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Against the Modern World: Traditionalism and the Secret Intellectual History of the Twentieth Centuryby Mark J. SedgwickISBN 0195152972 (0-19-515297-2)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Aiasby Sophocles, Richard Pevear, Herbert GolderISBN 0195128192 (0-19-512819-2)
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The Ancient Gods Speak: A Guide to Egyptian Religionby Donald B. RedfordISBN 0195154010 (0-19-515401-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Ancient Jewish Novelsby Lawrence M. WillsISBN 0195151429 (0-19-515142-9)
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Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstitionby Stuart A. VyseISBN 0195136349 (0-19-513634-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition'Book summary:Wade Boggs is one of the best hitters baseball has ever known; at the plate he's a master technician. He also believes that eating chicken gives him good luck, so he's eaten chicken every day for years. Starting with the superstitions of ballplayers, Stuart Vyse, a psychology professor at Connecticut College, embarks on a fascinating exploration of superstitious thoughts in Believing In Magic. Employing scientific techniques and utilizing hard facts, Vyse shows how silly superstition really is. Yet he also admits that some people do perform better when they follow their superstitious rituals. This is a highly informative book, dealing with everything from chain letters to lucky charms to lottery systems. [via]
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Between Eden and Armageddon: The Future of World Religions, Violence, and Peacemakingby Marc GopinISBN 019513432X (0-19-513432-X)
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Beyond Auschwitz: Post-Holocaust Jewish Thought in Americaby Michael L. MorganISBN 0195148622 (0-19-514862-2)
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The Bijak of Kabirby Kabir, Shukdev SinghISBN 0195148762 (0-19-514876-2)
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Black Puritan, Black Republican: The Life and Thought of Lemuel Haynes, 1753-1833by John SaillantISBN 0195157176 (0-19-515717-6)
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The Bonds of Freedom: Feminist Theology and Christian Realismby Rebekah L. MilesISBN 0195144163 (0-19-514416-3)
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The Borderlands of Science: Where Sense Meets Nonsenseby Michael ShermerISBN 0195157982 (0-19-515798-2)
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Shermer argues that science is the best lens through which to view the world, but he recognizes that it's often difficult for most of us to tell where valid science leaves off and borderland science begins. To help us, Shermer looks at a range of topics that put the boundary line in high relief. For instance, he discusses the many "theories of everything" that try to reduce the complexity of the world to a single principle, and shows how most fall into the category of pseudoscience. He examines the work of Darwin and Freud, explaining why one is among the great scientists in history, while the other has become nothing more than a historical curiosity. He also shows how Carl Sagan's life exemplified the struggle we all face to find a balance between being open-minded enough to recognize radical new ideas but not so open-minded that our brains fall out. And finally, he reveals how scientists themselves can be led astray, as seen in the infamous Piltdown Hoax.
Michael Shermer's enlightening volume will be a valuable aid to anyone bewildered by the many scientific theories swirling about. It will help us stay grounded in common sense as we try to evaluate everything from SETI and acupuncture to hypnosis and cloning. [via]More editions of The Borderlands of Science: Where Sense Meets Nonsense:
Buddhist Saints in India: A Study in Buddhist Values and Orientationsby Reginald A. RayISBN 0195134834 (0-19-513483-4)
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Cassian the Monkby Columba StewartISBN 0195134842 (0-19-513484-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cassian the Monk'Book summary:This book is a study of the life, monastic writings, and spiritual theology of John Cassian (c., 360-435). His Institutes and Conferences are a remarkable synthesis of earlier monastic traditions, especially those of fourth-century Egypt, informed throughout by Cassian's awareness of the particular needs of the Latin monastic movement he was helping to shape. Sometimes portrayed as simply an advocate of the sophisticated spiritual theology of Evagrius of Ponticus (360-435), Cassian was actually a theologian of keen insight, realism, and creativity. His teaching on sexuality is unique in early monastic literature in both its breadth and its depth, and his integration of biblical interpretation with the ways of prayer and teaching on ecstatic prayer are of fundamental importance for the western monastic tradition. The only Latin writer included in the classic Greek collections of monastic sayings, Cassian was the major spiritual influence on both the Rule of the Master and the Rule of Benedict, as well as the source for Gregory the Great's teaching on capital sins and compunction.
