Handbook of Environmental Desing
88: Tianjin University Press, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Text in Chinese. 286 pp.
88: Tianjin University Press, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Text in Chinese. 286 pp.
44: ATESEA, 1993. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Interesting essays, for example about using native folklore in doing theology. Spine faded and front cover also has some discoloration. Minor wear to the covers otherwise. 76 pp.
25: Academia Scientarium Fennica, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. This study charts the ways in which "Buile Shuibhne", a medieval Irish tale, has been interpreted in twentieth-century scholarship, by paying particular attention to the religious allegorical readings of the text. This examination of four prevalent interpretative frameworks - historical, pre-Christian, and.....
42: Oxford University Press, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The classical Vedic texts that deal with large-scale sacrificial ritual and those writings that deal with domestic ritual have traditionally been treated as unrelated. The former are devoted to the explication of rituals that are dominated by wealthy male elites; the latter.....
52: Ateneo De Manila University Press, 1995. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pioneering study on Badjoe ritual and religion. Beginning of the book has a fair amount of small ballpoint pen markings. Otherwise just minor wear and a few light stains. 279 pp.
44: The Luthern World Federation, 1997. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 201 pp. Minor wear and discoloration to the covers, and fading of the spine.
42: American Academy of Religion, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Ballpoint pen marking on the flyleaf and slight yellowing of the pages, otherwise fine. 270 pp.
24: Prometheus Books, 2004. Hardcover. One of the most innovative thinkers in the field of Islamic Studies was John Wansbrough (1928-2002), Professor of Semitic Studies and Pro-Director of London University's School of Oriental and African Studies. Critiquing the traditional accounts of the origins of Islam as historically unreliable and heavily.....
24: Prometheus, 2006. Hardcover. One of the most innovative thinkers in the field of Islamic Studies was John Wansbrough (1928-2002), Professor of Semitic Studies and Pro-Director of London University's School of Oriental and African Studies. Critiquing the traditional accounts of the origins of Islam as historically unreliable and heavily influenced.....
66: Tampere Museums, 1998. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Text in English. Fascinating exhibition catalogue and overview of Siberian shamanism. 224 pp. Minor wear to the covers.
25: Mouton De Gruyter, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A huge collection of essays on the Finnish national epic Kalevala, and its models like Homeric Epics, Virgil's Aeneid, Eddic Poetry, Nibelungenlied, and its points of comparison in Europe, Africa and Asia. Etc. Writers include Lauri Honko, Minna Skafte Jensen, Teivas Oksala.....
25: De Gruyter Mouton, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Contain writings on the Iliad and the Odyssey, Old Norse, and oral epics of South Slavic, Turkic, Siberian, Tulu, African and Native American origin. Etc. Writers include Lauri Honko, Minna Skafte Jensen, John Miles Foley, Joseph Harris, Karl Reichl, Arthur T. Hatto.....
42: Finnish Literature Society, 2003. 1st Edition. Soft cover. The present volume shows clearly the reflexive nature of the study of folklore. The dynamics of creating histories, nations, ideologies and identities are treated in various cultural arenas and historical contexts, ranging from academic, national and literature cultures to oral traditions.....
34: Perennial Books, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Martin Lings (1909-2005) was an English scholar and a member of the Traditionalist School along such writers as René Guénon and Frithjof Schuon. Rare first edition with unclipped dust jacket. Some general wear. Foxing on the edge of the pages. Dust jacket has.....
46: Lutheran Theological Seminary. 1st Edition. Soft cover. About half of the articles are in English and half in Chinese. English-language topics range from the Lord's Prayer as interpreted by Gregory of Nyssa and Martin Luther to reading the Bible with a touch of Zen and preaching in Late Ming.....
35: Bangla Academy, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Shamsuzzaman Khan (1940-2021) was a prominent Bangladeshi scholar and folklorist. These two volumes contain essays dealing with everything from rituals and belief to baby talk, and from folk costumes and embroidery to folk architecture etc. **** First volume published 1987, and has a......
13: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1978. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Two-volume set. A new edition, revised and illustrated. Fourth reprint, originally published in 1894. William Crooke (1848-1923) was a British orientalist and a key figure in the study and documentation of Anglo-Indian folklore. While an administrator in India, he found ample time to.....
44: Taosheng Publishing House, 1990. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Essays on the interaction of Chinese culture and its traditional forms of religion with Christianity. Text in Chinese and English. Minor wear to covers.