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Lexington Books, 2004. 301 p. In Religion, Civilization, and Civil War author Jonathan Fox carves out a new space of research and interrogation in conflict studies. Covering over five decades, this study provides the most comprehensive and detailed empirical analysis of the impact of religion and civilization on domestic conflict to date and will become a critical resource for both international relations and political science scholars. "This...

Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World Pages: 179 Publisher: Routledge (This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2008.) Quality: good: pdf From his first attestations in Homer, to the opposition between Apollo and Dionysos in nineteenth- and twentieth-century thinking, Graf examines Greek religion and myth to provide a full account of Apollo in the ancient world. Fritz Graf is currently Professor of Greek and Latin and Direc...

Ed. by J.R. Hinnells. Cambridge University Press, 2007. 610 P. Ancient civilisations exercise an intense fascination for people the world over. This Handbook provides a vivid, scholarly, and eminently readable account of ancient cultures around the world, from China to India, the Middle East, Egypt, Europe, and the Americas. It examines the development of religious belief from the time of the Palaeolithic cave paintings to the Aztecs and Incas....

Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. From classical Greek and Roman mythology to the gods of Eastern Europe and Mesopotamia, from Nordic jiants to Islamic jiins and Egyptian monsters, this classic dictionary is packed with descriptions of the figures most worshipped and feared around the world and across time. Fully cross-referenced and with over 100 illustrations, it also features two handy appendices listing the functions and attributes share...

Harry Oldmeadow, C.G. Jung and Mircea Eliade: Priests without Surplices? Reflections on the Place of Myth, Religion and Science in Their Work = К. Г. Юнг и Мирче Элиаде: проповедники без стихаря? О месте мифа, религии и науки в их трудах. Mircea Eliade & Carl Jung: ‘Priests Without Surplices’? gives a comparative account of the place of myth, religion and science in the work of these two influential and controversial figures. The paper also...

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. - 276 p. Liberation theology is widely referred to in discussions of politics and religion but not always adequately understood. This Companion offers an introduction to the history and characteristics of liberation theology in its various forms in different parts of the world. Through a sequence of eleven chapters readers are given a comprehensive description and evaluation of the different facets of...

AAARGH, Internet, 2005, with audiobook, mp3, 53 Kbps. Contents Foreword by Gore Vidal A Closed Utopia? Prejudice and Prevarication Orthodoxy and Interpretation The Weight of History The Laws against Non-Jews Political Consequences Notes and References Index Israel_Shahak ( who came to Israel in 1945 after surviving the concentration camp in Belsen during the Holocaust, contends that the potential for Israel's right-wing Jewish religious movem...

Internationales Symposium in Salzburg, 13.- 15.11.1992. Innsbruck: Tyrolia, 1996. 269 s. Band XVIII enth?lt die Vortr?ge namhafter Wissenschaftler ?ber die Religionen im Habsburgerreich. Dabei wird der gesamte Facettenreichtum kirchlicher Traditionen des 18. bis 20. Jahrhunderts beschrieben, angefangen von der Situation in Galizien und der Bukowina bis hin zur religi?sen Vielfalt in Siebenb?rgen, Ungarn und auf dem Balkan. Beim internationalen Sy...

A History of Spiritual Practices. Routledge, 2003. - 278 p. New Age movement – History - 20th century. Elements of New Age culture have emerged from the underground to become a central part of everyday life for many in the West. The demand for organic food and natural remedies; the growing general interest in spirituality and healing; the peace and anti-road lobbies; and the burgeoning global rave scene are all influenced by the variegated co...

Macmillan Reference USA, 2003. - 900 Pages. This encyclopedia, intended for "a wide readership from high-school students to independent researchers and academics," deals with all aspects of the conflict and dialogue between science and religion. The list of scholars who have contributed is impressive, and the project had as a consultant and contributor Ian Barbour, physicist, theologian, and well-known author on the interplay of science and rel...