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Beyond Enlightenment
The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally perceived as the eponymous religion of enlightenment. Beyond Enlightenment is a sophisticated study of some of the underlying assumptions involved in the study of Buddhism (especially, but not exclusively, in the West). It investigate…
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- 9780203098783
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- 306.6 COH b
Hijab : Unveiling Queer Muslim Lives
Hijab: Unveiling Queer Muslim Lives is the first known collection of South African Muslim stories relating to Islam and sexual diversity. This anthology shares reallife stories of people that have struggled, or may still be struggling, to reconcile their spirituality and their sexuality. These are stories that illustrate the oneness of being and reflect on how some interpretations of the script…
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- 978-1-920355-20-3
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- 297.566 HIJ
White-Collar Crime in The Shadow Economy: Lack of Detection, investigation an…
convenience theory; financial crime; risk; crime prevention; fraud; organised crime; police investigation; social security; Shadow Economy; detection; investigation; convictions; prosecution; tip of the iceberg; police resources; crime detection theory
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- 9783319752914
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- 364 GOT w
The Sustainability of Agro-Food and Natural Resource Systems in the Mediterra…
Agriculture; Food Science; Environmental Science and Engineering
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- 9789400779594
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- 330 VAS s
Solidarity in Europe: Citizens' Responses in Times of Crisis
solidarity in Europe; transnational solidarity; political sociology; citizen responses to crisis; asylum policies; refugee crisis; attitudes towards European Union
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- 9783319733340
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- 360 LAH s
Multiculturalism and Conflict Reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific
Politics, International Relations, Sociology, Asian Studies, Asian Politics and Law, Development, Migration, Ethnicity and Identity, General
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The Poetry of Du Fu
The Complete Poetry of Du Fu presents a complete scholarly translation of Chinese literature alongside the original text in a critical edition. The English translation is more scholarly than vernacular Chinese translations, and it is compelled to address problems that even the best traditional commentaries overlook.The main body of the text is a facing page translation and critical edition of t…
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The Nivison Annals
In his last essay just weeks before his death at the age of 91, David S. Nivison says, "Breaking into a formal system - such as a chronology - must be like breaking into a code. If you are successful, success will show right off." Since the late 1970's Nivison has focused his scholarship on breaking the code of Three Dynasties (Xia, Shang, Zhou) chronology by establishing an innovative methodol…
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- 9781501505393
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Making Religion and Human Rights at the United Nations
The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems– both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretic…
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History and Religion Narrating a Religious Past
This volume is the first systematic scholarly study that analyses the complex relationship between history and religion. It considers religious groups as both producers of historical narratives and topics of historiography. From different disciplinary perspectives, the authors explore how religions are historicised. In so doing, they address the biases and elisions of current analytical and des…
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- 9783110445954
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