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  • Theology and the Anthropology of Christian Life

    by Joel Robbins ...
    Anthropological theory can radically transform our understanding of human experience and offer theologians an introduction to the interdisciplinary nature between anthropology and Christianity. Both sociocultural anthropology and theology have made fundamental contributions to our understanding of human experience and the place of humanity in the world. But can these two disciplines, despite the ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of the Anthropology of Religion

    Edited by Joel Robbins, Simon Coleman ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Anthropologists of religion study themes central to the understanding of humanity, such as the power of ritual, the authority of language, and the exemplary character of myth. This Handbook brings together leading specialists to explain the historical and intellectual background to how anthropologists approach religion, and to show why its study remains a dynamic means of reflecting on ... Read more

    $175.99 USD

  • Values of Happiness

    Toward an Anthropology of Purpose in Life

    by Joel Robbins ...
    Series series Special Issues in Ethnographic Theory
    How people conceive of happiness reveals much about who they are and the values they hold dear. Drawing on ethnographic insights from diverse field sites around the world, this book offers a unique window onto the ways in which people grapple with fundamental questions about how to live and what it means to be human. Developing a distinctly anthropological approach concerned less with gauging how ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • The Anthropology of Global Pentecostalism and Evangelicalism

    by Joel Robbins ...
    The phenomenal growth of Pentecostalism and evangelicalism around the world in recent decades has forced us to rethink what it means to be religious and what it means to be global. The success of these religious movements has revealed tensions and resonances between the public and the private, the religious and the cultural, and the local and the global. This volume provides a wide ranging and ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • The Anthropology of Global Pentecostalism and Evangelicalism

    by Joel Robbins ...
    The phenomenal growth of Pentecostalism and evangelicalism around the world in recent decades has forced us to rethink what it means to be religious and what it means to be global. The success of these religious movements has revealed tensions and resonances between the public and the private, the religious and the cultural, and the local and the global. This volume provides a wide ranging and ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • The Making of Global and Local Modernities in Melanesia

    Humiliation, Transformation and the Nature of Cultural Change

    by Holly Wardlow ...
    Series series Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacific
    Authored by well-established and respected scholars, this work examines the kinds of efforts that have been made to adopt Western modernity in Melanesia and explores the reasons for their varied outcomes. The contributors take the work of Professor Marshall Sahlins as a starting point, assessing his theories of cultural change and of the relationship between cultural intensification and ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Where is the Good in the World?

    Ethical Life between Social Theory and Philosophy

    Edited by Anna Strhan, Joel Robbins, David Henig ...
    Series Book 12 - WYSE Series in Social Anthropology
    Bringing together contributions from anthropology, sociology, religious studies, and philosophy, along with ethnographic case studies from diverse settings, this volume explores how different disciplinary perspectives on the good might engage with and enrich each other. The chapters examine how people realize the good in social life, exploring how ethics and values relate to forms of suffering, ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

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  • Confronting Injustice without Compromising Truth

    12 Questions Christians Should Ask About Social Justice

    by Thaddeus J. Williams ...
    God does not suggest, he commands that we do justice.Social justice is not optional for the Christian. All injustice affects others, so talking about justice that isn't social is like talking about water that isn't wet or a square with no right angles. But the Bible's call to seek justice is not a call to superficial, kneejerk activism. We are not merely commanded to execute justice, but to "truly ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Social and Cultural Anthropology

    A Very Short Introduction

    by John Monaghan, Peter Just ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    If you want to know what anthropology is, look at what anthropologists do. This Very Short Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology combines an accessible account of some of the disciplines guiding principles and methodology with abundant examples and illustrations of anthropologists at work. Peter Just and John Monaghan begin by discussing anthropologys most important contributions to ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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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

    $27.39 USD

  • Globalizing Theology

    Belief and Practice in an Era of World Christianity

    Edited by Craig Ott, Harold Netland ...
    One of the most powerful forces in the twenty-first century is the increasing phenomenon of globalization. In nearly every realm of human activity, traditional boundaries are disappearing and people worldwide are more interconnected than ever. Christianity has also become more aware of global realities and the important role of the church in non-Western countries. Church leaders must grapple with ... Read more

    $27.39 USD

  • Anthropology and Social Theory

    Culture, Power, and the Acting Subject

    by Sherry B. Ortner ...
    Series series a John Hope Franklin Center Book
    In Anthropology and Social Theory the award-winning anthropologist Sherry B. Ortner draws on her longstanding interest in theories of cultural practice to rethink key concepts of culture, agency, and subjectivity for the social sciences of the twenty-first century. The seven theoretical and interpretive essays in this volume each advocate reconfiguring, rather than abandoning, the concept of ... Read more

    $22.29 USD