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  • Baba Padmanji

    Vernacular Christianity in Colonial India

    par Deepra Dandekar ...
    Collections series Pathfinders
    This book is a critical biography of Baba Padmanji (1831-1906), a firebrand native Christian missionary, ideologue, and litterateur from 19th-century Bombay Presidency. Though Padmanji was well-known, and a very influential figure among Christian converts, his contributions have received inadequate attention from the perspective of ‘social reform’ — an intellectual domain dominated by offshoots of ... En savoir plus

    $88.99 CAD

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  • Spirituality: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    par Philip Sheldrake ...
    Collections series Very Short Introductions
    It has been suggested that 'spirituality' has become a word that 'can define an era'. Why? Because paradoxically, alongside a decline in traditional religious affiliations, the growing interest in spirituality and the use of the word in a variety of contexts is a striking aspect of contemporary western cultures. Indeed, spirituality is sometimes contrasted attractively with religion, although this ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • The Penguin Handbook of the World's Living Religions

    Modifié par John R. Hinnells ...
    Comprehensive, informative and authoritative, The Penguin Handbook of the World's Living Religions is compiled by a team of leading international scholars, and is the definitive guide to the religious belief systems and practices of the world today. This in-depth survey of active religions has now been fully updated to include modern developments and the most recent scholarship. It explains the ... En savoir plus

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  • The Study of Religion

    An Introduction to Key Ideas and Methods

    par George D. Chryssides, Professor Ron Geaves ...
    This updated textbook unravels the complex issues related to methodology and theory in the study of religion. It equips students with the knowledge needed for the academic study of religion, explaining the history of the methodology, including ideas of key theorists, and discusses key issues in the field, such as gender, phenomenology, and the insider/outsider discourse.Updated throughout, ... En savoir plus

    $47.99 CAD

  • The Invention of Religion in Japan

    par Jason Ananda Josephson ...
    A study of how Japan once had no concept of "religion," and what happened when officials were confronted by American Commodore Perry in 1853.Throughout its long history, Japan had no concept of what we call "religion." There was no corresponding Japanese word, nor anything close to its meaning. But when American warships appeared off the coast of Japan in 1853 and forced the Japanese government to ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Theravada Buddhism

    A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo

    par Richard F. Gombrich ...
    Collections series The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices
    Written by the leading authority on Theravada Buddhism, this up-dated edition takes into account recent research to include the controversies over the date of the Buddha and current social and political developments in Sri Lanka. Gombrich explores the legacy of the Buddha's predecessors and the social and religious contexts against which Buddhism has developed and changed throughout history, ... En savoir plus

    $91.99 CAD

  • Monasticism

    A Very Short Introduction

    par Stephen J. Davis ...
    Collections series Very Short Introductions
    Monasticism is a social and religious phenomenon which originated in antiquity and which still remains relevant in the twenty-first century. But what, exactly, is it, and how is it distinguished from other kinds of religious and non-religious practice? In this Very Short Introduction Stephen J. Davis discusses the history of monasticism, from our earliest evidence for it, and the different types ... En savoir plus

    $6.99 CAD

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  • Hindu Wife, Hindu Nation

    Community, Religion and Cultural Nationalism

    par Tanika Sarkar ...
    This book is a brilliant historicisation and scathing critique of many of the dominant concepts by which Indians generally, and north Indian Hindus more specifically, think and live today. Historians, sociologists, political scientists and serious readers who wish to understand how the immediate past has shaped Indias life will value this incisive work of a major historian. ... En savoir plus

    $5.99 CAD

  • Brahmin and Non-Brahmin

    Genealogies of the Tamil Political Present

    par M.S.S.Pandian ...
    In South India, the categories ‘Brahmin’ and ‘non-Brahmin’ are frequently treated as self-evident, both within contemporary Tamil politics and in mainstream academic discourses. Departing from this political and academic ‘common sense’, the present book historicizes the complex processes by which these categories came into being and acquired political power over the past century. Using archival, ... En savoir plus

    $9.85 CAD

  • Sri Aurobindo

    A Contemporary Reader

    Modifié par Sachidananda Mohanty ...
    This book compiles some of the finest writings of Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) — the nationalist, visionary, poet-philosopher. It reflects the range, depth and outreach of the moral, intellectual and spiritual vision of this versatile and multifaceted genius. It aims at providing, at one place, access to the key concepts, tenets, and the spirit of the extraordinary range of texts authored by him ... En savoir plus

    $102.99 CAD

  • Radical Equality

    Ambedkar, Gandhi, and the Risk of Democracy

    par Aishwary Kumar ...
    Collections series Cultural Memory in the Present
    B.R. Ambedkar, the architect of India's constitution, and M.K. Gandhi, the Indian nationalist, two figures whose thought and legacies have most strongly shaped the contours of Indian democracy, are typically considered antagonists who held irreconcilable views on empire, politics, and society. As such, they are rarely studied together. This book reassesses their complex relationship, focusing on ... En savoir plus

    $90.99 CAD

  • Masks of Conquest

    Literary Study and British Rule in India

    par Gauri Viswanathan ...
    A classic work in postcolonial studies, Masks of Conquest describes the introduction of English studies in India under British rule and illuminates the discipline's transcontinental movements and derivations, showing that the origins of English studies are as diverse and diffuse as its future shape. In her new preface, Gauri Viswanathan argues forcefully that the curricular study of English can no ... En savoir plus

    $33.99 CAD