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European Paganism
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95European Paganism provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of ancient pagan religions throughout the European continent. Before there where Christians, the peoples of Europe were pagans. Were they bloodthirsty savages hanging human offerings from trees? Were they happy ecologists, valuing the unpolluted rivers and mountains? In European... more...
Die Meisterzelle
Lokwort Buchverlag 2013; Not AvailableDie Existenz kennt kein Altern, sondern nur Wandel durch Zellerneuerung. Jeder Körper produziert im Laufe des menschlichen Lebens Milliarden von Zellen, die sich stetig erneuern und vom Höheren Selbst des Körpers, der Meisterzelle, gelenkt werden. Die Meisterzelle kennt den inneren Bauplan für die Physik, lebt nicht in der Zeit, ist die Verbindung... more...
Religion and Biography in China and Tibet
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 178.00The Chinese and Tibetan traditions value biography as a primary historiographical and literary genre. This volume analyses biographies as texts, taking seriously the literary turn in historical and religious studies and applying some of its insights to an understudied but central corpus of material in Chinese and Tibetan religion. more...
The Sacred and the Feminine in Ancient Greece
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 41.95In classical Greece women were almost entirely excluded from public life. Yet the feminine was accorded a central place in religious thought and ritual.This volume explores the often paradoxical centrality of the feminine in Greek culture, showing how out of sight was not out of mind. The contributors adopt perspectives from a wide range of disciplines,... more...
Ritual Sacrifice
The History Press 2013; US$ 18.94The principle of sacrifice is as old as human life itself. Human, animal or inanimate offerings were an essential part of an effort to handle natural disasters, secure good luck or good health, ensure success in war or commerce, in fact to produce any outcome that could better life on Earth. This fascinating book provides the first general, fully... more...
LebensUmwege: Alleinerziehende
Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung 2013; US$ 14.01Hauptbeschreibung Alleinerziehende Mütter und Väter haben es nicht leicht: Sie überwinden große Hürden, um Beruf und Familie unter einen Hut zu bringen, und erfahren verhältnismäßig wenig Unterstützung durch Gesellschaft und Staat. Dabei gehen sie oft bis an ihre persönlichen Belastungsgrenzen. Trotzdem schaffen es die meisten - aus eigener Kraft... more...
Pluralism
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 98.99Theology of religions has defaulted in the last two decades to an epicyclic inclusivism which seeks to undermine pluralism with claims that it is covertly triumphalistic and that it mirrors the logic of exclusivism. With the exception of pioneers in the field such as John Hick and Paul Knitter, most major figures in this theological field have retreated... more...
Pluralism
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 98.99Theology of religions has defaulted in the last two decades to an epicyclic inclusivism which seeks to undermine pluralism with claims that it is covertly triumphalistic and that it mirrors the logic of exclusivism. With the exception of pioneers in the field such as John Hick and Paul Knitter, most major figures in this theological field have retreated... more...
The World's Religions in Figures
Wiley 2013; US$ 104.95Created by two of the field’s leading experts, this unique introduction to international religious demography outlines the challenges in interpreting data on religious adherence, and presents a contemporary portrait of global religious belief. Offers the first comprehensive overview of the field of international religious demography –... more...
Handbook of Research on Development and Religion
Edward Elgar Publishing 2013; US$ 60.00With eighty percent of the world's population professing religious faith, religious belief is a common human characteristic. This fascinating and highly unique Handbook brings together state-of-the-art research on incorporating religion into development studies literature and research. The expert contributors illustrate that as religious identity... more...









