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Engaging with Living Religion

A Guide to Fieldwork in the Study of Religion

By: Stephen E. Gregg,Lynne Scholefield

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Engaging with Living Religion

A Guide to Fieldwork in the Study of Religion

By: Stephen E. Gregg,Lynne Scholefield

Understanding living religion requires students to experience everyday religious practice in diverse environments and communities. This guide provides the ideal introduction to fieldwork and the study of religion outside the lecture theatre. Covering theoretical and practical dimensions of research, the book helps students learn to ‘read’ religious sites and communities, and to develop their understanding of planning, interaction, observation, participation and interviews. Students are encouraged to explore their own expectations and sensitivities, and to develop a good understanding of ethical issues, group-learning and individual research. The chapters contain student testimonies, examples of student work and student-led questions.

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Routledge

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1317507703

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9781317507703

Swami Vivekananda and Non-Hindu Traditions

A Universal Advaita

By: Stephen E. Gregg

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Swami Vivekananda and Non-Hindu Traditions

A Universal Advaita

By: Stephen E. Gregg

The Hindu thinker Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) was and remains an important figure both within India, and in the West, where he was notable for preaching Vedanta. Scholarship surrounding Vivekananda is dominated by hagiography and his (mis)appropriation by the political Hindu Right. This work demonstrates that Vivekananda was no simplistic pluralist, as portrayed in hagiographical texts, nor narrow exclusivist, as portrayed by some modern Hindu nationalists, but a thoughtful, complex inclusivist. The book shows that Vivekananda formulated a hierarchical and inclusivistic framework of Hinduism, based upon his interpretations of a four-fold system of Yoga. It goes on to argue that Vivekananda understood his formulation of Vedanta to be universal, and applied it freely to non-Hindu traditions, and in so doing, demonstrates that Vivekananda was consistently critical of ‘low level’ spirituality, not only in non-Hindu traditions, but also within Hinduism. Demonstrating that Vivekananda is best understood within the context of ‘Advaitic primacy’, rather than ‘Hindu chauvinism’, this book will be of interest to scholars of Hinduism and South Asian religion and of South Asian diaspora communities and religious studies more generally.

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Routledge

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1317047435

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9781317047438

Sustainable Living at the Centre for Alternative Technology

Radical Ideas and Practical Solutions

By: Stephen Jacobs

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Sustainable Living at the Centre for Alternative Technology

Radical Ideas and Practical Solutions

By: Stephen Jacobs

This book presents a detailed exploration into the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), an enterprise concerned with finding and communicating sustainable ways of living, established in Wales in 1973. Playing a central role in the global green network, this study examines CAT’s history and context for creation, its development over time and its wider influence in the progression of green ideas at the local, national and international levels. Based on original archival and ethnographic research, this book provides the first in-depth analysis of CAT and uses the case study to explore wider issues of sustainability and environmental communication. It situates the Centre within current environmental and political discourse and emphasises the relevance and reach of CAT’s practical solutions and creative educational programme. These practical solutions to the destruction of the environment of human activity are increasingly vital in today’s context of climate change, loss of biodiversity and rising levels of pollution. It debates the spectrum of attitudes between environmentalism and ecologism evident at CAT and in broader conversations surrounding sustainability. Woven throughout the text, the author makes clear what we can learn from CAT’s almost 50 years of experiments and experiences, from his first-hand account of working at the site. This will be a fascinating and revealing read for academics, researchers, students and practitioners interested in all aspects of sustainability and environmental issues.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000772551

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9781000772555

The Science and Technology of Silicones and Silicone-Modified Materials

By: Stephen J. Clarson,John J. Fitzgerald,Micheal J. Owen,Steven S. Smith,Mark E. Van Dyke

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The Science and Technology of Silicones and Silicone-Modified Materials

By: Stephen J. Clarson,John J. Fitzgerald,Micheal J. Owen,Steven S. Smith,Mark E. Van Dyke

The world-wide sales of polysiloxanes or silicones at the beginning of this new millennium is approximately $10 billion per year. Commercial products range from those entirely composed of silicone to products where the silicone is a low level but key component. This symposium covered the recent academic and technological developments behind silicones and silicone-modified materials.

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408

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OUP USA

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0841239436

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9780841239432

Transported to Another World

The Psychology of Anime Fans

By: Stephen Reysen,Courtney N. Plante,Daniel Chadborn,Sharon E. Roberts,Kathleen C. Gerbasi

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Transported to Another World

The Psychology of Anime Fans

By: Stephen Reysen,Courtney N. Plante,Daniel Chadborn,Sharon E. Roberts,Kathleen C. Gerbasi

Anime/manga (Japanese animation and comics) have been increasing in popularity worldwide for decades. But despite being a global phenomenon, there’s been surprisingly little psychological research formally studying its devoted fanbase. In this book we aim to do just that with an overview of nearly a decade of research by fan psychologists. Otaku and cosplayers, genre preferences, hentai, parasocial connections, motivation, personality, fanship and fandom, stigma, and well-being – this book looks at all of these topics through a psychological lens. Many of these findings are being presented for the first time, without the jargon and messy statistical analyses, but in plain language so it’s accessible to all readers – fans and curious observers alike!

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Stephen Reysen

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0997628812

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9780997628814

A Broken Covenant

The Rape of the American Middle Class

By: Stephen Rodnesky

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A Broken Covenant

The Rape of the American Middle Class

By: Stephen Rodnesky

This expose contains startling information on the income and wealth trends of the past twenty years, and their impact on your life. Could you sit back and say nothing if you found clear evidence of activities that were exploiting over 94% of the American people? Neither could professor Rodnesky when he found compelling evidence that more than "uncontrollable market forces" are behind the doubling of the wealth of the top one percent during the same period that the wealth share of most Americans has declined by more than 10%. The September Wisconsin Bookwatch declared, "A Broken Covenant is "must" reading for tax reform activists, governmental tax policy makers, and students of economics and political science".

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BMES Press

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0970089007

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Swami Vivekananda and Non-Hindu Traditions

A Universal Advaita

By: Stephen E. Gregg

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A Universal Advaita

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1317047443

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