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de Wildt, Lars. The Pop Theology of Videogames. Amsterdam University Press, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/9789463729864.

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Young people in the West are more likely to encounter religion in videogames than in places of worship like churches, mosques or temples. Lars de Wildt interviews developers and players of games such as Assassin’s Creed to find out how and why the Pop Theology of Videogames is so appealing to modern audiences. Based on extensive fieldwork, this book argues that developers of videogames and their players engage in a ‘Pop Theology’ through which laymen reconsider traditional questions of religion by playing with them. Games allow us to play with religious questions and identities in the same way

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Bulian, Giovanni, and Yasushi Nakano. Small-scale Fisheries in Japan. Edizioni Ca' Foscari, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-226-0.

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This collection of essays brings together a range of critical approaches, from varying disciplinary backgrounds, to provide an in-depth overview of the past and current status of small-scale fisheries in Japan. The book attempts to map out some of the major themes relating to community-based fisheries-management systems, environmental sustainability, lottery systems for allocating fishing spots, fishing livelihoods, local knowledge, social vulnerability to environmental hazards, socioeconomic factors affecting small-scale fisheries development, history of destructive fishing practices, women’s

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Kartomi, Margaret. “Only if a Man Can Kill a Buffalo With One Blow Can He Play a Rapa’I Pasè”. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252036712.003.0013.

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This chapter examines how the ergology and morphology of the variants of the rapa'i Pasè, the largest kind of frame drum in Aceh, relate to its performance practice, the genres in which it is used, the cultural memory, and the sense of Acehnese cultural identity among its makers, performers, and audiences. The rapa'i Pasè was traditionally played in ensembles with the singing of improvised texts at lifecycle and religious feasts and in intervillage competitions. It is said that only a man who can kill a buffalo with one sharp blow can play a rapa'i Pasè. This chapter first considers the defini

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Stephenson, Barry. Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780199943524.003.0001.

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The ‘Introduction’ asks what is ritual? Is ritual useful? What are the various kinds of ritual? It suggests that to think about ritual is to reflect on human nature, sociality, and culture. It is also to explore ritual's place, power, and potential in our lives and our society. Ritual includes both religious and nonreligious rites, the traditional and the new, the prescribed and the improvised, the human and nonhuman, and rubs up against a number of other cultural domains, such as play, games, performance, and theater. If ritual is action, it is also an idea, something we think with, and our e

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Niose, David. Separating Church and State in America. Edited by Phil Zuckerman and John R. Shook. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199988457.013.30.

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The culture wars continue to rage in America. In many ways modern American culture is decidedly secular, with little indication that theological concerns play a significant role in the everyday lives of most ordinary citizens. But certain pockets of American society, defined by both geography and politics, continue to exalt traditional religion despite a general overall demographic trend toward secularity. These tensions play out in many ways in public life but nowhere more visibly than in the judiciary, where the two sides struggle to move the legal consensus in their direction. Terms that ha

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Buchenau, Stefanie. Herder. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198779650.003.0005.

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A distinctive feature of Herder’s attempt to develop an anthropology is the crucial role played by aesthetics. Anthropology is a naturalized form of understanding human motivations and behaviour, replacing traditional religious and humanist forms of understanding. It is naturalist in the sense of opening up human motivations and behaviour to empirical evidence, and deciding questions on this basis. Naturalism here is not a reduction to the physical sciences, but rather to sources of evidence that can be gleaned from comparative areas such as history, geography, and, more problematically, anato

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Segal, Robert A. 3. Myth and religion. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780198724704.003.0004.

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‘Myth and religion’ explores how twentieth-century theories from religious studies have sought to reconcile myth with science by reconciling religion with science. One tactic has been to re-characterize the subject matter of religion and therefore of myth. Another has been to elevate seemingly secular phenomena to religious ones. As part of this elevation, myth is no longer confined to explicitly religious ancient tales. Plays, books, and films are like myths because they reveal the existence of another, often earlier world alongside the everyday one—a world of extraordinary figures and events

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Heine, Peter. Food Culture in the Near East, Middle East, and North Africa. Greenwood Press, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400652516.

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The similar cuisines of the Near East, Middle East, and North Africa stem from ancient cultures and variable climates, ranging from Mediterranean to desert. The major monotheistic religions developed in the Middle East, and students and other readers will learn how religious strictures on food and drink continue to play an important role in eating habits there today for Muslims, Jews, and Christians. Most of the population in the regions is Arab, and therefore the emphasis in this volume is mainly on the Arab Muslim food cultures. The impact of colonialism, globalization, and modernization of

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Basu, Lopamudra. Ayad Akhtar, the American Nation, and Its Others after 9/11. The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2018. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781666986365.