Columba Stewart's book is the first major study of Cassian to be published in twenty years. It begins by establishing Cassian's credibility as a teacher on the basis of his own experience as a monk and his familiarity with the fundamental literary sources. Stewart then turns to Cassian's spiritual theology, paying particular attention to Cassian's view of the monastic journey in eschatological perspective, his teaching on continence and chastity, the Christological basis of biblical interpretation and prayer, his method of unceasing prayer, and his integration of ecstatic experience with an Evagrian theology of prayer. [via]More editions of Cassian the Monk:
The Changing Shape of English Nonconformity, 1825-1925by Dale A. JohnsonISBN 0195121635 (0-19-512163-5)
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Chapters into Verse: A Selection of Poetry in English Inspired by the Bible from Genesis Through Revelationby Laurance Wieder, Robert AtwanISBN 0195136764 (0-19-513676-4)
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Christianity in Late Antiquity: 300-450 C.E. A Readerby Bart D. Ehrman, Andrew S. JacobsISBN 0195154614 (0-19-515461-4)
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Classical Mythologyby Mark P. O. MorfordISBN 0195143388 (0-19-514338-8)
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Creationism's Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Designby Paul R. Gross, Barbara Carroll ForrestISBN 0195157427 (0-19-515742-7)
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Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient Worldby John G. GagerISBN 0195134826 (0-19-513482-6)
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The Devil's Dictionaryby Ambrose BierceISBN 0195126270 (0-19-512627-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Devil's Dictionary'Book summary:These caustic aphorisms, collected in The Devil's Dictionary, helped earn Ambrose Bierce the epithets Bitter Bierce, the Devil's Lexicographer, and the Wickedest Man in San Francisco. First published as The Cynic's Word Book (1906) and later reissued under its preferred name in 1911, Bierce's notorious collection of barbed definitions forcibly contradicts Samuel Johnson's earlier definition of a lexicographer as a harmless drudge. There was nothing harmless about Ambrose Bierce, and the words he shaped into verbal pitchforks a century ago--with or without the devil's help--can still draw blood today. [via]
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Divine Mirrors: The Virgin Mary in the Visual Artsby Robert A. Orsi, Melissa R. Katz, Davis Museum and Cultural CenterISBN 0195145585 (0-19-514558-5)
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Fundamentalism and Genderby John Stratton HawleyISBN 0195136551 (0-19-513655-1)
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 100 Years of Solitude: A Casebookby Gene H. Bell-VilladaISBN 0195144554 (0-19-514455-4)
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Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude is arguably the most important novel in twentieth-century Latin American literature. This Casebook features ten critical articles on García Márquez's great work. Carefully selected from the most important work on the novel over the past three decades, they include pieces by Carlos Fuentes, Iris Zavala, James Higgins, Jean Franco, Michael Wood, and Gene H. Bell-Villada. Among the intriguing aspects of the work discussed are its mythic dimension, its "magical" side, its representations of women, its relationship with past chronicles of exploration and discovery, its portrayals of Western power and imperialism, its astounding diffusion throughout the globe and the media, and its simple truth-telling, its fidelity to the tangled history of Latin America. The book incorporates several theoretical approaches--historical, feminist, postcolonial; the first English translation of Fuentes's renowned, oft-cited, eight page meditation on the work; a general introduction; and a 1982 interview with García Márquez. [via]More editions of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 100 Years of Solitude: A Casebook:
Goddesses Who Ruleby Beverly Moon, Elisabeth BenardISBN 0195121317 (0-19-512131-7)
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Governing the Tongue: The Politics of Speech in Early New Englandby Jane KamenskyISBN 0195130901 (0-19-513090-1)
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Great God A'Mighty! the Dixie Hummingbirds: Celebrating the Rise of Soul Gospel Musicby J. Jerome ZoltenISBN 0195152727 (0-19-515272-7)
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Greed: The Seven Deadly Sinsby Phyllis TickleISBN 0195156609 (0-19-515660-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Greed: The Seven Deadly Sins'Book summary:Grasping. Avarice. Covetousness. Miserliness. Insatiable cupidity. Overreaching ambition. Desire spun out of control. The deadly sin of Greed goes by many names, appears in many guises, and wreaks havoc on individuals and nations alike.
