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Encyclopedia of Witchcraft

The Complete A-Z for the Entire Magical World

de Judika Illes ...

Series Libro 4 - Witchcraft & Spells
The author of the popular Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells and Encyclopedia of Spirits now explores the exciting magic and power of the mystical world of witches in Encyclopedia of Witchcraft, a comprehensive reference book that covers everything you ever wanted to know about this fascinating topic of Pagan religion.Folklore expert Judika Illes introduces readers to mythic witches, modern witches, ... Leer más

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The author of the popular Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells and Encyclopedia of Spirits now explores the exciting magic and power of the mystical world of witches in Encyclopedia of Witchcraft, a comprehensive reference book that covers everything you ever wanted to know about this fascinating topic of Pagan religion.Folklore expert Judika Illes introduces readers to mythic witches, modern witches,
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Darwin's Doubt

The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design

de Stephen C. Meyer ...

When Charles Darwin finished The Origin of Species, he thought that he had explained every clue, but one. Though his theory could explain many facts, Darwin knew that there was a significant event in the history of life that his theory did not explain. During this event, the “Cambrian explosion,” many animals suddenly appeared in the fossil record without apparent ancestors in earlier layers of ... Leer más

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When Charles Darwin finished The Origin of Species, he thought that he had explained every clue, but one. Though his theory could explain many facts, Darwin knew that there was a significant event in the history of life that his theory did not explain. During this event, the “Cambrian explosion,” many animals suddenly appeared in the fossil record without apparent ancestors in earlier layers of
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The Enlightenment

The Pursuit of Happiness, 1680-1790

de Ritchie Robertson ...

A magisterial work of intellectual history that recasts the Enlightenment as a period not solely consumed with rationale and reason, but rather as a pursuit of practical means to achieve greater human happiness.One of the formative periods of European and world history, the Enlightenment is the fountainhead of modern secular Western values: religious tolerance, freedom of thought, speech and the ... Leer más

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A magisterial work of intellectual history that recasts the Enlightenment as a period not solely consumed with rationale and reason, but rather as a pursuit of practical means to achieve greater human happiness.One of the formative periods of European and world history, the Enlightenment is the fountainhead of modern secular Western values: religious tolerance, freedom of thought, speech and the
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Aquinas

A Beginner's Guide

de Edward Feser ...

Series series Beginner's Guides
Charting the life and thought of this hugely influential medieval thinker.The ultimate introduction to the greatest medieval philosopher, Saint Thomas Aquinas“At last. A concise, accessible and compelling introduction to Aquinas’s thought.” Kelly James Clark, Professor of Philosophy, Calvin CollegeThe greatest of the medieval philosophers, Thomas Aquinas sought to reconcile Christian doctrine with ... Leer más

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Charting the life and thought of this hugely influential medieval thinker.The ultimate introduction to the greatest medieval philosopher, Saint Thomas Aquinas“At last. A concise, accessible and compelling introduction to Aquinas’s thought.” Kelly James Clark, Professor of Philosophy, Calvin CollegeThe greatest of the medieval philosophers, Thomas Aquinas sought to reconcile Christian doctrine with
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Born Again Queer

A History of Evangelical Gay Activism and the Making of Antigay Christianity

de William Stell ...

A groundbreaking history of evangelicalism and homosexuality in the United StatesEvangelicals claim that their opposition to homosexuality is an inherent feature of their faith, rooted in their unchanging beliefs about the Bible. Most scholars, journalists, and observers have accepted this account; in Born Again Queer, William Stell upends it. Arguing that the antigay majority in evangelicalism ... Leer más

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A groundbreaking history of evangelicalism and homosexuality in the United StatesEvangelicals claim that their opposition to homosexuality is an inherent feature of their faith, rooted in their unchanging beliefs about the Bible. Most scholars, journalists, and observers have accepted this account; in Born Again Queer, William Stell upends it. Arguing that the antigay majority in evangelicalism
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Jew-Hatred

The Latest Edition; Jewish Quarterly 265

de Simon Schama ...

Series Libro 265 - The Jewish Quarterly
"For all the chants, this paroxysm of rage is, at its psychological core, not about Palestine, Israel or even the Jews. The hatred is about the haters: a failure of selfrecognition; a displacement of the obligation to make amends." —Simon SchamaSince ancient times, antisemitism has proved to be one of the most enduring and adaptable forms of hatred. Today it is thriving again.In this crucial and ... Leer más

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"For all the chants, this paroxysm of rage is, at its psychological core, not about Palestine, Israel or even the Jews. The hatred is about the haters: a failure of selfrecognition; a displacement of the obligation to make amends." —Simon SchamaSince ancient times, antisemitism has proved to be one of the most enduring and adaptable forms of hatred. Today it is thriving again.In this crucial and
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The Ornament of the World

How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain

de Maria Rosa Menocal ...

