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How god becomes real
T.m. luhrmannThe hard work required to make God real, how it changes the people who do it, and why it helps explain the enduring power of faithHow do gods and spirits come to feel vividly real to people—as if they were standing right next to them? Humans tend to see supernatural agents everywhere, as the cogn...
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The jesuits
Markus friedrich , John noël dillonThe most comprehensive and up-to-date exploration of one of the most important religious orders in the modern worldSince its founding by Ignatius of Loyola in 1540, the Society of Jesus—more commonly known as the Jesuits—has played a critical role in the events of modern history. From the Counter...
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Kings of oxen and horses
Meir shaharMeir Shahar examines the place of draft animals in Chinese and Buddhist religious traditions and, in so doing, sheds new light on human interaction with nonhuman animals more broadly.
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After christianity
Gianni vattimo , Luca d'isantoGianni Vattimo offers a brilliant examination of Christianity in an age of deep uncertainty—and a personal account of how he himself recovered his faith through Nietzsche and Heidegger.
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Zoroastrian women in the united states of america
Paulina niechciał , Paulina niechciał , Paulina niechciałThis book examines how ancient Zoroastrianism is practiced in the US diaspora and how it has evolved dynamically.
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Local gods
Leah kalmansonLeah Kalmanson offers a new approach to understanding the world’s varied religious traditions, foregrounding the numinous, subtle, and supernormal factors that pervade many aspects of everyday life but slip through the cracks of philosophical discourse.
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Ecologies of ecstasy
Simone kotvaEcologies of Ecstasy recasts religious contemplation as a form of vegetal being, arguing that spiritual practice is rooted in the generation of life on earth.
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Making a king
Winnifred fallers sullivanFocusing on her life rather than her death, Winnifred Fallers Sullivan offers an interpretation of Joan of Arc as a political thinker and actor.
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Kaleidoscope
Catherine albaneseCatherine L. Albanese explores collisions between a white Protestant majority and the diversity of faiths flourishing beside it from the colonial era to the present, offering timely insights into transformations in American religion.
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Imagining the past, remembering the future
Isis barra costaImagining the Past, Remembering the Future investigates the interlinked art, history, religion, philosophy, and cosmology of oral traditions across the Afro-Brazilian diaspora, arguing that these varied cultural expressions together constitute distinctive forms of knowledge.
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Contested home
Katherine kunzThrough ethnographic research with asylum-seekers at a church-based refugee program in Basel, Switzerland, Katherine Kunz explores the role of government, church, volunteers, and refugees in defining belonging.
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The jewish body
Robert jütte , Elizabeth bredeckAn encyclopedic survey of the Jewish body as it has existed and as it has been imagined from biblical times to the presentThat the human body can be the object not only of biological study but also of historical consideration and cultural criticism is now widely accepted. But why, Robert Jütte as...
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Passing orders
S. jonathon o'donnellDemonization has increasingly become central to the global religious and political landscape. Passing Orders interrogates this centrality through an analysis of evangelical “spiritual warfare” demonologies in contemporary America. Situating spiritual warfare as part of broader frameworks of Ameri...
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The new jewish canon
Yehuda kurtzer , Claire e. sufrinThe New Jewish Canon is both text and textbook of the Jewish intellectual and communal zeitgeist for the contemporary period. With both primary sources and analytical essays by leading scholars, this book offers a conceptual roadmap to make sense of the mass production and proliferation of new Je...
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Time and difference in rabbinic judaism
Sarit kattan gribetzHow the rabbis of late antiquity used time to define the boundaries of Jewish identityThe rabbinic corpus begins with a question–“when?”—and is brimming with discussions about time and the relationship between people, God, and the hour. Time and Difference in Rabbinic Judaism explores the rhythms...
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In your eyes i see my words
Pope francis , Marina a. herrera , Antonio spadaro , Patrick j. ryanIn Your Eyes I See My Words, Volume 3 brings together the homilies and speeches of Archbishop Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio from 2009 through his election as Pope Francis on March 13, 2013. These writings provide an intimate glimpse into the theological, philosophical, scientific, and cultural-e...
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My heart sutra
Frederik l. schodtA cultural and personal journey into the famous sutra that teaches "form is emptiness; and emptiness is form."
