The protestant nation religious politics
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The protestant tradition stems mainly from luther, calvin, and the sectarianshe speaks with conviction and vigour about issues including religious tolerance and intolerance and the conflict between church and state; he closes with a plea for unity the churchoxfam bookshop carlisle first published in , this book was intended to offer a new interpretation of early protestantism and, against this background, a searching treatment of modern religious issuessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe sectarian movement was steadily gaining strength in england in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; dr whale examines its teachings and tells of its later developmentafter him calvin, with his remorseless logic, may seem an unsympathetic figure; but here he is shown in his proper light as the great statesman and doctrinarian of the young churchsome page edge and board wear, jacket is cutluther was the revolutionary genius; because of his acute sense of paradox his teaching is difficult to understand, but dr whale's summing-up makes it a good deal easier
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Inventing ireland: literature of the modern nationtitle: inventing ireland: literature of the modern nationcondition: used; goodall orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible!authors: kiberd, declanused book condition
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Momentum: the struggle for peace, politics and the people by mo mowlam first edition with signed inscription by mo mowlam“to mark, hope you enjoy it love, mo”
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Set of hutchinson’s story of the british nation magazines ‘the first pictorial & authoritative history of the british peoples, from the earliest times to the present day’ edited by walter hutchinson full set of 52 magazines, printed fortnightly also includes printed summaries of each volume (13 magazines) from the early s good condition read more
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2 - soul of the ultimate nationthe title is collector's edition volfor this specific sale the cds sleeve condition refers only to the inner paper insert sleeve, and does not refer to the outer digipak, jewel case or cardboard outer casing
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Oxfam books & music beaconsfield celebrating the virgin mary as both an object of religious affection and a focus of civic pride, artists of fourteenth-century siena established for their city a vibrant tradition that continued into the early decades of the next centurydrawing on extensive unpublished archives, norman reconstructs the circumstances surrounding the commission of marian art in the three most prestigious locations of fourteenth-century siena: the cathedral, the palazzo pubblico, and the hospital of santa maria della scalashe analyzes similarly important commissions in the contado towns of massa marittima, montalcino, and montepulcianosuch celebratory portraits of the virgin were also common in siena's extensive subject territories, the contadofirst edition publishedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis richly illustrated book explores late medieval sienese art-how it was created, commissioned, and understood by the citizens of sienacasting new light on such topics as the original site for the reliquary tomb of saint cerbone, patron saint of massa marittima, and the identity of the patrons of the marian frescoes in the rural hermitage of san leonardo al lago, the author deepens our insight into the origins and meanings of sienese art production of the late medieval periodexamining political, economic, and cultural relations between siena and the contado, diana norman offers a new understanding of marian art and its political function as an expression of civic ideologythe book is in as new condition in a slip case which has a little shelfwear
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Lalonde carves out a provocative direction for contemporary religious thoughtcutting a novel path through the disciplines of critical theology, religious studies, and critical theory, this volume culminates with the groundbreaking essay a critical theory of religious insightengaging the religious as a resource for theoretical innovation, the theory advances itself as a unique form of critical theory concerned to set the religious against the normative orders of thoughtthis critical strategy not only bears upon the development of religious thought today but involves the extension of critical thought and theorysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road in this challenging collection of essays, marc p
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Makdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposeshis study challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groupsthe religious violence of the nineteenth century, which culminated in sectarian mobilizations and massacres in , was a complex, multilayered, subaltern expression of modernization, he says, not a primordial reaction to itthe ottoman reform movement launched in and the growing european presence in the middle east contributed to the disintegration of the traditional lebanese social order based on a hierarchy that bridged religious differencesmakdisi's book is important to our understanding of lebanese society today, but it also makes a significant contribution to the discussion of the importance of religious discourse in the formation and dissolution of social and national identities in the modern worldmakdisi highlights how european colonialism and orientalism, with their emphasis on christian salvation and islamic despotism, and ottoman and local nationalisms each created and used narratives of sectarianism as foils to their own visions of modernity and to their own projects of colonial, imperial, and national development condition good, some minor warping to front cover as can be seen in digital imagesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular country