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Ayad Akhtar, the American Nation, and Its Others After 9/11: Homeland Insecurity examines playwright and novelist Ayad Akhtar’s contributions to multiple genres including film and theatre. This book situates Akhtar’s oeuvre within the social and political context of post-9/11 American culture, marked by the creation of the Homeland Security State and the racialization of Muslims, Arabs, and South Asians. It departs from many traditional studies of 9/11 literature by challenging the binary of victim and perpetrator and examining the continuing impact of the event on questions of American nation

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Tan, Sooi Beng. Community Musical Theatre and Interethnic Peace-Building in Malaysia. Edited by Brydie-Leigh Bartleet and Lee Higgins. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190219505.013.33.

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Community musical theatre projects have played important roles in engaging young people of diverse ethnicities in multicultural and religious Malaysia to cross borders, deconstruct stereotypes, appreciate differences, and build interethnic peace. This essay provides insights into the strategies and dialogic approaches employed in two such community musical theatre projects that promote peace-building in Penang. The emphasis is on the making of musical theatre through participatory research, collaboration, ensemble work, and group discussions about alternative history, social relationships and

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John, Aruthuckal Varughese. Indian Secularism and Religious Freedom. Oxford University PressOxford, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/9780198935155.001.0001.

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Abstract This book offers a nuanced exploration of the intricate state of secularity in India, characterized by the author as an elaborate tapestry of complex social struggles in India that are consequences of the advent of secularism, which brings with it presuppositions not necessarily shared by the traditional Hindu culture. These cross-pressures extend beyond societal realms, permeating legal domains, influencing the implementation of secularism in India. These pressures, the book argues, emanate from the comprehensive doctrines that define the social fabric and culture of the subcontinent

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Ross, Eric S. Culture and Customs of Senegal. Greenwood, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400635731.

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A blend of indigenous life in the rural countryside and metropolitan culture in urban centers, Senegal has been a small, yet prominent country on Africa's western coast. In this comprehensive study of contemporary Senegalese life, readers will learn how daily lifestyles are celebrated through both religious and secular customs. Students can investigate how Senegal's oral storytelling, Islamic roots, and French colonialism have shaped literature and media in today's society. From the street to the studio, the topic of art in Senegalese life is also covered. Ross also delves into architectural s

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Sykes, Jim. The Musical Gift. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190912024.001.0001.

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The Musical Gift tells Sri Lanka’s music history as a story of giving between humans and nonhumans, and between populations defined by ethnic and religious difference. Author Jim Sykes argues that the genres we currently recognize as Sri Lanka’s esteemed traditional musics were not originally about ethnic or religious identity but were gifts to gods intended to foster protection and/or healing. Noting that the currently assumed link between music and identity helped produce the narratives of ethnic difference that drove Sri Lanka’s civil war (1983–2009), Sykes contends that the promotion of hi

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Remillard, Arthur. Bodies in Motion. Oxford University PressNew York, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197789766.001.0001.

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Abstract Are sports the new American religion? For many, the curiosity behind this question stems from the juxtaposition of waning traditional religious institutions in our current age and the thriving, cash-rich world of sports, where stadiums bustle with boundless enthusiasm, exuberant rituals, and potent symbols. However, this question reduces “religion” to only its institutional form, thereby overlooking the many unscripted ways that sports have assumed sacred significance in our time and throughout American history. Bodies in Motion shines a bright light on the places where sports have se

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Chung-Kim, Esther. Economics of Faith. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197537732.001.0001.

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This book addresses the role of religious reformers in the development of poor relief in the sixteenth century. During the Reformation, religious leaders served as catalysts, organizers, stabilizers, and consolidators of various programs to alleviate poverty. Although once in line with religious piety, voluntary poverty was no longer a spiritual virtue for many religious reformers. Rather, they imagined social welfare reform to be an integral part of religious reform and worked to modify existing common chests or establish new ones. As crises and migration exacerbated poverty and caused beggin

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Laible, Deborah J., Gustavo Carlo, and Laura M. Padilla-Walker, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Parenting and Moral Development. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190638696.001.0001.

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Without a doubt, parents play a critical role in socializing moral development in their children. This handbook provides a collection of state-of-the-art theories and research on the important role that parents play in moral development. The contributors take a comprehensive, yet nuanced approach to considering the links between parenting and different aspects of moral development. The volume begins by providing an overview of traditional and contemporary theories on parenting and moral development, including perspectives related to parenting styles, domain theory, attachment theory, and evolu

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Stuttard, David, ed. Looking at Greek Drama. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781350320888.

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This is a vital and accessible overview of Greek drama from its origins to its later reception, including chapters on authors and dramas in their social and religious context as well as key aspects such as structure, character, staging and music. With contributions by 13 international scholars, world experts in their field, it provides readers with clear, authoritative, up-to-date considerations of both the theory and practice of Greek drama. While each chapter can stand in isolation, the overall structure takes readers on a natural progression – beginning with sources of evidence and origins,

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Ali, Muna. Young Muslim America. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190664435.001.0001.