In this lively and generous book, Phyllis A. Tickle argues that Greed is "the Matriarch of the Deadly Clan," the ultimate source of Pride, Envy, Sloth, Gluttony, Lust, and Anger. She shows that the major faiths, from Hinduism and Taoism to Buddhism and Christianity regard Greed as the greatest calamity humans can indulge in, engendering further sins and eviscerating all virtues. As the Sikh holy book Adi Granth asks: "Where there is greed, what love can there be?" Tickle takes a long view of Greed, from St. Paul to the present, focusing particularly on changing imaginative representations of Greed in Western literature and art. Looking at such works as the Psychomachia, or "Soul Battle" of the fifth-century poet Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, the paintings of Peter Bruegel and Hieronymous Bosch, the 1987 film Wall Street, and the contemporary Italian artist Mario Donizetti, Tickle shows how our perceptions have evolved from the medieval understanding of Greed as a spiritual enemy to a nineteenth-century sociological construct to an early twentieth-century psychological deficiency, and finally to a new view, powerfully articulated in Donizetti's mystical paintings, of Greed as both tragic and beautiful.
Engaging, witty, brilliantly insightful, Greed explores the full range of this deadly sin's subtle, chameleon-like qualities, and the enormous destructive power it wields, evidenced all too clearly in the world today. [via]More editions of Greed: The Seven Deadly Sins:
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Greek Nymphs: Myth, Cult, Loreby Jennifer LarsonISBN 0195144651 (0-19-514465-1)
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Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illnessby Joan K. Harrold, Joanne Lynn, Rosalynn CarterISBN 0195146018 (0-19-514601-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness'Book summary:Written for caregivers as well as the dying, Handbook for Mortals is an excellent resource for anyone facing the end of life. Authors Joanne Lynn, M.D., and Joan Harrold, M.D., offer sensitive and practical advice for the ambiguous final stage of a life-threatening illness--when hope for a recovery is waning and the patient and family members are turning toward a different horizon, that of accepting and supporting an imminent death. For the most part, the authors focus on physical concerns such as pain management, artificial feeding, and an especially poignant passage about assisted suicide.
Because of their backgrounds, the authors are also comfortable discussing the emotional complexities of dying, such as offering advice on giving and receiving forgiveness and resolving conflicts in close relationships. (Lynn is director of the Center to Improve Care of the Dying at George Washington University and Harrold is medical director of a Pennsylvania hospice.) The handbook offers many sidebars, including "Words to Try" when speaking with a sick person: instead of saying, "Dad, you are going to be just fine," the authors suggest saying, "Dad, are there some things that worry you?" Proceeds from the sale of the book support Americans for Better Care of the Dying, a national charitable organization devoted to improving care for the last stage of life. --Gail Hudson [via]
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Handbook To Life In Ancient Greeceby Lesley Adkins, Roy A. AdkinsISBN 019512491X (0-19-512491-X)
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In Discordance With the Scriptures: American Protestant Battles over Translating the Bibleby Peter Johannes ThuesenISBN 019515228X (0-19-515228-X)
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Introducing Philosophy: A Text With Integrated Readingsby Robert C. SolomonISBN 0195155106 (0-19-515510-6)
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The Islamic Understanding of Death and Resurrectionby Jane I. Smith, Yvonne Yazbeck HaddadISBN 0195156498 (0-19-515649-8)
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The Jewish Messiahs: From the Galilee to Crown Heightsby Harris LenowitzISBN 0195148371 (0-19-514837-1)
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John Winthrop: America's Forgotten Founding Fatherby Francis J. BremerISBN 0195149130 (0-19-514913-0)
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Landscapes of the Soul: The Loss of Moral Meaning in American Lifeby Douglas V. PorporaISBN 0195134915 (0-19-513491-5)
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The Letters of Hildegard of Bingenby Hildegard of Bingen, Joseph L. Baird, Radd K. EhrmanISBN 0195121171 (0-19-512117-1)
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Lost Scriptures: Books That Did Not Make It into the New Testamentby Bart D. EhrmanISBN 0195141822 (0-19-514182-2)
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Making Magic: Religion, Magic, and Science in the Modern Worldby Randall StyersISBN 0195151070 (0-19-515107-0)
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The Making of an American Thinking Class: Intellectuals and Intelligentsia in Puritan Massachusettsby Darren StaloffISBN 0195149823 (0-19-514982-3)
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The Mayor of Casterbridgeby Thomas Hardy, Rick MoodyISBN 019514810X (0-19-514810-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mayor of Casterbridge'Book summary:Set against the backdrop of peaceful south-west England, where Thomas Hardy spent much of his youth, The Mayor of Casterbridge captures the author's unique genius for depicting the absurdity underlying much of the sorrow and humor in our lives.
