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Anthropology of Religion: The Basics

By: James S Bielo

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Anthropology of Religion: The Basics

By: James S Bielo

Anthropology of Religion: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introductory text organized around key issues that all anthropologists of religion face. This book uses a wide range of historical and ethnographic examples to address not only what is studied by anthropologists of religion, but how such studies are approached. It addresses questions such as: How do human agents interact with gods and spirits? What is the nature of doing religious ethnography? Can the immaterial be embodied in the body, language and material objects? What is the role of ritual, time, and place in religion? Why is charisma important for religious movements? How do global processes interact with religions? With international case studies from a range of religious traditions, suggestions for further reading, and inventive reflection boxes, Anthropology of Religion: The Basics is an essential read for students approaching the subject for the first time.

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Routledge

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1317542827

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9781317542827

From Greenhills to Singapore

The story of one of the Palembang Nine

By: James Sutherland

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From Greenhills to Singapore

The story of one of the Palembang Nine

By: James Sutherland

The story of a young man named John Kerle Tipaho Haberfield from the very south of New Zealand. In World War Two he enlisted in the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve and after training as a pilot in England and Canada he joined the Fleet Air Arm. Late in 1943 he was posted to a fighter squadron and joined to the Far East completing further training in India and Ceylon. He was then posted to the aircraft carrier HMS Indomitable and was shot down during a bombing raid on two oil refineries on Palembang in Sumatra. He was captured and sent to Outram Road Prison where he and another eight aircrew were executed. His life from this period is recorded in letters sent home to his family during the war

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Xlibris Corporation

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1669880435

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9781669880431

Cosmologies of Pure Realms and the Rhetoric of Pollution

By: Yohan Yoo,James W. Watts

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Cosmologies of Pure Realms and the Rhetoric of Pollution

By: Yohan Yoo,James W. Watts

This collaboration between two scholars from different fields of religious studies draws on three comparative data sets to develop a new theory of purity and pollution in religion, arguing that a culture’s beliefs about cosmological realms shapes its pollution ideas and its purification practices. The authors of this study refine Mary Douglas’ foundational theory of pollution as "matter out of place," using a comparative approach to make the case that a culture’s cosmology designates which materials in which places constitute pollution. By bringing together a historical comparison of Ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean religions, an ethnographic study of indigenous shamanism on Jeju Island, Korea, and the reception history of biblical rhetoric about pollution in Jewish and Christian cultures, the authors show that a cosmological account of purity works effectively across multiple disparate religious and cultural contexts. They conclude that cosmologies reinforce fears of pollution, and also that embodied experiences of purification help generate cosmological ideas. Providing an innovative insight into a key topic of ritual studies, this book will be of vital interest to scholars and graduate students in religion, biblical studies, and anthropology.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000392848

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9781000392845

The Divine Quest, East and West

A Comparative Study of Ultimate Realities

By: James L. Ford

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The Divine Quest, East and West

A Comparative Study of Ultimate Realities

By: James L. Ford

Many books have discussed the development of the notion of God in Western monotheistic traditions, but how have non-Western cultures conceptualized what those in the West might identify as "God"? What might be learned by comparing different visions of the Divine, such as God, gods, Brahman, Nirvana, and Emptiness? James L. Ford engages these fascinating questions, exploring notions of "the Divine" or "Ultimate Reality" within Jewish, Christian, Hindu, and Buddhist traditions. Looking at a multiplicity of divine conceptions, even within traditions, Ford discusses the relationship between imagination and revelation in the emergence of visions of ultimacy; consequences and tendencies associated with particular notions of the Ultimate; and how new visions of the Ultimate arise in relation to social, cultural, political, and scientific developments. Ford reflects on what can be learned through an awareness of the various beliefs about the Ultimate and on how such disparate visions influence the attitudes and behavior of people in different parts of the world.

