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The Silencing of Slaves in Early Jewish and Christian Texts (Paperback): Ronald Charles The Silencing of Slaves in Early Jewish and Christian Texts (Paperback)
Ronald Charles
R1,403 Discovery Miles 14 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Silencing of Slaves in Early Jewish and Christian Texts analyzes a large corpus of early Christian texts and Pseudepigraphic materials to understand how the authors of these texts used, abused and silenced enslaved characters to articulate their own social, political, and theological visions. The focus is on excavating the texts "from below" or "against the grain" in order to notice the slaves, and in so doing, to problematize and (re)imagine the narratives. Noticing the slaves as literary iterations means paying attention to broader theological, ideological, and rhetorical aims of the texts within which enslaved bodies are constructed. The analysis demonstrates that by silencing slaves and using a rhetoric of violence, the authors of these texts contributed to the construction of myths in which slaves functioned as a useful trope to support the combined power of religion and empire. Thus was created not only the perfect template for the rise and development of a Christian discourse of slavery, but also a rationale for subsequent violence exercised against slave bodies within the Christian Empire. The study demonstrates the value of using the tools and applying the insights of subaltern studies to the study of the Pseudepigrapha and in early Christian texts. This volume will be of interest not only to scholars of early Christianity, but also to those working on the history of slavery and subaltern studies in antiquity.

The Mediums' Book (Traditional Chinese Edition) (Hardcover): Allan Kardec The Mediums' Book (Traditional Chinese Edition) (Hardcover)
Allan Kardec; Translated by Wallace Gu, Eg
R1,150 Discovery Miles 11 500 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Partiality and Impartiality in African Philosophy (Hardcover): M. Molefe Partiality and Impartiality in African Philosophy (Hardcover)
M. Molefe; Foreword by Joerg Loeschke
R2,284 Discovery Miles 22 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Partiality and Impartiality in African Philosophy fills the lacuna in African philosophy literature on the inherent tension between requirements of partiality (favoritism) and impartiality (equality). Motsamai Molefe deploys two strategies to philosophically resolve the tension between partiality and impartiality. The first strategy involves applying the moral theories of Kwasi Wiredu, Thaddeus Metz, and Kwame Gyekye to the problem. Finding their views useful in some ways and seriously limited in others, Molefe turns to the second strategy in which he invokes the salient normative concept of personhood in African cultures. Molefe argues that the concept of personhood adjoins theories of human dignity and moral perfection (virtue). The major insight that emerges is a robust ethical theory qua personhood that accommodates both partiality and impartiality. He grounds requirements of impartiality on human dignity, which operates largely as a macro-ethical concept that normatively informs the character of our social institutions (politics). Politics is characterized by fairness, equality, and impartiality. Partiality (the agent-and-other-centred forms of it) is directly connected with the agent's chief moral duty to achieve her own virtue (moral perfection), which operates as a micro-ethical concept. These two kinds of moral partialism, self-favoritism and close ties such as family, are justified by appeal to the project's view, instead of the individuals-and-relationships view typically invoked to justify moral partiality in the literature.

Dancing With The Devil (Paperback): Jeff Harshbarger Dancing With The Devil (Paperback)
Jeff Harshbarger
R391 R371 Discovery Miles 3 710 Save R20 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Until the church recognizes the real face of the occult, it cannot serve as a source of hope and love.Its tentacles have infiltrated the very fiber of our day-to-day existence. Its symbols adorn our buildings, our currency, and the clothes and jewelry we lay upon our bodies. Its followers are legion, some of them blind to their own devotion while others pour out effort and intellect toward a broader understanding of the divine.
It is the occult, and it dominates the world's faith mind-set. Jeff Harshbarger and his friends know about occult practices. Jeff left his life of Satanism after two unsuccessful suicide attempts and an offer to become his group's first human sacrifice.
"Dancing with the Devil" tells the true stories of Jeff and others who have walked various paths of the occult. Each author's account of his or her experience with the occult is introduced by Jeff as he ties their stories together, weaving a tapestry that, by the book's close, shows the fabric of an occultist's real identity. Armed with stable faith and the sure love of Christ, they are stepping out to share a true look into the heart, mind, and soul of the occult and its followers.