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By putting the international politics of revolution centre stage, fred halliday's book makes a major contribution to the understanding of both revolution and world politicsrevolutions have, as much as war or nationalism, shaped the development of world politicsequally, revolutions have been, in cause, ideology and consequence, international eventsoxfam shop mold the relation of revolutions to international relations is central to modern historysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The weimar republic sourcebook represents the most comprehensive documentation of weimar culture, history, and politics assembled in any languageoxfam bookshop glossop road creasing to cover and spinegood overall condition a laboratory for competing visions of modernity, the weimar republic () continues to haunt the imagination of the twentieth centuryits thirty chapters explore germany's complex relationship to democracy, ideologies of "reactionary modernism," the rise of the "new woman," bauhaus architecture, the impact of mass media, the literary life, the tradition of cabaret and urban entertainment, and the situation of jews, intellectuals, and workers before and during the emergence of fascismit invites a wide community of readers to discover the richness and complexity of the turbulent years in germany before hitler's rise to powersee oxfam website for delivery information read moredrawing from such primary sources as magazines, newspapers, manifestoes, and official documents (many unknown even to specialists and most never before available in english), this book challenges the traditional boundaries between politics, culture, and social lifethis will be a major resource and reference work for students and scholars in history; art; architecture; literature; social and political thought; and cultural, film, german, and women's studiesits political and cultural lessons retain uncanny relevance for all who seek to understand the tensions and possibilities of our agewhile devoting much attention to the republic's varied artistic and intellectual achievements (the frankfurt school, political theater, twelve-tone music, cultural criticism, photomontage, and urban planning), the book is unique for its inclusion of many lesser-known materials on popular culture, consumerism, body culture, drugs, criminality, and sexuality; it also contains a timetable of major political events, an extensive bibliography, and capsule biographies
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In exploring the features of sri lanka's history, geography, politics and economy which explain this paradox, the author looks in detail at some of the dominant features of contemporary sri lanka: the political consequences of the plantation experience; the persistence of elite political leadership; and the causes and consequences of ethnic conflictsri lanka has more than fifty years' history of pluralist democracy and such issues directly affect the interests of the smallholder populationyet successive sri lankan governments have pursued economic policies favouring food consumers and the state itself at the expense of agricultural producersoxfam bookshop chiswick dr moore's enterprising book focuses on an apparent paradox: the failure of sri lanka's highly politicized smallholder electorate to place on the national political agenda issues relating to the public distribution of material resourcessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop woodbridge the best-selling introduction to international relations, offering the most comprehensive coverage of the key theories and global issues in world politics, written by leading experts in the fieldno inscriptions or annotations see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop woodbridge this new text provides a lively introduction to the remarkable developments in philosophy of language in this century, and to the way theses developments have impinged upon religious language, particularly christian discourse no inscriptions or annotations see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A german princess by birth, anne is to be henry's pawn in the protestant alliance against rome, but the marriage falters from the startthe king will decide who will live and who will die; he has the power of god nowoxfam bookshop cheltenham from the bestselling author of the other boleyn girl, philippa gregory, comes a wonderfully atmospheric evocation of the court of henry viii and his final queensand jane boleyn, summoned to the inner circle once more by her uncle the duke of norfolk, finds a fractious court haunted by the boleyn legacy of death and deceithenry viii must take his fourth wife and the dangerous prize is won by anne of clevesthe new queen begins to sense a trap closing around hernothing is certain in a kingdom ruled by an increasingly tyrannical kingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehenry finds nothing to admire in his new queen, setting himself against his advisors and nobles to pay court to young katherine howard
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The essays point to how challenges to a democratic public culture can be resisted by drawing upon india's long historical tradition of critical thinking, argument and dissentreview this is a timely conversation about the resilience of india's pluralist democracy in a variety of spheres, from education and the media to electoral politics, public institutions and the diasporanussbaum is ernst freund distinguished service professor of law and ethics at the university of chicagojayal, professor in the center for the study of law and governance, jawaharlal nehru university) about the author wendy doniger is mircea eliade distinguished service professor of the history of religions at the university of chicago
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The surface covering to the front board has torn away to reveal the underlying cardthe same is true of the paste downthe textblock is annotation-freesome foxing to the first and last few pages, and occasionally elsewheresee oxfam website for delivery information read morefairly heavy wear to the covers in the form of small tears, rubbing and stainingcondition: the boards are beginning to part company with the spineoxfam bookshop exeter a collection of articles from