In the stunning opening chapter of The Mayor of Casterbridge, a drunken hay-trusser, Michael Henchard, sells his wife and daughter for five guineas to a sailor. The book follows Henchard who, overcome by guilt after the sale of his wife, swears he will not have another drink of alcohol for twenty years. By hard work, he becomes a wealthy dealer in corn and hay, and eventually the mayor of Casterbridge. But after eighteen years, his wife and child Elizabeth-Jane return and, from this point on, his fortunes decline, in part through bad luck and in part through his own obstinate nature. In the end, his rival Farfrae has Henchard's business, his house, Lucretta, and he even becomes mayor of Casterbridge. Henchard eventually dies in a miserable hut on Egdon Heath.
This special edition of The Mayor of Casterbridge features a splendid introduction by fiction writer Rick Moody, who calls Hardy's classic "the first great novel about alcoholism." [via]More editions of The Mayor of Casterbridge:
The Meaning of Lifeby E. D. KlemkeISBN 019512703X (0-19-512703-X)
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Medieval Folklore : A Guide to Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customsby Carl Lindahl, John McNamara, John LindowISBN 0195147715 (0-19-514771-5)
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Over a decade in the making, Medieval Folklore offers a wide-ranging guide to the lore of the Middle Ages--from the mundane to the supernatural. Definitive and lively articles focus on the great tales and traditions of the age and includes information on daily and nightly customs and activities; religious beliefs of the pagan, Christian, Muslim, and Jew; key works of oral and written literature; traditional music and art; holidays and feasts; food and drink; and plants and animals, both real and fantastical.
While most books on medieval folklore focus primarily on the West, this unique volume brings together an eclectic range of experts to treat the subject from a global perspective. Especially remarkable are the surveys of the major medieval traditions including Arab-Islamic, Baltic, English, Finno-Ugric, French, Hispanic, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Scandinavian, Scottish, Slavic, and Welsh.
For anyone who has ever wanted a path through the tangle of Arthurian legends, or the real lowdown on St. Patrick, or the last word on wolf lore--this is the place to look.
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A venerable assemblage of scholars illuminates the folklore of the medieval world and the generations that invented and sustained it.
The contributors:
Ulrich Marzolph -- Arab-Islamic
Thomas A. DuBois -- Baltic
John McNamara & Carl Lindahl -- English
Thomas A. DuBois -- Finno-Ugric
Francesca Canadé Sautman -- French
Samuel G. Armistead -- Hispanic
Éva Pócs -- Hungarian
Joseph Falaky Nagy -- Irish
Giuseppe C. Di Scipio -- Italian
Eli Yassif -- Jewish
Stephen A. Mitchell -- Scandinavian
John McNamara -- Scottish
Eve Levin -- Slavic
Elissa R. Henken & Brynley F. Roberts -- Welsh [via]More editions of Medieval Folklore : A Guide to Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs:
Medieval Folklore: A Guide to Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customsby John McNamara, Carl Lindahl, John LindowISBN 0195147723 (0-19-514772-3)
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Meditations for the Humanist: Ethics for a Secular Ageby A. C. GraylingISBN 0195151585 (0-19-515158-5)
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The Mismeasure of Desire: The Science, Theory, and Ethics of Sexual Orientationby Edward SteinISBN 0195142446 (0-19-514244-6)
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Moses in America: The Cultural Uses of Biblical Narrativeby Melanie Jane WrightISBN 0195152263 (0-19-515226-3)
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Muslims on the Americanization Path?by John L. Esposito, Yvonne Yazbeck HaddadISBN 0195135261 (0-19-513526-1)
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Mythby David Adams LeemingISBN 0195142888 (0-19-514288-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Myth'Book summary:Joseph Campbell wrote that mythology is "the wonderful song of the soul's high adventure." In Myth, David Leeming considers the role this "wonderful song" has to play in a world increasingly dependent on scientific and technical information.
