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A Hedonist Manifesto: The Power to Exist by Michel Onfray
78.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture
Michael Onfray passionately defends the potential of hedonism to resolve the dislocations and disconnections of our melancholy age. In a sweeping survey of history's engagement with and rejection of the body, he exposes the sterile conventions that prevent us from realizing a more immediate, ethical, an ...Show more
Christianity: Religion in Focus by Geoff Teece
36.00 NZD
38.99 (7% off)
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: Religion in Focus S. | Reading Level: From 10 To 99
This series provides as much factual information as possible, using tables, diagrams, maps and photos and text. Where the religion is practiced, its key tenets and beliefs and how these are interpreted in everyday life, its main religious figures and festivals, holy places and scripture, its different f ...Show more
Dragon World (HB) by Tamara Macfarlane
24.00 NZD
Category: Picture Books | Series: NORSE RELIGION
Meet the fire-breathing beasts of mythology in this beautifully illustrated book brimming with scaled behemoths. Lurking in every corner of the earth, from the deepest depths of the oceans, to the tips of the tallest mountains, even tucked beneath the very ground that you tread on, dragons watch and wai ...Show more
Hinduism - An Introduction by Will Sweetman
45.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: I.B. Tauris Introductions to Religion
What is 'Hinduism'? Do Hindus worship one god, or many? Is caste essential to religious practice? If Hindus are vegetarian, why does animal sacrifice continue to form part of their ritual? And is Hinduism even one religion at all, or is it better thought of as an interrelated matrix of connecting but ul ...Show more
Hinduism: Religion in Focus by Geoff Teece
36.00 NZD
38.99 (7% off)
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: Religion in Focus S. | Reading Level: From 10 To 99
A fact-filled reference book covering where the religion is practised, its key tenets and beliefs and how these are interpreted in everyday life, this title also features the main festivals, holy places and holy scripture. It is aimed at children from the age of eight.
Indigenous Traditions and Ecology: The Interbeing of Cosmology and Community by John A. Grim
108.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Religions of the World and Ecology
A new perspective on religions and the environment emerges from this collection. The authors, a diverse group of indigenous and non-native scholars and environmental activists, address compelling and urgent questions facing indigenous communities as they struggle with threats to their own sovereignty, i ...Show more
Islam (Religion in Focus) by Markus Hattstein
8.99 NZD
12.00 (25% off)
Category: Religion | Series: Religion in Focus
Brings the complexity of the Islamic religion and culture into clear focus. This miniguides, with its compact format, is an ideal short course for travelers, students and others without much time but with a great thirst for knowledge.
Islam: Religion in Focus by Geoff Teece
36.00 NZD
38.99 (7% off)
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: Religion in Focus S. | Reading Level: From 10 To 99
This series looks at all aspects of religion in an accessible way. Ages 10-13.
Judaism by Geoff Teece
36.00 NZD
38.99 (7% off)
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: Religion in Focus S. | Reading Level: From 10 To 99
A fact-packed reference book covering where the religion is practised, its key tenets and beliefs and how these are interpreted in daily life. Also featured are the main festivals, holy places and holy scripture. Ages 10-13.
Rage and Time: A Psychopolitical Investigation by Peter Sloterdijk
74.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture
While ancient civilizations worshipped strong, active emotions, modern societies have favored more peaceful attitudes, especially within the democratic process. We have largely forgotten the struggle to make use of thymos, the part of the soul that, following Plato, contains spirit, pride, and indignati ...Show more
Stories from World Religions by Anita Ganeri
29.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Stories from World Religions
Religious stories from Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism and Islam are retold alongside tales from mythology, legends and lesser-known religions. First told many centuries ago, these lively retellings combine with beautiful illustrations to recapture the spirit, humour and vitality of the origin ...Show more
The Lost Art of Scripture - Rescuing the Sacred Texts by Karen Armstrong
40.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Religion | Reading Level: very good
Today the Quran is used by some to justify war and acts of terrorism, the Torah to deny Palestinians the right to live in the Land of Israel, and the Bible to condemn homosexuality and contraception. The significance of Scripture - the holy texts at the centre of all religious traditions - may not be im ...Show more