An Analysis of Keith Thomas's Religion and the Decline of Magic (Young Simon)(Paperback)

An Analysis of Keith Thomas's Religion and the Decline of Magic (Young Simon)(Paperback)

Keith Thomas's classic study of all forms of popular belief has been influential for so long now that it is difficult to remember how revolutionary it seemed when it first appeared. By publishing Religion and the Decline of Magic, Thomas became the first serious scholar to attempt to synthesize the

Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England (Thomas Keith)(Paperback)

Witchcraft, astrology, divination, and every kind of popular magic flourished in England during the 16th and 17th centuries, from the belief that a blessed amulet could prevent the assaults of the Devil to the use of the same charms to recover stolen goods. At the same time the Protestant

An Analysis of Friedrich Schleiermacher's on Religion: Speeches to Its Cultured Despisers (Jackson Ruth)(Paperback)

On Religion is a major text for the development of modern religious thought in the West and its author, German theologian Friedrich Schleiermacher, is remembered as the Father of Modern Protestant Theology, as well as for his contributions to philosophy, ethics and hermeneutics. Comprising five

The Tailor of Ulm (Magri Lucio)(Paperback)

A fascinating analysis of the decline and fall of Western communism by a participant

An Analysis of Tony Judt's Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 (Young Simon)(Paperback)

Tony Judt decided to write Postwar in 1989, the year the collapse of the Soviet Union provided European history with a rare example of a clearly-signposted 'end of an era'. It's scarcely surprising, then, that the great virtue of Judt's book is the clarity and the breadth of its account of postwar

Simon: A Decline and Fall of the English Landed Gentry (Heddle Nick)(Paperback / softback)

New Atheists - The Twilight of Reason and the War on Religion (Beattie Tina)(Paperback / softback)

From its gradual decline during the latter part of the 20th century, religion has been catapulted back into public consciousness, not least by acts of violence, extremism and various forms of fundamentalism. This book calls for a reasoned dialogue between believers and non-believers about questions

The Ancestral Power of Amulets, Talismans, and Mascots: Folk Magic in Witchcraft and Religion (Pennick Nigel)(Paperback)

An illustrated exploration of the origins and history of amulets, lucky charms, talismans, and mascots - Looks at the age-old spiritual principles, folklore, and esoteric traditions behind the creation of magical objects as well as the use of numbers, colors, sigils, geometric emblems, knots,

Spiritual Body and Celestial Earth: From Mazdean Iran to Shi'ite Iran (Corbin Henry)(Paperback)

An analysis of interrelated themes in Iranian religion, including the angelology of Mazdaism and Islamic Shi'ite concepts of spirit-body

How Religion Evolved: And Why It Endures - Robin Dunbar

A fascinating analysis of the evolution of religion from the internationally renowned evolutionary psychologistWhen did humans develop spiritual thought? What is religion's evolutionary purpose? And in our increasingly secular world, why has it endured?Every society in the history of humanity has

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volume 3 (Gibbon Edward)(Paperback)

Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire compresses thirteen turbulent centuries into an epic narrative shot through with insight, irony and incisive character analysis. Sceptical about Christianity, sympathetic to the barbarian invaders and the Byzantine Empire, constantly aware of how

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Frazer James George)(Paperback)

A classic study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind, and the progress through magic and religion to scientific thought, The Golden Bough has a unique status in modern anthropology and literature. First published in 1890, The Golden Bough was eventually issued in a twelve-volume edition

The Archaeology of Human Bones (Mays Simon)(Paperback)

The Archaeology of Human Bones provides an up to date account of the analysis of human skeletal remains from archaeological sites, introducing students to the anatomy of bones and teeth and the nature of the burial record. Drawing from studies around the world, this book illustrates how the

An Analysis of E.E. Evans-Pritchard's Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande (Wheater Kitty)(Paperback)

The history of anthropology is, to a large extent, the history of differing modes of interpretation. As anthropologists have long known, examining, analyzing and recording cultures in the quest to understand humankind as a whole is a vastly complex task, in which nothing can be achieved without

The Religion of Java (Geertz Clifford)(Paperback)

Written with a rare combination of analysis and speculation, this comprehensive study of Javanese religion is one of the few books on the religion of a non-Western people which emphasizes variation and conflict in belief as well as similarity and harmony. The reader becomes aware of the intricacy

The Professional Teacher in Further Education (Appleyard Keith)(Paperback)

This essential text provides an accessible and up to date critical analysis of professionalism for student teachers and practitioners within the Further Education (FE) sector. Professional values, knowledge, understanding and skills form the core of the standards against which teachers are measured

The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason (Harris Sam)(Paperback)

In The End of Faith, Sam Harris delivers a startling analysis of the clash between reason and religion in the modern world. He offers a vivid, historical tour of our willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs--even when these beliefs inspire the worst human atrocities. While

The Second Sex (De Beauvoir Simone)(Paperback)

Simone de Beauvoir's essential masterwork is a powerful analysis of the Western notion of 'woman,' and a revolutionary exploration of inequality and otherness. Unabridged in English for the first time, this long-awaited edition reinstates significant portions of the original French text that were

Anthropology of Religion: The Basics (Bielo James)(Paperback)

Anthropology of Religion: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introductory text organized around key issues that all anthropologists of religion face. This book uses a wide range of historical and ethnographic examples to address not only what is studied by anthropologists of religion, but how

An Analysis of Mary Douglas's Purity and Danger: An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo (Belton Pdraig)(Paperback)

Mary Douglas is an outstanding example of an evaluative thinker at work. In Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo, she delves in great detail into existing arguments that portray traditional societies as 'evolving' from 'savage' beliefs in magic, to religion, to modern

Magic Mushrooms in Religion and Alchemy (Heinrich Clark)(Paperback)

An illustrated foray into the hidden truth about the use of psychoactive mushrooms to connect with the divine. - Draws parallels between Vedic beliefs and Judeo-Christian sects, showing the existence of a mushroom cult that crossed cultural boundaries. - Contends that the famed philosophers' stone

The Comanche Empire (Hamalainen Pekka)(Paperback)

From the author of Lakota America, an award-winning history of the rise and decline of the vast and imposing Comanche empire 'Cutting-edge revisionist western history.'--Larry McMurtry, The New York Review of Books 'A landmark study that will make readers see the history of southwestern B rbaros

An Analysis of Chris Argyris's Integrating the Individual and the Organization (Stoyanov Stoyan)(Paperback)

A critical analysis of Argyris's Integrating The Individual and the Organization, which forms part of a series of essays and books considering how organisations should be run. The essay explores the lack of congruence between the needs and expectations of individual employees and the organisations

An Analysis of Daniel Jonah Goldhagen's Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust (Taylor Simon)(Paperback)

Daniel Goldhagen's study of the Holocaust offers conclusions that run directly counter to those reached by Christopher Browning, whose book Ordinary Men is also the subject of a Macat analysis. As such, the two analyses make possible some interesting critical thinking exercises focused on