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Taylor & Francis Ltd Justice and the Social Context of Early Middle High German Literature
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Taylor & Francis Ltd For Goodness Sake Religious Schools and Education for Democratic Citizenry Social Theory Education and Cultural Change
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Modern Orthodoxies Judaic Imaginative Journeys of the Twentieth Century 10 Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Religious Beliefs and Folklore of the Siberian Peoples Uralic Altaic
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Taylor & Francis Ban of the Bori Demons and DemonDancing in West and North Africa Library of African Study
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Law and Religion The International Library of
Book SynopsisThis volume consists of nineteen previously-published articles written by leading international scholars on various aspects of law and religion. The volume looks at law and religion in the context of political power, covering different religions including Christianity, Islam and Judaism. It examines through a diversity of perspectives the law in religion and religion in law, enabling readers to gain multi-disciplinary insights into pressing contemporary issues.Trade Review'In addition to the insights provided by the individual chapters, the collection as a whole has much to offer...' Ecclesiastical Law Journal '...a diverse, intelligent and instructive collection...merits inclusion in any scholarly library.' Law and Politics Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Series preface; Introduction; Part I Religions as Sources of Human Rights: The morality of human rights: a nonreligious ground?, Michael J. Perry; The metaphorical reciprocity between theology and law, Paul Lehmann; From the trial of Adam and Eve to the judgements of Solomon and Daniel, Daniel Friedmann; Christian natural law: the spirit and method of, Giovanni Ambrosetti; Religious foundations of law in the West: an historical perspective, Harold J. Berman; Law and religion in contemporary Islam, Noel J. Coulson; Characteristic features of Islamic law: perceptions and misconceptions, Mahdi Zahraa. Part II Religions as Traditions of Law: Obligation: a Jewish jurisprudence of the social order, Robert M. Cover; The Chinese conceptions of law: Confucian, legalist and Buddhist, Luke T. Lee and Whalen W. Lai; Hindu conceptions of law, Ludo Rocher; A conversation with Tibetans? Reconsidering the relationship between religious beliefs and secular legal discourse, Rebecca R. French; Consensus and suspicion: judicial reasoning and social change in an Indonesian society 1960-1994, John R. Bowen; Cultured technology: the internet and religious fundamentalism, Karine Barzilai-Nahon and Gad Barzilai. Part III Religions and Human Rights: Conflicts: Female circumcision: religious practice v. human rights violation, Jessica A. Platt; Behind the veil: women's rights in Islamic societies, Nayer Honarvar; Rights, religion and community: approaches to violence against women in the context of globalization, Sally Engel Merry; Nomos and narrative, Robert M. Cover; Disorderly differences: recognition, accommodation, and American law, Austin Sarat and Roger Berkowitz; Are human rights universal?, Shashi Tharoor; Name index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Encyclopedia of Cremation
Book SynopsisThe Encyclopedia of Cremation is the first major reference resource focused on cremation. Spanning many world cultures it documents regional histories, ideological movements and leading individuals that fostered cremation whilst also presenting cremation as a universal practice. Tracing ancient and classical cremation sites, historical and contemporary cremation processes and procedures of both scientific and legal kind, the encyclopedia also includes sections on specific cremation rituals, architecture, art and text. Features in the volume include: a general introduction and editorial introductions to sub-sections by Douglas Davies, an international specialist in death studies; appendices of world cremation statistics and a chronology of cremation; cross-referencing pathways through the entries via the index; individual entry bibliographies; and illustrations. This major international reference work is also an essential source book for students on the growing number of death-studiesTrade Review’...Treatment is admirably interdisciplinary, integrating sociological, psychological, historical, legal, theological, scientific, engineering, and artistic perspectives, along with political and economic dimensions of the practice...Recommended.’ Choice 'The book will be invaluable for those who are taking the increasingly popular Death Studies courses in Colleges and Universities. It is a useful reference book for those with responsibility for cremation, cemeteries and burial practice. It is likely to prove a fascinating read for most anyone who picks it up.' Liturgy Newsletter 'This is one of the most fascinating books I have been given to review... This book is a valuable compendium of information on cremation and crematoria, and it will be of interest to those involved with the study of, and provision of services for, the processes and activities that surround death. It will also be of interest to those concerned with the theology or anthropology of death... this is a very good book on an important subject.' Reference Reviews 'It is to the credit of the editors that they have brought together under a single title such a diverse collection of essays, explanations and obituaries. Many of these make for fascinating reading... It is impossible - at least for this reader - not to be educated in unexpected areas through browsing the 230-odd entries; the international coverage is impressive both in breadth and depth... The book represents a fine collection of writings from all around the world that will be of interest to anybody concerned with cremation.' Pharos International '... a well-conceived and well-produced volume that will be helpful in the contemporary debate regarding the morality of the practice of cremation. This topic is certainly an issue that thoughtful Christians ought to pursue, and this text will aid those who choose to do so.' Faith & Mission '... an interesting work... Often one aspect of the topic is looked at from different vieTable of ContentsIllustrations, Abbreviations, Acknowledgements, List of Contributors, Introduction, A–Z Entries, Cremation Statistics, Chronology of Cremation, Cremation Society Archive Sources, Select Bibliography, Index
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Taylor & Francis Intercessory Prayer Modern Theology Biblical Teaching and Philosophical Thought
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Christian Tourism to the Holy Land Pilgrimage during Security Crisis New Directions in Tourism Analysis
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Reconciliation Nations and Churches in Latin America
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Islamophobia
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Islamophobia
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Faith in Honesty The Essential Nature of Theology
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Dreams of Glory The Sources of Apocalyptic Terror
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Trinity and Ecumenical Church Thought The ChurchEvent Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion Theology and Biblical Studies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Redeeming Beauty Soundings in Sacral Aesthetics
Book SynopsisRedeeming Beauty explores the richness of orthodox Christian tradition, both Western and Eastern, in matters of ''sacral aesthetics'' - a term used to denote the foundations, production and experience of religiously relevant beauty. Aidan Nichols investigates five principal themes: the foundation of beauty in the natural order through divine creative action; explicitly ''evangelical'' beauty as a quality of biblical revelation and notably at its climax in Christ; the legitimacy of making and venerating artworks; qualities of the self in relation to objective presentation of the religiously beautiful; and the difficulties of practising a sacral aesthetic, whether as producer or consumer, in an epoch when the visual arts themselves have left behind not only Church but for the greater part the public as well. The thought of theologians such as Augustine, Aquinas, Balthasar, Ratzinger, Bulgakov, Maritain and others are explored.Trade Review’Nichols's essays raise many other questions that point, directly or indirectly, to the most significant issues in discussion in contemporary theological aesthetics. For this reason, as well as for its historical surveys, the book is of great value for scholars interested in the interrelationships between God, religion, beauty, and the arts.’ Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies ’Redeeming Beauty is a fine addition to a very welcome series... adds to the growing number of recent volumes that emphasize the importance of the visual arts for the disciplines of theology and biblical studies...’ TheologyTable of ContentsContents: Preface; Part 1 Foundations, in Creation and Grace: Aesthetics in Augustine and Aquinas; The origin and crisis of Christian art. Part 2 Twentieth Century Theologians of the Image: Hans Urs von Balthasar on art as redemptive beauty; Sergei Bulgakov on the art of the icon; Pope Benedict XVI on holy images. Part 3 The Difficulties of Practice: The French Dominicans and the journal L’Art Sacré; The English uses of Maritain’s aesthetics: Eric Gill and David Jones. Conclusion: Christ and the muses; Index of names.