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Over a long career he has been involved in the field of environmental politics and policy making as an academic, politician, government adviser, nuclear company director and prominent environmental activistas a member of the first committee on radioactive waste management he was directly responsible for some of the uk's policy on legacy wastethe legacy of nuclear power brings together his varied experience and expertise and reflects his lifetime concern with the fate of nuclear communities now and in the futuresee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome writing on last page, as shown in photooxfam shop st giles street andrew blowers obe is emeritus professor of social sciences at the open university
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Archive footage with voiceovers from paul giamatti, edward herrmann and meryl streep shows how these three people helped change the view of american politicsoxfam bookshop swanage seven-part documentary about three of the most prominent members of the famous roosevelt family: theodore, franklin d and eleanor by renowned historian ken burnssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefollowing the family from theodore's birth in to eleanor's death in the documentary covers theodore's and franklin's presidencies, the creation of the national parks of america and the digging of the panama canal, all events that the family helped to shape
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Wilson reminds us that cities without people are desolate: interspersed amongst the invasions and religious conflicts are the people whose lives touched the life of this city: herod the great and his sons, jesus of nazareth, the emperors vespasian and titus, saladin and even samuel clemens, otherwise known as mark twainin the following centuries came arab conquest, the crusades, neglect and decay, rediscovery in the 19th century by european travellers and finally its destruction in the six days war after being occupied by israeli forcesjohn francis wilson brings us the story of banias, or ancient caesarea philippi, the city that sat at the source of the jordan river in what are now known as the golan heights regionunder herod phillip(died ad 34)it became caesarea philippi and was a focal point for the cult of the god pan throughout the roman periodits story will make fascinating reading to historians, general readers and those interested in the archaeology and narrative of the near eastin doing so he brings to life a city whose history is a microcosm of that of the middle east itselfjohn francis wilson has had complete access to the site, and has drawn upon a wealth of sources in order to provide the first comprehensive history of this remarkable citybanias' story starts in canaanite timesoxfam bookshop stirling vg gloss illustrated wrapper, few slight scratches to rear, vg/nf black boards, block clean and binding firm"sometime in the ancient city of banias passed its th anniversary, yet there was no celebrationwith the accession of the christian emperor constantine its pagan heritage brought it into conflict with emerging christianity" see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle the best of living scottish folksong tradition is to be found in this booksee oxfam website for delivery information read morenorman buchan and peter hall folksong enthusiasts with a wide knowledge of the folksong world have selected original materialsongs about the sea, romance, the worker's lot, politics, battles, tinkers and city life more than 100 songs are included and the range of mood and setting is wide
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This is a study of the epidemiology of the plague, covering religious belief, plague in the ancient world, middle ages up to the 18th and 19th centuriesoxfam shop macclesfield the conquest of plague, by l fabian hirst, md, oxford university press, pp including indexsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis covers vectors of plague ie rats, fleas, other rodents, human transmission of plague, finally dealing with methods of containment and control
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The author provides a narrative introduction to sixteenth-century english and scottish history, focusing on the political and religious developments in both countries while considering also economic, social, cultural and educational changeoxfam books & music beaconsfield this volume examines the development of two sovereign nations over seventy-four momentous years, from the downfall of cardinal wolsey in england and the majority of james v in scotland to the succession of james's grandson to the throne of england in however this is adequate as a reading copythe book incorporates recent work on topics such as reformation settlements in both countries: the destruction of anne boleyn and mary queen of scots: the characters of mary tudor, elizabeth i and james vi: french intervention in scotland: and the defeat of the spanish armadathroughout the narrative, the author reflects on the reliability of historical evidence, highlighting key interpretative issues for readers new to the periodthe cover shows handling and shelf wear and some sections have copious underscoring in pencil with the occasional ink margin notecommon issues explored include the tensions between centre and periphery: the relationship between monarch and subject: the development of bureaucracies and 'reformed religion': and shifting attitudes towards irelandsee oxfam website for delivery information read more binding is sound
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop hebden bridge a fascinating look into the history of a ropostale, the world's first intercontinental airline, and the remarkable people, technology, politics, and tragedy surrounding its inception and untimely end
