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Disenchanting India

Organized Rationalism and Criticism of Religion in India

By: Johannes Quack

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Disenchanting India

Organized Rationalism and Criticism of Religion in India

By: Johannes Quack

India is frequently represented as the quintessential land of religion. Johannes Quack challenges this representation through an examination of the contemporary Indian rationalist organizations: groups who affirm the values and attitudes of atheism, humanism, or free-thinking. Quack shows the rationalists' emphasis on maintaining links to atheism and materialism in ancient India and outlines their strong ties to the intellectual currents of modern European history. At the heart of Disenchanting India is an ethnographic study of the organization ''Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti'' (Organization for the Eradication of Superstition), based in the Indian State of Maharashtra. Quack gives a nuanced account of the Organization's specific "mode of unbelief." He describes the group's efforts to encourage a scientific temper and to combat beliefs and practices that it regards as superstitious. Quack also shows the role played by rationalism in the day-to-day lives of the Organization's members, as well as the Organization's controversial position within Indian society. Disenchanting India contributes crucial insight into the nature of rationalism in the intellectual life and cultural politics of India.

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OUP USA

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0199812608

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9780199812608

The Diversity of Nonreligion

Normativities and Contested Relations

By: Johannes Quack,Cora Schuh,Susanne Kind

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The Diversity of Nonreligion

Normativities and Contested Relations

By: Johannes Quack,Cora Schuh,Susanne Kind

This book explores the relational dynamic of religious and nonreligious positions as well as the tensions between competing modes of nonreligion. Across the globe, individuals and communities are seeking to distinguish themselves in different ways from religion as they take on an identity unaffiliated to any particular faith. The resulting diversity of nonreligion has until recently been largely ignored in academia. Conceptually, the book advances a relational approach to nonreligion, which is inspired by Pierre Bourdieu’s field theory. It also offers further analytical distinctions that help to identify and delineate different modes of nonreligion with respect to actors’ values, objectives, and their relations with relevant religious others. The significance of this conceptual frame is illustrated by three empirical studies, on organized humanism in Sweden, atheism and freethought in the Philippines, and secular politics in the Netherlands. These studies analyze the normativities and changing positions of different groups against the background of both institutionalized religious practice and changing religious fields more generally. This is a fascinating exploration of how nonreligion and secularities are developing across the world. It complements existing approaches to the study of religion, secularity, and secularism and will, therefore, be of great value to scholars of religious studies as well as the anthropology, history, and sociology of religion more generally.

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283

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Routledge

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0429589565

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9780429589560

The Silent God

By: M.C.A. Korpel,Johannes C. de Moor

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The Silent God

By: M.C.A. Korpel,Johannes C. de Moor

The silence of God is a recurring theme in modern reflection. It is not only addressed in theology, religious studies and philosophy, but also in literary fiction, film and theatre. The authors show that the concept of a silent deity emerged in the ancient Near East (including Greece). What did the Ancients mean when they assumed that under circumstances their deities remained silent? What reasons are discernable for silence between human beings and their gods? For the first time the close interrelation between the divine and the human in the revelatory process is demonstrated here on the basis of a wealth of translated ancient texts. In an intriguing epilogue, the authors explore the theological consequences of what they have found.

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383

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BRILL

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9004206566

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9789004206564

Hot Dogs Under the Dakota

By: Johannes Gouws

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Hot Dogs Under the Dakota

By: Johannes Gouws

In South Africa in the 1950s, a young boy struggles to realise his individuality while dealing with an abusive grandfather and a capricious mother. Set against the background of emerging Apartheid with its vicious consequences, this gripping story of cruelty, duplicity, love and human failings unfolds to culminate in murder. Told with insight, compassion and humour it is A Must Read!

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428

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Johannes Gouws

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1463564279

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9781463564278

Characteristics of Goethe: From the German of Falk, Von Müller, Etc., with Notes

Vol. I

By: Johann von Goethe,Johannes Falk

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Characteristics of Goethe: From the German of Falk, Von Müller, Etc., with Notes

Vol. I

By: Johann von Goethe,Johannes Falk

Reprint of the original, first published in 1841.

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318

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3368894706

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9783368894702

The Fall of the King

By: Johannes V. Jensen

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The Fall of the King

By: Johannes V. Jensen

Taking place during the first half of the sixteenth century, The Fall of the King tells the story of dreamy, slacking student Mikkel Thøgersen and the entanglements that ultimately bring him into service as a mercenary under King Christian II of Denmark. Moving from the Danish countryside to Stockholm during the execution of Swedish nobility and finally to the imprisonment of Mikkel and Christian, the narrative is a lyrical encapsulation of “the fall”—the fall of country, history, individuals, and nature. Twice voted as the most important Danish novel of the twentieth century, The Fall of the King is both an epic depiction of real events and a complex psychological novel. Half pure narration, half prose poem, its scenes of brute realism mixed with rhapsodical passages make it a work of artistic genius.

