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1. Cover image for 'The Buddhist Poetry of the Great Kamo Priestess'
The Buddhist Poetry of the Great Kamo Priestess
Daisaiin Senshi and Hosshin Wakashu
Edward Kamens
Provides new translations and sensitive readings of the devotional Buddhist poems of Senshi, the Great Kamo Priestess of the Heian period
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1. Cover image for 'The Buddhist Poetry of the Great Kamo Priestess'
The Buddhist Poetry of the Great Kamo Priestess
Daisaiin Senshi and Hosshin Wakashu
Volume: 5
Edward Kamens
Provides new translations and sensitive readings of the devotional Buddhist poems of Senshi, the Great Kamo Priestess of the Heian period
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2. Cover image for 'Essays on the Modern Japanese Church'
Essays on the Modern Japanese Church
Christianity in Meiji Japan
Yamaji Aizan; Translated by Graham Squires, with Introductory Essays by Graham Squires and A. Hamish Ion
Argues that Christianity played a critical role in the development of modern Japan
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Essays on the Modern Japanese Church
Christianity in Meiji Japan
Volume: 27
Yamaji Aizan; Translated by Graham Squires, with Introductory Essays by Graham Squires and A. Hamish Ion
Argues that Christianity played a critical role in the development of modern Japan
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2. Cover image for 'Essays on the Modern Japanese Church'
Essays on the Modern Japanese Church
Christianity in Meiji Japan
Yamaji Aizan; Translated by Graham Squires, with Introductory Essays by Graham Squires and A. Hamish Ion
Argues that Christianity played a critical role in the development of modern Japan
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3. Cover image for 'Writing and Renunciation in Medieval Japan'
Writing and Renunciation in Medieval Japan
The Works of the Poet-Priest Kamo no Chomei
Rajyashree Pandey
Challenges the rigid distinction between the religious and literary in medieval Japan
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3. Cover image for 'Writing and Renunciation in Medieval Japan'
Writing and Renunciation in Medieval Japan
The Works of the Poet-Priest Kamo no Chomei
Volume: 21
Rajyashree Pandey
Challenges the rigid distinction between the religious and literary in medieval Japan
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3. Cover image for 'Writing and Renunciation in Medieval Japan'
Writing and Renunciation in Medieval Japan
The Works of the Poet-Priest Kamo no Chomei
Rajyashree Pandey
Challenges the rigid distinction between the religious and literary in medieval Japan
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4. Cover image for 'Digital Samaritans'
Digital Samaritans
Rhetorical Delivery and Engagement in the Digital Humanities
Jim Ridolfo
Investigates the communicative objectives of Samaritans who are exploring the powerful expressive affordances of digital environments

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Digital Samaritans
Rhetorical Delivery and Engagement in the Digital Humanities
Jim Ridolfo
An investigation of the communicative objectives of Samaritans who are exploring the powerful expressive affordances of digital environments—Winner of the 2017 CCCC Research Impact Award!
 
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Digital Samaritans
Rhetorical Delivery and Engagement in the Digital Humanities
Jim Ridolfo
An investigation of the communicative objectives of Samaritans who are exploring the powerful expressive affordances of digital environments—Winner of the 2017 CCCC Research Impact Award!
 
