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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “thomas g kirsch”
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  • Domestic Demons and the Intimate Uncanny

    Edited by Thomas G. Kirsch, Kirsten Mahlke, Rijk van Dijk ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Religion
    This book explores local cultural discourses and practices relating to manifestations and experiences of the demonic, the spectral and the uncanny, probing into their effects on people’s domestic and intimate spheres of life. The chapters examine the uncanny in a cross-cultural manner, involving empirically rich case studies from sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and Europe. They use an ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

  • Spirits and Letters

    Reading, Writing and Charisma in African Christianity

    by Thomas G. Kirsch ...
    Studies of religion have a tendency to conceptualise ‘the Spirit’ and ‘the Letter’ as mutually exclusive and intrinsically antagonistic. However, the history of religions abounds in cases where charismatic leaders deliberately refer to and make use of writings. This book challenges prevailing scholarly notions of the relationship between ‘charisma’ and ‘institution’ by analysing reading and ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Volunteer Economies

    The Politics and Ethics of Voluntary Labour in Africa

    by Ruth Prince, Noelle Sullivan, Prosper Chaki, Ståle Wig, Susan L. Erikson, Thomas G. Kirsch, Hannah Brown, Ann H. Kelly, Birgitte Bruun0, Bjørn Hallstein Holte1, Christopher James Colvin2, Claire L. Wendland3, Michael Jennings4 ...
    Across Africa today, as development activities animate novel forms of governance, new social actors are emerging, among them the volunteer. Yet, where work and resources are limited, volunteer practices have repercussions that raise contentious ethical issues. What has been the real impact of volunteers economically, politically and in society? The interdisciplinary experts in this collection ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Permutations of Order

    Religion and Law as Contested Sovereignties

    by Thomas G. Kirsch ...
    Permutations of Order makes an innovative and important contribution to current discussions about the relationship between religion and law, bringing together theoretically informed case studies from different parts of the world, relating to various types of politico-legal settings and religions. This volume also deals with contemporary legal/religious transfigurations that involve "permutations," ... Read more

    $105.80 CAD

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    by Matthew Engelke ...
    Series series Pelican Books
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  • The Politics of Discipleship

    Becoming Postmaterial Citizens

    by Graham Ward, James Smith ...
    Series series The Church and Postmodern Culture
    Internationally acclaimed theologian Graham Ward is well known for his thoughtful engagement with postmodernism. This volume, the fourth in The Church and Postmodern Culture series, offers an engaging look at the political nature of the postmodern world.In the first section, "The World," Ward considers "the signs of the times" and the political nature of contemporary postmodernism. It is ... Read more

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  • On Equilibrium

    by John Ralston Saul ...
    What does John Ralston Saul's influential philosophical trilogy Voltaire's Bastards, The Doubter's Companion and The Unconscious Civilization mean for the real lives of individuals? Is it possible to apply his groundbreaking theories to everyday life?On Equilibrium presents us with a virtual "how to" of the ways that ideas can translate into action. Saul explains how our different qualities give ... Read more

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  • The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology

    Edited by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore ...
    Series Book 73 - Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion
    Through a series of essays contributed by leading experts in the field, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology presents an introduction to practical theology as a major area of Christian study and practice, including an overview of its key developments, themes, methods, and future directions.The first comprehensive reference work to provide a survey, description and analysis of ... Read more

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  • Out of the Wreckage

    A New Politics for an Age of Crisis

    by George Monbiot ...
    A leading environmental and political commentator draws a roadmap towards new politics—offering a rallying cry for a new vision of what a ‘good’ society can be—in this “dazzling command of science and relentless faith in people” (Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine)What does the good life—and the good society—look like in the 21st century?A toxic ideology of extreme competition and ... Read more

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  • Gender

    by Ivan Illich ...
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  • The Economy of Desire

    Christianity and Capitalism in a Postmodern World

    by Daniel Bell, Jr., James Smith ...
    Series series The Church and Postmodern Culture
    In this addition to the award-winning Church and Postmodern Culture series, respected theologian Daniel Bell compares and contrasts capitalism and Christianity, showing how Christianity provides resources for faithfully navigating the postmodern global economy.Bell approaches capitalism and Christianity as alternative visions of humanity, God, and the good life. Considering faith and economics in ... Read more

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  • Hard Choices

    Challenging the Singapore Consensus

    Edited by Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh, Donald Low ...
    Singapore is changing. The consensus that the PAP government has constructed and maintained over five decades is fraying. The assumptions that underpin Singaporean exceptionalism are no longer accepted as easily and readily as before. Among these are the ideas that the country is uniquely vulnerable, that this vulnerability limits its policy and political options, that good governance demands a ... Read more

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