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Hoodoo, Voodoo, and Conjure
ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 77.00Hoodoo, voodoo, and conjure are part of a mysterious world of African American spirituality that has long captured the popular imagination. These magical beliefs and practices have figured in literary works by such authors as Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, and Ishmael Reed, and they have been central to numerous films, such as The Skeleton Key. Written... more...
The Sword of Heaven
Travelers'' Tales 2010; US$ 24.00Any attempt at peace must be attended by a knowledge of self,” discovers writer and photographer Mikkel Aaland, who grew up with a bomb shelter for a bedroom, in terror of nuclear war. At the height of the Cold War, Aaland finds himself drawn into a mysterious Shinto priest’s plan to save the world. Traveling from Norway to the Philippines,... more...
Pilgrimages and Spiritual Quests in Japan
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 49.95This exciting new book is a detailed examination of pilgrimages in Japan, including the meanings of travel, transformation, and the discovery of identity through encounters with the sacred, in a variety of interesting dimensions in both historical and contemporary Japanese culture, linked by the unifying theme of a spiritual quest. Several fascinating... more...
African Traditions in the Study of Religion in Africa
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 99.95This book presents a unique exploration of African traditions in the study of religion in Africa and the new African diaspora. Contributors drawn from diverse African and global contexts situate current scholarly traditions of the study of African religions within the purview of academic encounter and exchanges with non-African scholars and non-African... more...
African Traditions in the Study of Religion, Diaspora and Gendered Societies
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95This book presents a unique multidisciplinary exploration of African traditions in the study of religion, diaspora, and gendered societies. Contributors drawn from diverse African and global contexts situate current scholarly traditions of the study of African religions within the purview of academic encounter and exchanges with non-African scholars... more...
Religion Crossing Boundaries
BRILL 2010; US$ 146.00The essays in this volume illustrates the variety and power of predominantly pentecostal-charismatic movements between Western and African religious actors and groups that has developed across the past twenty years. In so doing, it also highlights the dramatic change in global "migration" patterns as a result of relatively inexpensive air... more...
Popvirus
Amsterdam University Press 2009; US$ 28.75Er waart een popvirus door het land. Steeds meer sferen in de samenleving lijken gepopulariseerd te worden. Religie vindt een nieuwe weg op de videowebsite GodTube.com; debatten over islam en integratie worden voor een breed en jong publiek gebracht in televisieseries als Dunya en Desie; HEMA-posters en videoclips rukken op in kunstmusea. Soms gebeurt... more...
Chinese Ritual and Politics
Cambridge University Press 1981; US$ 34.00Ritual action in China often takes its logic from political action. In this book Emily Ahern explores the implications of this. more...
Religion in America Since 1945
Columbia University Press 2005; US$ 29.99Moving far beyond the realm of traditional "church history," Patrick Allitt here offers a vigorous and erudite survey of the broad canvas of American religion since World War II. Identifying the major trends and telling moments within major denominations and also in less formal religious movements, he asks how these religious groups have shaped, and... more...
Tongnaab
Indiana University Press 2005; US$ 19.95For many Africanist historians, traditional religion is simply a starting point for measuring the historic impact of Christianity and Islam. In Tongnaab, Jean Allman and John Parker challenge the distinction between tradition and modernity by tracing the movement and mutation of the powerful Talensi... more...