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Taylor & Francis Encounter Between Eastern Orthodoxy and Radical Orthodoxy Transfiguring the World Through the Word
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Church Community and Power
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Explorations in Christian Theology and Ethics Essays in Conversation with Paul L Lehmann
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Caribbean Diaspora in the USA
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Church in Anglican Theology A Historical Theological and Ecumenical Exploration
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Religion and Conflict Resolution Christianity and South Africas Truth and Reconciliation Commission
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Problem of Hell A Philosophical Anthology
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Grace Jantzen Redeeming the Present
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Grace Jantzen Redeeming the Present
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Engaging with Bediuzzaman Said Nursi A Model of Interfaith Dialogue
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Queer Spiritual Spaces
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Science Religion and Society
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Taylor & Francis Essays in Medieval Philosophy and Theology in Memory of Walter H. Principe CSB
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Taylor & Francis Forced Migration and Human Security in the Eastern Orthodox World Routledge Religion Society and Government in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet States
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Taylor & Francis Saintly Women
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Studies in the Origins of Early Islamic Culture and Tradition Variorum Collected Studies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Lacan and Religion
Book SynopsisThe French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan is one of the most influential intellectuals of the past century. His work is invoked by philosophers, film critics and feminist theorists, but religious scholars have tended to keep their distance. Whilst the religious dimensions of Freud and Jung have been investigated exhaustively, much work still needs to be done in exploring this aspect of Lacan's thought. "Lacan and Religion" presents students of religion and theology with a clear introduction to a famously difficult thinker. The theological analysis is grounded in a solid understanding of Lacan's work as a psychoanalyst, whilst the book also explores how Lacan's concepts can be fruitful for those who labour in what Lacan called the "field of the divine."Trade Review"A welcome riposte to the anti-theological bias attributed to Lacan. Expertly written, this is essential reading for theologians and clinicians alike." - Marcus Pound, Durham UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Intellectual Biography 2. The Basic Concepts 3. Jouissance and Feminine Sexuality 4. A Review of the Literature 5. Lacan as a Theologian
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Mental Culture: Classical Social Theory and the
Book SynopsisWhy is the set of human beliefs and behaviours that we call "religion" such a widespread feature of all known human societies, past and present, and why are there so many forms of religiosity found throughout history and culture? "Mental Culture" brings together an international range of scholars - from Anthropology, History, Psychology, Philosophy, and Religious Studies - to answer these questions. Connecting classical theories and approaches with the newly established field of the Cognitive Science of Religion, the aim of "Mental Culture" is to provide scholars and students of religion with an overview of contemporary scientific approaches to religion while tracing their intellectual development to some of the great thinkers of the past.Trade Review"It is a rare treat to have the leading scholars of one generation comment on their towering predecessors. Mental Culture is a stunning book that should be required reading in both religious studies and cognitive science. Kudos to the editors for their vision, masterful organization, and firmly situating the cognitive science of religion within the distinguished history of the academic study of religion." – Richard Sosis, University of Connecticut”The diverse phenomena of religion constitute one of the most crucial sets of evidence that we possess on the human mind. As such, it requires a thorough cross-disciplinary examination. This excellent collection of papers goes a long way toward achieving this end.” – Merlin Donald, Queen's University, Kingston"A novel and clever way to revisit the founders of social science and to commemorate their contribution to the evolving field of cognitive science of religion." – Anthropology Review Database"This book will excite and encourage young scholars to contribute to the field of the CSR while providing new and interesting insights for more established scholars. It is a significant contribution to the field and a must read for all interested in the study of religion." – BASR BulletinTable of Contents1. Introduction: Social Minds, Mental Cultures: Weaving Together Cognition and Culture in the Study of Religion, Dimitris Xygalatas and William W. McCorkle Jr. 2. Explanatory Pluralism and the Cognitive Science of Religion: Why Scholars in Religious Studies Should Stop Worrying about Reductionism, Robert McCauley 3. Early Cognitive Theorists of Religion: Robin Horton and his Predecessors, Stewart Guthrie 4. The Opium or the Aphrodisiac of the People? Darwinizing Marx on Religion, Jason slone 5. Immortality, Creation, and