Exploring classic works such as the Song of Songs, the Tao Te Ching, the Rg Veda, the New Testament, and the Indonesian myth of Hainuwele, Myth reveals the cultural energies that ancient "mythmakers" sought to corral in their creations. Leeming argues that myths are, by definition, evolving creations that live on in the work of modern-day "mythmakers" such as W.B. Yeats, Virginia Woolf, and Albert Einstein. Leeming provides an engaging new outlook on the role of myth in the works of these and other contemporary artists and scientists. The similarities between modern concepts like the "Big Bang" and ancient myths of creation illustrate our continuing need to confront the mysteries of existence by way of metaphor and narrative. Leeming suggests that myth and factual knowledge do not negate, but complement each other.
Whether it is the "American Dream," alien abduction, or belief in virgin birth and resurrection, these "living myths" play a very therapeutic role in the development of a healthy society. In Myth: A Biography of Belief, David Leeming shows that myths are still a fitting way to capture "the soul's high adventure." [via]More editions of Myth:
Mythology of North Americaby John BierhorstISBN 0195146220 (0-19-514622-0)
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Mythology: The Voyage of the Heroby David Adams LeemingISBN 0195121538 (0-19-512153-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mythology: The Voyage of the Hero'Book summary:What makes something mythic? What do mythic events and narratives have to do with us? In Mythology, David Leeming offers an unusual and effective approach to the subject of mythology by stressing universal themes through myths of many cultures. This anthology collects a wide array of narrative texts from the Bible to English literature to interpretations by Joseph Campbell, C.G. Jung, and others, which illustrate how myths serve whole societies in our universal search for meaning.
Leeming illustrates the various stages or rites of passage of the mythic universal hero, from birth to childhood, through trial and quest, death, descent, rebirth, and ascension. The arrangement of texts by themes such as "Childhood, Initiation and Divine Signs," "The Descent to the Underworld," and "Resurrection and Rebirth" strip mythic characters of their many national and cultural "masks" to reveal their archetypal aspects. Real figures, including Jesus and Mohammed, are also included underlining the theory that myths are real and can be applied to real life. This edition is updated to include additional heroine myths, as well as Navajo, Indonesian, Indian, Chinese, and African tales. [via]More editions of Mythology: The Voyage of the Hero:
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The New Buddhism: The Western Transformation of an Ancient Traditionby James William ColemanISBN 0195152417 (0-19-515241-7)
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On God and Dogs: A Christian Theology of Compassion for Animalsby Stephen H. WebbISBN 0195152298 (0-19-515229-8)
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The Origins and Development of Pure Land Buddhism: A Study and Translation of Gyonen's Jodo Homon Genrushoby Mark Laurence Blum, Gyonen, Mark L. BlumISBN 019512524X (0-19-512524-X)
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The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic Textsby Mark S. SmithISBN 019513480X (0-19-513480-X)
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The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarshipby George M. MarsdenISBN 0195122909 (0-19-512290-9)
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The Owl, the Raven, and the Dove: The Religious Meaning of the Grimms' Magic Fairy Talesby G. Ronald MurphyISBN 0195151690 (0-19-515169-0)
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The Oxford Dictionary of Islamby John L. EspositoISBN 0195125592 (0-19-512559-2)
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The Oxford Guide to Ideas & Issues of the Bibleby Michael D. Coogan, Bruce Manning MetzgerISBN 0195149173 (0-19-514917-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Guide to Ideas & Issues of the Bible'Book summary:The Bible has been a rich source of inspiration for two thousand years, one of the great wellsprings of Western civilization. In The Oxford Guide to Ideas and Issues of the Bible, dozens of eminent scholars explore how the Bible has influenced our religious, ethical, artistic, and philosophical traditions.