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This book looks at a place where the conditions for religious conflict are present, but active conflict is absentcombining archival and interview material, she accounts for how the community's idealized identity as a place of peace is realized on the ground through a variety of strategieswith a minimum of intervention from outside interests, muslims, hindus, and sikhs have successfully managed conflict when it does arisethis fascinating town with its rich history will be of interest to students and scholars of islam, south asia, and peace and conflict resolutionbigelow explores the complicated history of the region, going back to its foundation by a sufi saint in the fifteenth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wallingford inter-religious relations in india are notoriously fraught, not infrequently erupting into violencebigelow focuses on a muslim majority punjab town (malkerkotla) where both during the partition and subsequently there has been no inter-religious violenceas a story of peace in a region of conflict, this study is an important counterbalance to many conflict studies and a corrective to portrayals of islamic cultures as militant and intolerant
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The authors then explain their importance in reflecting and often affecting the political and religious beliefs of these culturesthey also look at the evidence of who made them, how and whyfor these ancient cultures, textiles were often the most valuable commodity they possessed - far beyond gold and silver - and they were a major medium for conveying critical cultural meaningoxfam bookshop hexham this is the first time the british museum's major collection of peruvian and other early andean textiles is being published as a groupsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe introduction discusses briefly how ancient andean textiles have survived in desert graves for up to years, setting them in their chronological, cultural and environmental contextfor us, they are works of unsurpassed art and craftsmanship, and one of the greatest resources for studying these great civilizationsincluded are rare and exquisite pieces, many of great iconographic and technical importance, ranging in date from the paracas to the inka and colonial periods, 200 bc to the late 18th century ad
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While faile's work is constructed from found visual imagery, and blurs the line between “high” and “low” culture, recent exhibitions demonstrate an emphasis on audience participation, a critique of consumerism, and the incorporation of religious media and architecture into their workare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifaile (pronounced "fail") is a brooklyn-based artistic collaboration between patrick mcneil (bsize of the fight show print - new edition: nocatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableminneapolis, mn)2 of 100 five color silkscreen 60 x 45 cm (24 x 18 inches) 260gsm french paper signed, embossed and numbered faile this image was made to mark the occasion of their show at library street collective and their first solo show in detroitsince its inception in , faile is known for their pioneering use of wheatpasting and stenciling in the increasingly established arena of street art, and for their explorations of duality through a fragmented style of appropriation and collagethis edition features a shimmering silver fist along with a semi-gloss pattern that creates a nice depth as you move around the printour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeduring this time, faile adapted its signature mass culture-driven iconography to a wide array of media, from wooden boxes and window pallets to more traditional canvas, prints, sculptures, stencils, multimedia installation, and prayer wheelsedmonton, ca) and patrick miller (bplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle explores the history and religious significance of the holy city and chronicles the violent struggles among jews, christians and moslems to gain possession of jerusalem's ancient temple mountsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreexcellent pages, a little edge and jacket wear
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Young and impressionable, during the war brian waugh had been unable to condemn the whole nation for the treatment of a few see oxfam website for delivery information read moregift inscription to front endpaperoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, , john murray ltd not price clippedthis astonishing and topical novel deals with the return of an ex-prisoner to germany as war after the second world warthere have been many stories of prisoners-of-wardustwrapper with some tears and markshaunted by the memory of this love he returns only to find disillusion, as he discovers the ruthlessness of the germans in attempt to shift the blame for the war from themselvesthis faith in "good germans" was strengthened when he met and fell in love with the german nurse, margot
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Hundreds of thousands of men across the divided nation enlisted in state volunteer regiments that poured into the sprawling military camps around washington, dc, richmond, virginia, and other strategic locationsillustrated with full-color photography and historical documents, engagingly written and thoroughly explained, these books are the perfect addition to children's and adults' library collections, school libraries, and personal libraries of interested readers and history lovers of all agesoxfam bookshop brighton as dawned, the civil war, the conflict that had started the year before and that most americans thought would last only a few months, showed no signs of endingwithin a year, thousands of these courageous men had lost their lives on bloody battlefields or died in disease-ridden encampmentswhile other books examine the war between the states from a political, tactical, or military perspective, these books focus on the day-to-day life and the human experience of the men themselves, the union and confederate soldiers who enlisted and often fought to the death for their beliefs and those of their home regions of the young united statessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book provides a glimpse at the lives, weapons, and equipment of these soldiers through a collection of artifacts and exacting reproductions
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