Related Books

Sacred Interests
Language: en
Pages: 474
Authors: Karine V. Walther
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-09-21 - Publisher: UNC Press Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as Americans increasingly came into contact with the Islamic world, U.S. diplomatic, cultural, politica
The Sacred Centre as the Focus of Political Interest
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: Hans Bakker
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher: Brill

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The central theme of the symposium was elaborated upon according to various religions, periods and areas, such as North India (historical) by H. Kulke, A. Wink,
War on Sacred Grounds
Language: en
Pages: 243
Authors: Ron E. Hassner
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-12-15 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Sacred sites offer believers the possibility of communing with the divine and achieving deeper insight into their faith. Yet their spiritual and cultural import
Sacred Mandates
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: Timothy Brook
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-21 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Contemporary discussions of international relations in Asia tend to be tethered in the present, unmoored from the historical contexts that give them meaning. Sa
The Sacred and the Sinister
Language: en
Pages: 301
Authors: David J. Collins, S. J.
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-05-17 - Publisher: Penn State Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Inspired by the work of eminent scholar Richard Kieckhefer, The Sacred and the Sinister explores the ambiguities that made (and make) medieval religion and magi