A brilliant and fascinating portrait of medieval Spain explores the golden age when Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together in an atmosphere of tolerance.This enthralling history, widely hailed as a revelation of a "lost" golden age, brings to vivid life the rich and thriving culture of medieval Spain, where for more than seven centuries Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together in an ... Leer más

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A brilliant and fascinating portrait of medieval Spain explores the golden age when Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together in an atmosphere of tolerance.This enthralling history, widely hailed as a revelation of a "lost" golden age, brings to vivid life the rich and thriving culture of medieval Spain, where for more than seven centuries Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together in an
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Not Peace but a Sword

The Case Against Early Christian Pacifism

de Robert M. Price ...

It has become a near-universal assumption that Jesus was a courageous champion of Pacifism and non-violent resistance. But for many years, a few maverick scholars have made the case for Jesus having been an armed insurrectionist. This version of Jesus is the "black sheep" of gospel studies, unthinkable equally to conservative and liberal Christian scholars, who want the historical Jesus to have ... Leer más

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It has become a near-universal assumption that Jesus was a courageous champion of Pacifism and non-violent resistance. But for many years, a few maverick scholars have made the case for Jesus having been an armed insurrectionist. This version of Jesus is the "black sheep" of gospel studies, unthinkable equally to conservative and liberal Christian scholars, who want the historical Jesus to have
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Whiskey Tender

A Memoir

de Deborah Taffa ...

Finalist for the National Book AwardLonglisted for a Carnegie Medal for ExcellenceWinner of the Southwest Book AwardWinner of the ASAIL Electa Quinney Award for Published StoriesA Best Book of the Year: Washington Post, Esquire, Time, The Atlantic, NPR, and Publishers WeeklyAn Oprah Daily "Best New Book" an... ... Leer más

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Finalist for the National Book AwardLonglisted for a Carnegie Medal for ExcellenceWinner of the Southwest Book AwardWinner of the ASAIL Electa Quinney Award for Published StoriesA Best Book of the Year: Washington Post, Esquire, Time, The Atlantic, NPR, and Publishers WeeklyAn Oprah Daily "Best New Book" an...
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Jesus and John Wayne

How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

de Kristin Kobes Du Mez ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn Independent Press BestsellerThe “paradigm-influencing” book (Christianity Today) that is fundamentally transforming our understanding of white evangelicalism in America.**Jesus and John Wayne is a sweeping, revisionist history of the last seventy-five years of white evangelicalism, revealing how evangelicals have worked to replace the Jesus of the Gospels with an idol ... Leer más

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn Independent Press BestsellerThe “paradigm-influencing” book (Christianity Today) that is fundamentally transforming our understanding of white evangelicalism in America.**Jesus and John Wayne is a sweeping, revisionist history of the last seventy-five years of white evangelicalism, revealing how evangelicals have worked to replace the Jesus of the Gospels with an idol
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The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything

A Spirituality for Real Life

de James Martin ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"User-friendly...The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything...helpfully unpacks core precepts like ‘finding God in all things.’" —TimeThe Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything by Father James Martin, SJ (bestselling author of Jesus and Learning to Pray) is a practical spiritual guidebook rooted in Ignatian spirituality that shows you how to manage relationships, money... ... Leer más

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"User-friendly...The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything...helpfully unpacks core precepts like ‘finding God in all things.’" —TimeThe Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything by Father James Martin, SJ (bestselling author of Jesus and Learning to Pray) is a practical spiritual guidebook rooted in Ignatian spirituality that shows you how to manage relationships, money...
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Heaven on Earth

The Varieties of the Millennial Experience

de Richard Landes ...

Millennialists through the ages have looked forward to the apocalyptic moment that will radically transform society into heaven on earth. They have delivered withering critiques of their own civilizations and promised both the impending annihilation of the forces of evil and the advent of a perfect society. And all their promises have invariably failed. We tend, therefore, to dismiss these ... Leer más

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Millennialists through the ages have looked forward to the apocalyptic moment that will radically transform society into heaven on earth. They have delivered withering critiques of their own civilizations and promised both the impending annihilation of the forces of evil and the advent of a perfect society. And all their promises have invariably failed. We tend, therefore, to dismiss these
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The God Notes

How Sound Creates the World

de Lynne McTaggart ...