Regulation: Updating Durkheim's Theory of the Sacred, Harvey Whitehouse 6. Non-ordinary Powers: Charisma, Special Affordances, and the Study of Religion, Ann Taves 7. Malinowski's Magic and Skinner's Superstition: Reconciling Explanations of Magical Practicies, Konrad Talmont-Kaminski 8. Toward an Evolutionary Cognitive Science of Mental Cultures: Lessons from Freud, Joseph Bulbulia 9. Piaget on Moral Judgement: Towards a Reconciliation with Nativist and Socio-Cultural Approaches, Gordon Ingram 10. Building on William James: The Role of Learning in Religious Experience, Tanya M. Luhrmann 11. Explaining Religious Concepts: Levi-Strauss The Brilliant and Problematic Ancestor, Pascal Boyer 12. The Meaningful Brain: Clifford Geertz and the Cognitive Science of Culture, Armin W. Geertz 13. Cognitive Science and Religious Thought: The Case of Psychological Interiority in the Analects, Edward Slingerland 14. Conclusion: Moving Towards a New Science of Religion. Or, Have We Already Arrived? Luther H. Martin and Ilkka Pyysiainen
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Angels of Desire: Esoteric Bodies, Aesthetics and Ethics
Book SynopsisThe idea that the human body consists of 'subtle bodies' - psycho-spiritual essences - can be found in a variety of esoteric traditions. This radical form of selfhood challenges the dualisms at the heart of Western discourse : mind/body, divine/human, matter/spirit, reason/emotion, I/other. 'Angels of Desire' explores the aesthetics and ethics of subtle bodies. What emerges is an understanding of embodiment not exclusively tied to materiality. The book examines the use of subtle bodies across a range of traditions, yogic, tantric, theosophical, hermetic and sufi. 'Angels of Desire' shows the relevance of the subtle body for religion, philosophy, art history and contemporary feminist religious studies and theories of desire.Table of ContentsIntroduction Section I: Subjectivity Chapter 1: Subtle Bodies Chapter 2: Difference Chapter 3: Subtle Subjects of Desire Section II: Aesthetics Chapter 4: "Seering" Desire: The Between Chapter 5: Inhabiting Sight Chapter 6: Duree: the Aesthetics of Desire-Time Section III: Ethics Chapter 7: An Ethics of Emptiness Chapter 8: Witnessing: Detached Immersion Chapter 9: An Ethics of Grace: The Law of Desiring Angels Conclusion: The Angelic Ternary
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Numen, Old Men: Contemporary Masculine Spiritualities and the Problem of Patriarchy
Book SynopsisSince the early 1990s there have been various movements designed to encourage 'masculine spirituality'. All these movements share a concern that spirituality has become too feminine and that men's experiences of the spiritual are being marginalized. The task of masculine spirituality is to promote 'authentic' masculine characteristics within a spiritual context. Numen, Old Men examines these characteristics to argue that masculine spirituality is thinly veiled patriarchy. The mythopoetic, evangelical, and Catholic men's movements are shown to promote a hetero-patriarchal spirituality by appealing to either combative and oppressive neo-Jungian archetypes or biblical models of man as the leader of the family. Numen, Old Men examines spiritualities that aim to honour and transcend both the masculine and feminine, and offers gay spirituality as an example of masculine spirituality that resists patriarchy.Trade Review‘Will be useful to students and researchers interested in the relation between masculinity and Christianity in the US. Recommended.’ – Choice‘Should appeal to a wide ranging number of disciplines and practitioners … a stimulating text.’ – Reviews in Religion and Theology‘This book is an insightful and useful work particularly suited to our emerging post-dualist times. [It] is eminently readable, well-structured and will provide food for thought to theologians, social scientists, therapists and counselors alike.’ – BASR Bulletin‘A very readable book which presents a lot of sharp insights, creative thinking, different perspectives and deserves a RECOMMENDED!’ – Religion and GenderTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. The Mythopoetic Movement: Getting it Wrong from the Start 3. The Evangelical Men’s Movement: Networking, Violence and Sport 4. The Catholic Men’s Movement: Sacraments and Adoration 5. Integral or Muscular Spirituality? 6. Gay Spirituality: A Way Out for Men 7. Sexual Difference, Spirituality and Space 8. Conclusion
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Cambridge University Press Handbook of the Sociology of Religion
Book SynopsisThis Handbook showcases research and thinking in the sociology of religion. The contributors, all active writers and researchers in the area, provide original chapters focusing on select aspects of their own engagement with the field. Aimed at students and scholars who want to know more about the sociology of religion, this handbook also provides a resource for sociologists in general by integrating broader questions of sociology (e.g. demography, ethnicity, life course, inequality, political sociology) into the analysis of religion. Broadly inclusive of traditional research topics (modernity, secularization, politics) as well as newer interests (feminism, spirituality, faith based community action), this handbook illustrates the validity of diverse theoretical perspectives and research designs to understanding the multi-layered nature of religion as a sociological phenomenon.Trade Review"Michele Dillon has done sociology of religion a great service by bringing together many of its most distinguished and promising practitioners to address the field at large according to their special competencies and interests. She also succeeded in getting many of them to take each other's papers into account, so that the whole book hangs together....I cannot resist the observation that Dillon's roster of contributors is an all-star cast....In view of the overall breadth and general excellence of the chapters and could serve as the main text for an upper division or graduate survey course in sociology of religion. It will certainly serve as a resource for the preparation of lectures, not to mention as a stimulus to research. Nonetheless, at $30, the book is a bargain. It should be in the library of everyone who reads this review." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion"Editor Michele Dillon has pulled off quite an impressive feat: soliciting, assembling, and publishing 28 original essays by some of the top sociologists of religion in the United States....The majority of chapters are plainly articulated, informed by sound theory, and bolstered by compelling data....the list of contributors is the closest thing to a 'who's who` of contemporary sociologists of religion to appear in one text that I am aware of. For sociologists of religion, this is easily the best single compendium of research and theory to come out in years, and a hearty testament to the vitality and dynamism of the state of our crucial discipline." Phil Zuckerman, Pitzer College, Contemporary SociologyTable of ContentsPart I. Religion as a Field of Sociological Knowledge: 1. The sociology of religion in late modernity Michele Dillon; 2. Studying religion, making it sociological Robert Wuthnow; 3. The ritual roots of society and culture Robert Bellah; 4. Social forms of religion and religions in contemporary global society Peter Beyer; 5. The evolution of the sociology of religion: theme and variations Grace Davies; Part II. Religion and Social Change: 6. Demographic methods for the sociology of religion Michael Hout; 7. Church attendance in the United States Mark Chaves and Laura Stephens; 8. The dynamics of religious economies Roger Fink and Rodney Stark; 9. Historicizing the secularization debate: an agenda for research Philip Gorski; 10. Escaping the procrustean bed: a critical analysis of the study of religious organizations, 1930–2001 Patricia M. Y. Chung; 11. Religion and spirituality: toward an integrated analysis Wade Clark Roof; Part III. Religion and the Life Course: 12. Religious socialization: sources of influence and influences of agency Darren Sherkat; 13. In rhetoric and practice: defining the 'good family' in local congregations Penny Edgell Becker; 14. Religion and health: depressive symptoms and mortality as case studies Michael McCullough and Timothy Smith; 15. Religion, spirituality, and vital involvement in late adulthood Michele Dillon and Paul Wink; Part IV. Religion and Social Identity: 16. Religious identities and religious institutions Nancy Ammerman; 17. Religion and the new immigrants Helen Rose Ebaugh; 18. A journey of the 'straight way' or the 'roundabout path': Jewish identity in the United States and Israel Arnold Dashefsky, Bernard Lazerwitz and Ephraim Tabory; 19. Beyond the synogogue Lynn Davidman; 20. Dis/location: emerging feminist inquiry in the sociology of religion Mary Jo Neitz; Part V. Religion, Political Behavior, and Public Culture: 21. Religion and political behavior Jeff Manza and Nathan Wright; 22. Religious social movements in the public sphere: organization, ideology, and activism Rhys Williams; 23. Mapping the moral order: depicting the terrain of religious conflict and change Fred Kniss; 24. Civil society and civil religion as mutually dependent N. J. Demerath, III; 25. Religion and violence: social processes in comparative perspective John Hall; Part VI. Religion and Socio-Economic Inequality: 26. Religion, faith-based community organizing, and the struggle for justice Richard Wood; 27. Latina empowerment, border realities, and faith-based organizations Milagros Pena; 28. 'Worldly' or 'other worldly'?: activism in an urban religious district Omar McRoberts.
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Cambridge University Press Historical Role Analysis in the Study of Religious Change
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Cambridge University Press Abbey and Bishopric of Ely 1 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought New Series Series Number 1
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Cambridge University Press Drama and Religion Volume 5
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Cambridge University Press Islam
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Cambridge University Press Science and Religion
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Cambridge University Press Religious Liberty in Transitional Societies The Politics of Religion
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Gandhi
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Cambridge University Press Meditation in Modern Buddhism Renunciation and Change in Thai Monastic Life
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Gandhi
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Cambridge University Press Religion in Republican Italy
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Cambridge University Press Alabaster Tombs of the PreReformation Period in England
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1940, this was the first comprehensive book about British alabaster tombs. It provides a detailed account of the surviving alabaster monuments, from the earliest examples of around 1330 through to those created at the time of the Reformation.Table of ContentsList of illustrations; Introduction; 1. The alabaster men; 2. Tomb chests and weepers; 3. The effigies; 4. Classification of the effigies; Appendices; Plates; Index to text; Index to plates.
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