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  • Faith in Flux

    Pentecostalism and Mobility in Rural Mozambique

    by Devaka Premawardhana ...
    Series series Contemporary Ethnography
    Pentecostalism—Africa’s fastest growing form of Christianity—is known for displacing that which came before. Yet anthropologist Devaka Premawardhana witnessed neither massive growth nor dramatic rupture in the part of Mozambique where he worked. His research opens a new paradigm for the study of global Christianity, one centered on religious fluidity and existential mobility, and on how indigenous ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Faith in Flux

    Pentecostalism and Mobility in Rural Mozambique

    by Devaka Premawardhana ...
    Series series Contemporary Ethnography
    Pentecostalism—Africa’s fastest growing form of Christianity—is known for displacing that which came before. Yet anthropologist Devaka Premawardhana witnessed neither massive growth nor dramatic rupture in the part of Mozambique where he worked. His research opens a new paradigm for the study of global Christianity, one centered on religious fluidity and existential mobility, and on how indigenous ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Between Life and Thought

    Existential Anthropology and the Study of Religion

    Edited by Don Seeman, Devaka Premawardhana ...
    Existential anthropology is an approach inspired by existential and phenomenological thought to further our understanding of the human condition. Its ethnographic methodology emphasizes embodied experience and focuses on what is at stake for people amid the contingencies, struggles, and uncertainties of everyday life. While anthropological research on religion abounds, there has been little ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • The Georgetown Companion to Interreligious Studies

    by Lucinda Mosher, Brian Pennington, Pim Valkenberg, Hans Gustafson, Kerry San Chirico, Julia Sheetz, Jeffrey D. Long, Devaka Premawardhana, Alan Brill, David Thomas0, Aaron Rosen1, Paul Hedges2, Yue Liu3, Hossein Kamaly4, William Dyrness5, Alexander E. Massad6, Anil Mundra7, Ruth Illman8, Tracy Tiemeier9, Kevin Minister0, Anne Hege Grung1, Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook2, Amy-Jill Levine3, Axel Oaks Takacs4, Yohana Agra Junker5, Oddbjørn Leirvik6, David Grafton7, Rachelle Elizabeth8, Vrajvihari Sharan9, Brendan Randall0, Whittney Barth1, Francis X. Clooney2, Monica Sanford3, Bin Song4, Or N. Rose5, Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh6, Young-chan Ro7, Daniel A. Madigan8, Marianne Moyaert9, Amy L. Allocco0, Esther Mombo1, Florence Iminza2, Brent Plate3, Hans A. Harmakaputra4, Celene Marie Ibrahim5, Elinor Pierce6, Pamela Couture7, Wakoh Shannon Hickey8, Hannah Murphy Buc9, Rachel S. Mikva0, Bilal Ansari1, Eboo Patel2, Jennifer Howe Peace3, Rita Sherma4, John Thatamanil5, Timur Yuskaev6 ...
    A comprehensive collection provides guidance and deep insight from a variety of experts in this emerging fieldThe rapidly developing field of interreligious studies fosters scholarship engaging two or more religious traditions at a time. Inherently multidisciplinary, the field brings the academic consideration of religions into conversation with the humanities and social sciences, employing ... Read more

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  • Understanding the Times

    A Survey of Competing Worldviews

    by Dr. Jeff Myers, Dr. David A. Noebel ...
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  • The Politics of Discipleship

    Becoming Postmaterial Citizens

    by Graham Ward, James Smith ...
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    Internationally acclaimed theologian Graham Ward is well known for his thoughtful engagement with postmodernism. This volume, the fourth in The Church and Postmodern Culture series, offers an engaging look at the political nature of the postmodern world.In the first section, "The World," Ward considers "the signs of the times" and the political nature of contemporary postmodernism. It is ... Read more

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  • The Study of Religion

    An Introduction to Key Ideas and Methods

    by George D. Chryssides, Professor Ron Geaves ...
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  • Encyclopedia of the Yoruba

    Edited by Toyin Falola, Akintunde Akinyemi ...
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  • Ritual and Belief

    Readings in the Anthropology of Religion

    Edited by David Hicks ...
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  • Is Reality Secular?

    Testing the Assumptions of Four Global Worldviews

    by Mary Poplin ...
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    What is the nature of reality?At the root of our society's deepest political and cultural divisions are the conflicting principles of four global worldviews. While each of us holds to some version of one of these worldviews, we are often unconscious of their differences as well as their underlying assumptions. Mary Poplin argues that the ultimate test of a worldview, philosophy or ideology is ... Read more

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