From the author who proved our intentions shape our reality, an awe-inspiring scientific detective story revealing the mysteries of sound—impacting everything within and around us, from our cells and brains to other living things, our relationships and even the cosmos.Specific sounds create major effects on the human mind and body, and there are both "good" sounds (or "God notes") capable of ... Leer más

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From the author who proved our intentions shape our reality, an awe-inspiring scientific detective story revealing the mysteries of sound—impacting everything within and around us, from our cells and brains to other living things, our relationships and even the cosmos.Specific sounds create major effects on the human mind and body, and there are both "good" sounds (or "God notes") capable of
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The Irish Buddhist

The Forgotten Monk who Faced Down the British Empire

de Alicia Turner, Laurence Cox, Brian Bocking ...

The Irish Buddhist is the biography of an extraordinary Irish emigrant, sailor, and migrant worker who became a Buddhist monk and anti-colonial activist in early twentieth-century Asia. Born in Dublin in the 1850s, U Dhammaloka energetically challenged the values and power of the British Empire and scandalized the colonial establishment of the 1900s. He rallied Buddhists across Asia, set up ... Leer más

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The Irish Buddhist is the biography of an extraordinary Irish emigrant, sailor, and migrant worker who became a Buddhist monk and anti-colonial activist in early twentieth-century Asia. Born in Dublin in the 1850s, U Dhammaloka energetically challenged the values and power of the British Empire and scandalized the colonial establishment of the 1900s. He rallied Buddhists across Asia, set up
... Leer más
The Shortest History of Europe

How Conquest, Culture, and Religion Forged a Continent - A Retelling for Our Times

de Filip Slaveski, John Hirst ...

Series series The Shortest History Series
Uncover the decisive moments that shaped a world-changing continent. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read.Celebrated historian John Hirst draws from his own lectures to deliver this ultra-accessible master class on the making of modern Europe, from Ancient Greece through World War II. With over 600,000 copies sold worldwide, this brief ... Leer más

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Uncover the decisive moments that shaped a world-changing continent. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read.Celebrated historian John Hirst draws from his own lectures to deliver this ultra-accessible master class on the making of modern Europe, from Ancient Greece through World War II. With over 600,000 copies sold worldwide, this brief
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Live Laugh Love

The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made

de Kristin Kobes Du Mez ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"A smart, endlessly interesting exercise in connecting cultural dots to learn how we got here." —Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewFrom the New York Times best-selling author of Jesus and John Wayne, a revelatory history of white Christian womanhood in the United States.**In her “paradigm-influencing” (Christianity Today) bestseller Jesus and John Wayne, which has changed ... Leer más

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"A smart, endlessly interesting exercise in connecting cultural dots to learn how we got here." —Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewFrom the New York Times best-selling author of Jesus and John Wayne, a revelatory history of white Christian womanhood in the United States.**In her “paradigm-influencing” (Christianity Today) bestseller Jesus and John Wayne, which has changed
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The Power of Godliness

Mormon Liturgy and Cosmology

de Jonathan Stapley ...

The Power of Godliness is a key work to understand Mormon conceptions of priesthood, authority, and gender. With in-depth research and never previously used documents, Jonathan A. Stapley explores the rituals of ordination, temple "sealings," baby blessings, healing, and cunning-folk traditions. In doing so, he demonstrates that Mormon liturgy includes a much larger and more complex set of ... Leer más

$27.89 USD

The Power of Godliness is a key work to understand Mormon conceptions of priesthood, authority, and gender. With in-depth research and never previously used documents, Jonathan A. Stapley explores the rituals of ordination, temple "sealings," baby blessings, healing, and cunning-folk traditions. In doing so, he demonstrates that Mormon liturgy includes a much larger and more complex set of
... Leer más
Slave Religion

The "Invisible Institution" in the Antebellum South

de Albert J. Raboteau ...

Twenty-five years after its original publication, Slave Religion remains a classic in the study of African American history and religion. In a new chapter in this anniversary edition, author Albert J. Raboteau reflects upon the origins of the book, the reactions to it over the past twenty-five years, and how he would write it differently today. Using a variety of first and second-hand sources-- ... Leer más

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Twenty-five years after its original publication, Slave Religion remains a classic in the study of African American history and religion. In a new chapter in this anniversary edition, author Albert J. Raboteau reflects upon the origins of the book, the reactions to it over the past twenty-five years, and how he would write it differently today. Using a variety of first and second-hand sources--
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The Foundations of Buddhism

de Rupert Gethin ...

