Theology
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The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey: The Pavements and Royal Tombs: History, Archaeology, Architecture and Conservation [Hardback]
Warwick Rodwell (Author); David Neal (Author)
Regular Price: £65.00
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ISBN: 9781789252347
Published by : Oxbow Books
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Westminster Abbey contains the only surviving medieval Cosmatesque mosaics outside Italy. They comprise: the ‘Great Pavement’ in the sanctuary; the pavement around the shrine of Edward the Confessor; the saint’s tomb and shrine; Henry III’s tomb; ... .... Learn More -
Inhabiting the Promised Land: Exploring the Complex Relationship between Archaeology and Ancient Israel as Depicted in the Bible [Paperback]
Margreet L. Steiner (Author)
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ISBN: 9781789253306
Published by : Oxbow Books
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For many people it is clear: the actions and beliefs of Ancient Israel are described in the Bible. The stories about its peoples and kings, struggles and wars, deities and shrines, are supposed to have been told and retold throughout the ages and ... .... Learn More -
The Bir Messaouda Basilica: Pilgrimage and the Transformation of an Urban Landscape in Sixth Century AD Carthage [Hardback]
Richard Miles (Author); Simon Greenslade (Author)
Regular Price: £55.00
Special Price: £41.25
ISBN: 9781785706806
Published by : Oxbow Books
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This volume charts the radical transformation of an inner city neighbourhood in late antique Carthage which was excavated over a five-year period by a team from the University of Cambridge. Bordering the main thoroughfare leading from the Brysa Hi... .... Learn More -
Human Comes First: The Christian Theology of N.F.S. Grundtvig [Hardback]
Edward Broadbridge (Other); Niels Henrik Gregersen (Author); Hans Raun Iversen (Other); Brian Degn Mårtensson (Other); Michael Schelde (Other)
£50.00ISBN: 9788771841350
Published by : Aarhus University Press
Series: N.F.S. Grundtvig: Works in English
Volume: 3
Contents: 1. The Christian Church and the People’s Culture (1825-56) 12 essays and articles, including Grundtvig’s reflections on his trial for libel and his promotion of freedom in the Church. 2.Basic Christian Teachings (1855-61) 15 commentarie... .... Learn More -
Lutheranism and the Nordic Spirit of Social Democracy: A Different Protestant Ethic [Paperback]
Robert H. Nelson (Author)
£24.00ISBN: 9788771842609
Published by : Aarhus University Press
One man’s way of thinking about God has decisively shaped the political and economic rise of Nordic social democracy. 500 years ago, Martin Luther’s writings led to the Reformation in the Nordic countries, and his values and beliefs shaped more th... .... Learn More -
Jerusalem Throne Games: The battle of Bible stories after the death of David [Paperback]
Peter Feinman (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9781785706165
Published by : Oxbow Books
Jerusalem Throne Games explores the political battle for power to succeed David expressed through selected stories from the beginning of the Book of Genesis. In these confrontations, combatants wielded a new weapon of war that was changing the cou... .... Learn More -
Amaravati: The Art of an Early Buddhist Monument in Context [Paperback]
Akira Shimada (Editor); Michael Willis (Editor)
£35.00ISBN: 9780861592074
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: British Museum Research Publication
Volume: 207
Buddhism originated in north India and spread to other parts of the subcontinent in the third century BCE. The Andhra region, located along the south-east coast of India, welcomed Buddhism and a stūpa, probably built to house a relic of the Buddha... .... Learn More -
Representations of the Other, and Intercultural Experiences in a Global Perspective (16th-20th Centuries) [Paperback]
Niccolò Guasti (Editor)
£12.00ISBN: 9788869770821
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: History
The cohabitation of different cultures and the rise of new cultural and social clashes in more or less wide contexts (nation-states, macro- areas, civilizations) has pushed human sciences to examine themselves through an interdisciplinary point of... .... Learn More -
Mabādiʾ al-wuṣūl ilā ʿilm al-uṣūl [Hardback]
Jamāl al-Din Abū Manṣūr al-Ḥasan b. Sadīd al-Dīn Yūsuf b. Zayn al-Dīn ʿAli b. al-Muṭahhar al-Ḥillī (Author); Sayyid Amjad H. Shah Naqavi (Editor)
£50.00ISBN: 9780993588426
Published by : The Shīah Institute Press
Series: Maktabat al-Turāth al-Shīʿī
Al-Allāmah al-Ḥillī’s Mabādiʾ al-wuṣūl ilā ʿilm al-uṣūl is a testament to the revival of Shīʿī scholarship in the seventh and eighth centuries of the Hijrah. This highly-condensed text set the standard for the subsequent development and discussion... .... Learn More -
Religion and Sustainable Agriculture: World Spiritual Traditions and Food Ethics [Hardback]
Todd LeVasseur (Editor); Pramod Parajuli (Editor); Norman Wirzba (Editor); Vandana Shiva (Author); Todd LeVasseur (Other)
£52.50ISBN: 9780813167978
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Culture of the Land
Distinct practices of eating are at the heart of many of the world's faith traditions - from the Christian Eucharist to Muslim customs of fasting during Ramadan to the vegetarianism and asceticism practiced by some followers of Hinduism and Buddhi... .... Learn More
