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Sociology of Religion. Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives. 2nd edition. Paperback

Malcolm Hamilton 

320 pages. 2001. This expanded second edition combines a discussion of the main theorists with a wide range of material illustrating the diversity of religious beliefs and practices.

World History of Christianity. Paperback

by Adrian Hastings

xiv, 594 pages. 2000

Islamic Art and Architecture. Paperback

by Robert Hillenbrand

288 pages, with 80 colour and 190 black-white illustrations. 2004. Covering a thousand years of history and an area stretching from the Atlantic to the borders of India and China, this is a guide to the arts of Islam

Social Logic of Space. Paperback

by Bill Hillier, Julienne Hanson

Religion and Cyberspace. Paperback

edited by Morten Hojsgaard and Margit Warburg

x, 207 pages. 2007. In the twenty-first century, religious life is increasingly moving from churches, mosques and temples onto the Internet.

Oxford History of Medieval Europe. Paperback

George Holmes

xv, 396 pages, list of (23) maps, list of (14) plates. 2001. An account of life in Medieval Europe between the fall of the Roman Empire and the coming of the Renaissance. Full coverage is given to all aspects of life in a thousand-year period which saw the creation of Western civilization

Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe. New edition. Paperback
by George Holmes. 416 pages, with 24 colour illustrations. 2001. This work tells the story of Europe and the Mediterranean over the 1000 years which saw the creation of Western civilization.

Religionen in der Umwelt des Alten Testaments. Band 1: Babylonier, Syrer, Perser. Kartoniert

Manfred Hutter

256 Seiten, mit 1 Zeittafel, 3 Karten. 1996. Behandelt die Religionen von der Mitte des 3. Jahrtausends bis in die zweite Hälfte des 1. Jahrtausends v. Chr. in einem weitgehend parallelen Aufbau: Die jeweilige Götterwelt wird in ihrer historischen Entwicklung und theologischen Systematisierung analysiert; Kosmologie und Anthropologie sind als Bezugsrahmen religiöser Symbole dargestellt.

Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft. Paperback

by Ronald Hutton

xv, 486 pages. 2001

Religions of the Ancient World: A Guide. Hardcover

by Sarah Iles Johnston. xvii, 697 pages. 2004.

Terror in the Mind of God. The Global Rise of Religious Violence. 3rd edition

Mark Juergensmeyer

332 pages, 16 photos. 2003. This study explores acts of religious terrorism which have occurred in the late-20th century and why they occur with such frequency

Understanding Roman Inscriptions. Paperback

By Lawrence Keppie 

158 pages, 13 line figures, 88 photos. 1991. For each inscription cited, the book provides the original Latin, an English translation and a commentary on the piece's significance. Introduction to the most important source for the history and organisation of the Roman Empire.

Roads of Excess, Palaces of Wisdom. Eroticism and Reflexivity in the Study of Mysticism. Paperback

Jeffrey J. Kripal

412 pages. 2002. Addresses the 20th-century study of mysticism as a kind of mystical tradition in its own right, with its own unique histories, discourses, sociological dynamics, and rhetorics of secrecy.

Stealing into Print: Fraud, Plagarism, and Misconduct in Scientific Publishing. Hardcover
by Marcel C. LaFollette

viii, 293 pages. 1992. False data published by a psychologist influence policies for treating the mentally retarded. A Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist resigns the presidency of Rockefeller University in the wake of a scandal involving a co-author accused of fabricating data. A university investigating committee declares that almost half the published articles of a promising young radiologist are fraudulent.

Language Files: Materials for an Introduction to Language and Linguistics. 11th edition

by Mihalicek, Vedrana (EDT) / Wilson, Christina (EDT). xx, 736 pages. 2011

History of Islamic Societies. Paperback

by Ira M. Lapidus

1000 pages, 29 half-tones, 27 figures, 39 maps. 2nd edition, 2002

Satanic Bible. Paperback

by Anton Szandor Lavey. 272 pages. 1989. A founder of the Church of Satan explains its philosophies of indulgence and freedom, and discusses Satanic rituals

Wetenschapsfilosofie voor Geesteswetenschappen. Paperback

Michiel Leezenberg, Gerard H. de Vries.

264 pagina's, 2007

Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. Second edition

by Vincent B. Leitch. 2010

Hardcover, 2758 pages, 249 x 166 mm.

Paths to Asian Medical Knowledge. Paperback

edited by Charles Leslie and Allen Young

ix, 296 pages. 1992

Autonomy of History. Truth and Method from Erasmus to Gibbon. Hardback

by Joseph M. Levine

192 pages, 10 halftones. 2000. In these essays, Levine shows how the idea and method of modern history first began to develop during the Renaissance, when a clear distinction between history and fiction was first proposed.