New Religions and the Mediation of Non-Monogamy - Polyamory, Polygamy, and Reality Television (Hardcover): Michelle Mueller New Religions and the Mediation of Non-Monogamy - Polyamory, Polygamy, and Reality Television (Hardcover)
Michelle Mueller
R4,471 Discovery Miles 44 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

New Religions and the Mediation of Non-Monogamy examines the relationship between alternative American religions and the media representation of non-monogamies on reality-TV shows like Sister Wives, Seeking Sister Wife, and Polyamory: Married & Dating. The book is the first full-length study informed by fieldwork with Mormon polygamists and fieldwork with LGBTQ Neo-Pagan/Neo-Tantric polyamorists. The book tracks community members' responses to the new media about them, their engagement with television and other media, and the likeness of representations to actual populations through fieldwork and interviews. The book highlights differences in socioeconomic privileges that shape Mormon polygamists' lives and LGBTQ polyamorists' lives, respectively. The polyamory movement receives support from liberal media. As reality TV has shifted the image of Mormon polygamy to one of liberal American middle-class culture, Mormon polygamists have gained in public favor. The media landscape of non-monogamy is mediated by, in addition to these alternative religious populations, the norms and practices of the reality-TV industry and by sociocultural and economic realities, including race and class. This book adds to the fields of media studies, critical race and gender studies, new religious movements, and queer studies.

Folklore, Magic, and Witchcraft - Cultural Exchanges from the Twelfth to Eighteenth Century (Paperback): Marina Montesano Folklore, Magic, and Witchcraft - Cultural Exchanges from the Twelfth to Eighteenth Century (Paperback)
Marina Montesano
R1,281 Discovery Miles 12 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Explores how bodies of knowledge developed, concerning folkloric beliefs, magic, sorcery, and witchcraft from the 12th -18th century which allows students to see how culture was exchanged across Europe leading up to the witch-trials of the 17th century and offers an explanation of why the witch-hunts and trials became so prevalent due to a strong belief in the existence of witchcraft in the popular conscious. The collection looks at a range of sources which crossed the religions, political and linguistic boundaries such as objects, legal documents, letters, art, literature, the oral tradition and pamphlets providing students with a range of case studies to deepen their understanding of the period and to inform their own research. Includes examples from across Europe from England to Italy, Norway to France and the Netherlands to Spain. Allowing students to see how these cultural exchanges crossed geographical boundaries to form a collective phenomenon.

Folklore, Magic, and Witchcraft - Cultural Exchanges from the Twelfth to Eighteenth Century (Hardcover): Marina Montesano Folklore, Magic, and Witchcraft - Cultural Exchanges from the Twelfth to Eighteenth Century (Hardcover)
Marina Montesano
R4,483 Discovery Miles 44 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Explores how bodies of knowledge developed, concerning folkloric beliefs, magic, sorcery, and witchcraft from the 12th -18th century which allows students to see how culture was exchanged across Europe leading up to the witch-trials of the 17th century and offers an explanation of why the witch-hunts and trials became so prevalent due to a strong belief in the existence of witchcraft in the popular conscious. The collection looks at a range of sources which crossed the religions, political and linguistic boundaries such as objects, legal documents, letters, art, literature, the oral tradition and pamphlets providing students with a range of case studies to deepen their understanding of the period and to inform their own research. Includes examples from across Europe from England to Italy, Norway to France and the Netherlands to Spain. Allowing students to see how these cultural exchanges crossed geographical boundaries to form a collective phenomenon.

How to Get Your Travel Freq On! - While Engaging Your Heart, Mind and Soul (Hardcover): Eddie Conner How to Get Your Travel Freq On! - While Engaging Your Heart, Mind and Soul (Hardcover)
Eddie Conner; Designed by Jami Gibson; Cover design or artwork by Jeff Dannels
R771 R687 Discovery Miles 6 870 Save R84 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Life's Amazing Secrets - How to Find Balance and Purpose in Your Life (Paperback): Gaur Gopal Das Life's Amazing Secrets - How to Find Balance and Purpose in Your Life (Paperback)
Gaur Gopal Das
R370 Discovery Miles 3 700 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Love Magic and Control in Premodern Iberian Literature (Hardcover): Veronica Menaldi Love Magic and Control in Premodern Iberian Literature (Hardcover)
Veronica Menaldi
R4,457 Discovery Miles 44 570 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book explores the complexity of Iberian identity and multicultural/multi-religious interactions in the Peninsula through the lens of spells, talismans, and imaginative fiction in medieval and early modern Iberia. Focusing particularly on love magic-which manipulates objects, celestial spheres, and demonic conjurings to facilitate sexual encounters-Menaldi examines how practitioners and victims of such magic as represented in major works produced in Castile. Magic, and love magic in particular, is an exchange of knowledge, a claim to power and a deviation from or subversion of the licit practices permitted by authoritative decrees. As such, magic serves as a metaphorical tool for understanding the complex relationships of the Christian with the non-Christian. In seeking to understand and incorporate hidden secrets that presumably reveal how one can manipulate their environment, occult knowledge became one of the funnels through which cultures and practices mixed and adapted throughout the centuries.

