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  • Sovereignty and the Sacred

    Secularism and the Political Economy of Religion

    de Robert A. Yelle ...
    Sovereignty and the Sacred challenges contemporary models of polity and economy through a two-step engagement with the history of religions. Beginning with the recognition of the convergence in the history of European political theology between the sacred and the sovereign as creating "states of exception"—that is, moments of rupture in the normative order that, by transcending this order, are ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Narratives of Disenchantment and Secularization

    Critiquing Max Weber’s Idea of Modernity

    Edición de Professor Robert A. Yelle, Dr Lorenz Trein ...
    What does it really mean to be modern?The contributors to this collection offer critical attempts both to re-read Max Weber's historical idea of disenchantment and to develop further his understanding of what the contested relationship between modernity and religion represents. The approach is distinctive because it focuses on disenchantment as key to understanding those aspects of modern society ... Leer más

    $34.99 USD

  • Explaining Mantras

    Ritual, Rhetoric, and the Dream of a Natural Language in Hindu Tantra

    de Robert A. Yelle ...
    Series series Religion in History, Society and Culture
    Explaining Mantras explores the intersection of poetry and magic in the mantras or verbal formulas of Hindu Tantra. The author reveals how mantras work in light of both the esoteric tradition of Tantra and a general semiotic theory of ritual. Mantras mimic the act of sexual reproduction and the cosmic cycle of creation and destruction. A mantra that imitates creation is believed to be more ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • After Secular Law

    Edición de Winnifred Fallers Sullivan, Robert A. Yelle, Mateo Taussig-Rubbo ...
    Series series The Cultural Lives of Law
    Many today place great hope in law as a vehicle for the transformation of society and accept that law is autonomous, universal, and above all, secular. Yet recent scholarship has called into question the simplistic narrative of a separation between law and religion and blurred the boundaries between these two categories, enabling new accounts of their relation that do not necessarily either ... Leer más

    $67.99 USD

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  • The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion

    Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion

    de Peter L. Berger ...
    Influential scholar Peter L. Berger explores the sociological underpinnings of religion and the rise of a modern secular societyAcclaimed scholar and sociologist Peter L. Berger carefully lays out an understanding of religion as a historical, societal mechanism in this classic work of social theory. Berger examines the roots of religious belief and its gradual dissolution in modern times, applying ... Leer más

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  • The Protestant Ethic and the "Spirit" of Capitalism

    and Other Writings

    de Max Weber, Peter Baehr, Gordon C. Wells ...
    Traducido por Peter Baehr, Gordon C. Wells ...
    In The Protestant Ethic, Max Weber opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and relates the rise of the capitalist economy to the Calvinist belief in the moral value of hard work and the fulfillment of one's worldly duties.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • God, Sexuality, and the Self

    An Essay 'On the Trinity'

    de Sarah Coakley ...
    God, Sexuality and the Self is a new venture in systematic theology. Sarah Coakley invites the reader to re-conceive the relation of sexual desire and the desire for God and - through the lens of prayer practice - to chart the intrinsic connection of this relation to a theology of the Trinity. The goal is to integrate the demanding ascetical undertaking of prayer with the recovery of lost and ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Nationalism

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Steven Grosby ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    This book examines the political and moral challenges that face the vast majority of human beings who consider themselves to be members of various nations. It explores nationality through the difficulties and conflicts that have arisen throughout history, and discusses nations and nationalism from social, philosophical, and anthropological perspectives. In this fascinating Very Short Introduction, ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Introducing Christian Ethics

    de Samuel Wells, Ben Quash ...
    Introducing Christian Ethics 2e, now thoroughly revised and updated, offers an unparalleled introduction to the study of Christian Ethics, mapping and exploring all the major ethical approaches, and offering thoughtful insights into the complex moral challenges facing people today.This highly successful text has been thoughtfully updated, based on considerable feedback, to include increased ... Leer más

    $38.00 USD

  • Ivan Illich

    An Intellectual Journey

    de David Cayley ...
    Series series Ivan Illich
    In the eighteen years since Ivan Illich’s death, David Cayley has been reflecting on the meaning of his friend and teacher’s life and work. Now, in Ivan Illich: An Intellectual Journey, he presents Illich’s body of thought, locating it in its own time and retrieving its relevance for ours.Ivan Illich (1926–2002) was a revolutionary figure in the Roman Catholic Church and in the wider field of ... Leer más

    $22.79 USD

  • Ethics of Hope

    de Jurgen Moltmann ...
    A creative and programmatic work, Ethics of Hope is a realistic assessment of the human prospect, as well as its imperatives, from one who stakes everything on God’s promise to rescue life from the jaws of death. ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Oil Has Not Run Dry

    The Story of My Theological Pathway

    de Gregory Baum ...
    Series Libro 23 - Footprints Series
    Born to a Jewish mother and Protestant father in 1923 Berlin, Gregory Baum devoted his career to a humanistic approach to Catholicism. In The Oil Has Not Run Dry, Baum shares recollections about his lifelong commitment to theology, his atypical views, and his evolving understanding of the Catholic Church’s message.Baum reflects on his groundbreaking work with the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD