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NY: Eliot Foundation of Adult Education Apparent FIRST EDITION. 6 booklets, 176 total pages. Sessions I to VI: (1933) First Year, First Term covers Egypt, Israel and Greece, cover is dark… Mehr…

NY: Eliot Foundation of Adult Education Apparent FIRST EDITION. 6 booklets, 176 total pages. Sessions I to VI: (1933) First Year, First Term covers Egypt, Israel and Greece, cover is darkened and somewhat faded, light shelf wear. Sessions VII to XII, (1934) First Year, Second Term, covers the Roman Republic and Empire, Beginning of Christianity, Pagan Ireland and Pagan Germany, used like new condition. Sessions XIII to XVIII (1934) First Year, Third Term, covers Asiatic Religions, France, Italy, and England, used like new condition. Sessions XIX to XXIV (1935) Second Year, First Term, covers Politics, Art, Literature (English & Spanish), Era of Discovery, used like new condition. Sessions XXV to XXX (1935) Second Year, Second Term, covers Beginnings of Modern Science, Reformation, Puritan England, Louis XIV, Age of Enlightenment and the French Revolution, German Literature, used like new condition. Sessions XXXI to XXXVI (1935) Second Year, Third Term, covers Rise of Economic Theory, Biology of Cognate Sciences, Founding of America, Problems of Colonial America, American Transcendentalism, Lincoln and the Civil War, light shelf wear. Ships in sturdy cardboard for ultimate protection, no bubble mailers!. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book., Eliot Foundation of Adult Education, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Translated by Sandy Petrey. Fine in a Very Good Jacket, unclipped ($9.95), toned at the edges, a few stains at the panels. Quarter black cloth with marbled paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Zola's novel about a priest's pursuit of chastity in the face of Albine, "a pagan creature of nature., Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1969, Very Good+ First Edition Hardcover with Mylar Protected Not Clipped Near Very Good Dust jacket.192pp.b/w illusU. S. A.: Indiana University Press,1975. First American Edition. 8vo . A study of this part Harvest, part Pagan, part Christian, and part 'Troubles' festival. This folklore study is one of the modern greats of Irish folklore. Very good shape. A few dust jacket discolorations and bright in it's mylar jacket. Handsome Painting on cover.No chips, NOT price clipped and NOT a library book, pages clean.Great price for this cloth first edition with dust jacket. 40 years selling Celtic books with five star customer service.., Indiana University Press, 1975, Ashgate Publishing Limited, UK, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition. 470 Pages. Side and bottom edge of the board are bumped. Both boards are slightly marked. Alternative religions attract great public, academic and government interest in our apparently post-Christian society. Yet how did all the 'alternatives' develop, what are their beliefs and practices and how significant is their impact in terms of the world's religions and society? This book presents a comprehensive introduction to the major forms of alternative religions: Cults, Sects, New Religious Movements, the New Age, Fundamentalism, Pentecostalism, Ethnic Religions and Quasi-religions. Stephen Hunt presents sociological insights into the rise of alternative religions, their beliefs and practices, their impact, who joins them and why, and how they are being classified and could be re-classified in the future. Public and legal controversies surrounding some alternative religions, such as the so-called 'dangerous cults', are also explored. Offering a broad introduction to alternative religions, this book offers students added insights into contemporary themes such as secularisation, post-modernity, links between religion, healing and human potential, and changes in our global culture. Contents: Introduction; Alternative religion in perspective; Cults; Sectarianism; Christian fundamentalism; Pentecostalism and movements of Christian renewal; New religious movements; Some major new religious movements; The New Age; Neo-Paganism and esoteric spiritualities; Popular forms of religiosity; Human potential and healing movements; World religions and the faiths of ethnic minorities; Quasi-religions; The 'rise' of the alternatives: some implications; Bibliography; Glossary of terms; Index. Book Description: Alternative religions attract great public, academic and government interest in our apparently post-Christian society. Yet how did all the alternatives develop, what are their beliefs and practices and how significant are their impact in terms of the world's religions and society? This book presents a comprehensive introduction to the major forms of alternative religions: cults, sects, new religious movements, the New Age, fundamentalism, Pentecostalism, ethnic