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The jefferson bible
Peter manseauThe life and times of a uniquely American testamentIn his retirement, Thomas Jefferson edited the New Testament with a penknife and glue, removing all mention of miracles and other supernatural events. Inspired by the ideals of the Enlightenment, Jefferson hoped to reconcile Christian tradition w...
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In search of radical theology
John d. caputoThis sparkling collection of essays invites readers to join a seasoned scholar on his journey to catch “radical theology” in action, both in the Church and our culture at large.Capturing a career’s worth of thought and erudition, this rich volume treats readers to creative thought, careful argume...
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Preaching with their lives
Margaret m. mcguinness , Jeffrey m. burns , Arlene bachanov , Elizabeth michael boyle , James t. carroll , Heath carter , Kathleen sprows cummings , Diane kennedy , Margaret m. mcguinness , Donna maria moses , Cecilia murray , Christopher j. renz , Ellen skerrett , Cynthia taylor , Janet welshThis volume tells the little-known story of the Dominican Family—priests, sisters, brothers, contemplative nuns, and lay people—and integrates it into the history of the United States. Starting after the Civil War, the book takes a thematic approach through twelve essays examining Dominican contr...
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The rebellion of the daughters
Rachel manekinAn in-depth exploration of the flight of young Jewish women from their Orthodox homes during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuriesThe Rebellion of the Daughters investigates the flight of young Jewish women from their Orthodox, mostly Hasidic, homes in Western Galicia (now Poland) in ...
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What i wish my christian friends knew about judaism
Robert schoen , Alice camilleThe basics of Jewish life and customs described for Christians in a spirit of understanding and shared appreciation of common roots. “Masterful overview.”--Publishers Weekly
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Thunder in the soul
Abraham joshua heschel , Robert erlewine , Susannah heschelLike the Hebrew prophets before him, the great American rabbi and civil rights leader reveals God’s concern for this world and each of us.Abraham Joshua Heschel, descended from a long line of Orthodox rabbis, fled Europe to escape the Nazis. He made the insights of traditional Jewish spirituality...
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The body incantatory
Paul coppThe Body Incantatory reveals the histories and logics of practice of deeply embodied forms of Buddhist ritual. Paul Copp vividly captures the diversity of Buddhist practice among medieval monks, ritual healers, and other individuals lost to history, offering a corrective to accounts that have ove...
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Darsan
Diana l. eckThe role of the visual is essential to Hindu tradition and culture, but many attempts to understand India's divine images have been laden with misperceptions. Darsan, a Sanskrit word that means "seeing," is an aid to our vision, a book of ideas to help us read, think, and look at Hindu images wit...
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Recovering place
Mark c. taylorA collage of original artwork, photographs, and ruminations that engage with modern and postmodern society, art, and technology.
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Muslim environmentalisms
Anna m. gadeAnna M. Gade explores the religious and cultural foundations of Islamic environmentalisms. She blends textual and ethnographic study to offer a comprehensive and interdisciplinary account of the legal, ethical, social, and political principles underlying Muslim commitments to the earth.
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The garden and the fire
Nerina rustomjiIslamic conceptions of heaven and hell began in the seventh century as an early doctrinal innovation, but by the twelfth century, these notions had evolved into a highly formalized ideal of perfection. In tracking this transformation, Nerina Rustomji reveals the distinct material culture and aest...
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Making sense of tantric buddhism
Christian k. wedemeyerMaking Sense of Tantric Buddhism fundamentally rethinks the nature of the transgressive theories and practices of the Buddhist Tantric traditions, challenging the notion that the Tantras were "marginal" or primitive and situating them instead—both ideologically and institutionally—within larger t...
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At home in america
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Force of god
Carl a. raschkeTenders a new political economy anchored in a theory of value
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Moral atmospheres
Timothy p. a. cooperTimothy P. A. Cooper examines the diverse and coexisting moral atmospheres that surround media in Pakistan, tracing public understandings of ethical life and showing how they influence economic behavior.
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Religion, expression, and patriotism in russia
Sanna turoma , Kaarina aitamurto , Slobodanka vladiv-gloverThis volume presents seven case studies that probe into the politics of religion and culture in today's Russia. The contributions highlight the diversity of Russia's religious communities and cultural practices.
