Religion primitive society

   TITLE:   RELIGION IN PRIMITIVE SOCIETY BY EDWARD NORBECK DESCRIPTION:   HARDCOVER GOOD AS IN PHOTO. HAS PREVIOUS OWNERS NAME ON INSIDE. 1961 FEEDBACK:   I TYPICALLY WAIT UNTIL ITEM IS RECEIVED BY THE WINNING BIDDER PRIOR TO POSTING FEEDBACK. THIS ALLOWS BOTH PARTIES TIME TO RESOLVE ANY ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE WITH ANY GIVEN TRANSACTION.      

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days In 1890, on Indian reservations across the West, followers of a new religion danced in circles until they collapsed into trances. In an attempt to suppress this new faith, the US Army killed over two hundred Lakota Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek. Louis Warren's God's Red Son offers a startling new view of the religion known as the Ghost Dance, from its origins in the visions of a Northern Paiute named Wovoka to the tragedy in South Dakota. To this day, the Ghost Dance remains widely mischaracterized as a primitive and failed effort by Indian militants to resist American conquest and return to traditional ways. In fact, followers of the Ghost Dance sought to thrive in modern America by working for wages, farming the land, and educating their children, tenets that helped the religion endure for decades after Wounded Knee. God's Red Son powerfully reveals how Ghost Dance teachings helped Indians retain their identity and reshape the modern world. Features Summary A leading historian of the American West writes the definitive account of the iconic Ghost Dance religion, which led to the infamous massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890 Author Louis S Warren Publisher BasicBooks Release date 20130421 Pages 496 ISBN 0-465-01502-6 ISBN 13 978-0-465-01502-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days In our religiously pluralistic society, clergy, medical, and nursing staffs in modern hospitals are confronted with caring for people with varied beliefs and customs. Since the overall care of a patient, and not just the surgeries performed or medicines given, affect an individual's recovery, it is vitally important to be familiar with cultural and religious understandings and expectations around hygiene, pastoral care, autopsies, transfusions, and even the practices associated with death itself. AHospital Handbook for Multiculturalism and Religion is a succinct guide to the care of patients from a variety of faiths. The original version included Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, and Baha'i. In the revised edition Neville Kirkwood has added chapters on Taoism, Confucianism, Neo-Confucianism, Chinese Buddhism, and Jainism. Each chapter examines not only the customs of adherents to various faith perspectives but also the significance of certain rites and attitudes, supplying health-care workers and chaplains with the information they need to provide the best care possible." Features Summary This handbook is a succinct guide to the care of patients from a variety of faiths. Each chapter examines not only the customs of various faith perspectives but also the significance of certain rites and attitudes. Author Neville A Kirkwood Publisher Morehouse Publishing Release date 20051001 Pages 144 ISBN 0-8192-2184-8 ISBN 13 978-0-8192-2184-1

 Paperback in very good condition. Published 1990. 165 pages. The Subtitle is: Law, Resistance and Religion in South Africa. In the 1980's South Africa was living between the times. 'The old is dying, the new cannot be born'. The country was closer than perhaps ever before to a political settlement, yet popular resistance(civil disobedience) and state oppression continued (armed conflict). The author is a Professor of Religion and Society. The book is divided into chapters, like: Early resistance; Modern resistance, Civil disobedience, War tyranny and revolution; State illegitimacy and the Ecclesial response.

