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Jinnah Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity
ISBN: PB: 9781905422098, ISBN: HB: 9781905422081, Seagull Books, November 2005
275 pp., 21x13.8 cm
This book analyses the development of Jinnah's relationship with India's Muslims from his entry into politics until 1934. It shows that a dominant view of Jinnah – that he was an ambassador of Hindu Muslim unity in the 1920s who became a communalist...
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£35,50
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£79,00
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Ancient Synagogue The First Thousand Years
ISBN: PB: 9780300106282, Yale University Press, October 2005
816 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm
In his comprehensive history of the synagogue from the Hellenistic period through Late Antiquity, Lee Levine traces the origins and development of this dynamic and revolutionary institution. This revised paperback edition reflects the latest informat...
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£55,00
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Foucault and the Iranian Revolution Gender and the Seductions of Islamism
ISBN: PB: 9780226007861, ISBN: HB: 9780226007854, University of Chicago Press, June 2005
312 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm
In 1978, as the protests against the Shah of Iran reached their zenith, philosopher Michel Foucault was working as a special correspondent for "Corriere della Sera and le Nouvel Observateur". During his little-known stint as a journalist, Foucault tr...
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£24,00
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£65,50
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Priests A Calling in Crisis
ISBN: PB: 9780226306452, ISBN: HB: 9780226306445, University of Chicago Press, May 2005
156 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 6 line drawings, 10 tables
For several years now, the Roman Catholic Church and the institution of the priesthood itself have been at the center of a firestorm of controversy. While many of the criticisms lodged against the recent actions of the Church – and a small number of...
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£10,00
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£16,00
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Critical Terms for the Study of Buddhism
ISBN: PB: 9780226493152, ISBN: HB: 9780226493145, University of Chicago Press, May 2005
344 pp., 23x15 cm
Over the past century, Buddhism has come to be seen as a world religion, exceeding Christianity in longevity and, according to many, philosophical wisdom. Buddhism has also increasingly been described as strongly ethical, devoted to nonviolence, and...
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£25,00
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£55,00
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Papal Overtures in a Cuban Key The Pope's Visit and Civic Space for Cuban Religion
ISBN: PB: 9781589660052, University of Chicago Press, University of Scranton Press, April 2005
211 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm
This book present a multi-disciplinary study of Pope John Paul II's visit to Cuba in 1998. The essays represent several disciplines: sociology, anthropology, political science, religious studies and theology. Authors agree on several major points: on...
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£23,00
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House Divided Orthodoxy and Schism in Nineteenth-Century Central European Jewry
ISBN: PB: 9781584652953, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, January 2005
352 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Eminent social historian Jacob Katz examines the rise and transformation of Jewish communal leadership in Central Europe. It is a story of fragmentation and polarization that sheds light on the tensions within the 19th-century Jewish community in Cen...
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£28,00
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