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Sephardic Legacy Unique Features and Achievements
ISBN: PB: 9781589662056, University of Chicago Press, University of Scranton Press, November 2010
275 pp., 23x15 cm
Fundamentally different from other more prominent, Jewish traditions and experiences, the Sephardic tradition has long served to bind together the various Jewish communities of the Mediterranean basin. In "The Sephardic Legacy", Henry Toledano immers...
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Archbishop Oscar Romero A Disciple Who Revealed the Glory of God
ISBN: PB: 9781589662117, University of Chicago Press, University of Scranton Press, November 2010
200 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
During his lifetime, Archbishop Oscar Romero chose to live the Christian Gospel in a radical way, defending, supporting, and serving the poor, and confronting the oppressive and murderous violence of the Salvadoran dictatorship. As a result, in March...
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£13,50
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Religion, Fundamentalism, and Violence An Interdisciplinary Dialogue
ISBN: PB: 9781589662049, University of Chicago Press, University of Scranton Press, November 2010
312 pp., 23x15 cm
In "Religion, Fundamentalism, and Violence", Andrew Gluck brings together distinguished scholars to address a fiercely debated topic: the intersection of religion and violence. Among the contributions is an anthropological analysis of the violence as...
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Shadow of God and the Hidden Imam Religion, Political Order, and Societal Change in Shi'ite Iran from the Beginning to 1890
ISBN: PB: 9780226027845, University of Chicago Press, November 2010
368 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Dismissing oversimplified and politically-charged views of the politics of Shi'ite Islam, Said Amir Arjomand offers a richly researched sociological and historical study of Shi'ism and the political order of premodern Iran that exposes the roots of w...
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Among the Gentiles Greco-Roman Religion and Christianity
ISBN: PB: 9780300168105, Yale University Press, October 2010
480 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm
The question of Christianity's relation to the other religions of the world is more pertinent and difficult today than ever before. While Christianity's historical failure to appreciate or actively engage Judaism is notorious, Christianity's even mor...
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Fear of Barbarians Beyond the Clash of Civilizations
ISBN: HB: 9780226805757, University of Chicago Press, October 2010
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
The relationship between Western democracies and Islam, rarely entirely comfortable, has in recent years become increasingly tense. A growing immigrant population and worries about cultural and political assimilation – exacerbated by terrorist attack...
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Choice Converts to Judaism Share Their Stories
ISBN: PB: 9781589662094, University of Chicago Press, University of Scranton Press, October 2010
280 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
In "The Choice", Arnine Cumsky Weiss and Carol Weiss Rubel present the stories of forty-five converts to Judaism. These reflective narratives demonstrate that no two converts' experiences are alike, yet most share some common characteristics: a spiri...
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Specter of Salem Remembering the Witch Trials in Nineteenth-Century America
ISBN: PB: 9780226005430, ISBN: HB: 9780226005416, University of Chicago Press, October 2010
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
In "The Specter of Salem", Gretchen A. Adams reveals the many ways that the Salem witch trials loomed over the American collective memory from the Revolution to the Civil War and beyond. Schoolbooks in the 1790s, for example, evoked the episode to de...
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Sacred Attunement A Jewish Theology
ISBN: PB: 9780226251721, University of Chicago Press, October 2010
256 pp., 21.5x13 cm
Contemporary theology, and Jewish theology in particular, Michael Fishbane asserts, now lies fallow, beset by strong critiques from within and without. For Jewish reality, a coherent and wide-ranging response in thoroughly modern terms is needed".Sac...
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Beyond the "Wild Tribes" Understanding Modern Afghanistan and its Diaspora
ISBN: PB: 9781849040556, Hurst Publishers, October 2010
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Afghanistan and its people, whether in Afghanistan or in its global diaspora, have generated substantial interest in recent years and the desire to understand more about the country is widely felt. International organisations,...
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