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| 1. |  | Title: Looking for God in Brazil: the progressive Catholic Church in urban Brazil's religious arena Author: Burdick, John 1959- Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Anthropology | Latin American Studies | Christianity Publisher's Description: For a generation, the Catholic Church in Brazil has enjoyed international renown as one of the most progressive social forces in Latin America. The Church's creation of Christian Base Communities (CEBs), groups of Catholics who learn to read the Bible as a call for social justice, has been widely ha . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 2. |  | Title: Ngoma: discourses of healing in central and southern Africa  Author: Janzen, John M Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Anthropology | African Studies | Medical Anthropology Publisher's Description: Ngoma , in Bantu, means drum, song, performance, and healing cult or association. A widespread form of ritual healing in Central and Southern Africa, ngoma is fully investigated here for the first time and interpreted in a contemporary context. John Janzen's daring study incorporates drumming and sp . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 3. |  | Title: Evolution of sickness and healing Author: Fabrega, Horacio Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Medicine | Medical Anthropology Publisher's Description: Evolution of Sickness and Healing is a theoretical work on the grand scale, an original synthesis of many disciplines in social studies of medicine. Looking at human sickness and healing through the lens of evolutionary theory, Horacio Fàbrega, Jr. presents not only the vulnerability to disease and . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 4. |  | Title: China's Catholics: tragedy and hope in an emerging civil society Author: Madsen, Richard 1941- Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Religion | Asian Studies | History | Sociology | Christianity Publisher's Description: After suffering isolation and persecution during the Maoist era, the Catholic Church in China has reemerged with astonishing vitality in recent years. Richard Madsen focuses on this revival and relates it to the larger issue of the changing structure of Chinese society, particularly to its implicati . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 5. |  | Title: Two churches: England and Italy in the thirteenth century Author: Brentano, Robert 1926- Published: University of California Press, 1988 Subjects: History | European History | Medieval History | Medieval Studies | Religion Similar Items |
| 6. |  | Title: Language, charisma, and creativity: the ritual life of a religious movement Author: Csordas, Thomas J Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Anthropology | Christianity Publisher's Description: Thomas Csordas's eloquent analysis of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, part of the contemporary cultural and media phenomenon known as conservative Christianity, embraces one of the primary tasks of anthropology: to stimulate critical reflection by making the exotic seem familiar and the familiar a . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 7. |  | Title: A new world in a small place: church and religion in the Diocese of Rieti, 1188-1378 Author: Brentano, Robert 1926- Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: History | Religion | Christianity | European History | Medieval History | Medieval Studies Publisher's Description: Distinguished historian Robert Brentano provides an entirely new perspective on the character of the church, religion, and society in the medieval Italian diocese of Rieti from 1188 to 1378. Combing through a cache of previously ignored documents stored in a tower of the cathedral, he uses wills, li . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 8. |  | Title: The frontiers of Catholicism: the politics of ideology in a liberal world Author: Burns, Gene 1958- Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Sociology | Religion | Social Theory | Gender Studies | Christianity | Politics Publisher's Description: Gene Burns examines the origins of contemporary diversity and conflict in the Catholic Church, illuminating as well the processes of ideological change. Similar Items |
| 9. |  | Title: An empire nowhere: England, America, and literature from Utopia to The tempest Author: Knapp, Jeffrey Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Literature | Literary Theory and Criticism | United States History | Renaissance Literature | European History Publisher's Description: What caused England's literary renaissance? One answer has been such unprecedented developments as the European discovery of America. Yet England in the sixteenth century was far from an expanding nation. Not only did the Tudors lose England's sole remaining possessions on the Continent and, thanks . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 10. |  | Title: A very social time: crafting community in antebellum New England Author: Hansen, Karen V Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: History | United States History | Gender Studies | Social Theory Publisher's Description: Karen Hansen's richly anecdotal narrative explores the textured community lives of New England's working women and men - both white and black - n the half century before the Civil War. Her use of diaries, letters, and autobiographies brings their voices to life, making this study an extraordinary co . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 11. |  | Title: Ambrose of Milan: church and court in a Christian capital Author: McLynn, Neil 1960- Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Classics | History | Classical Religions | Christianity | Ancient History | Autobiographies and Biographies Publisher's Description: In this new and illuminating interpretation of Ambrose, bishop of Milan from 374 to 397, Neil McLynn thoroughly sifts the evidence surrounding this very difficult personality. The result is a richly detailed interpretation of Ambrose's actions and writings that penetrates the bishop's painstaking pr . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 12. |  | Title: Rhetorics of self-making Author: Battaglia, Debbora Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: Anthropology | Cultural Anthropology | Psychology Publisher's Description: Departing from an essentialist concept of the self, this highly original volume advances the cross-cultural study of selfhood with three contributions to the literature: First, it approaches the self as an ideological process, arguing that selfhood is culturally situated and emergent in social pract . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 13. |  | Title: Religion and society in a Cotswold vale: Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, 1780-1865 Author: Urdank, Albion M Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: History | European History Publisher's Description: During the English Industrial Revolution, the Vale of Nailsworth was a rural-industrial settlement and a center of evangelical Nonconformity. Why did the transition to the factory system bring deindustrialization and social decline rather than long-term advancement? Albion Urdank investigates the mo . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 14. |  | Title: The Advent project: the later-seventh-century creation of the Roman Mass proper Author: McKinnon, James W 1932- Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: Music | Musicology | Medieval Studies | Classical Religions | Christianity Publisher's Description: In his final accomplishment of an extraordinarily distinguished career, James W. McKinnon considers the musical practices of the early Church in this incisive examination of the history of Christian chant from the years a.d. 200 to 800. The result is an important book that is certain to have a long- . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 15. |  | Title: Writing and rebellion: England in 1381 Author: Justice, Steven 1957- Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Literature | Literary Theory and Criticism | Medieval Studies | Medieval History | European History Publisher's Description: In this compelling account of the "peasants' revolt" of 1381, in which rebels burned hundreds of official archives and attacked other symbols of authority, Steven Justice demonstrates that the rebellion was not an uncontrolled, inarticulate explosion of peasant resentment but an informed and tactica . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 16. |  | Title: Papal patronage and the music of St. Peter's, 1380-1513 Author: Reynolds, Christopher A Published: University of California Press, 1996 Subjects: Music | Musicology | European History Publisher's Description: A new picture of music at the basilica of St. Peter's in the fifteenth century emerges in Christopher A. Reynolds's fascinating chronicle of this rich period of Italian musical history. Reynolds examines archival documents, musical styles, and issues of artistic patronage and cultural context in a f . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 17. |  | Title: The three-piece suit and modern masculinity: England, 1550-1850 Author: Kuchta, David 1960- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: History | European History | Men and Masculinity Publisher's Description: In 1666, King Charles II felt it necessary to reform Englishmen's dress by introducing a fashion that developed into the three-piece suit. We learn what inspired this royal revolution in masculine attire--and the reasons for its remarkable longevity--in David Kuchta's engaging and handsomely illustr . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 18. |  | Title: Healing the infertile family: strengthening your relationship in the search for parenthood Author: Becker, Gaylene Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Anthropology | Medical Anthropology | Psychology Publisher's Description: Unlike most infertility books that focus on medical treatment, Healing the Infertile Family examines the social and emotional problems experienced by couples confronting infertility and suggests how they can be alleviated. In this updated edition, Gay Becker discusses her most recent study of couple . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 19. |  | Title: Reinventing American Protestantism: Christianity in the new millennium Author: Miller, Donald E. (Donald Earl) 1946- Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Religion | Sociology Publisher's Description: During the past thirty years the American religious landscape has undergone a dramatic change. More and more churches meet in converted warehouses, many have ministers who've never attended a seminary, and congregations are singing songs whose melodies might be heard in bars or nightclubs. Donald E. . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 20. |  | Title: The Social importance of self-esteem Author: Mecca, Andrew Published: University of California Press, 1989 Subjects: Sociology | Psychiatry Publisher's Description: Is the well-being of a society dependent on the well-being of its citizenry? Does individual self-esteem play a causal role in chronic social problems such as child abuse, school drop-out rates, teenage pregnancy, alcohol and drug abuse, welfare dependency?In an attempt to answer these questions, th . . . [more] Similar Items |