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435

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State University of New York Press

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1438460554

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9781438460550

Understanding the Pentateuch as a Scripture

By: James W. Watts

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Understanding the Pentateuch as a Scripture

By: James W. Watts

A cutting-edge scholarly review of how the Pentateuch functions as a scripture, and how it came to be ritualized in this way. Understanding the Pentateuch as a Scripture is a unique account of the first five books of the Bible, describing how Jews and Christians ritualize the Pentateuch as a scripture by interpreting it, by performing its text and contents, and by venerating the physical scroll and book. Pentateuchal studies are known for intense focus on questions of how and when the first five books of the Bible were composed, edited, and canonized as scripture. Rather than such purely historical, literary, or theological approaches, Hebrew Bible scholar James W. Watts organizes this description of the Pentateuch from the perspectives of comparative scriptures and religious studies. He describes how the Pentateuch has been used in the centuries since it began to function as a scripture in the time of Ezra, and the origins of its ritualization before that time. The book: Analyzes the semantic contents of the Pentateuch as oral rhetoric that takes the form of stories followed by lists of laws and sanctions Gives equal space to its ritualization in the iconic and performative dimensions as to its semantic interpretation Fully integrates the cultural history of the Pentateuch and Bible with its influence on Jewish and Christian ritual, and in art, music, theatre, and film Understanding the Pentateuch as a Scripture is a groundbreaking work that highlights new research data and organizes the material to focus attention on the Pentateuch’s—and Bible’s— function as a scripture.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1405196394

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9781405196390

An American Looks at Gandhi

Essays in Satyagraha, Civil Rights, and Peace

By: James D. Hunt

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An American Looks at Gandhi

Essays in Satyagraha, Civil Rights, and Peace

By: James D. Hunt

In This Far Reaching Series Of Essays, The Author Examines The Complex Set Of Influences Which Helped Shape Mohandas K. Gandhi Leading To The Transgormation Of An Anglophile Indian Lawyer Into A Mahatma Of Historical Myth.

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312

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Bibliophile South Asia

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8185002355

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9788185002354

Values in Cities

Urban Heritage in Twentieth-Century Australia

By: James Lesh

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Values in Cities

Urban Heritage in Twentieth-Century Australia

By: James Lesh

Examining urban heritage in twentieth-century Australia, James Lesh reveals how evolving ideas of value and significance shaped cities and places. Over decades, a growing number of sites and areas were found to be valuable by communities and professionals. Places perceived to have value were often conserved. Places perceived to lack value became subject to modernisation, redevelopment, and renewal. From the 1970s, alongside strengthened activism and legislation, with the innovative Burra Charter (1979), the values-based model emerged for managing the aesthetic, historic, scientific, and social significance of historic environments. Values thus transitioned from an implicit to an overt component of urban, architectural, and planning conservation. The field of conservation became a noted profession and discipline. Conservation also had a broader role in celebrating the Australian nation and in reconciling settler colonialism for the twentieth century. Integrating urban history and heritage studies, this book provides the first longitudinal study of the twentieth-century Australian heritage movement. It advocates for innovative and reflexive modes of heritage practice responsive to urban, social, and environmental imperatives. As the values-based model continues to shape conservation worldwide, this book is an essential reference for researchers, students, and practitioners concerned with the past and future of cities and heritage. The Foreword and Chapter 1/Introduction of this book are available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.routledge.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000606716

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9781000606713

Hockey Stories On and Off the Ice

By: Dan Diamond,James Duplacey

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Hockey Stories On and Off the Ice

By: Dan Diamond,James Duplacey

A collection of anecdotes and quotations surrounding the exploits, innovations, opinions, and struggles of hockey players.

