Religion and the Discourse on Modernity

Paul-François Tremlett

• Paperback | Engels | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies | nr. 9
• The point of departure for this book is the debate about whether religious studies should privilege explanation or understanding. Engaging with contem... Lees meer

The Globalization of Hesychasm and the Jesus Prayer

Christopher D L Johnson

• Paperback | Engels | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies | nr. 5
• The meditative prayer practices known as Hesychasm and the Jesus Prayer have played an important role in the history of Eastern Orthodox Christianity.... Lees meer

Theology and Religious Studies in Higher Education

• Paperback | Engels | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies | nr. 11
• Theology and religious studies co-exist in the majority of departments in higher education institutions within the UK, yet there has been very little ... Lees meer

Contemporary Western Ethnography and the Definition of Religion

Martin D Stringer

• Paperback | Engels | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies | nr. 12
• Exploring whether the widespread activity of sitting next to a grave and talking to a deceased person is a religious act forms the basis of this book,... Lees meer

Becoming Buddhist

Glenys Eddy

• Paperback | Engels | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies
• What does it mean to be a Western Buddhist? For the predominantly Anglo-Australian affiliates of two Western Buddhist centres in Australia, the author... Lees meer

Becoming Buddhist

Glenys Eddy

• Hardcover | Engels | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies | nr. 3
• What does it mean to be a Western Buddhist? For the predominantly Anglo-Australian affiliates of two Western Buddhist centres in Australia, the author... Lees meer

Reform, Identity and Narratives of Belonging

Arkotong Longkumer

• Paperback | Engels | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies | nr. 7
• Reform, Identity and Narratives of Belonging focuses on the Heraka, a religious reform movement, and its impact on the Zeme, a Naga tribe, in the Nort... Lees meer

A New Paradigm of Spirituality and Religion

Marycatherine Burgess

• Hardcover | Engels | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies | nr. 1
• Weaving theory and practice together, MaryCatherine Burgess explores the historically difficult relationship between religion and spirituality by appl... Lees meer

Contemporary Western Ethnography and the Definition of Religion

Martin D Stringer

• Hardcover | Engels | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies | nr. 12
• Is a person sitting next to a grave of a loved one, talking to the deceased person, engaging in a religious act? Many traditional definitions of relig... Lees meer

Cultural Blending in Korean Death Rites

Chang-Won Park

• Hardcover | Engels | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies | nr. 13
• Cultural Blending in Korean Death Rites examines the cultural encounter of Confucianism and Christianity with particular reference to death rites in K... Lees meer

Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations

Gregory Shushan

• Hardcover | Engels | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies | nr. 16
• Gregory Shushan challenges post-modern scholarly attitudes concerning cross-cultural comparisons in the study of religions. In an original and innovat... Lees meer

Spiritual Tourism

Alex Norman

• Hardcover | Engels | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies | nr. 4
• This book investigates spiritual tourism - tourism characterised by an intentional search for spiritual benefit - from a contemporary religious studie... Lees meer

Reform, Identity and Narratives of Belonging

Arkotong Longkumer

• Hardcover | Engels | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies | nr. 7
• Reform, Identity and Narratives of Belonging focuses on the Heraka, a religious reform movement, and its impact on the Zeme, a Naga tribe, in the Nort... Lees meer

Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations

Gregory Shushan

• Paperback | Engels | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies | nr. 16
• Gregory Shushan challenges post-modern scholarly attitudes concerning cross-cultural comparisons in the study of religions. In an original and innovat... Lees meer

Religion and the Discourse on Modernity

Paul-François Tremlett

• Hardcover | Engels | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies | nr. 9
• The point of departure for this book is the debate about whether religious studies should privilege explanation or understanding. Engaging with contem... Lees meer

The Globalization of Hesychasm and the Jesus Prayer

Christopher D L Johnson

• Hardcover | Engels | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies | nr. 5
• The meditative prayer practices known as Hesychasm and the Jesus Prayer have played an important role in the history of Eastern Orthodox Christianity.... Lees meer

Levinas, Messianism and Parody

Terence Holden

• Paperback | Engels | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies
• There is no greater testament to Emmanuel Levinas' reputation as an enigmatic thinker than in his meditations on eschatology and its relevance for con... Lees meer

Spirit Possession and Trance

• Hardcover | Engels | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies | nr. 6
• Spirit possession is a phenomenon that often elicits a response of fear, particular in those who are ignorant of its meaning and role within its parti... Lees meer

The Innateness of Myth

Ritske Rensma

• Hardcover | Engels | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies | nr. 14
• Joseph Campbell (1904-1988) was one of the most well-known and popular scholars of myth and comparative religion of the twentieth century. His work, h... Lees meer

Religion as a Conversation Starter

Ina Merdjanova, Patrice Brodeur

• Paperback | Engels | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies | nr. 8
• Religion as a Conversation Starter is the first comprehensive analysis of the present state of interreligious dialogue for peacebuilding in Southeast ... Lees meer

Spirit Possession and Trance

• Paperback | Engels | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies | nr. 6
• Spirit possession is a phenomenon that often elicits a response of fear, particular in those who are ignorant of its meaning and role within its parti... Lees meer

Spiritual Tourism

Alex Norman

• Paperback | Engels | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies
• This book investigates spiritual tourism - tourism characterised by an intentional search for spiritual benefit - from a contemporary religious studie... Lees meer

The Appropriation of Native American Spirituality

Suzanne Owen

• Paperback | Engels | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies | nr. 15
• Native Americans and Canadians are largely romanticised or sidelined figures in modern society. Their spirituality has been appropriated on a relative... Lees meer

Cultural Blending in Korean Death Rites

Chang-Won Park

• Paperback | Engels | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies | nr. 13
• Cultural Blending in Korean Death Rites examines the cultural encounter of Confucianism and Christianity with particular reference to death rites in K... Lees meer