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Price: $22.95
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Sale: $9.99
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Manufacturer: Routledge
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Max Weber
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Publisher: Routledge
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Edition: 2
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Dewey Decimal Number: 306.6
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Publication Date: 2001-05-23
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Reading Level: 320
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Description: Max Weber's best-known and most controversial work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, first published in 1904, remains to this day a powerful and fascinating read. Weber's highly accessible style is just one of many reasons for his continuing popularity. The book contends that the Protestant ethic made possible and encouraged the development of capitalism in the West.
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $3.29
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Manufacturer: Broadway
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Ken Wilber
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Publisher: Broadway
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Dewey Decimal Number: 215
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Publication Date: 1999-04-20
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Reading Level: 240
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Description: Acclaimed author and spiritual leader Ken Wilber points the way to a realistic path of understanding between science and religion, unbridled by romanticism or idealism.
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Price: $49.95
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Sale: $37.63
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Manufacturer: Wiley-Blackwell
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: John Milbank
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Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Edition: 2
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Dewey Decimal Number: 261.5
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Publication Date: 2006-02-27
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Reading Level: 480
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Description: This is a revised edition of John Milbank’s masterpiece, which sketches the outline of a specifically theological social theory.
- The Times Higher Education Supplement wrote of the first edition that it was “a tour de force of systematic theology. It would be churlish not to acknowledge its provocation and brilliance”.
- Brings this classic work up-to-date by reviewing the development of modern social thought.
- Features a substantial new introduction by Milbank, clarifying the theoretical basis for his work.
- Challenges the notion that sociological critiques of theology are ‘scientific’.
- Outlines a specifically theological social theory, and in doing so, engages with a wide range of thinkers from Plato to Deleuze.
- Written by one of the world’s most influential contemporary theologians and the author of numerous books.
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Price: $17.95
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Sale: $8.69
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Manufacturer: University of California Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Andrew Greeley
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Publisher: University of California Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 306
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Publication Date: 2001-10-01
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Reading Level: 213
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Description: The Catholic Imagination is Andrew Greeley's attempt to summarize what is unique about Catholic culture. "Catholics live in an enchanted world, a world of statues and holy water, stained glass and votive candles, saints and religious medals, rosary beads and holy pictures," Greeley writes. "But these Catholic paraphernalia are mere hints of a deeper and more pervasive religious sensibility which inclines Catholics to see the Holy lurking in creation." In seven chapters, The Catholic Imagination considers some of the central themes of Catholic culture--sacrament, salvation, community, festival, hierarchy, erotic desire, and the mother love of God--particularly as they have been treated by Catholic artists. The book's theological and aesthetic observations gain force from its sociological insights. (Greeley teaches Sociology at the University of Chicago and the University of Arizona.). Read the chapter on "Sacred Desire" first. There's good stuff here on Bernini (later in the book he moves on to Scorsese, Mozart, and others); but even more fascinating is Greeley's empirical evidence that "Catholics have sex more often, they are more playful in their sexual encounters, and they enjoy sex more [than other Americans]."
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Price: $24.95
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Sale: $12.95
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Manufacturer: Islamic Publications International
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Sayyid Qutb
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Publisher: Islamic Publications International
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Edition: Revised
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Dewey Decimal Number: 300
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Publication Date: 2000-01-01
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Reading Level: 352
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Description: "Social Justice in Islam" is perhaps the best known work of Sayyib Qutb, a leading figure in the Muslim Brethen of Egypt who was executed by the regime of 'Abd al-Nasr in 1966. Despite the years that have passed since Sayyid Qutb's death, the imprint of his thought on the contemporary Islamic movements of the Arab world remains profound. The Arabic original of "Social Justice in Islam" was first published in 1949, but this book in particular retains its relevance in many respects: the persistence of gross socio-economic inequality in most Muslim societies; the need for viewing Islam as a totality, imperatively demanding comprehensive implementation; and the depiction of the West as a neo-Crusading force.
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Price: $14.99
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Sale: $8.78
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Manufacturer: B&H Publishing Group
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: C. Michael Smith
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Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
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Dewey Decimal Number: 306.81
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Publication Date: 1999-01
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Reading Level: 80
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Price: $25.95
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Sale: $6.95
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Manufacturer: HarperOne
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Rodney Stark
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Publisher: HarperOne
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 200
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Publication Date: 2007-10-01
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Reading Level: 496
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Description: Discovering God is a monumental history of the origins of the great religions from the Stone Age to the Modern Age. Sociologist Rodney Stark surveys the birth and growth of religions around the world—from the prehistoric era of primal beliefs; the history of the pyramids found in Iraq, Egypt, Mexico, and Cambodia; and the great "Axial Age" of Plato, Zoroaster, Confucius, and the Buddha, to the modern Christian missions and the global spread of Islam. He argues for a free-market theory of religion and for the controversial thesis that under the best, unimpeded conditions, the true, most authentic religions will survive and thrive. Among his many conclusions: - Despite decades of faulty reports that early religions were crude muddles of superstition, it turns out that primitive humans had surprisingly sophisticated notions about God and Creation.