Here are more than two hundred alphabetically-arranged entries that explore key aspects of the Bible and its teachings. The contributors examine what the Bible says about timeless issues such as adultery and abortion, divorce and drunkenness, marriage and murder, suffering and temptation; and they discuss religious concepts found in the Bible, ranging from incarnation, sin, and grace, to baptism, ethics, and the Holy Spirit. The book also considers the wider intellectual world, examining the Bible's influence on Western law and medicine and it looks at how the Bible has been viewed by thinkers such as Marx and Freud and by fields such as social science and archaeology. Thoughtful essays also analyze the Bible's influence on human creativity, in areas such as music, dance, art, and literature (the latter includes an extensive discussion of the impact of the Bible on American writing, from Cotton Mather to Saul Bellow). There is even an article on everyday expressions from the Bible, ranging from "the love of money is the root of all evil" to such common sayings as "the skin of one's teeth," "at one's wit's end," and "you can't take it with you."
The Oxford Guide to Ideas and Issues of the Bible brings together a wealth of insight into the Bible's impact on our culture. It is an essential addition to any school or home library. [via]More editions of The Oxford Guide to Ideas & Issues of the Bible:
The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movementsby James R. LewisISBN 0195149866 (0-19-514986-6)
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The Philosophical Challenge of Religious Diversityby Philip L. Quinn, Kevin MeekerISBN 0195121554 (0-19-512155-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Philosophical Challenge of Religious Diversity'Book summary:This unique volume collects some of the best recent work on the philosophical challenge that religious diversity poses for religious belief. Featuring contributors from philosophy, religious studies, and theology, it is unified by the way in which many of the authors engage in sustained critical examination of one another's positions. John Hick's pluralism provides one focal point of the collection. Hick argues that all the major religious traditions make contact with the same ultimate reality, each encountering it through a variety of culturally shaped forms of thought and experience but all offering equally effective paths to salvation or liberation. Another central position is William P. Alston's defense of the Christian practice of forming beliefs about manifestations of God in response to experiences of divine presence or activity. Articles by Hick and Alston develop their arguments and other selections respond, criticizing or defending various aspects of one or both positions. Religious skepticism, religious exclusivism, religious inclusivism, and other perspectives are also represented. In the introduction, the editors suggest connections among the articles and report on additional exchanges between the contributors.
The only anthology that provides comprehensive coverage of the current philosophical debate about religious diversity, The Philosophical Challenge of Religious Diversity is ideal for courses and seminars on the philosophy of religion, philosophical theology, and world religions. [via]More editions of The Philosophical Challenge of Religious Diversity:
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Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readingsby David J. ChalmersISBN 019514581X (0-19-514581-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings'Book summary:What is the mind? Is consciousness a process in the brain? How do our minds represent the world?
Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings is a grand tour of writings on these and other perplexing questions about the nature of the mind. The most comprehensive collection of its kind, the book includes sixty-three selections that range from the classical contributions of Descartes to the leading edge of contemporary debates. Extensive sections cover foundational issues, the nature of consciousness, and the nature of mental content. Three of the selections are published here for the first time, while many other articles have been revised especially for this volume. Each section opens with an introduction by the editor. Philosophy of Mind is suitable for students at all levels and also for general readers. [via]More editions of Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings:
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Philosophy of Religion : Selected Readingsby Michael Peterson, William Hasker, Bruce Reichenbach, David BasingerISBN 0195135466 (0-19-513546-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Philosophy of Religion : Selected Readings'Book summary:The second edition of this excellent anthology in the philosophy of religion examines both the basic classical and a host of contemporary issues. Assuming little or no familiarity with the religious concepts it addresses, it provides a well-balanced and accessible approach to the field. The seventy-one articles cover standard subjects--including religious experience, theistic arguments, the problem of evil, and miracles--as well as topics that have recently gained the attention of philosophers of religion, such as reformed epistemology, the philosophical analysis of theological doctrine, and the kalam theological argument. The collection also discusses topics often requested by instructors but seldom covered in competing texts, including religion and science, religious pluralism, process theism, and religious ethics.
