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  • American Pragmatism

    A Religious Genealogy

    by M. Gail Hamner ...
    Series series AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion
    Hamner seeks to discover what makes pragmatism uniquely American. She argues that the inextricably American character of pragmatism of such figures as C.S. Peirce and William James lies in its often understated affirmation of America as a uniquely religious country with a God-given mission and populated by God-fearing citizens. ... Read more

    $84.59 USD

  • Imaging Religion in Film

    The Politics of Nostalgia

    by M. Gail Hamner ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book offers a new methodology for examining the ethico-political dimensions of religion and film which foregrounds film's social power both to shape subjectivity and to image contemporary social contradictions and analyses three specific films: Kurosawa's Dersu Uzala ; Kiarostami's Taste of Cherry ; and the Coens' The Man Who Wasn't There . ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Under the Banner of Heaven

    A Story of Violent Faith

    by Jon Krakauer ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air, this extraordinary work of investigative journalism takes readers inside America’s isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities. • Now an acclaimed FX limited series streaming on HULU.“Fantastic.... Right up there with In Cold Blood and The Executioner’s Song.” —San Francisco ChronicleDefying both civil authorities and the Mo. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy

    A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy

    by Simon Blackburn ...
    This is a book about the big questions in life: knowledge, consciousness, fate, God, truth, goodness, justice. It is for anyone who believes there are big questions out there, but does not know how to approach them. Think sets out to explain what they are and why they are important. Simon Blackburn begins by putting forward a convincing case for the study of philosophy and goes on to give the ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Rapture Ready!

    Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture

    by Daniel Radosh ...
    What does it mean when a band is judged by how hard they pray rather than how hard they rock? Would Jesus buy "Jesus junk" or wear "witness wear"? What do Christian skate parks, raves, and romance novels say about evangelicalism -- and America? Daniel Radosh went searching for the answers and reached some surprising conclusions.Written with the perfect blend of amusement and respect, Rapture Ready ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Gods of the Blood

    The Pagan Revival and White Separatism

    by Mattias Gardell ...
    Racist paganism is a thriving but understudied element of the American religious and cultural landscape. Gods of the Blood is the first in-depth survey of the people, ideologies, and practices that make up this fragmented yet increasingly radical and militant milieu. Over a five-year period during the 1990s Mattias Gardell observed and participated in pagan ceremonies and interviewed pagan ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Science vs. Religion : What Scientists Really Think

    What Scientists Really Think

    by Elaine Howard Ecklund ...
    That the longstanding antagonism between science and religion is irreconcilable has been taken for granted. And in the wake of recent controversies over teaching intelligent design and the ethics of stem-cell research the divide seems as unbridgeable as ever. In Science vs. Religion Elaine Howard Ecklund investigates this unexamined assumption in the first systematic study of what scientists ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Rough Country

    How Texas Became America's Most Powerful Bible-Belt State

    by Robert Wuthnow ...
    **How the history of Texas illuminates America's post–**Civil War pastTracing the intersection of religion, race, and power in Texas from Reconstruction through the rise of the Religious Right and the failed presidential bid of Governor Rick Perry, Rough Country illuminates American history since the Civil War in new ways, demonstrating that Texas's story is also America’s. In particular, Robert ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Rescuing Jesus

    How People of Color, Women, and Queer Christians are Reclaiming Evangelicalism

    by Deborah Jian Lee ...
    An inside look at the young, diverse, and progressive Christians who are transforming the evangelical movementDeborah Jian Lee left the evangelical world because she was frustrated by its conservative politics. But over the years, she noticed how evangelical culture and politics were changing—and moving in a more progressive direction. What Lee came to find is that most of what we think we know ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Digital Exposure

    Postmodern Postcapitalism

    by R. Sassower ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book adopts an explicitly postmodernist perspective of the digital revolution. While exploring issues relating to the re-creation of social life in the digital world, its main focus is on the political economy and in particular the extent to which the paradigms of capitalism and socialism can be mapped as postcapitalism onto this new world. ... Read more

    $59.39 USD

  • The Invention of Satanism

    by Asbjorn Dyrendal, James R. Lewis, Jesper Aa. Petersen ...
    Satanism is a complex phenomenon that has often been the source of controversy across social and rhetorical contexts. Some consider it the root of all evil. Others see it as a childish form of rebellion or as a misapplication of serious esoteric beliefs and practices. Still others consider it a specific religion or philosophy that serves as a form of personal and collective identity. In The ... Read more

    $54.89 USD

  • Revenge of the Forbidden City

    The Suppression of the Falungong in China, 1999-2005

    by James W. Tong ...
    The Falungong movement originated in 1992 as a system of breathing exercises designed to promote health and well-being. Riding on the coattails of the qigong fever that swept through China, it attracted an extensive following until 1994, when the Chinese government suppressed the qigong movement. A series of protest rallies by Falungong organizations against local government repression set in ... Read more

    $69.29 USD