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The holy family and its legacy
Albrecht koschorke , Thomas dunlapWhy do biblical themes continue to have such an impact on the popular imagination? Why do Mary-like mothers and Jesus-like sons play such a prominent role not only in the late Middle Ages and the Reformation but also in the Enlightenment; the nineteenth century, with its faith in science; and eve...
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The awakened ones
Gananath obeyesekereWhile a rational consciousness grasps many truths, Gananath Obeyesekere believes an even richer knowledge is possible through a bold confrontation with the stuff of visions and dreams. Spanning both Buddhist and European forms of visionary experience, he fearlessly pursues the symbolic, nonration...
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The new crusades
Emran qureshi , Michael a. sellsNot since the Crusades of the Middle Ages has Islam evoked the degree of fear, hostility, and ethnic and religious stereotyping that is evident throughout Western culture today. As conflicts continue to proliferate around the globe, the perception of a colossal, unyielding, and unavoidable strugg...
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Roman catholicism in america
Chester gillisChester Gillis chronicles the history of American Catholics from the colonial era to the present, with an emphasis on changes and challenges in the contemporary church. This second edition of Roman Catholicism in America pays particular attention to the tumultuous past twenty years.
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Nietzsche versus paul
Abed azzamA fresh interpretation of Nietzsche's engagement with the work of Paul the Apostle, reorienting the relationship between the two thinkers while embedding modern philosophy within early Christian theology.
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Tao te ching
Lao tzu , D. c. lauTao Te Ching, also commonly known as Lao Tzu, is one of the most important Chinese classics and has had great influence on Chinese thought. It is regarded as the bible of Taoism and is by far the most frequently translated Chinese classic, with over thirty translations into English alone.The work...
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Mind and life
Pier luigi luisi , Zara houshmandFor over a decade, a small group of scientists and philosophersmembers of the Mind and Life Institutehave met regularly to explore the intersection between science and the spirit. At one of these meetings, the themes discussed were both fundamental and profound: can physics, chemistry, and biol...
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The future of evangelicalism in america
Candy gunther brown , Mark silkEvangelicalism has outpaced mainline Protestantism to encompass more than a third of American adults and nearly half of all U.S. Christians. This volume offers unique insight into evangelical culture, spirituality, theology, politics, and ethnicity, revealing a vibrant and controversial movement’...
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Shinran's gospel of pure grace
Alfred bloomThe central aim of this study of Shinran's thought is to make a systematic presentation of his cardinal ideas which, though well known in general studies of Buddhism, have not been given the detailed attention they merit. It is therefore hoped that this presentation will fill a need in Buddhist s...
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Critical theories of anti-semitism
Jonathan judakenThis book is at once a philosophical reflection on key problems in the analysis of anti-Semitism and a history of its leading theories and theorists.
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Between a man and a woman?
Ludger h. viefhues-baileyThrough a probing investigation of conservative Christianity and its response to an issue that, according to the statistics of conservative Christian groups, affects only a small number of Americans, Ludger Viefhues-Bailey alights on a profound theological conundrum: in today's conservative Chris...
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The complete works of zhuangzi
Burton watsonNow using pinyin romanization, this classic translation captures the visionary thought and stylistic brilliance of a seminal Daoist text.
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Islamist networks
Mariam abou zahab , Olivier royAl Qaida was unable to realize its lethal potential until it found sanctuary in Afghanistan, where Osama bin Laden fled after being expelled from Sudan. But why was the network's sanctuary not attacked before September 2001, especially after the bombing of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania...
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Heresies of the high middle ages
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The faith of biology and the biology of faith
Robert e. pollack , Robert e. pollackAn award-winning biologist presents his moving yet deeply reasoned discussion on the intersection of scientific method and religious faith.
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Meditations of a buddhist skeptic
B. alan wallaceA radical approach to studying the mind.Renowned Buddhist philosopher B. Alan Wallace reasserts the power of shamatha and vipashyana, traditional Buddhist meditations, to clarify the mind's role in the natural world. Raising profound questions about human nature, free will, and experience versus ...
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Image and pilgrimage in christian culture
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