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Fox's Craft in Japanese Religion and Culture
Shapeshifters, Transformations, and Duplicities
Häftad, 2015
921 kr
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For more than a millennium, the fox has been a ubiquitous figure at the margins of the Japanese collective imagination. In the writings of the nobility and the motifs of popular literature, the fox is known as a shapeshifter, able to assume various forms in order to deceive others. Focusing on …
Steel City Gospel
Protestant Laity and Reform in Progressive-Era Pittsburgh
Häftad, 2013
907 kr
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Demonstrating the power religious language, ideas, and institutions had in shaping progressive reform in Pittsburgh, this cross-disciplinary study addresses significant debates in the fields of Progressive-Era political history and American religious history, while telling the story of an …
Liturgy Wars
Ritual Theory and Protestant Reform in Nineteenth-Century Zurich
Häftad, 2014
907 kr
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The nineteenth century was a period of intense religious conflict across Europe, as people confronted the major changes brought by modernity. In Zurich, one phase of this religious conflict was played out in a struggle over revisions to the ritual of baptism. In its analysis of the Zurich conflict, …
Heavenly Journeys, Earthly Concerns
The Legacy of the Mi'raj in the Formation of Islam
Häftad, 2013
1043 kr
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This book examines how an elite group of traditionists, historians and theologians shaped Muslims' perceptions of their prophet, their community and their behavior by retelling and interpreting the story of Muhammad's ascent to heaven (the mi'raj).
Lest We Be Damned
Practical Innovation & Lived Experience Among Catholics in Protestant England, 1559–1642
Av Lisa McClain, B. McLaughlin
Häftad, 2015
921 kr
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Through compelling personal stories and in rich detail, McClain reveals the give-and-take interaction between the institutional church in Rome and the needs of believers and the hands-on clergy who provided their pastoral care within England. In doing so, she illuminates larger issues of how …
Las Abejas
Pacifist Resistance and Syncretic Identities in a Globalizing Chiapas
Inbunden, 2002
2736 kr
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Las Abejas came to be known by the international community as the civil counterpart to the neozapatista movements and as a Christian pacifist movement. This book presents the voices of Las Abejas and of numerous collaborators alongside an innovative theoretical analysis of the dynamics of identity …
Explaining Mantras
Ritual, Rhetoric, and the Dream of a Natural Language in Hindu Tantra
Inbunden, 2003
2504 kr
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Explaining Mantras explores the intersection of poetry and magic in the mantras or verbal formulas of Hindu Tantra. The author reveals how mantras work in light of both the esoteric tradition of Tantra and a general semiotic theory of ritual. Mantras mimic the act of sexual reproduction and the …
Liturgy Wars
Ritual Theory and Protestant Reform in Nineteenth-Century Zurich
Inbunden, 2003
2504 kr
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The nineteenth century was a period of intense religious conflict across Europe, as people confronted the major changes brought by modernity. In Zurich, one phase of this religious conflict was played out in a struggle over revisions to the ritual of baptism. In its analysis of the Zurich conflict, …
Heavenly Journeys, Earthly Concerns
The Legacy of the Mi'raj in the Formation of Islam
Inbunden, 2004
2879 kr
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This book examines how an elite group of traditionists, historians and theologians shaped Muslims' perceptions of their prophet, their community and their behavior by retelling and interpreting the story of Muhammad's ascent to heaven (the mi'raj).
Lest We Be Damned
Practical Innovation & Lived Experience Among Catholics in Protestant England, 1559–1642
Av Lisa McClain, B. McLaughlin
Inbunden, 2003
3386 kr
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Through compelling personal stories and in rich detail, McClain reveals the give-and-take interaction between the institutional church in Rome and the needs of believers and the hands-on clergy who provided their pastoral care within England. In doing so, she illuminates larger issues of how …
Fox's Craft in Japanese Religion and Culture
Shapeshifters, Transformations, and Duplicities
Inbunden, 2003
2504 kr
Lägg i varukorg
For more than a millennium, the fox has been a ubiquitous figure at the margins of the Japanese collective imagination. In the writings of the nobility and the motifs of popular literature, the fox is known as a shapeshifter, able to assume various forms in order to deceive others. Focusing on …
Theories of the Gift in South Asia
Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain Reflections on Dana
Av Maria Heim
Inbunden, 2004
2504 kr
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This book explores the ethical and social implications of unilateral gifts of esteem, offering a perceptive guide to the uniquely South Asian contributors to theoretical work on the gift.
Steel City Gospel
Protestant Laity and Reform in Progressive-Era Pittsburgh
Inbunden, 2005
2504 kr
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Demonstrating the power religious language, ideas, and institutions had in shaping progressive reform in Pittsburgh, this cross-disciplinary study addresses significant debates in the fields of Progressive-Era political history and American religious history, while telling the story of an …
White Roses on the Floor of Heaven
Nature and Flower Imagery in Latter-Day Saints Women's Literature, 1880-1920
Inbunden, 2006
3330 kr
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First published in 2006. This volume marks the tenth volume in its series: Religion in History, Society and Culture. This series is designed to bring exciting new work by young scholars on religion to a wider audience. Susanna Morrill offers here a fine and sensitive reading of the little known, …
Theories of the Gift in South Asia
Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain Reflections on Dana
Av Maria Heim
Häftad, 2015
921 kr
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This book explores the ethical and social implications of unilateral gifts of esteem, offering a perceptive guide to the uniquely South Asian contributors to theoretical work on the gift.
White Roses on the Floor of Heaven
Nature and Flower Imagery in Latter-Day Saints Women's Literature, 1880-1920
Häftad, 2016
926 kr
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First published in 2006. This volume marks the tenth volume in its series: Religion in History, Society and Culture. This series is designed to bring exciting new work by young scholars on religion to a wider audience. Susanna Morrill offers here a fine and sensitive reading of the little known, …