Ecstatic Religion. A Study of Shamanism and Spirit Possession. Paperback

I.M. Lewis. xiv, 200 pages. 3rd Edition, 2002

Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements. Hardcover

edited by James R. Lewis

xv, 544 pages. 2004

European Reformations. Second Revised edition,

Carter Lindberg 2009

Paperback, 472 pages, illustrations, 246 x 173 mm 

Myth and Politics in Ancient Near Eastern Historiography.

by Liverani, Mario / Bahrani, Zainam (EDT) / Mieroop, Marc Van De (EDT) 2007

214 p. ; 9.25 H x  0.75 D x  6.25 W inches

Liverani demonstrates that history writing in the Ancient Near East made frequent use of mythical patterns, wisdom motifs, and literary themes in order to fulfill its audience's cultural expectations. The resulting nonhistorical literary forms can mislead interpretation, but an analysis of these forms allows the texts' sociopolitical and communicative frameworks to emerge.

Short History of Ethics. A History of Moral Philosophy from the Homeric Age to the Twentieth Century. Paperback

A. Alasdair MacIntyre. xx, 273 pages. 2002. To a remarkable extent, our decision-making is determined by the origins of the ethical ideas that we employ and the history of their development.

Gift. The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies. Paperback

by Marcel Mauss

164 pages, notes, indexes. 2001. When first published, The Gift served as nothing less than an onslaught on contemporary political theory

Gift. The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies. Paperback

by Marcel Mauss

xviii, 164 pages, names & sunject indexes. 1990, reissued 2000. When first published, The Gift served as nothing less than an onslaught on contemporary political theory

Oxford History of Christianity. 2nd edition. Paperback

John McManners

778 pages, Illustrations chronology, index. 2002. An account of Christianity in all its historical and geographical diversity. This book traces the growth and development of Christianity from the earliest communities of believers to a world religion whose adherents number over 2000 million

Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity. 2nd edition. Paperback

John McManners.

xi, 724 pages, with illustrations, chronology, index. 1990, 2001. An account of Christianity in all its historical and geographical diversity. This book traces the growth and development of Christianity from the earliest communities of believers to a world religion whose adherents number over 2000 million

The Hindu Temple.

George Michell 1988

Paperback, 194 pages, 106 halftones and line drawings, 228 x 153 mm

In "The Hindu Temple," considered the standard introduction to the subject, George Michell explains the cultural, religious, and architectural significance of the temple.

Ancient Greek Religion. Paperback

by Jon D. Mikalson

240 pages. 2004

Religion of Ancient Israel. Paperback

Patrick D. Miller

xx, 335 pages. 2007

Religion and Anthropology. A Critical Introduction. Paperback

Brian Morris.

360 pages. 2006. Comprehensive, free of scholastic jargon, engaging, and comparative in approach, it covers all the major religious traditions that have been studied concretely by anthropologists. Shamanism, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Christianity and its relation to African and Melanesian religions and contemporary Neopaganism.

The New Media and Cybercultures Anthology

Pramod K. Nayar 2010

Paperback, 568 pages, illustrations, 245 x 172 mm

Explores the many facets of cyberculture, and includes sections on race, politics, gender, theory, gaming, and space

Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization. Revised edition. Paperback

by A. Leo Oppenheim

445 pages, text illustrations, 15 plates, 3 maps. 1976, revised. Numerous small clay tablets buried in the desert soil for thousands of years make it possible for us to know more about the people of ancient Mesopotamia than any other land in the early Near East

Modern Middle East. Paperback.

Ilan Pappé. xv, 366 pages. 2nd edition 2010

Wicca and the Christian Heritage: Ritual, Sex and Magic. Paperback

by Joanne Pearson

192 pages. 2007. What is Wicca?  Is it witchcraft, Paganism, occultism, esotericism, magic, spirituality, mysticism, nature religion, secrecy, gnosis, the exotic or 'other'?

Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings. Third Edition. Paperback

Edited by Michael Peterson, William Hasker, Bruce Reichenbach, and David Basinger

656 pages. 2006

Art in the Hellenistic Age. Paperback

by Jerome Jordan Pollitt. 344 pages, 300 illustrations, 2 maps, index, bibliography. 1986. 2008

Co-Wives and Calabashes. Paperback

by Sally Price

xxxi, 224 pages. 1993

Religions of the Ancient Greeks. Paperback

Simon Price. 230 pages. Numerous illustrations. 1999. The religious life of the Greeks from the eighth century BC to the fifth century AD, looked at in the context of a variety of different cities and periods.

Reflections on Fieldwork in Morocco. Paperback

by Paul Rabinow. Edition 13. 2007

Islam and Modernity. Transformation of an Intellectual Tradition

Fazlur Rahman

182 pages. Reprint 1982 edition

Stress and Trauma. Paperback

by Patricia A. Resick. ix, 205 pages. 2001

Roman Stoics: Self, Responsibility, And Affection. Paperback

by Gretchen Reydams-Schils

x, 210 pages. 2005. Roman Stoic thinkers in the imperial period adapted Greek doctrine to create a model of the self that served to connect philosophical ideals with traditional societal values. The Roman Stoics-the most prominent being Marcus Aurelius-engaged in rigorous self-examination that enabled them to integrate philosophy into the practice of living. Gretchen Reydams-Schils's innovative new book shows how these Romans applied their distinct brand of social ethics to everyday relations and responsibilities.