religions and quasi religions. Stephen Hunt presents sociological insights into the rise of alternative religions, their beliefs and practices, their impact, who joins them and why, and how they are being classified and could be re-classified in the future. Public and legal controversies surrounding some alternative religions, such as the so-called dangerous cults, are also explored. Offering a broad introduction to alternative religions, this book offers students added insights into contemporary themes such as secularization, post-modernity, links between religion, healing and human potential, and changes in our global culture. Size: 1.9 x 17.1 x 24.1 cm. 470 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Religion & Theology; Hardbacks; ISBN: 0754634094. ISBN/EAN: 9780754634096. Inventory No: X126-1137. This item is potentially heavy when packed and may require more postage than the rates shown. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost.. 9780754634096, Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2003, New York: Newsweek, 1971. Mock-epic sea battles, grimly realistic wild animals hunts, breathtaking fireworks display, and at least one midnight seance have been held in the colosseum since its inauguration in A.D. 80. More than 1500 years have passed since the last blood - human or animal-was shed on the arena sands, but during that time the massive amphitheatre built by the Flavian emperors has continued to play a major role in Roman history. 'The Colosseum' vividly recreates that history - depicting the gory gladiatorial games, the martyrdom of early Christians, the successive sacks of Rome by marauding barbarian armies, the desecretion and partial dismantling of the arena itself, and finally its preservation as a world-famous tourist attraction. Here we have the panoramic sweep of the decline and fall of Rome, as viewed from the eternal city's most impressive ruin. Some one hundred illustrations - half in full colou r- provide a stunning visual complement to the narrative. Modern photographs, especially commissioned for this volume, as well as paintings and sketches by famous artists have been juxtaposed with views of classical sculpture and ancient frescoes, coins, and mosaics. A special section, The Collosseum in Literature, includes excerpts from works by such noted authors as Gibbon, Byron, Goethe, Shaw, Dickens and Longfellow - all of whom were inspired by the vast amphitheatre. Contents: I). The story of the Colosseum. 1). Roma Resurgens. 2). The bloody spectacle. 3). Pagan and Christian. 4). Twilight of the eternal city. 5). Poets, popes and patriots. 5). The romantic ruin. 6). While stands the Colosseum. II). The Colosseum in literature. With chronology of Roman history, guide to Roman monuments, bibliography and index. 172 pag.. 1st edition. Cloth with dustjacket. Good condition.. 29,5cmx23cm., Newsweek, 1971, University of Chicago Press, 2009. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. B/W images throughout, with a section of color images. pp 375-728. Includes sections on Vestigial Remnants, Rhetorics of Saintly Production, and the Politics of Idolatry. Articles include "From Cuba with Saints" by Marc Blanchard, "St. Elvis" by Lawrence Jasud, "Reviving the Fairy Tree: Tales of European Sanctity" by Fran, University of Chicago Press, 2009, Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good., Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10, Corner House Pub, 1977-06-01. 4 Revised. Hardcover. Good., Corner House Pub, 1977-06-01, University of Papua New Guinea Press. 2012. Trade paperback. Fine.. 191 pp., bibliography, maps. . There are various modern methods of an audience-centered reading of the Scriptures. One of them is an anthropology-inspired approach which assumes that people from these parts of the world come to the Bible with quite a different set of presuppositions, grounded in their own age-old traditions. This kind of approach goes purposely away from the well-established kind of reading which is based upon past Jewish history, ancient near-Eastern customs and archaeology, Semitic philology and so on. But without denying the value of these essentially sound segments of learning, is it really necessary that Melanesians should first plunge into Western academia in order to hear God's word? Or is it no longer true that "Greeks" must not first become "Jews" before they can become Christians? The articles gathered in Traditional Religion in Melanesia, and its companion volume Christianity in Melanesia contribute to the goal just described. They make clear that religion as such was not something that was completely new for "the pagans of the past", and that as a rule, too, they were rather selective in accepting the Christian message. This accounts for some misunderstandings, but also for some very positive ways of accepting Christianity., University of Papua New Guinea Press, 2012<