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Constructs of Meaning and Religious Transformation
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2013; US$ 54.34Hauptbeschreibung One of the major trends in the psychology of religion is the growing interest in religious and spiritual meaning making in relation to religious and spiritual transformation processes, notably as the aftermath of traumatic experiences and in situations of crisis, stress or disease when personal well-being is at stake and coping... more...
Media, Religion and Gender
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95Media, Religion and Gender presents a selection of eminent current scholarship that explores the role gender plays when religion, media use and values in contemporary society interact. The book: surveys the development of research on media, religion and culture through the lens of key theoretical and methodological issues and debates within... more...
Populäre Religion
Campus Verlag 2009; US$ 22.82Hauptbeschreibung Wandern auf dem Jakobsweg, New Age, Feng-Shui und Engelskult: Die individuelle Suche nach Spiritualität, so zeigt Hubert Knoblauch in diesem Buch, stellt die neue Sozialform des Religiösen dar. Ihren Kern bilden besondere Erfahrungen der Transzendenz, die nicht mehr nur in freikirchlichen Gemeinden oder esoterischen Zirkeln gepflegt... more...
Die 1970er Jahre als schwarzes Jahrzehnt
Campus Verlag 2010; US$ 27.17Hauptbeschreibung Die 1970er-Jahre gelten gemeinhin als "rotes Jahrzehnt" - eine Zuschreibung, die der Mehrdeutigkeit der Dekade nach "1968" nicht gerecht wird. In diesem Band werden politische Akteure in den Blick genommen, die sich als Alternative zur politisch-kulturellen Hegemonie der Linken verstanden. Die Politisierung der Menschen in Westeuropa,... more...
Exploring Religious Conflict
RAND Corporation 2005; US$ 9.95Reports the results of a workshop bringing together intelligence analysts and experts on religion to address religious motivations for violence. more...
Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds
Infobase Publishing 2006; US$ 50.00Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds, Revised Edition profiles the censorship of many such essential works of literature. The entries new to this edition include extensive coverage of the Harry Potter series, which has been frequently banned in the United States on the grounds that it promotes witchcraft, as well as entries on two popular textbook... more...
Magico-Religious Groups and Ritualistic Activities
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 79.95Allows first responders to be prepared for some of the situations they may encounter concerning those involved with an increasing number of a typical rituals. This book covers the details of various ceremonies and discusses the trappings and the language that may be encountered. It also discusses a number of bio-hazardous materials. more...
Reincarnation and the Law of Karma
The Floating Press 1908; US$ 5.99There are many forms of belief - many degrees of doctrine - regarding Reincarnation, as we shall see as we proceed, but there is a fundamental and basic principle underlying all of the various shades of opinion, and divisions of the schools. This fundamental belief may be expressed as the doctrine that there is in man an immaterial Something (called... more...
Death - and After?
The Floating Press 1906; US$ 4.99Death consists in a repeated process of unrobing, or unsheathing. The immortal part of man shakes off from itself, one after the other, its outer casings, and - as the snake from its skin, the butterfly from its chrysalis - emerges from one after another, passing into a higher state of consciousness. Now it is the fact that this escape from the body,... more...
Mapping Gender in Ancient Religious Discourses
BRILL 2006; US$ 303.00Contains essays on issues related to gender at the intersection of religious discourses in antiquity. Analyzing an array of traditions, this work aims to contribute to the goal of showing the options available for examining the interconnection of gender, rhetoric, power and ideology, as they relate to identity formation in the ancient world. more...









