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Daoism in History: Essays in Honor of Liu Ts'un-yan

tot167 — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:27:00 GMT

Benjamin Penny "Daoism in History: Essays in Honor of Liu Ts'un-yan"
Routledge | 2006-05-01 | ISBN: 0415348528 | 290 pages | PDF | 17,5 MB

Introducing Anthropology of Religion: Culture to the Ultimate

revelation-online — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:09:00 GMT

This basic introduction to the anthropology of religion explores key contemporary issues such as: definitions, theories, beliefs, symbols and language, and behaviour.

Religion and Anthropology: A Critical Introduction

revelation-online — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:07:00 GMT

This book provides a readable, comprehensive and critical introduction to the extensive anthropological literature on religion that has been produced over the past forty years. It focuses on well-known, substantive ethnographic studies, specifically those which have embraced the dual heritage of social anthropology.

Egypt - Temple of the Whole World: Studies in Honour of Jan Assmann

revelation-online — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:15:00 GMT

The essays in this volume, all written by friends and disciples of the renowned Egyptologist Jan Assmann, reflect his tremendous impact on the scholarly world and encompass a wealth of cultural and religious themes both within and beyond Ancient Egypt.

Islam: An Historical Introduction

revelation-online — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:09:00 GMT

This highly acclaimed survey provides a thoughtful and concise account of all aspects of Islam in history. The new edition has been corrected and revised, and includes a fully updated bibliography.

A History of Medieval Islam

revelation-online — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:05:00 GMT

This is an introduction to the history of the Muslim East from the rise of Islam to the Mongol conquests. It explains and indicates the main trends of Islamic historical evolution during the Middle Ages.

Jihad: From Qu'ran to bin Laden

revelation-online — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:01:00 GMT

The book provides a unique and balanced coverage of the historical evolution of the concept of jihad, and mainstream moderate Islamic views of the concept from the Qu'ran to the Twenty-first-century.

The Many Faces of Islam: Perspectives on a Resurgent Civilization

revelation-online — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:56:00 GMT

Written in a style easily accessible to both students and general readers, The Many Faces of Islam offers a wide range of perspectives on modern Islamic culture and religious practice.

The Oral and the Written in Early Islam

revelation-online — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:53:00 GMT

Made up of a number of seminal articles that are translated in English for the first time, Gregor Schoeler gives a comprehensive overflow of how the written and the spoken interacted, diverged and received cultural articulation among the Muslim societies of the first two centuries of the Hijra.

Studies in Islamic Legal Theory

revelation-online — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:48:00 GMT

This volume contains ground-breaking studies on such matters as the early development of legal theory in Islam, the emergence of usūl al-fiqh, theory vis-à-vis practice, various controversies among Muslim theorists, the construction of juristic authority, reformist concepts, and the role of qawā’id.

Islamic Finance: Law, Economics, and Practice

revelation-online — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:44:00 GMT

This book provides an overview of the practice of Islamic finance and the historical roots that define its modes of operation. The focus of the book is analytical and forward-looking. It shows that Islamic finance exists mainly as a form of rent-seeking legal-arbitrage.

Interest in Islamic Economics: Understanding Riba

revelation-online — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:42:00 GMT

This book offers collaborating understandings of the Islamic economic concept. Linguistics, classical juridical analysis, historical context and modern economics build this framework for the understanding of riba.

Buddhism, Power and Political Order

revelation-online — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:38:00 GMT

This volume brings together the brightest minds in the study of Buddhism in Southeast Asia to create a more coherent account of the relations between Buddhism and political order in the late pre-modern and modern period.

Hinduism and Modernity

revelation-online — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:35:00 GMT

This examination of Hinduism in the context of modernity will be of interest to all students of Hinduism, as well as to those interested in the sociology and history of religion.

A Dictionary of Islam : Being a Cyclopaedia of the Doctrines, Rites, Ceremonies and Customs

tot167 — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:36:00 GMT

Thomas Patrick Hughes “A Dictionary of Islam : Being a Cyclopaedia of the Doctrines,
Rites, Ceremonies and Customs, Together With the Technical and Theological Terms, of the Muslim Religion "
Kazi Publications | 1994-12 | ISBN: 0935782702 | 750 pages | PDF | 66,8 MB

Encyclopedia of Religion, 15 Volume Set (Reupload)

tot167 — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:45:00 GMT

Lindsay Jones “Encyclopedia of Religion, 15 Volume Set"
MacMillan Reference Books | 2005-01-30 | ISBN: 0028657330 | 13500 pages | PDF | 97,8 MB

A Popular Dictionary of Buddhism

revelation-online — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:16:00 GMT

A dictionary and a glossary of terms plus brief biographies of eminent Buddhists and scholars from both East and West.

A Popular Dictionary of Shinto

revelation-online — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:10:00 GMT

A comprehensive glossary and reference work with more than a thousand entries on Shinto ranging from brief definitions and Japanese terms to short essays dealing with aspects of Shinto practice, belief and institutions from early times up to the present day.

A Popular Dictionary of Sikhism

revelation-online — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:08:00 GMT

This dictionary embraces all major terms relating to Sikh concepts, beliefs, and practices. It details important historical events - for example, the Sikh wars with the British - and legislation, such as the Anand Marriage Act and the Gurdwaras Act.

Religious Studies: A Global View

revelation-online — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:01:00 GMT

Drawing on recent developments in the comparative study of religion, this book explores the trends of the past sixty years from a global perspective. Each of the ten chapters covers the study of religion in a different region of the world, from Europe and the Americas to Asia and the Far East.