White Utopias: The Religious Exoticism of Transformational Festivals (Lucia Amanda J.)(Paperback)

White Utopias: The Religious Exoticism of Transformational Festivals (Lucia Amanda J.)(Paperback)

Transformational festivals, from Burning Man to Lightning in a Bottle, Bhakti Fest, and Wanderlust, have become massive events that attract thousands of participants to sites around the world. In this groundbreaking book, Amanda J. Lucia shows how these festivals are religious institutions for

The Nonconformist Revolution: Religious Dissent, Innovation and Rebellion (Thomas Amanda J.)(Paperback)

The Nonconformism Revolution explores the evolution of dissenting thought and how Nonconformity shaped the transformation of England from a rural to an urban, industrialized society. The foundations for the Industrial Revolution were in place from the late Middle Ages when the early development of

Primary School Assemblies for Religious Festivals (Lamont Ronni)(Paperback)

This new addition to the SPCK Assemblies series is a collection of assemblies that will help teachers to celebrate with all their children throughout the school year, no matter which faith they belong to. The book features assemblies dedicated to the festivals of nine major world religions: the

Black Utopias: Speculative Life and the Music of Other Worlds (Brown Jayna)(Paperback)

In Black Utopias Jayna Brown takes up the concept of utopia as a way of exploring alternative states of being, doing, and imagining in Black culture. Musical, literary, and mystic practices become utopian enclaves in which Black people engage in modes of creative worldmaking. Brown explores the

Cholera: The Victorian Plague (Thomas Amanda J.)(Paperback)

A fresh approach to the history of Victorian Britain and the consequences of cholera for nineteenth century society.Discover the story of the disease that devastated the Victorian population, and brought about major changes in sanitation. Drawing on the latest scientific research and a wealth of

The Spiritual Background to Christian Festivals (Kovacs Charles)(Paperback)

Looks at how Christian festivals fit into the structure and rhythms of the earth and the cosmos. The rhythms of the earth can be seen in, for example, the daily cycle of day and night, or in the changing seasons. Rudolf Steiner spoke about how Christian festivals such as Easter, Whitsun and

Civil Liberties and the Constitution (Barker Lucius J.)(Paperback)

Woodstock and Altamont: The music festivals that defined the 1960s (Ireland Brian)(Paperback)

Published to tie in with the 50th anniversary of these festivals, Brian Ireland revisits the events, taking stock of their historical importance, and to note their influence not just on popular culture and society, but as part of a new musical culture that developed in the late 1960s and which saw

The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature (James William)(Paperback)

The Varieties of Religious Experience is William James's classic survey of religious belief. With psychological insight and philosophical rigor, James wrote a truly foundational text for modern belief. Matthew Bradley's wide-ranging new edition--the most critically up-to-date and inclusive edition

The Phenomenology of Religious Life (Heidegger Martin)(Paperback)

The Phenomenology of Religious Life presents the text of Heidegger's important 1920-21 lectures on religion. The volume consists of the famous lecture course Introduction to the Phenomenology of Religion, a course on Augustine and Neoplatonism, and notes for a course on The Philosophical

The Map of All Things (Anderson Kevin J.)(Paperback)

After terrible atrocities by both sides, the religious war between Tierra and Uraba has spread and intensified, irreparably dividing the known world. What started as a series of skirmishes has erupted into a full-blown crusade. Now that the Uraban leader, Soldan-Shah Omra, has captured the ruined

Exodus (White Thomas Joseph Op)(Paperback)

Exodus recounts the origins of ancient Israel, but it is also a book of religious symbols. How should it be interpreted, especially in light of modern historical-critical study? In this addition to an acclaimed series, a respected scholar offers a theological reading of Exodus that highlights

White Christian Privilege: The Illusion of Religious Equality in America (Joshi Khyati Y.)(Pevná vazba)

Exposes the invisible ways in which white Christian privilege disadvantages racial and religious minorities in America The United States is recognized as the most religiously diverse country in the world, and yet its laws and customs, which many have come to see as normal features of American life,

Faber Book of Utopias (Carey Professor John)(Paperback / softback)

An experienced and imaginative anthologist, editor of The Faber Book of Reportage and The Faber Book of Science, Carey has gathered together a vast range of texts from Ancient Egypt to modern California, the authors of which, in different ways, attempt to describe a better world than our

My Psychedelic Explorations: The Healing Power and Transformational Potential of Psychoactive Substances (Naranjo Claudio)(Paperback)

The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (Durkheim Emile)(Paperback)

In The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1912), Emile Durkheim sets himself the task of discovering the enduring source of human social identity. He investigates what he considered to be the simplest form of documented religion - totemism among the Aborigines of Australia. For Durkheim, studying

The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam (Iqbal Mohammad)(Paperback)

The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam (1930) is Muhammad Iqbal's major philosophic work: a series of profound reflections on the perennial conflict among science, religion, and philosophy, culminating in new visions of the unity of human knowledge, of the human spirit, and of God

Envisioning Real Utopias (Wright Erik Olin)(Paperback)

Rising inequality of income and power, along with the recent convulsions in the finance sector, have made the search for alternatives to unbridled capitalism more urgent than ever. Yet there has been a global retreat by the Left: on the assumption that liberal capitalism is the only game in town,

Religious Intolerance in America, Second Edition: A Documentary History (Corrigan John)(Paperback)

The story of religion in America is one of unparalleled diversity and protection of the religious rights of individuals. But that story is a muddied one. This new and expanded edition of a classroom favorite tells a jolting history--illuminated by historical texts, pictures, songs, cartoons,

Mapp and Lucia (Benson E. F.)(Paperback / softback)

Mapp and Lucia are the centrepiece of E.F. Benson's series of Lucia novels, bringing together the eponymous middle-aged doyennes of polite 1930s society, Miss Mapp and Miss

The O Manuscript: The Scandinavian Bestseller (Muhl Lars)(Paperback)

International bestseller: This story of a modern-day mystic's transformational and spiritual apprenticeship in Cathar country of southern France reads like a real-life Gnostic thriller In the opening scene of The O Manuscript, Lars Muhl is an aging, washed-up rock star who has been lying in bed

A Year in the Life of the Yorkshire Shepherdess (Owen Amanda)(Paperback)

The further adventures of Amanda Owen, who is watched by millions on Countrywise and Our Yorkshire Farm, as she juggles farming life with the demands of family on her remote Yorkshire

Conscripts of Modernity: The Tragedy of Colonial Enlightenment (Scott David)(Paperback)

At this stalled and disillusioned juncture in postcolonial history--when many anticolonial utopias have withered into a morass of exhaustion, corruption, and authoritarianism--David Scott argues the need to reconceptualize the past in order to reimagine a more usable future. He describes how, prior

Adventures of the Yorkshire Shepherdess (Owen Amanda)(Paperback)

In Adventures of the Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda takes us from her family's desperate race to save a missing calf to finding her bra has been repurposed as a house martin's nest, and from wild swimming to the brutal winter of 2018 that almost brought her to her knees. As busy as she is with her