We combine postage, so do look at our other items on offer. Postage prices outside of South African borders will differ. Please enquire before purchasing. SAPO and PAXI packages Dispatched within 4 business days. Courier  packages Dispatched within 3 business days.   Condition: Very Good 1st British Edition, Bantam, 2005, Hardback - Science - 354pp. From a leading voice in the debate on genetic engineering comes a look at the contemporary relationship of science and religion. 'The Story of God' explores the relationship between humanity & the divine across time, from the primitive worship of our early ancestors to faith in the modern world. The author provides a startling discourse between science & religion.   Free and discounted shipping on bulk purchases (postal and courier) within the RSA. See shipping for details.   Please Click --->   HERE     PTO Books   is selling.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Tireless speech-makers and lovers of verse, the ancient Aztecs used a pictographic system to keep records of their history, geography, and rituals. Many of these accounts were destroyed after the Spanish conquest; but fortunately, a few survived, including records kept by the invaders. This book by an international authority on Mexican archeology and sociology presents a vivid account of that profoundly religious Aztec warrior society--from its days as a primitive people, to the early sixteenth century when a powerful government ruled with great organizational ability and restless energy. A highly readable text, accompanied by rare illustrations, describes public buildings and market places, the problems of life in a great city-state, the ruling classes and living standards, religious beliefs, the everyday lives of people--from birth to death, and much more. Amazing in scope and detail, this volume will be invaluable to students of Mexican history and of interest to anyone fascinated by this ancient civilization. Unabridged republication of the edition published by the MacMillan Company, New York, 1962. 39 black-and-white illustrations. Features Summary Vivid account of a profoundly religious warrior society - from its most primitive days to the eve of the Spanish conquest in the early 16th century. Detailed accounts of life in a city-state... Author Jacques Soustelle Publisher Dover Publications Inc. Release date 20021101 Pages 319 ISBN 0-486-42485-5 ISBN 13 978-0-486-42485-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days A panoramic exploration of peoples, objects and beliefs over 40,000 years from the celebrated author of A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany, following the new BBC Radio 4 documentary and British Museum exhibition. One of the central facts of human existence is that every society shares a set of beliefs and assumptions - a faith, an ideology, a religion - that goes far beyond the life of the individual. These beliefs are an essential part of a shared identity. They have a unique power to define - and to divide - us, and are a driving force in the politics of much of the world today. Throughout history they have most often been, in the widest sense, religious. Yet this book is not a history of religion, nor an argument in favour of faith. It is about the stories which give shape to our lives, and the different ways in which societies imagine their place in the world. Looking across history and around the globe, it interrogates objects, places and human activities to try to understand what shared beliefs can mean in the public life of a community or a nation, how they shape the relationship between the individual and the state, and how they help give us our sense of who we are. For in deciding how we live with our gods, we also decide how to live with each other. 'The new blockbuster by the museums maestro Neil MacGregor... The man who chronicles world history through objects is back... examining a new set of objects to explore the theme of faith in society' Sunday Times Features Summary A panoramic exploration of peoples, objects and beliefs over 40,000 years from the celebrated author of A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany... Author Neil MacGregor Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20190928 Pages 512 ISBN 0-14-198625-5 ISBN 13 978-0-14-198625-8

