Violence in Pacific Islander Traditional Religions. New ed, Paperback - Garry (University of Sydney) Trompf

An Element on the role of violence in the traditional religions of the Pacific Ilands (Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia) and on violent activity...

Reducere. Asian/Pacific Islander American Women is the first collection devoted to the historical study of A/PI women's diverse experiences in America. Cover...

4th edition of the successful New Lion Handbook: the World's Religions, updated, redesigned, with new textbook focused questions and bibliography.P...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. In The Ocean in the School Rick Bonus tells the stories of Pacific Islander students as they and their allies struggled to transform a university t...

Over a span of 1000 years beginning around 800CE, the people of the Pacific Islands undertook a remarkable period of voyaging, political evolution,...

Explores power relations in the households, schools, and monasteries of late antiquity in light of social theory, in a way that will be of interest...

Reducere. In her pathbreaking book, Ocean Passages, Erin Suzuki explores how movement through--and travel across--the ocean mediates the construction of Asia...

Publisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Eamon DuffyIllustration(s): 143 b-w illus.Number of pages: 720Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 137 x 21...

The first assessment of religious violence throughout the whole of Antiquity, with a particular focus on Late Antiquity where a much more nuanced p...

Providing close readings of Shakespeare's history plays, compelling insights into late Elizabethan politics and renewed attention to neglected cont...

This volume is for both lovers of Shakespeare and those who are concerned about the danger that humanity's propensity for violent behaviour poses t...

In this Element, we examine the psychological impacts of climate change, especially focused on how it will lead to increases in aggressive behavior...

Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishing IncAuthor(s): Hamit BozarslanNumber of pages: 170Publication date: 2005Dimensions: 152 x 228 x 18Cover type: Pa...

Lawyers, economists, students, businesspersons, and government officials need to understand the content and implications of the Comprehensive and P...

With the help of thooughts and anecdotes from the people who knew the twins best, including the Kray's chief torturer, who was with them on the nig...

When you think of astrology, you may think of the horoscope section in your local paper, or of Nancy Reagan's consultations with an astrologer in t...

Reducere. Bednarowski is especially good at elucidating the theological daring of these new American religions. . . . [She] demonstrates in a very few pages ...

Reducere. DescriptionOnce relegated to the realm of "primitive" and stigmatized as "pagan, " today there is a new acknowledgment of the importance of African...

A stunning spread-by-spread treatment of the world's major religionsPublisher: SPCK PublishingAuthor(s): Hugh P KempIllustration(s): Colour and b&w...

Publisher: Ossian Publications LtdAuthor(s): Tomas O CanainnIllustration(s): Illustrations, music, ports.Number of pages: 145Publication date: 2005...

A political economy approach to understanding how militant groups use violence to capture attention and resources. These findings are relevant to s...

Publisher: Sydney University PressIllustration(s): 86 Maps; 1 Tables, color; 33 Tables, black and white; 9 Illustrations, color; 166 Illustrations,...

This Very Short Introduction offers a wide-ranging look at the myriad indigenous religious traditions on the African continent. Drawing on archeolo...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Barbara R. AmbrosScholars have widely acknowledged the persistent ambivalence with which the Japanese religious traditions ...

Contributor(s): Editor: Laura L. O'TooleEditor: Jessica R. SchiffmanEditor: Margie L. Kiter EdwardsFrom the murder of schoolgirls in a rural Amish ...

How do political actors in the Pacific islands region make sense of the success (or failure) of parliamentary gender quota campaigns? To answer the...

Reducere. In terms of public opinion, new religious movements are considered controversial for a variety of reasons. Their social organization often runs cou...

Crucial to successful experiments in ecology is their logical planning and design. This book, first published in 1996, shows how to harness the pow...

Reducere. Sir George Grey was among the first chroniclers to explore Hawaii and the South Sea Isles with an aim of writing down the local legends and myths -...

Reducere. "This book celebrates without apology the fact that indigenous spirituality lives and breathes in our Pacific person and personhood. In so doing, i...

Reducere. A groundbreaking overview of transgender relationship violence In the course of their lives, around fifty percent of transgender people will experi...