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Dragon World (HB) by Tamara Macfarlane
$19.99 AUD
Category: Information 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
Emil L. Fackenheim - A Jewish Philosopher's Response to the Holocaust by David Patterson
$60.00 AUD
Category: Educational | Series: Religion, Theology and the Holocaust Ser.
In this revealing book, David Patterson explores Fackenheim's rigorous pursuit of a philosophical response to the tragedy of the Holocaust. Fackenheim's writing sheds light on the tensions between Jewish thinking and German philosophy, illustrating how elements of the latter were used by the Nazis to ju ...Show more
Fantasy and Belief: Alternative Religions, Popular Narratives, and Digital Cultures by Danielle Kirby
$110.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas | Series: Approaches to New Religions
Religion and spirituality are being transformed in our late modern and secularising times. New forms of belief proliferate, often notable for not being limited to traditional systems of reference or expression. Increasingly, these new religions present worldviews which draw directly upon popular culture ...Show more
Godwired: Religion. Ritual, and Virtual Reality by Rachel Wagner
$57.95 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas | Series: Media, Religion and Culture
Godwired offers an engaging exploration of religious practice in the digital age. It considers how virtual experiences like stories, games and rituals, are forms of world-building or "cosmos construction" that serve as a means of making sense of our own world. Such creative and interactive activity is, ...Show more
Murder by the Book - A Sensational Chapter in Victorian Crime by Claire Harman
$35.00 AUD
Category: True Crime | Series: Religion, Politics and Society in Britain Ser.
One of the Guardian's '50 Biggest Books of Autumn 2018' Early in the morning of 6 May 1840, on an ultra-respectable Mayfair street, a footman answered the door to a panic-stricken maid from a nearby house. Her elderly master, Lord William Russell, was lying in bed with his throat cut so deeply that the ...Show more
The Lost Art of Scripture - Rescuing the Sacred Texts by Karen Armstrong
$35.00 AUD
Category: Religion | Series: Religion
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
When Religion Meets New Media: Media, Religion and Culture by Heidi Campbell
$51.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas | Series: Media, Religion and Culture
This lively book focuses on how different Jewish, Muslim, and Christian communities engage with new media. Rather than simply reject or accept new media, religious communities negotiate complex relationships with these technologies in light of their history and beliefs. Heidi Campbell suggests a method ...Show more
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