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U of Minnesota Press

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1452933286

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9781452933283

World Spice Plants

Economic Usage, Botany, Taxonomy

By: Johannes Seidemann

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World Spice Plants

Economic Usage, Botany, Taxonomy

By: Johannes Seidemann

Despite their long tradition spices are subject to international modern scientific research. This has made it necessary to disseminate knowledge to a large audience of interest. The book addresses this need by informing the reader about the complex worldwide use of spice plants. The many spice and aromatic plants are arranged in alphabetical order of their botanical relevance. It includes all species which have been cultivated for the above purposes. It also covers species whose usage has long ceased or which are used only rarely or have become wild. In this respect the author has aimed at comprehensiveness. In total over 1400 plants have been collated. The very extensive register of literature has been designed to facilitate intensive study of a specific plant or spice. Works both on botany and agriculture, and on chemistry, pharmacodynamics and usage have been considered. The book is aimed principally at spice and aroma experts, pharmacists, botanists and interested lay persons. But the author also had in mind food chemists, dieticians and agricultural scientists, for whom botany, chemistry and pharmacological aspects may be of interest. It is hoped that those occupied in the spice and aroma industry involved in creating spice blends and the like will also take inspiration from the book.

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589

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540279083

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9783540279082

Johannes Brahms

Life and Letters

By: Johannes Brahms

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Johannes Brahms

Life and Letters

By: Johannes Brahms

This book is the first comprehensive collection of the letters of Johannes Brahms ever to appear in English. Over 550 are included, virtually all uncut, and there are over a dozen published here for the first time in any language. Although he corresponded throughout his life with some of the great performers, composers, musicologists, writers, scientists, and artists of the day, and although thousands of his letters have survived, English readers have until now had scant opportunity to meet Brahms in person, through his words, and in his own voice. The letters in this volume range from 1848 to just before his death. They include most of Brahm's letters to Robert Schumann, over a hundred letters to Clara Schumann, and the complete Brahms-Wagner correspondence. They are joined by a running commentary to form an absorbing narrative, documented with scholarly care, provided with comprehensive notes, but written for the general music lover--the result is a lively biography. The work is generously illustrated, and contains several detailed appendices and an index.

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0199247730

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9780199247738

Egholm and his God

By: Johannes Buchholtz

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Egholm and his God

By: Johannes Buchholtz

Egholm and his God" by Johannes Buchholtz (translated by W. J. Alexander Worster). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

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5040841426

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9785040841424

Cuckoos of the World

By: Johannes Erritzøe,Clive F. Mann,Frederik Brammer,Richard A. Fuller

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Cuckoos of the World

By: Johannes Erritzøe,Clive F. Mann,Frederik Brammer,Richard A. Fuller

WINNER OF THE BIRDWATCH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2012 This authoritative handbook, part of the Helm Identification Guides series, looks in detail at the world's cuckoos, couas and anis - it is the ultimate reference to the cuckoos of the world. Famed as brood-parasites of other birds, the cuckoos include a diverse range of species, from the roadrunners of North America to the spectacular malkohas of southern Asia. This book discusses the biology and identification of these birds on a species-by-species basis, bringing together the very latest research with accurate range maps, more than 600 stunning colour photographs that illuminate age and racial plumage differences, and 36 superb plates by a team of internationally renowned artists.

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A&C Black

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1408142686

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9781408142684

Disenchanting India

Organized Rationalism and Criticism of Religion in India

By: Johannes Quack

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Disenchanting India

Organized Rationalism and Criticism of Religion in India

By: Johannes Quack

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Book's by Johannes Quack

Disenchanting India

Disenchanting India

The Diversity of Nonreligion

The Diversity of Nonreligion

The Silent God

The Silent God

Hot Dogs Under the Dakota

Hot Dogs Under the Dakota

Characteristics of Goethe: From the German of Falk, Von Müller, Etc., with Notes

Characteristics of Goethe: From the German of Falk, Von Müller, Etc., with Notes

The Fall of the King

The Fall of the King

World Spice Plants

World Spice Plants

Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms

Egholm and his God

Egholm and his God

Cuckoos of the World

Cuckoos of the World

Disenchanting India

Disenchanting India

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