COBRA (or CoBrA) was a European avant-garde movement active from 1948 to 1951. This international movement of artists who worked experimentally evolved from the criticisms of Western society and a common desire to break away from existing art movements, including "detested" naturalism and "sterile" abstraction. Their working method was based on spontaneity and experiment, and they drew their inspiration in particular from children’s drawings, from primitive art forms and from the work of Paul Klee and Joan Miró. Softcover edition of an excellent analysis of the Group's sculpture by noted Cobra historian Willlemijn Stokvis, published by the Cobra Museum voor Modernr Kunst, 1998. 175 pages. Illustrated throughout. TEXT IS IN DUTCH. Very good condition with some handling marks to pages. Tracked postage is R60.00.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days In this debut work, Scott Eastman tackles the complex issue of nationalism in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Spanish Atlantic empire. Preaching Spanish Nationalism across the Hispanic Atlantic challenges the idea that nationalism arose from the ashes of confessional society. Rather, the tenets of Roman Catholicism and the ideals of Enlightenment worked together to lay the basis for a "mixed modernity" within the territories of the Spanish monarchy. Drawing on sermons, catechisms, political pamphlets, and newspapers, Eastman demonstrates how religion and tradition cohered within burgeoning nationalist discourses in both Spain and Mexico. And though the inclusive notion of Spanish nationalism faded as the revolutions in the Hispanic Atlantic world established new loyalty to postcolonial states, the religious imagery and rhetoric that had served to define Spanish identity survived and resurfaced throughout the course of the long nineteenth century. Preaching Spanish Nationalism across the Hispanic Atlantic skillfully debates the prevailing view that the monolithic Catholic Church -- as the symbol of the ancien r?gime -- subverted a secular progression toward nationalism and modernity. Eastman deftly contends that the common political and religious culture of the Spanish Atlantic empire ultimately transformed its subjects into citizens of the Hispanic Atlantic world. Features Summary In this debut work, Scott Eastman tackles the complex issue of nationalism in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Spanish Atlantic empire. Preaching Spanish Nationalism across the Hispanic Atlantic challenges the idea that nationalism arose from the ashes of confessional society... Author Scott Eastman Publisher Lsu Press Release date 20111231 Pages 264 ISBN 0-8071-3957-2 ISBN 13 978-0-8071-3957-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days Learn how the seclusion of women can be used as a feminist defense against exploitation--and as an empowering force Internationally acclaimed author Ann Chamberlin's book, A History of Women's Seclusion in the Middle East: The Veil in the Looking Glass is a critical interdisciplinary examination of the practice of seclusion of women throughout the Middle East from its beginnings. This challenging exploration discusses the reasons that seclusion may not be as oppressive as is presently generally accepted, and, in fact, may be an empowering force for women in both the West and East. Readers are taken on a controversial, belief-bending journey deep into the surprising origins and diverse aspects of female seclusion to find solid evidence of its surprising use as a defense against monolithic cultural exploitation. The author uses her extensive knowledge of Middle Eastern culture, language, and even archeology to provide a convincing assertion challenging the Western view that seclusion was and is a result of women's oppression. A History of Women's Seclusion in the Middle East goes beyond standard feminist rhetoric to put forth shocking notions on the real reasons behind women's seclusion and how it has been used to counteract cultural exploitation. The book reviews written evidence, domestic and sacred architecture, evolution, biology, the clan, the environment for seclusion, trade, capital and land, slavery, honor, and various other aspects in a powerful feminist argument that seclusion is actually a valuable empowering force of protection from the influence of today's society. The text includes thirty black and white figures with useful descriptions to illustrate and enhance reader understanding of concepts. A History of Women's Seclusion in the Middle East discusses at length: * prehistoric evidence of seclusion * the sense of honor in the Middle East * a balanced look at the Islamic religion * the true nature of the harem * the reasons for the oppression by the Taliban * the positive aspects of 'veiling' * seclusion as a defense against capitalist exploitation * and other challenging perspectives! A History of Women's Seclusion in the Middle East is thought-provoking, insightful reading for all interested in women's history, feminism, and the history and culture of the Middle East. Features Summary Examines the practice of seclusion of women throughout the Middle East from its beginnings. This work discusses the reasons that seclusion may not be as oppressive as is generally accepted... Author J.Dianne Garner (Author), Ann Chamberlin (Author), Linn Prentis (Author) Publisher Haworth Press Inc Release date 20061017 Pages 314 ISBN 0-7890-2983-9 ISBN 13 978-0-7890-2983-6

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days A young woman¿s struggle to save her family and her soul during the most extraordinary year of 1666, when plague suddenly visited a small Derbyshire village and the villagers, inspired by a charismatic preacher, elected to quarantine themselves to limit the contagion. In 1666, plague scorched London, driving the King and his court to Oxford, and Samuel Pepys to Greenwich, to escape contagion. The north of England remained untouched until, in a small community of leadminers and hill farmers, a bolt of cloth arrived from the capital. The tailor who cut the cloth had no way of knowing that the damp fabric carried with it bubonic infection. So begins the Year of Wonders, in which a Pennine village of 350 souls confronts a scourge beyond remedy or understanding. Desperate, the villagers turn to sorcery, herb lore, and murderous witch-hunting. Then, led by a young and charismatic preacher, they elect to isolate themselves in a fatal quarantine. The story is told through the eyes of Anna Frith who, at only 18, must contend with the death of her family, the disintegration of her society, and the lure of a dangerous and illicit attraction. Geraldine Brooks¿s novel explores love and learning, fear and fanaticism, and the struggle of 17th century science and religion to deal with a seemingly diabolical pestilence. Year of Wonders is also an eloquent memorial to the real-life Derbyshire villagers who chose to suffer alone during England¿s last great plague. Features Summary From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'March' and 'People of the Book'. A young woman's struggle to save her family and her soul during the extraordinary year of 1666... Author Geraldine Brooks Publisher Fourth Estate Release date 20020402 Pages 310 ISBN 1-84115-458-X ISBN 13 978-1-84115-458-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days The Story of Philosophy is the ultimate exploration of 2,500 years of Western philosophy. From the Ancient Greeks to modern thinkers, The Story of Philosophy brings a stunning and simple approach to tackle history's biggest ideas. Professor Bryan Magee takes you from the origins of philosophy to the present day, from Plato to Popper and into the future. This essential guide is fully updated to include thoughts on our modern society, exploring science and democracy, and posing the question: where do we go from here? Celebrate the world's most revolutionary concepts and understand how these ideas continue to shape our world. Develop your own perspectives and explore relevant issues such as modern logic and religion with this wonderfully comprehensive illustrated guide. In a world of evolving ideas, The Story of Philosophy is a fantastic resource to revisit again and again. Previous edition ISBN 9781405353335 Features Summary With an exploration of 2,500 years of Western philosophy. This title takes you from the origins of philosophy to the present day, from Plato to Popper and into the future... Author Bryan Magee Publisher DK Pub Release date 20160530 Pages 240 ISBN 0-241-24126-X ISBN 13 978-0-241-24126-4