Human Interaction with the Divine, the Sacred, and the Deceased - Psychological, Scientific, and Theological Perspectives... Human Interaction with the Divine, the Sacred, and the Deceased - Psychological, Scientific, and Theological Perspectives (Hardcover)
Thomas G. Plante, Gary E. Schwartz
R4,490 Discovery Miles 44 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Human Interaction with the Divine, the Sacred, and the Deceased brings together cutting-edge empirical and theoretical contributions from scholars in fields including psychology, theology, ethics, neuroscience, medicine, and philosophy, to examine how and why humans engage in, or even seek spiritual experiences and connection with the immaterial world. In this richly interdisciplinary volume, Plante and Schwartz recognize human interaction with the divine and departed as a cross-cultural and historical universal that continues to concern diverse disciplines. Accounting for variances in belief and human perception and use, the book is divided into four major sections: personal experience; theological consideration; medical, technological, and scientific considerations; and psychological considerations with chapters addressing phenomena including prayer, reincarnation, sensed presence, and divine revelations. Featuring scholars specializing in theology, psychology, medicine, neuroscience, and ethics, this book provides a thoughtful, compelling, evidence-based, and contemporary approach to gain a grounded perspective on current understandings of human interaction with the divine, the sacred, and the deceased. Of interest to believers, questioners, and unbelievers alike, this volume will be key reading for researchers, scholars, and academics engaged in the fields of religion and psychology, social psychology, behavioral neuroscience, and health psychology. Readers with a broader interest in spiritualism, religious and non-religious movements will also find the text of interest.

Thirty Years Among the Dead (Hardcover): Carl Wickland Thirty Years Among the Dead (Hardcover)
Carl Wickland
R820 Discovery Miles 8 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Seasons of Wicca - The Essential Guide to Rituals and Rites to Enhance Your Spiritual Journey (Paperback): Ambrosia Hawthorn Seasons of Wicca - The Essential Guide to Rituals and Rites to Enhance Your Spiritual Journey (Paperback)
Ambrosia Hawthorn
R379 Discovery Miles 3 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Owning the Secular - Religious Symbols, Culture Wars, Western Fragility (Hardcover): Matt Sheedy Owning the Secular - Religious Symbols, Culture Wars, Western Fragility (Hardcover)
Matt Sheedy
R1,552 Discovery Miles 15 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This unique volume looks at three engaging and contemporary case studies. This topic has a wide appeal in sociology, political theory, religious studies, and cultural studies, along with the burgeoning field of studies in secularity and nonreligion. Anxiety surrounding religious symbols have never been more apparent than in society today and this volume offers a comprehensive analysis of this controversial topic.

Questioning French Secularism - Gender Politics and Islam in a Parisian Suburb (Hardcover): Jennifer A. Selby Questioning French Secularism - Gender Politics and Islam in a Parisian Suburb (Hardcover)
Jennifer A. Selby
R1,521 Discovery Miles 15 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, this book examines how contemporary secularism in France is positioned as a guarantor of women's rights. Selby argues that the complex "fetishization" of headscarves in public, governmental, and feminist French discourse positions publicly-visible Muslim women in ways that obscure their engagement with laicite (French secularism).

