OCR Philosophy of Religion for AS and A2

By Matthew Taylor Edited by Jon Mayled

OCR Philosophy of Religion for AS and A2 is a textbook for students of Advanced Subsidiary or Advanced Level courses, endorsed by OCR for use...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46824-4 (Routledge)

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Buddhist Manuscript Cultures

Knowledge, ritual, and art

Edited by Stephen C. Berkwitz, Juliane Schober, Claudia Brown

Buddhist Manuscript Cultures explores how religious and cultural practices in premodern Asia were shaped by literary and artistic traditions as well as by Buddhist material...

2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77616-5 (Routledge)

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Shared Idioms, Sacred Symbols, and the Articulation of Identities in South Asia

Edited by Kelly Pemberton, Michael Nijhawan

How do text, performance, and rhetoric simultaneously reflect and challenge notions of distinct community and religious identities? This volume examines evidence of shared idioms of...

2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-95828-8 (Routledge)

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The Fragility of Law

Constitutional Patriotism and the Jews of Belgium, 1940-1945

By David Fraser

The Fragility of Law examines the ways in which, during the Second World War, the Belgian government and judicial structure became implicated in the identification,...

2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-47761-1 (Routledge-Cavendish)

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Power, Wealth and Women in Indian Mahayana Buddhism

The Gandavyuha-sutra

By Douglas Osto

This book examines the concepts of power, wealth and women in the important Mahayana Buddhist scripture known as the Gandavyuha-sutra, and relates these to the...

2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-48073-4 (Routledge)

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Divine Justice

Religion And The Development Of Chinese Legal Culture

By Paul R. Katz

This book considers the ways in which religious beliefs and practices have contributed to the formation of Chinese legal culture. It does so by describing...

2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-44345-6 (Routledge)

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The Jews as a Chosen People

Tradition and transformation

By S. Leyla Gurkan

The concept of the Jews as a chosen people is a key element of the Jewish faith and identity. This book explores the idea of...

2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-46607-3 (Routledge)

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The World's Major Languages

Edited by Bernard Comrie

This volume features over fifty of the world's languages and language families. The featured languages have been chosen based on the number of speakers, their role...

2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-35339-7 (Routledge)

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Hadrami Arabs in Present-day Indonesia

An Indonesia-oriented group with an Arab signature

By Frode F. Jacobsen

This book focuses on social and cultural trends in present-day Hadrami Arab societies in Eastern and Central Indonesia, and the history of the Hadrami Arab people,...

2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-48092-5 (Routledge)

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Everyday Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia

By Maria Elisabeth Louw

Providing a wealth of empirical research on the everyday practise of Islam in post-Soviet Central Asia, this book gives a detailed account of how Islam is...

2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49172-3 (Routledge)

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