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Andrews McMeel Publishing

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0740719033

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Compota Thesaurariorum Regum Scotorum. Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland

Vol. IV

By: Thomas Dickson,James Balfour Paul,C. T. McInnes,Athol Laverick Murray

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Compota Thesaurariorum Regum Scotorum. Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland

Vol. IV

By: Thomas Dickson,James Balfour Paul,C. T. McInnes,Athol Laverick Murray

Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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338552248X

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9783385522480

Octanol-Water Partition Coefficients

Fundamentals and Physical Chemistry

By: James M. Sangster

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Octanol-Water Partition Coefficients

Fundamentals and Physical Chemistry

By: James M. Sangster

Das Verhalten gelöster Stoffe in Octanol-Wasser-Gemischen ähnelt sehr dem im lebenden Gewebe; daher zieht man den Octanol-Wasser-Verteilungskoeffizienten logK(OW) beispielsweise zur Untersuchung des Schicksals organischer Schadstoffe in Umwelt und Nahrungsketten heran. Dieses Buch zeigt, wie man exakte Werte von logK(OW) durch Experimente und Berechnungen erhält und anwendet und führt in verständlicher Weise in physikochemische Grundlagen ein.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471973971

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9780471973973

The Sport Americana Hockey Card Price Guide

By: James Beckett

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The Sport Americana Hockey Card Price Guide

By: James Beckett

The hockey card explosion of 1990 resulted in the production of 12 major sets and precipitated the need for a separate guide. Cards issued from 1910-1993 are featured. The introduction is written in English and French.

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Edgewater Books Distribution

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0937424692

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The First World War, the Universities and the Professions in Australia 1914-1939

By: Kate Darian-Smith,James Waghorne

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The First World War, the Universities and the Professions in Australia 1914-1939

By: Kate Darian-Smith,James Waghorne

Australia's extraordinary contribution to World War I extended well beyond its military forces to the expertise of its universities and professional men and women. Scientists and engineers oversaw the manufacture of munitions and the development of chemical weapons. Doctors sustained soldiers in the trenches, and treated the physically and psychologically damaged. Public servants, lawyers and translators were employed in the war bureaucracy, while artists and writers found new modes to convey the trauma of war. The graduates and staff of Australia's six universities-Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Tasmania, Queensland and Western Australia and Queensland-were involved in this expansion of expertise. But what did these men and women do after the guns were silenced? How were the professions and universities transformed by the immediate and longer-term impacts of the war? The First World War, the Universities and the Professions examines how the technical and conceptual advances that occurred during World War I transformed Australian society. It traces the evolving role of universities and their graduates in the 1920s and 1930s, the increasing government validation of research, the expansion of the public service, and the rise of modern professional associations and international networks. While the war contributed to greater specialisations in traditional professions such as teaching or medicine, it also stimulated new jobs and training-whether in economics, anthropology or graphic art. This volume provides a new account of the interwar years that places knowledge and expertise at the heart of the Australian story. Its four sections-The Medical Sciences; Science and Technology; Humanities, Social Sciences and Teaching; and The Arts: Design, Music and Writing-highlight how World War I disrupted and shaped the careers of individuals as well as the development of Australian society and institutions.

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Melbourne Univ. Publishing

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0522872905

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9780522872903

Book's by James Waghorne

Anthropology of Religion: The Basics

Anthropology of Religion: The Basics

From Greenhills to Singapore

From Greenhills to Singapore

Cosmologies of Pure Realms and the Rhetoric of Pollution

Cosmologies of Pure Realms and the Rhetoric of Pollution

The Divine Quest, East and West

The Divine Quest, East and West

Understanding the Pentateuch as a Scripture

Understanding the Pentateuch as a Scripture

An American Looks at Gandhi

An American Looks at Gandhi

Values in Cities

Values in Cities

Hockey Stories On and Off the Ice

Hockey Stories On and Off the Ice

Compota Thesaurariorum Regum Scotorum. Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland

Compota Thesaurariorum Regum Scotorum. Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland

Octanol-Water Partition Coefficients

Octanol-Water Partition Coefficients

The Sport Americana Hockey Card Price Guide

The Sport Americana Hockey Card Price Guide

The First World War, the Universities and the Professions in Australia 1914-1939

The First World War, the Universities and the Professions in Australia 1914-1939

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