Strange Rites - New Religions for a Godless World (Paperback): Tara Isabella Burton Strange Rites - New Religions for a Godless World (Paperback)
Tara Isabella Burton
R453 R424 Discovery Miles 4 240 Save R29 (6%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

In Strange Rites, Tara Isabella Burton takes a tour through contemporary American religiosity. As the once dominant totems of civic connection and civil discourse--traditional churches--continue to sink into obsolescence, people are looking elsewhere for the intensity and unity that religion once provided. We're making our own personal faiths - theistic or not - mixing and matching our spiritual, ritualistic, personal, and political practices in order to create our own bespoke religious selves. We're not just building new religions in 2019, we're buying them, from Gwyneth Paltrow's gospel of Goop, to the brilliantly cultish SoulCycle, to those who believe in their special destiny on Mars. In so doing, we're carrying on a longstanding American tradition of religious eclecticism, DIY-innovation and "unchurched" piety (and highly effective capitalism). Our era is not the dawn of American secularism, but rather a brand-bolstered resurgence of American pluralism, revved into overdrive by commerce and personalized algorithms, all to the tune of "Hallellujah"--America's most popular and spectacularly misunderstood wedding song.

Ideology and Atheism in the Soviet Union (Hardcover, Transl. from Dutch by H. Th. Wake. Reprint 2019): William Van Den Bercken Ideology and Atheism in the Soviet Union (Hardcover, Transl. from Dutch by H. Th. Wake. Reprint 2019)
William Van Den Bercken; Translated by H Th Wake
R3,547 Discovery Miles 35 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems- both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or media. In addition, the formation of religious communities, their construction of identity, and their relation to society and the wider public are key issues of this series.

The Words of Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas - The Genesis of a Wisdom Tradition (Hardcover): David W. Kim The Words of Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas - The Genesis of a Wisdom Tradition (Hardcover)
David W. Kim
R4,488 Discovery Miles 44 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book offers a detailed analysis of the Gospel of Thomas in its historic and literary context, providing a new understanding of the genesis of the Jesus tradition. Discovered in the twentieth century, the non-canonical Gospel of Thomas is an important early text whose origins and place in the history of Christianity continue to be subjects of debate. Aiming to relocate the Thomasine community in the wider context of early Christianity, this study considers the Gospel of Thomas as a bridge between the oral and literary phases of the Christian movement. It will therefore, be useful for Religion scholars working on Biblical studies, Coptic codices, gnosticism and early Christianity.

A New Theist Response to the New Atheists (Paperback): Joshua Rasmussen, Kevin  Vallier A New Theist Response to the New Atheists (Paperback)
Joshua Rasmussen, Kevin Vallier
R1,404 Discovery Miles 14 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In response to the intellectual movement of New Atheism, this volume articulates a "New Theist" response that has at its core a desire to engage in productive and depolarizing dialogue. To ensure this book is of interest to atheists and theists alike, a team of experts in the field of philosophy of religion offer an assessment of the strongest New Atheist arguments. The chapters address the most pertinent questions about God, including politics and morality, and each essay shows how a reflective theist might deal with points raised by the New Atheists. This volume is a serious academic engagement with the questions asked by New Atheism. As such, it will be of significant interest to scholars working in the philosophy of religion and theology, as well as those engaged in religious studies generally.

Developing Magical Consciousness - A Theoretical and Practical Guide for the Expansion of Perception (Paperback): Susan... Developing Magical Consciousness - A Theoretical and Practical Guide for the Expansion of Perception (Paperback)
Susan Greenwood
R1,404 Discovery Miles 14 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Offering a new template for future exploration, Susan Greenwood examines and develops the notion that the experience of magic is a panhuman orientation of consciousness, a form of knowledge largely marginalized in Western societies. In this volume she aims to form a "bridge of communication" between indigenous magical or shamanic worldviews and rationalized Western cultures. She outlines an alternative mythological framework for the latter to help develop a magical perception, as well as giving practical case studies derived from her own research. The form of magic discussed here is not fantastic or virtual, but ecological and sensory. Magical knowledge infiltrates the body in its deepest levels of the subconscious, and unconscious, as well as conscious awareness; it is felt and understood through the connection with an inspirited world that includes the consciousness of other beings, including those of plant, animal and the physical environment. This is anthropology from the heart rather than the head, and it engages with the messy area of emotions, an embodiment of the senses, and struggles to find a common language of listening to one another across a void of differences. The aim is to provide a non-reductive structure for the creative interplay of both magical and analytical modes of thought. Passion is a motivator for change, and a change in attitude to magic as an integrative force of human understanding is the main thread of this work.