Author: David J. Wolpe Publisher: HarperOne (2009) ISBN-10: 0061633356 ISBN-13: 9780061633355 Condition: Very Good. The cover has some rubbing and a few scratches with wear to edges and very small creases across the back cover corners.  Binding: Softcover Pages: 220 Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.4 x 1.4 cm +++ by David J. Wolpe +++ In Why Faith Matters, Rabbi David J. Wolpe blends the powerful personal story of his struggles with his own faith with a poignant response to the new atheists that reveals just how important faith in modern society. With a foreword by Rick Warren, New York Times bestselling author of The Purpose Driven Life, Why Faith Matters  is an articulate and much-needed non-denominational defense of established religion in America.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days The first half of Britain's long eighteenth century was a period fraught with conflicts ranging from civil wars (1688-1691) to a series of Jacobite plots, intrigues, and rebellions. It was also a formative period marked by substantial changes including the growth and centralisation of an empire and the maturation of party politics and the public sphere. Covering almost forty years of this colourful history over an expansive geographical range, the author investigates both the existence and meaning of Jacobitism and anti-Jacobitism throughout Britain's Atlantic empire, concluding that the experiences of colonists and British officials in the colonies echoed events and experiences in Britain. Using case studies in Carolina, the mid-Atlantic states and New England, and drawing on a diverse source base, the book integrates the colonies into the narratives and captures the essence of the transatlantic, tripartite relationship between politics, religion, and the public sphere, ultimately contributing to our understandings of the Anglicization of the British Atlantic world. David Parrish is Assistant Professor of Humanities at College of the Ozarks. Features Summary An investigation of the concept of Jacobitism and its effects in the long eighteenth century. Author David Parrish Publisher Royal Historical Society Release date 20170915 Pages 199 ISBN 0-86193-341-9 ISBN 13 978-0-86193-341-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 13 working days Bruno Latour is among the most important figures in contemporary philosophy and social science. His ethnographic studies have revolutionized our understanding of areas as diverse as science, law, politics and religion. To facilitate a more realistic understanding of the world, Latour has introduced a radically fresh philosophical terminology and a new approach to social science, Actor-Network Theory. In seminal works such as Laboratory Life, We Have Never Been Modern and An Inquiry into Modes of Existence, Latour has outlined an alternative to the foundational categories of modern western thought D particularly its distinction between society and nature D that has major consequences for our understanding of the ecological crisis and of the role of science in democratic societies. Latour s empirical philosophy has evolved considerably over the past four decades. In this lucid and compelling book, Gerard de Vries provides one of the first overviews of Latour s work. He guides readers through Latour s main publications, from his early ethnographies to his more recent philosophical works, showing with considerable skill how Latour s ideas have developed. This book will be of great value to students and scholars attempting to come to terms with the immense challenge posed by Latour s thought. It will be of interest to those studying philosophy, anthropology, sociology, science and technology studies, and almost all other branches of the social sciences and humanities. Features Summary Bruno Latour is among the most important figures in contemporary philosophy and social science. His ethnographic studies have revolutionized our understanding of areas as diverse as science... Author Gerard de Vries Publisher Polity Press Release date 20160907 Pages 224 ISBN 0-7456-5063-5 ISBN 13 978-0-7456-5063-0