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1. Cover image for 'In Search of Tunga'
In Search of Tunga
Prosperity, Almighty God, and Lives in Motion in a Malian Provincial Town
André Chappatte
The lives of young male Muslim “adventurers” in a Malian town
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In Search of Tunga
Prosperity, Almighty God, and Lives in Motion in a Malian Provincial Town
André Chappatte
The lives of young male Muslim “adventurers” in a Malian town
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In Search of Tunga
Prosperity, Almighty God, and Lives in Motion in a Malian Provincial Town
André Chappatte
The lives of young male Muslim "adventurers" in a Malian town
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2. Cover image for 'Sojiji'
Sōjiji
Discipline, Compassion, and Enlightenment at a Japanese Zen Temple
Volume: 94
Joshua A. Irizarry
An intimate and insightful look into the life of a head Soto Zen temple in 21st century Japan
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Sōjiji
Discipline, Compassion, and Enlightenment at a Japanese Zen Temple
Volume: 94
Joshua A. Irizarry
An intimate and insightful look into the life of a head Soto Zen temple in 21st century Japan
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Sōjiji
Discipline, Compassion, and Enlightenment at a Japanese Zen Temple
Volume: 94
Joshua A. Irizarry
An intimate and insightful look into the life of a head Soto Zen temple in 21st century Japan
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3. Cover image for 'Sculpting the Self'
Sculpting the Self
Islam, Selfhood, and Human Flourishing
Muhammad U. Faruque
What it means to be human
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Sculpting the Self
Islam, Selfhood, and Human Flourishing
Muhammad U. Faruque
What it means to be human
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4. 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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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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5. 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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5. 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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6. 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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6. 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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6. 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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Hardcover 1998 $32.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Writing and Renunciation in Medieval Japan" to Cart
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7. Cover image for 'Ritual Matters'
Ritual Matters
Material Remains and Ancient Religion
Claudia Moser and Jennifer Knust, editors
An international, cross-disciplinary investigation of ancient religious practices and their material remains yields fresh insights and poses new questions
 
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Ritual Matters
Material Remains and Ancient Religion
Claudia Moser and Jennifer Knust, editors
An international, cross-disciplinary investigation of ancient religious practices and their material remains yields fresh insights and poses new questions
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Hardcover 2017 $69.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Ritual Matters" to Cart
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8. Cover image for 'Faith in the City'
Faith in the City
Preaching Radical Social Change in Detroit
Angela D. Dillard
A milestone study of religion's place in Detroit's protest communities, from the 1930s to the 1960s
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Paper 2007 $27.95 Available Add Paper for "Faith in the City" to Cart
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Faith in the City
Preaching Radical Social Change in Detroit
Angela D. Dillard
A milestone study of religion's place in Detroit's protest communities, from the 1930s to the 1960s
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Waiting for the Call
From Preacher's Daughter to Lesbian Mom
Jacqueline Taylor
One woman's search for the meaning of faith when the foundations of her beliefs are tested to the limit
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Paper 2007 $21.95 Available Add Paper for "Waiting for the Call" to Cart
10. 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
11. Cover image for 'State of Virginity'
State of Virginity
Gender, Religion, and Politics in an Early Modern Catholic State
Ulrike Strasser
An important contribution to the historical study of sexuality and the growing feminist literature on the state
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Paper 2006 $24.95 Available Add Paper for "State of Virginity" to Cart
12. Cover image for 'Cage of Freedom'
Cage of Freedom
Tamil Identity and the Ethnic Fetish in Malaysia
Andrew C. Willford
An ethnographic look at rituals across class and status among Malyasian Tamils
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13. Cover image for 'Islam and the Prayer Economy'
Islam and the Prayer Economy
History and Authority in a Malian Town
Benjamin F. Soares
A close look at the changing terms of exchange between gifts and blessings
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Paper 2005 $38.95 Available Add Paper for "Islam and the Prayer Economy" to Cart
14. Cover image for 'Nimble Believing'
Nimble Believing
Dickinson and the Unknown
James McIntosh
A groundbreaking exploration of the themes of faith and doubt in Emily Dickinson's poetry
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Paper 2004 $30.95 Available Add Paper for "Nimble Believing" to Cart
15. Cover image for 'Jewish in America'
Jewish in America
Sara Blair and Jonathan Freedman, Editors
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16. 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
17. 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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Hardcover 2002 $60.00 Available Add Hardcover for "Religion and Society in Nineteenth-Century Japan" to Cart
18. Cover image for 'On the Banks of the Ganga'
On the Banks of the Ganga
When Wastewater Meets a Sacred River
Kelly D. Alley
Explores the collision of sacred purity with environmental pollution of the river Ganga (Ganges)
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Paper 2002 $37.95 Available Add Paper for "On the Banks of the Ganga" to Cart
19. 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 $169.95 Available Add Hardcover for "The Sanctuary of Santa Venera at Paestum II" to Cart
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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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Paper 2001 $24.95 Available Add Paper for "Passionate Journeys" to Cart
21. Cover image for 'Our Women Are Free'
Our Women Are Free
Gender and Ethnicity in the Hindukush
Wynne Maggi
An exploration of the lives of women among the Kalasha, a tiny, vibrant community in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province
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Paper 2001 $30.95 Available Add Paper for "Our Women Are Free" to Cart
22. Cover image for 'Unconventional Sisterhood'
Unconventional Sisterhood
Feminist Catholic Nuns in the Philippines
Heather L. Claussen
An unusual ethnography of Catholic sisters in the Philippines
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Hardcover 2001 $84.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Unconventional Sisterhood" to Cart
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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 $99.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Ecology and the Sacred" to Cart
24. 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
25. 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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