Exploring Lost Dimensions in Christian Mysticism - Opening to the Mystical (Paperback): Louise Nelstrop, Simon D Podmore Exploring Lost Dimensions in Christian Mysticism - Opening to the Mystical (Paperback)
Louise Nelstrop, Simon D Podmore
R1,400 Discovery Miles 14 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

'Mystical theology' has developed through a range of meanings, from the hidden dimensions of divine significance in the community's interpretation of its scriptures to the much later 'science' of the soul's ascent into communion with God. The thinkers and questions addressed in this book draws us into the heart of a complicated, beautiful, and often tantalisingly unfinished conversation, continuing over centuries and often brushing allusively into parallel concerns in other religions. Raising fundamental matters of epistemology, representation, metaphysics, and divine reality, contributors approach the mystical from postmodern, feminist, sociological and historical perspectives through thinkers such as Meister Eckhart, Thomas Aquinas, Catherine of Siena, Ignatius of Loyola, William James, Evelyn Underhill, Ernst Troeltsch, Rudolf Otto, Jacques Derrida, Jean-Luc Marion and Jean-Louis Chretien. Medieval and early modern radical prophetic approaches are also explored. This book includes new essays by Sarah Apetrei, Tina Beattie, Raphel Cadenhead, Oliver Davies, Philip Endean, Brian FitzGerald, Ann Loades, George Pattison, Simon D. Podmore, Joel D.S. Rasmussen, and Johannes Zachhuber.

Mind, Brain and the Elusive Soul - Human Systems of Cognitive Science and Religion (Paperback): Mark Graves Mind, Brain and the Elusive Soul - Human Systems of Cognitive Science and Religion (Paperback)
Mark Graves
R1,408 Discovery Miles 14 080 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Does science argue against the existence of the human soul? Many scientists and scholars believe the whole is more than the sum of the parts. This book uses information and systems theory to describe the "more" that does not reduce to the parts. One sees this in the synapses"or apparently empty gaps between the neurons in one's brain"where informative relationships give rise to human mind, culture, and spirituality. Drawing upon the disciplines of cognitive science, computer science, neuroscience, general systems theory, pragmatic philosophy, and Christian theology, Mark Graves reinterprets the traditional doctrine of the soul as form of the body to frame contemporary scientific study of the human soul.

Goddess as Nature - Towards a Philosophical Thealogy (Paperback): Paul Reid-Bowen Goddess as Nature - Towards a Philosophical Thealogy (Paperback)
Paul Reid-Bowen
R1,395 Discovery Miles 13 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Goddess as Nature makes a significant contribution to elucidating the meaning of a female and feminist deity at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Bridging the gap between the emergent religious discourse of thealogy - discourse about the Goddess - and a range of analytical concerns in the philosophy of religion, the author argues that thealogy is not as incoherent as many of its critics claim. By developing a close reading of the reality-claims embedded within a range of thealogical texts, one can discern an ecological and pantheistic concept of deity and reality that is metaphysically novel and in need of constructive philosophical, thealogical and scholarly engagement. Philosophical thealogy is, in an age concerned with re-conceiving nature in terms of agency, chaos, complexity, ecological networks and organicism, both an active possibility and a remarkably valuable academic, feminist and religious endeavour.

Invented Religions - Imagination, Fiction and Faith (Paperback): Carole M. Cusack Invented Religions - Imagination, Fiction and Faith (Paperback)
Carole M. Cusack
R1,399 Discovery Miles 13 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Utilizing contemporary scholarship on secularization, individualism, and consumer capitalism, this book explores religious movements founded in the West which are intentionally fictional: Discordianism, the Church of All Worlds, the Church of the SubGenius, and Jediism. Their continued appeal and success, principally in America but gaining wider audience through the 1980s and 1990s, is chiefly as a result of underground publishing and the internet. This book deals with immensely popular subject matter: Jediism developed from George Lucas' Star Wars films; the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, founded by 26-year-old student Bobby Henderson in 2005 as a protest against the teaching of Intelligent Design in schools; Discordianism and the Church of the SubGenius which retain strong followings and participation rates among college students. The Church of All Worlds' focus on Gaia theology and environmental issues makes it a popular focus of attention. The continued success of these groups of Invented Religions provide a unique opportunity to explore the nature of late/post-modern religious forms, including the use of fiction as part of a bricolage for spirituality, identity-formation, and personal orientation.

Pistis Sophia - A Gnostic Gospel (Hardcover, Annotated edition): G. R. S Mead Pistis Sophia - A Gnostic Gospel (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
G. R. S Mead
R701 Discovery Miles 7 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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