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By: Rev Dr Christopher Craig Brittain
ISBN: 9781441106773
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jul 2011
Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
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Analyzes how emotive reactions impact on the way religion is understood, exploring theological responses to human tragedy and cultural shock by focusing on reactions to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the two World Wars and the Holocaust, the 2004 South-East Asian tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
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By: Douglas R. McGaughey
ISBN: 9780567025234
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Mar 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Presents a project that rejects the "pragmatic" solution to the sceptical dilemma created by deconstruction and postmodernism. This work argues that the Practical Theology shifts the focus away from what merely "pragmatically" works to the "practical" conditions that enable any and all knowledge and understanding.
(Hardback)
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 1978
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Pascal Boyer
ISBN: 9780099282761
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2002
UK Publication Date: 7th November 2002
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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An exploration of the nature of human religious belief, and what it can tell us about human psychology and evolution.
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By: Madeleine Cousineau
ISBN: 9780275960780
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Aug 1998
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Bringing together 28 scholars, many of them well known in the sociology of religion, Cousineau examines a variety of faith traditions, countries, and sociological topics that illustrate the connection between religion and society at the dawn of the 21st century.
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By: Madeleine Cousineau
ISBN: 9780275960797
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Aug 1998
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Bringing together 28 scholars, many of them well known in the sociology of religion, Cousineau examines a variety of faith traditions, countries, and sociological topics that illustrate the connection between religion and society at the dawn of the 21st century.
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By: Dr Katherine E. Southwood
ISBN: 9780567713001
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Dec 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A series of studies on the public and private aspects of religion in ancient Israel, covering ritual and mythological motifs, but also personal practices and beliefs.
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By: Dr Dieter Gerten
ISBN: 9781472505569
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Dr Dieter Gerten
ISBN: 9781441169297
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Nov 2011
Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
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Defines 'religion' from theological, ethical, philosophical, ethnological, anthropological, and historical perspectives, exploring the manifold human modes of perception, action and thought in climate change. This book charts the spread from regional case studies to global-scale syntheses.
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By: Gerardus Van der Leeuw
ISBN: 9780691610443
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2014
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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In this book van der Leeuw discusses the horizontal path to God and the vertical paths descending from God and ascending to Him. If God Himself appears, it is in a totally different manner, which results not in intelligible utterance, but in proclamation; and it is with this that theology has to deal." Originally published in 1986. The Princeton
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By: Gerardus Van der Leeuw
ISBN: 9780691638577
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2016
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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By: Morteza Hashemi
ISBN: 9781350341104
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Mar 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Morteza Hashemi
ISBN: 9781350341142
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Sep 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Gretchen Buggeln
ISBN: 9781474255516
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Feb 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Gretchen Buggeln
ISBN: 9781474255523
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Feb 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: David C. Yu
ISBN: 9780313267321
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Nov 1993
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This book discusses selected works on Chinese religion in the People's Republic of China (PRC) published since World War II. The work begins with brief overviews of religion in premodern and modern China, first by scholars in China, and then as understood by Western scholars.
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By: R. Murray Thomas
ISBN: 9780275990619
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2006
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Using case examples and applying a uniform approach to analyzing each country's particular focus on religion and education, he is able to show what these conflicts have in common, how well solutions have worked, and what may lie ahead.
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By: Steven Hrotic
ISBN: 9781472533555
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jul 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Steven Hrotic
ISBN: 9781474273176
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jan 2016
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Jesudas M. Athyal
ISBN: 9781610692496
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 2015
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This engaging encyclopedia covers the religions and religious traditions of various Southeast Asian countries, including Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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By: Juan M. Floyd-Thomas
ISBN: 9781350041042
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Feb 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback, Revised edition)
By: Sabine MacCormack
ISBN: 9780691021065
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Aug 1993
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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This volume provides a salutary reminder that the 'New World' was not only encountered and conquered, but also explained, and explained in a way which revealed much about Europe. -Stephen Nugent
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By: Jonathan M. Golden
ISBN: 9781440872761
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Dec 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)
By: James John Jurinski
ISBN: 9780874368680
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 1998
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Biographical sketches of over 20 key individuals involved in the issues are provided as well.
Although the book discusses many legal issues and court cases, Religion in the Schools is written for laypersons with minimum legal jargon and stresses the results of court decisions rather than detailed legal analyses of the cases.
