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  • Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu

    American Representations of India, 1721-1893

    by Michael J. Altman ...
    Today, there are more than two million Hindus in America. But before the twentieth century, Hinduism was unknown in the United States. But while Americans did not write about "Hinduism," they speculated at length about "heathenism," "the religion of the Hindoos," and "Brahmanism." In Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu,Michael J. Altman argues that this is not a mere sematic distinction-a case of more ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Hinduism in America

    An Introduction

    by Michael J. Altman ...
    Series series Religion in America
    Hinduism in America: An Introduction is a concise introduction to the long history of religion in the encounter between America and India. It is not a book that will tell you what Hinduism is; rather, it is an introduction to the variety of ways in which Hinduism has been represented, constructed, and practiced in the United States. Americans have been interested in the religions of India since ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • American Examples, Vol 5

    New Conversations about Religion

    by Michael J. Altman, Rachel E.C. Beckley, Jacob Lassin, Ryne Beddard, Judith Ellen Brunton0, Dustin Gavin1, Sarah M. Hedgecock2, Kit Hermanson3, Mihee Kim-Kort4, Robyn Lee5 ...
    Redefines American religion through bold case studies and fresh theoretical approachesAmerican Examples: New Conversations about Religion, Volume 5 continues the groundbreaking series from the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. Edited by Rachel E. C. Beckley, Jacob Lassin, Andrew Klumpp, and Michael J. Altman, this volume features seven innovative essays that challenge ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • American Examples, Vol 4

    New Conversations about Religion

    by Michael J. Altman, Michael J. Altman, Rachel E.C. Beckley, Yasmine Flodin-Ali, Mary "jem" Jebbia, Steven Kaplin, Andrew Klumpp, Jacob Lassin, Candace Lukasik, Joshua D. Urich2, Suzanne van Geuns5 ...
    Case studies that vividly reimagine the meaning and applications of American religious historyAmerican Examples: New Conversations about Religion, Volume Four, continues the annual anthology series produced by the American Examples workshop at the University of Alabama’s Department of Religious Studies. The goal of American Examples is to examine examples of “something someone called religious, ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • American Examples, Vol 3

    New Conversations about Religion

    by Michael J. Altman, Michael Baysa, Christopher M. Bishop, Jaimie D. Crumley0, Chelsea Ebin1, Lauren Horn Griffin2, Hinasahar Muneeruddin3, Alexander Rocklin4, Sean Sidky5, Joshua D. Urich6, Lucas F. W. Wilson7 ...
    American Examples: New Conversations about Religion, Volume Three, is the third in a series of annual anthologies produced by the American Examples workshop hosted by the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. In the latest volume from this innovative academic project, ten topically and methodologically diverse scholars vividly reimagine the meaning and applications of ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • American Examples, Vol 2

    New Conversations about Religion

    by Samah Choudhury, Michael J. Altman, Prea Persaud, Lindsey Jackson, Christopher Cannon Jones, Erik Kline, Dana Lloyd, Cody Musselman0, Matt Sheedy1, Zachary T. Smith2, Brad Stoddard3, Brook Wilensky-Lanford4 ...
    Fresh new perspectives on the study of religion, ranging from SoulCycle to Mark TwainAmerican Examples: New Conversations about Religion, Volume Two, is the second in a series of annual anthologies produced by the American Examples workshop hosted by the Department of Religious Studies at The University of Alabama. In the latest volume from this dynamic academic project, nine scholars with diverse ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • American Examples, Vol 1

    New Conversations about Religion

    by Michael J. Altman, Samah Choudhury, Travis Warren Cooper, Emily D. Crews, Richard Newton, Prea Persaud, Steven W. Ramey, Hannah Scheidt, Vaia Touna ...
    Rethinking Religion in America Through Contemporary Case and Conversation.American Examples: New Conversations about Religion, Volume One is the first in a series of annual anthologies published in partnership with the Department of Religious Studies at The University of Alabama. The American Examples initiative gathers scholars from around the world for a series of workshops designed to generate ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Varieties of Democracy

    Measuring Two Centuries of Political Change

    by Michael Coppedge, John Gerring, Adam Glynn, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Staffan I. Lindberg, Daniel Pemstein, Brigitte Seim, Svend-Erik Skaaning, Jan Teorell ...
    Varieties of Democracy is the essential user's guide to The Varieties of Democracy project (V-Dem), one of the most ambitious data collection efforts in comparative politics. This global research collaboration sparked a dramatic change in how we study the nature, causes, and consequences of democracy. This book is ambitious in scope: more than a reference guide, it raises standards for causal ... Read more

    $27.09 USD

  • Women of the Iberian Atlantic

    by Ida Altman, Ras Michael Brown, Matt Childs, Carla Gerona, Allyson Poska, Nuria Salazar Simarro, Lisa Vollendorf, Timothy Walker, Hugh Cagle ...
    The ten essays in this interdisciplinary collection explore the lives, places, and stories of women in the Iberian Atlantic between 1500 and 1800. Distinguished contributors such as Ida Altman, Matt D. Childs, and Allyson M. Poska utilize the complexities of gender to understand issues of race, class, family, health, and religious practices in the Atlantic basin. Unlike previous scholarship, which ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The German Stranger

    Leo Strauss and National Socialism

    by William H. F. Altman ...
    Leo Strauss's connection with Martin Heidegger and Carl Schmitt suggests a troubling proximity to National Socialism but a serious critique of Strauss must begin with F. H. Jacobi. While writing his dissertation on this apparently Christian opponent of the Enlightenment, Strauss discovered the tactical principles that would characterize his lifework: writing between the lines, a faith-based ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture

    Prospects for the 21st Century

    Edited by Arie Altman, Paul Michael Hasegawa ...
    As the oldest and largest human intervention in nature, the science of agriculture is one of the most intensely studied practices. From manipulation of plant gene structure to the use of plants for bioenergy, biotechnology interventions in plant and agricultural science have been rapidly developing over the past ten years with immense forward leaps on an annual basis. This book begins by laying ... Read more

    $186.29 USD

  • No Simple Highway

    by Michael Altman ...
    Aden Echo, a young boy who grows up during the 1940s, is befriended by an unlikely spiritual teacher and martial arts master. Adens apprenticeship with Xian helps him develop, along with physical skill, mystical understanding and meditative silence. Years later, Aden has to draw upon his unusual experiences with Xian to survive unspeakable horror and violence during the Vietnam War. In the autumn ... Read more

    $8.69 USD