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5. Cover image for 'Shugendo'
Shugendo
Essays on the Structure of Japanese Folk Religion
Volume: 32
Miyake Hitoshi; Edited and with an Introduction by H. Byron Earhart
The first comprehensive English translation of a foundational work on Japanese asceticism and folk religion
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Paper 2007 $26.00 Available Add Paper for "Shugendo" to Cart
6. Cover image for 'Jewish in America'
Jewish in America
Sara Blair and Jonathan Freedman, Editors
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Paper 2004 $29.95 Available Add Paper for "Jewish in America" to Cart
7. Cover image for 'The Idea of the Theater in Latin Christian Thought'
The Idea of the Theater in Latin Christian Thought
Augustine to the Fourteenth Century
Donnalee Dox
Reads medieval texts long considered the historical basis for Western drama as part of the Latin Christian intellectual tradition
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The Idea of the Theater in Latin Christian Thought
Augustine to the Fourteenth Century
Donnalee Dox
Reads medieval texts long considered the historical basis for Western drama as part of the Latin Christian intellectual tradition
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8. Cover image for 'The Goddess'
The Goddess
Power, Sexuality, and the Feminine Divine
Shahrukh Husain
From the dawn of the human race, the idea of a Mother Goddess has been an archetype found in every culture and every era—and this fascinating study explores all of her many faces and multitude of roles
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Paper 2003 $19.95 Available Add Paper for "The Goddess" to Cart
9. Cover image for 'Religion and Society in Nineteenth-Century Japan'
Religion and Society in Nineteenth-Century Japan
A Study of the Southern Kanto Region, Using Late Edo and Early Meiji Gazetteers
Volume: 41
Helen Hardacre
A detailed analysis of the structure of nineteenth-century Japanese religious institutions
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10. Cover image for 'The Sanctuary of Santa Venera at Paestum II'
The Sanctuary of Santa Venera at Paestum II
The Votive Terracottas
Rebecca Miller Ammerman
Examines almost three thousand terracottas found in archaeological excavations at the sanctuary of Santa Venera at Paestum
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Hardcover 2002 $165.00 Available Add Hardcover for "The Sanctuary of Santa Venera at Paestum II" to Cart
11. Cover image for 'Passionate Journeys'
Passionate Journeys
Why Successful Women Joined a Cult
Marion S. Goldman
Women who abandoned career and family to follow the guru Rajneesh provide insights on the universal quest for love and acceptance
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12. Cover image for 'Ecology and the Sacred'
Ecology and the Sacred
Engaging the Anthropology of Roy A. Rappaport
Ellen Messer and Michael Lambek, Editors
A meaningful homage to an extraordinary anthropologist
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Hardcover 2001 $93.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Ecology and the Sacred" to Cart
13. Cover image for 'The Construction of Minorities'
The Construction of Minorities
Cases for Comparison Across Time and Around the World
Andre Burguiere and Raymond Grew, Editors
A cross-cultural volume that investigates the question of how social minorities are formed
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Paper 2001 $37.95 Available Add Paper for "The Construction of Minorities" to Cart
14. Cover image for 'Christianity in Rural China'
Christianity in Rural China
Conflict and Accommodation in Jiangxi Province, 1860–1900
Volume: 91
Alan Richard Sweeten
Revises earlier accounts of conflict between Christians and the Chinese state, showing through archival evidence that nonreligious problems were more often the source of intergroup conflict in Jiangxi in the late Qing dynasty
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15. Cover image for 'Ring of Seasons'
Ring of Seasons
Iceland--Its Culture and History
Terry G. Lacy
Iceland in all of its extraordinary glory
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16. Cover image for 'The Middle East Remembered'
The Middle East Remembered
Forged Identities, Competing Narratives, Contested Spaces
Jacob Lassner
A meditation on the art of history-writing in the medieval Near East
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17. Cover image for 'The Rope of God'
The Rope of God
James T. Siegel
An ethnography of Aceh, Indonesia, by a master anthropologist
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18. Cover image for 'Vision and Violence'
Vision and Violence
Arthur P. Mendel
Just in time for the millennium—apocalyptic thinking, from ancient Greece to modern political philosophers
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18. Cover image for 'Vision and Violence'
Vision and Violence
Arthur P. Mendel
Just in time for the millennium—apocalyptic thinking, from ancient Greece to modern political philosophers
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19. Cover image for 'The Limits of Ancient Christianity'
The Limits of Ancient Christianity
Essays on Late Antique Thought and Culture in Honor of R. A. Markus
William E. Klingshirn and Mark Vessey, Editors
Sixteen essays explore the end of ancient Christianity
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Hardcover 1999 $90.00 Available Add Hardcover for "The Limits of Ancient Christianity" to Cart
20. Cover image for 'The Jews of Georgian England, 1714-1830'
The Jews of Georgian England, 1714-1830
Tradition and Change in a Liberal Society
Todd M. Endelman
A landmark study of the rise of Anglo-Jewish society in eighteenth century England
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The Jews of Georgian England, 1714-1830
Tradition and Change in a Liberal Society
Todd M. Endelman
A landmark study of the rise of Anglo-Jewish society in eighteenth century England
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21. Cover image for 'God of the Dao'
God of the Dao
Lord Lao in History and Myth
Volume: 84
Livia Kohn
Illuminates the story of Lord Lao through historical analysis and mythological narrative to show its influence on traditional Chinese religion
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21. Cover image for 'God of the Dao'
God of the Dao
Lord Lao in History and Myth
Volume: 84
Livia Kohn
Illuminates the story of Lord Lao through historical analysis and mythological narrative to show its influence on traditional Chinese religion
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22. Cover image for 'Rereading the Renaissance'
Rereading the Renaissance
Petrarch, Augustine, and the Language of Humanism
Carol Everhart Quillen
Augustine in Petrarch's humanism
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Hardcover 1998 $85.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Rereading the Renaissance" to Cart
23. Cover image for 'The Tale of Saigyo'
The Tale of Saigyo
Volume: 25
Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Meredith McKinney
A moving portrait of a wandering poet-monk in medieval Japan.
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Paper 1998 $14.95 Available Add Paper for "The Tale of Saigyo" to Cart
24. Cover image for 'Peregrinations of the Word'
Peregrinations of the Word
Louis Mackey
An examination of medieval philosophers' approach to the relation of faith and reason
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Hardcover 1997 $80.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Peregrinations of the Word" to Cart
25. Cover image for 'Rethinking Sorrow'
Rethinking Sorrow
Revelatory Tales of Late Medieval Japan
Volume: 6
Margaret Helen Childs
Provides fresh translations and readings of a small, coherent subgroup of short stories that describe how people were inspired to religious commitment
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Paper 1991 $20.00 Available Add Paper for "Rethinking Sorrow" to Cart
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