Series series OPUS
Buddhism is a vast and complex religious and philosophical tradition with a history that stretches over 2,500 years, and which is now followed by around 115 million people. In this introduction to the foundations of Buddhism, Rupert Gethin concentrates on the ideas and practices which constitute the common heritage of the different traditions of Buddhism (Thervada, Tibetan, and Eastern) which ... Leer más

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Buddhism is a vast and complex religious and philosophical tradition with a history that stretches over 2,500 years, and which is now followed by around 115 million people. In this introduction to the foundations of Buddhism, Rupert Gethin concentrates on the ideas and practices which constitute the common heritage of the different traditions of Buddhism (Thervada, Tibetan, and Eastern) which
... Leer más
Sir Gawain And The Green Knight, Pearl, And Sir Orfeo

de Christopher Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien ...

SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT, PEARL, AND SIR ORFEOTHREE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH POEMS, WITH TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY BY J.R.R. TOLKIENIt’s Christmas at Camelot, and in this classic of Arthurian legend, King Arthur won’t begin to feast until he has witnessed a marvel of chivalry. A mysterious knight, green from head to toe, rides in and brings the court’s wait to an end with an implausible challenge ... Leer más

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SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT, PEARL, AND SIR ORFEOTHREE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH POEMS, WITH TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY BY J.R.R. TOLKIENIt’s Christmas at Camelot, and in this classic of Arthurian legend, King Arthur won’t begin to feast until he has witnessed a marvel of chivalry. A mysterious knight, green from head to toe, rides in and brings the court’s wait to an end with an implausible challenge
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Shinto the Kami Way

de Sokyo Ono Ph.D., William P. Woodard ...

"An excellently rounded introduction by an eminent Shinto scholar."—Library JournalShinto, the indigenous faith of the Japanese people, continues to fascinate and mystify both the casual visitor to Japan and the long-time resident. Relatively unknown among the religions of the world, Shinto: The Kami Way provides an enlightening window into this Japanese faith.In its general aspects, Shinto is ... Leer más

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"An excellently rounded introduction by an eminent Shinto scholar."—Library JournalShinto, the indigenous faith of the Japanese people, continues to fascinate and mystify both the casual visitor to Japan and the long-time resident. Relatively unknown among the religions of the world, Shinto: The Kami Way provides an enlightening window into this Japanese faith.In its general aspects, Shinto is
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Christian Imperialism

Converting the World in the Early American Republic

de Emily Conroy-Krutz ...

Series series The United States in the World
In 1812, eight American missionaries, under the direction of the recently formed American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, sailed from the United States to South Asia. The plans that motivated their voyage were ano less grand than taking part in the Protestant conversion of the entire world. Over the next several decades, these men and women were joined by hundreds more American ... Leer más

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In 1812, eight American missionaries, under the direction of the recently formed American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, sailed from the United States to South Asia. The plans that motivated their voyage were ano less grand than taking part in the Protestant conversion of the entire world. Over the next several decades, these men and women were joined by hundreds more American
... Leer más
The States of the Earth

An Ecological and Racial History of Secularization

de Mohamed Amer Meziane ...

Traducido por Jonathan Adjemian ...

**"An extraordinary book. Mohamed Amer Meziane's breathtaking analysis of the making of fossil states opens to a new genre of history writing where the very layers of earth's riches are at its center."—Ann Laura Stoler, author of Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power, Along the Archival GrainHow the disenchantment of empire led to climate change**While industrial states competed to colonize Asia and ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

**"An extraordinary book. Mohamed Amer Meziane's breathtaking analysis of the making of fossil states opens to a new genre of history writing where the very layers of earth's riches are at its center."—Ann Laura Stoler, author of Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power, Along the Archival GrainHow the disenchantment of empire led to climate change**While industrial states competed to colonize Asia and
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Grounded

A Journey into the Landscapes of Our Ancestors

de James Canton ...

From the author of The Oak Papers comes a beautiful meditation on how to foster a profound and healing spiritual communion with the natural world, exploring how the sacred can be accessed by looking to the past, to our ancestors and how they tread through their worlds.“Canton's writing has an exquisite, somewhat dreamlike quality.”—Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of TreesWhen James ... Leer más

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From the author of The Oak Papers comes a beautiful meditation on how to foster a profound and healing spiritual communion with the natural world, exploring how the sacred can be accessed by looking to the past, to our ancestors and how they tread through their worlds.“Canton's writing has an exquisite, somewhat dreamlike quality.”—Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of TreesWhen James
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