, Thomas Lundén m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
1791 kr
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Dealing with different regions and cases, the contributions in this volume address and critically explore the theme of borders, educations, and religions in northern Europe. As shown in different ways, and contrary to popular ideas, there seems to be little reason to believe that religious and …
Orthodoxy, Heterodoxy and Dissent in India
Av S. N. Eisenstadt, D. Shulman m. fl.
Inbunden, 1984
1644 kr
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No detailed description available for "Orthodoxy, Heterodoxy and Dissent in India".
Islamic Dilemmas: Reformers, Nationalists and Industrialization
The Southern Shore of the Mediterranean
Inbunden, 1985
1609 kr
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No detailed description available for "Islamic Dilemmas: Reformers, Nationalists and Industrialization".
Religion, Power and Protest in Local Communities
The Northern Shore of the Mediterranean
Av Eric R. Wolf
Inbunden, 1984
1644 kr
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No detailed description available for "Religion, Power and Protest in Local Communities".
Quest for Purity
Dynamics of Puritan Movements
Inbunden, 1988
1644 kr
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No detailed description available for "The Quest for Purity".
Ideology and Atheism in the Soviet Union
Inbunden, 1988
1644 kr
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No detailed description available for "Ideology and Atheism in the Soviet Union".
Religion in Calabar
The Religious Life and History of a Nigerian Town
Inbunden, 1988
2386 kr
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Cargo Cults and Millenarian Movements
Transoceanic Comparisons of New Religious Movements
Av G. W. Trompf
Inbunden, 1990
2679 kr
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No detailed description available for "Cargo Cults and Millenarian Movements".
Religious Plurality in Africa
Essays in Honour of John S. Mbiti
Av Jacob K. Olupona, Sulayman S. Nyang
Inbunden, 1993
2386 kr
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No detailed description available for "Religious Plurality in Africa".
Religion, Myth and Folklore in the World's Epics
The Kalevala and its Predecessors
Av Lauri Honko
Inbunden, 1990
3648 kr
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No detailed description available for "Religion, Myth and Folklore in the World's Epics".
Innovation in Religions Traditions
Essays in the Interpretation of Religions Change
Av Michael A. Williams, Collett Cox m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
2679 kr
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No detailed description available for "Innovation in Religions Traditions".
Religious Transformations and Socio-Political Change
Eastern Europe and Latin America
Inbunden, 1993
2334 kr
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No detailed description available for "Religious Transformations and Socio-Political Change".
Reform and Counterreform
Dialectics of the Word in Western Christianity since Luther
Inbunden, 1994
1644 kr
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No detailed description available for "Reform and Counterreform".
Shamanism and Northern Ecology
Inbunden, 1996
2084 kr
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No detailed description available for "Shamanism and Northern Ecology".
"Odd" Fellows in the Politics of Religion
Modernism, National Socialism, and German Judaism
Av Gary Lease
Inbunden, 1994
2084 kr
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No detailed description available for ""Odd" Fellows in the Politics of Religion".
Religion and Social Formation in Korea
Minjung and Millenarianism
Inbunden, 1996
1644 kr
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No detailed description available for "Religion and Social Formation in Korea".
Seventeenth-Century Cultural Discourse
France and the Preaching of Bishop Camus
Inbunden, 1997
2532 kr
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No detailed description available for "Seventeenth-Century Cultural Discourse".
Identity and Marginality among New Australians
Religion and Ethnicity in Victoria's Slavic Baptist Community
Inbunden, 2004
2084 kr
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This work deals with the identification and integration process of immigrants in Australia and the role that religion plays in this process. Viktor Zander investigates the immigrant community of Slavic Baptists in Victoria and analyzes the relationship between ethnic and religious identities as …
Sound and Communication
An Aesthetic Cultural History of Sanskrit Hinduism
Av Annette Wilke, Oliver Moebus
Inbunden, 2011
5469 kr
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In Hindu India both orality and sonality have enjoyed great cultural significance since earliest times. They have a distinct influence on how people approach texts. The importance of sound and its perception has led to rites, models of cosmic order, and abstract formulas. Sound serves both to …
Christendom and European Identity
The Legacy of a Grand Narrative since 1789
Inbunden, 2004
2100 kr
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This book critically explores the idea of Europe since the French Revolution from the perspective of intellectual history. It traces the dominant and recurring theme of Europe-as-Christendom in discourse concerning the relationship of religion, politics and society, in historiography and …
