“…By analyzing the cultural and social aspects of community formation through language, religion, symbols, politics, race, and blood ties, these papers reveal that national identity, rather than being an inborn trait, is more often a result of the presence of common elements in the daily lives of individuals…”

“…It examines the arguments by which reason eventually became the sovereign standard of truth in religion and politics, and how it triumphed over its rivals: Scripture, inspiration, and apostolic tradition. …”
Sumario

“…His fresh anthropological and ethnographical approach focuses on cultural inheritance and change while considering shamanism, folk religion, the range of witch trials, and how the fear of witchcraft might be eradicated"…”

“…For several years, while he served in the Danzig senate, Hermann Rauschning discussed matters of religion, politics, and race with Hitler. Increasingly alarmed by Hitler's plans to achieve global power, Rauschning resigned from the senate and assembled his transcriptions and notes taken during these conversations. …”

“…This compelling volume is organized around themes of religion and conflict, and distinguished by its incorporation of an expanded geographic frame…”

“…A prominent figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, William Robertson differed from his better-known contemporaries, such as Voltaire, Hume and Gibbon, because he used the critical tools of the Enlightenment not to attack religion but to strengthen it. As a historian, he helped shape 18th-century historiography. …”

“…While Scripture is at the centre of many religions, among them Islam and Christianity, this book inquires into the function, development, and implications of the centrality of text upon the Jewish community, and by extension on the larger question of canonization and the text-centered community. …”

“…It gives full weight to a remarkable strain of radical religion that simply refuses to die…”

“…Now in her early twenties, Maja is haunted by the desire to make sense of the threads of her history; meanwhile, her mother has found comfort in Santería--a faith that melds Catholic saints and the Yoruba gods of West African religion. Maja's narrative is one of two parallel voices in this novel. …”
Acceso a las primeras páginas

“…In contrast, ethics and religion, which also have been greatly influenced by nominalism, usually are perceived as giving us just our constructs and opinions. …”

“…This book will be of great benefit to scholars of comparative religion and advanced students in Middle Eastern history, Islamic Studies, Islamic Law and early Islamic literature…”

Conectar con la versión electrónica

“…El teorema que recoge esta relación toma su nombre de Pitágoras, una de las figuras más intrigantes y sorprendentes de la historia de la ciencia, líder e inspirador de un círculo místico que aunaba religión y matemática…”