- The idea of "sin" appeared suddenly in the sixth century BCE and quickly reshaped religious ideas from Europe to China.
- Some major world religions seem to lack any plausible traces of divine inspiration.
- Ironically, some famous figures who attempted to found "Godless" religions ended up being worshiped as Gods.
Most people believe in the existence of God (or Gods), and this has apparently been so throughout human history. Many modern biologists and psychologists reject these spiritual ideas, especially those about the existence of God, as delusional. They claim that religion is a primitive survival mechanism that should have been discarded as humans evolved beyond the stage where belief in God served any useful purpose—that in modern societies, faith is a misleading crutch and an impediment to reason. In Discovering God, award-winning sociologist Rodney Stark responds to this position, arguing that it is our capacity to understand God that has evolved—that humans now know much more about God than they did in ancient times.
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Price: $18.95
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Sale: $11.87
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Manufacturer: Agreka Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Benjamin G. Bistline
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Publisher: Agreka Books
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 289
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Publication Date: 2004-07-20
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Reading Level: 236
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Description: Eldorado, Texas, is being invaded by polygamists from Colorado City. “Outsiders” unfamiliar with what they do and how they do it are aggressively seeking information about the group. And they should . . . The public needs to know how the one-man dictatorship developed and how maniacal Warren Jeffs rules today. He and his lieutenants are highly skilled and articulate business men who have mastered the art of deception and therefore pose a threat to any community they inhabit. . . Colorado City historian Benjamin Bistline’s first deeply documented book, The Polygamists: A History of Colorado City, Arizona was written to present the truth of the beginnings of the group and its original religious doctrine. Over the years, that doctrine has been verbally “rewritten” by religious leaders to support their claim of God’s approval of their one-man tyrannical dictatorship. . . For “outsiders” to whom Colorado City and polygamy are new, the first book was overwhelming with deep documentation. So we offer you this book, condensed, simplified, and easy to follow. . . People across America are asking how it is that girls as young as thirteen can be forced to marry, and not even to young men but old men; and how it is that women are treated as chattel and belong not to themselves or their husband, but to the Priesthood; and how it is that wives and children can suddenly be reassigned to a “more obedient” man; and how it is that teenage boys are cast out so older men can have more wives. . . (And now these disenfranchised boys are finally finding help from an organization in Salt Lake City.) And finally, how is it that tax dollars of American citizens are not only supporting many large polygamist families, but helping their communities expand. . . Polygamy abuses in America remain in the public eye thanks to Oprah, CNN, ABC Primetime, A&E Television and other media sources, including newspapers The Salt Lake Tribune, The Spectrum of St. George, Utah, The Phoenix New Times, The Arizona Republic, and the Deseret Morning News. With polygamists setting up an enclave in Texas, The Eldorado Success, San Antonio Express-News, Fort Worth Star Telegram, The Dallas Morning News, and others are working to make their citizens aware.
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Price: $23.95
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Sale: $17.99
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Manufacturer: Rutgers University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Roger Finke::Rodney Stark
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Publisher: Rutgers University Press
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Edition: Revised
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Dewey Decimal Number: 277.308
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Publication Date: 2005-04-25
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Reading Level: 347
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Description: In The Churching of America, 1776-2005 Roger Finke and Rodney Stark once again revolutionize the way we think about religion in America. Extending the argument that the nation's religious environment acts as a free market economy, this extensively revised and expanded edition offers new research, statistics, and stories that document increased participation in religious groups in the twenty-first century. Adding to the thorough coverage of "mainline" religious groups, new chapters chart the remarkable development and growth of African American churches from the early nineteenth century forward. Finke and Stark show how, like other "upstart sects," these churches openly competed for adherents and demonstrate how American norms of religious freedom allowed African American churches to construct organizational havens with little outside intervention. This edition also includes new sections on the ethnic religious communities of recent immigrants - stories that echo those told of ethnic religious enclaves in the nineteenth century. Bringing together timely new information and evidence, this provocative book insists, more than ever, on a major reevaluation of established ideas about American religious institutions. Written with lively prose, it will stir debate within church and academic communities, as well as among laypersons interested in the history of religion in America.
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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $9.48
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Manufacturer: University of Oklahoma Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Piers Vitebsky
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Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 306.69161
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Publication Date: 2001-03
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Reading Level: 184
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Description: The shaman occupies a key role as a healer mediating between the world of the living and the world of spirits and is a potent figure in alternative medicine. Shamanism, a richly illustrated guide, looks at both historic and present-day manifestations, from the snowscapes of Siberia to the jungles of the Amazon. The book discusses visions, initiation rites, shamanic chants, shamanism and mental health, the shamanic use of plants, and the political and social background to the shaman's work. Also covered are the links between the shaman's sense of unity in nature and the recent growth of ecological consciousness in Western societies. * Includes more than 250 color illustrations that present a unique pictorial record of shamanism in practice and as represented in art and artifacts * Includes a detailed region-by-region survey of shamanism with full-color maps * Explores both spiritual and psychological aspects of the subject, as well as the relevance of shamanism to contemporary Western culture
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