An ideal teaching text, Philosophy of Religion, 2/e, is organized into thirteen thematic sections. Each section begins with a revised introduction and ends with updated suggestions for further reading. While it deals primarily with the Western tradition in the philosophy of religion, this second edition also adds readings representing continental, feminist, and Asian contributions to the field. New selections include essays by Sarah Coakley, the Dalai Lama, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Jay Gould, Lao Tsu, Moses Maimonides, and the Upanishads. Philosophy of Religion, 2/e, functions well as a stand-alone textbook for courses in the philosophy of religion and is readily compatible for use as a primary source reader in conjunction with a secondary text. It is an ideal companion to the editors' textbook, Reason and Religious Belief, 2/e (OUP, 1997), as the two books share the same topical organization. [via]More editions of Philosophy of Religion : Selected Readings:
Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readingsby William L. RoweISBN 0195155114 (0-19-515511-4)
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The Poets' Book of Psalms: The Complete Psalter As Rendered by Twenty-Five Poets from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuriesby Laurance WiederISBN 0195130588 (0-19-513058-8)
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Rebuilding Zion: The Religious Reconstruction of the South, 1863-1877by Daniel W. StowellISBN 0195149815 (0-19-514981-5)
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Religion: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopediaby David LevinsonISBN 0195123115 (0-19-512311-5)
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Revive Us Again: The Reawakening of American Fundamentalismby Joel A. CarpenterISBN 0195129075 (0-19-512907-5)
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Roger Williams: Prophet of Libertyby Edwin S. GaustadISBN 0195130006 (0-19-513000-6)
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Saints in Exile: The Holiness-Pentecostal Experience in African American Religion and Cultureby Cheryl J. SandersISBN 0195131010 (0-19-513101-0)
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The Sense of an Endingby F. KermodeISBN 0195136128 (0-19-513612-8)
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Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle Eastby Michael OrenISBN 0195151747 (0-19-515174-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East'Book summary:In Israel and the West it is called the Six Day War. In the Arab world, it is known as the June War, or simply as "the Setback." Never has a conflict so short, unforeseen and largely unwanted by both sides so transformed the world. The Yom Kippur War, the war in Lebanon, the Camp David accords, the controversy over Jerusalem and Jewish settlements in West Bank, the intifada and the rise of Palestinian terror: all are part of the outcome of those six days of intense Arab-Israeli fighting in the summer of 1967.
Michael B. Oren's Six Days of War is the most comprehensive history ever published of this dramatic and pivotal event, the first to explore it both as a military struggle and as a critical episode in the global Cold War. Oren spotlights all the participants--Arab, Israeli, Soviet, and American--telling the story of how the war broke out and of the shocking ways it unfolded.
Drawing on thousands of top-secret documents, on rare papers in Russian and Arabic, and on exclusive personal interviews, Six Days of War recreates the regional and international context which, by the late 1960s, virtually assured an Arab-Israeli conflagration. Also examined are the domestic crises in each of the battling states, and the extraordinary personalities--Moshe Dayan and Gamal Abdul Nasser, Hafez al-Assad and Yitzhak Rabin, Lyndon Johnson and Alexei Kosygin--that precipitated this earthshaking clash. [via]More editions of Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East:
Spiritual, but Not Religious: Understanding Unchurched Americaby Robert C. FullerISBN 0195146808 (0-19-514680-8)
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Spirituality for the Skeptic: The Thoughtful Love of Lifeby Robert C. SolomonISBN 0195134672 (0-19-513467-2)
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Based on Solomon's own struggles to reconcile philosophy with religion, Spirituality for the Skeptic offers a model of a vibrant, fulfilling spirituality that embraces the complexities of human existence and acknowledges the joys and tragedies of life. Solomon has forged an enlightened new path that synthesizes spirituality with emotions, intellect, science, and common sense. His new paradigm, "naturalized" spirituality, establishes as its cornerstone the "thoughtful love of life"--a passionate concern for the here-and-now, and not the by-and-by. Being spiritual doesn't mean being holed up as a recluse, spending hours in meditation and contemplation, Solomon argues. It demands involvement and emotional engagement with others in the struggle to find meaning in our lives. As such, this modern-day spirituality encompasses a passionate enthusiasm for the world, the transformation of self, cosmic trust and rationality, coming to terms with fate, and viewing life as a gift, all of which are explored in depth throughout this book.
Spirituality for the Skeptic answers the need for a non-institutional, non-dogmatic spirituality that leads to personal fulfillment and satisfaction. By examining the ideas of great thinkers from Socrates and Nietzsche to Buddha to Kafka, Solomon arrives at a practical vision of spirituality that should appeal to many seekers looking to make sense of the human condition. [via]More editions of Spirituality for the Skeptic: The Thoughtful Love of Life:
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The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation or the Method of Realizing Nirvana Through Knowing the Mind: Proceded by an Epitome of Padma-Sambhava's Biography and Followed by Guru Phadampa Sangay's Teachings, According to English Renderings by Sardarby W. Y. Evans-Wentz, Zla-Ba-Bsam-'Grub, Sonam Wangfel Laden La, Lobzang Mingyur Dorje, Donald S. LopezISBN 0195133153 (0-19-513315-3)
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Still more useful supplementary material will be found in the book's introductory remarks, by its editor Evans-Wentz and by the eminent psychoanalyst C. G. Jung. The former presents a 100-page General Introduction that explains several key names and notions (such as Nirv=ana, for starters) with the lucidity, ease, and sagacity that are this scholar's hallmark; the latter offers a Psychological Commentary that weighs the differences between Eastern and Western modes of thought before equating the "collective unconscious" with the Enlightened Mind of the Buddhist. As with the other three volumes in the late Evans-Wentz's critically acclaimed Tibetan series, all four of which are being published by Oxford in new editions, this book also features a new Foreword by Donald S. Lopez. [via]More editions of The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation or the Method of Realizing Nirvana Through Knowing the Mind: Proceded by an Epitome of Padma-Sambhava's Biography and Followed by Guru Phadampa Sangay's Teachings, According to English Renderings by Sardar:
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The Transformation of American Religion: The Story of a Late-Twentieth-Century Awakeningby Amanda PorterfieldISBN 0195131371 (0-19-513137-1)
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Transgressing the Bounds: Subversive Enterprises Among the Puritan Elite in Massachusetts, 1630-1692by Louise A. BreenISBN 0195138007 (0-19-513800-7)
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Uncle Tom's Cabinby Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charles JohnsonISBN 0195158164 (0-19-515816-4)
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Oxford University Press is pleased to announce a special 150th anniversary edition of this American classic. This volume features a new introduction by Charles Johnson, recipient of a MacArthur Foundation fellowship and winner of the National Book Award for his 1990 novel Middle Passage. Johnson examines Uncle Tom's Cabin with an eye that is at once appreciative and critical, discussing its considerable craft, its impact on its 1852 audience, and its "ineluctably racist" view of African Americans. He describes how Stowe created vibrant and dramatic characters from all levels of Southern society--the mulatto genius George Harris, his light-skinned wife Eliza, the vicious slave trader Dan Haley, the guilt-ridden Augustine St. Clare--hurling them along truly exciting plotlines. She also infused her book with her then-controversial awareness of the humanity of black men and women, giving her audience a sense of the personal reality of the horrors of slavery. But even as sympathetic an author as Stowe, Johnson observes, substituted one kind of racism for another, depicting her black characters with a patronizing condescension.
A classic of American fiction, a pivotal moment in history, and a cultural touchstone, Uncle Tom's Cabin has not lost its relevance or its power. With this insightful new introduction by one of our finest writers, it deserves a place on a bookshelf in every home. [via]More editions of Uncle Tom's Cabin:
The Universalist Movement in America, 1770-1880by Ann Lee BresslerISBN 0195129865 (0-19-512986-5)
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Visions of Jesus: Direct Encounters from the New Testament to Todayby Phillip H. WiebeISBN 0195126696 (0-19-512669-6)
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Warranted Christian Beliefby Alvin PlantingaISBN 0195131932 (0-19-513193-2)
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What Did Jesus Mean?: Explaining the Sermon on the Mount and the Parables in Simple and Universal Human Conceptsby Anna WierzbickaISBN 0195137337 (0-19-513733-7)
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When the Great Abyss Opened: Classic and Contemporary Readings of Noah's Floodby J. David PleinsISBN 0195156080 (0-19-515608-0)
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Women Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist Nunsby Paula Kane Robinson AraiISBN 019512393X (0-19-512393-X)
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The Zen Canon: Understanding the Classic Textsby Steven Heine, Dale S. WrightISBN 0195150686 (0-19-515068-6)
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