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This book explores the identities, perspectives, and roles of the second and subsequent generations of Muslim Americans of both immigrant and convert backgrounds. As these younger Muslims come of age, and as distant as they are from historical processes that shaped their parents’ generations, how do they view themselves and each other? What role do they play in the current chapter of Islam in a post-9/11 America? Will they be able to cross intra-community divides and play a pivotal role in shaping their community? Culture figures prominently in the discussions about and among Muslims and is ce

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Elior, Rachel. Jewish Mysticism. Translated by Arthur B. Millman. Liverpool University Press, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/liverpool/9781874774679.001.0001.

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Mysticism is one of the central sources of inspiration of religious thought. It is an attempt to decode the mystery of divine existence by penetrating to the depths of consciousness through language, memory, myth, and symbolism. By offering an alternative perspective on the world that gives expression to yearnings for freedom and change, mysticism engenders new modes of authority and leadership; as such it plays a decisive role in moulding religious and social history. For all these reasons, the mystical corpus deserves study and discussion in the framework of cultural criticism and research.

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Boslaugh, Sarah. Organ Donation. Greenwood, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400693809.

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This book provides a comprehensive yet accessible look at organ donation and transplantation, including coverage of scientific, medical, social, legal, and ethical issues. Readers will also discover how new technologies and medical advances are shaping the future of organ donation. Donated organs and tissues have improved or saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of individuals. But these life-changing procedures raise many logistical and ethical questions. How can organs be effectively allocated to those in need? Should individuals be allowed to purchase organs from living donors? What role

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Shami, Jeanne. The Sermon. Edited by Andrew Hiscock and Helen Wilcox. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199672806.013.11.

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This chapter examines the sermon in post-Reformation England, and its development as the pre-eminent genre of instruction, edification, and conversion to Christian believers of all stripes. Beginning with its roots in traditional religious and classical forms and its development as a flexible form restrained by ecclesiastical regulation, censorship, and gender, the chapter emphasizes the sermon’s radically occasional nature and its elusive performative impact. The chapter explores the experience of sermon delivery and reception in oral and written forms, shaped by the institutional and public

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Mitchem, Stephanie Y., and Emilie M. Townes, eds. Faith, Health, and Healing in African American Life. Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400649646.

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Black Americans are more likely than Whites to die of cancer and heart disease, more likely to get diabetes and asthma, and less likely to get preventive care and screening. Some of this greater morbidity results from education, income level, and environment as well as access to health care. But the traditional medical model does not always allow for a more holistic approach that takes into account the body, the mind, the spirit, the family, and the community. This book offers a better understanding of the varieties of religiously-based approaches to healing and alternative models of healing a

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Smuts, Malcolm, ed. The Oxford Handbook of the Age of Shakespeare. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199660841.001.0001.

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This handbook presents a broad sampling of current historical scholarship on Shakespeare’s period that it is hoped will prove useful to scholars of his poems and plays. Rather than attempting to summarize the historical ‘background’ to Shakespeare, individual chapters explore numerous topics and methodologies at the forefront of current historical research. An initial cluster shows how political history has expanded beyond a traditional focus on relations between Crown and Parliament to encompass attention to attempts by the government to manage opinion; military challenges; problems in subdui

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Bullis, Douglas. Doing Business in Today's India. Praeger, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400642036.

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As the world business climate globalizes and national economies become closely interlinked, India looms as the largest country in the world to embrace the market economy. Bullis maintains that not only will India be changed by international market forces, it will have a significant impact upon the world economy as it emerges as a mass consumer market and an extended, low-cost manufacturing center. But India has problems that pose difficulties for offshore investors. Only with a clear idea of Indian business thinking and the relationship of commerce to India's complex mix of traditional, caste,

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Shushan, Gregory. Near-Death Experience in Indigenous Religions. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190872472.001.0001.

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Near-death experiences (NDEs) are indisputably part of human experience, known from accounts from around the world and throughout history. This book examines the role culture plays in how people experience and interpret NDEs, and reveals how afterlife beliefs often originate in such extraordinary experiences. It also explores the relationship between shamanism and NDEs. The book focuses on traditional indigenous societies in Africa, North America, and Oceania, drawing on historical reports of explorers, missionaries, and ethnologists. These sources indicate that though NDEs are universal, the

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Falk, Avner. Islamic Terror. Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400673016.

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Independent scholar Falk analyzes the genesis of Islamic terror from many standpoints, including religious, cultural, historical, political, social, economic and, above all, psychological. Drawing on his training as a clinical psychologist, Falk's writings specialize in psychohistory and political psychology. Here, he examines topics including infantile experience and adult terrorism, the meaning of terror, terrorists and their mothers, narcissistic rage and Islamic terror, and whether terrorists are normal people, as some scholars claim. He also describes the infantile development of terroris

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Ilbon munhŏn sok ŭi Yi Sun-sin p'yosang: The image of Yi Sun-sin in Japanese literature. Minsogwŏn, 2022.

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