薬師寺 金堂. [Yakushiji Kondo].
Yakushiji. 主婦の友社. 1976. Colour illustrations, 22pp, wrappers light wear, a good thin copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 160075). More
Religion and Philosophy
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孔孟之道名词简释. [Kong meng zhi dao ming ci jian shi]. [Doctrines of Confucius and Mencius Explained].
人民出版社.[Ren min chu ban she]. 1974. 1st edition, 1st Zhejiang printing. 92pp, covers little rubbed with occasional soiling, corners little creased, a prior owner's signature upper cover, generally good in paperback. Text in Chinese. 18.3 x 13cm. This book is designed to follow Mao initiated political campaign "Criticise Lin, Criticise..... More
Ordinary Images.
Chicago. The University of Chicago Press, 2002. Maps, plans, black and white photographic illustrations, xxv + 373pp, index, bibliography, notes, little extremities wear to dustjacket, a very good hardback copy, square quarto. This text explores the large body of sculpture, paintings and other religious imagery produced for China's common classes..... More
Studies in Islamic Culture in the Indian Environment.
Oxford. Oxford University Press. 1964. x + 311pp, bibliography, index, gilt lettering spine, 4.5cm tear cloth upper joint, name of previous owner and date front free endpaper, little light damp staining margins last leaves, stain lower cover, contents sound and clean, overall a good copy. "Based essentially on primary sources..... More
Jesus in Beijing. How Christianity Is Transforming China And Changing the Global Balance of Power.
Boston. Regnery Publishing Inc., 2003. 344pp, index, notes, appendices, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. "An unreported tectonic shift is happening in global politics - and it's driven by religion. Within the next thirty years, one-third of China's population could be Christian, making China one of the largest Christian nations..... More
Religious Life of the Japanese People.
Tokyo. Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai. 1961. Revised edition. Revised by Hideo Kishimoto. Series on Japanese Life and Culture, Vol. IV. Contents: General Observations; Shinto, the Indigenous Religion; Chinese Culture: Confucianism and Taoism; Buddhism: its Religious and Social Influence; Christianity in Japan: its Missionary Work & Social Influence; The Prewar and Postwar..... More
Problema Dei existentiae in systemate Ibn Rus̆d.
Jerusalem. Typis PP. Franciscanorum. 1956. 116pp, Pontificium Athenaeum Antonianum, Facultas Philosphica - Theses ad Lauream N. 32, pages evenly browned throughout, wrappers unevenly browned, small stain upper cover, some tears and loss to spine, otherwise a good clean copy. Text in Latin. (When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
Iqbal and the Recent Exposition of Islamic Political Thought.
Lahore. Sh. Muhammad Ashraf. 1965. Reprint. viii + 64pp, a good copy in little worn and browned paperback, 12mo. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 154513). More
A Storied Sage. Canon and Creation in the Making of a Japanese Buddha.
Chicago. The University of Chicago Press. 2016. Black and white illustrations, xii + 358pp, index, references, notes, good hardback copy in dustjacket. "Since its arrival in Japan in the sixth century, Buddhism has played a central role in Japanese culture. But the historical figure of the Buddha, the prince of..... More
The Politics of Resurgent Islam.
Canberra. Australian National University. Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. 1980. 12pp, original wrappers little marked and worn, a good copy otherwise. 21 x 30cm. Working paper (Australian National University. Strategic and Defence Studies Centre), no. 21. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 160408). More
Islam and the Third Universal Theory. The Religious Thought of Mu'ammar al Qadhdhafi.
London. Kegan Paul. 1987. bibliography, index, 155 pp. A good copy in paperback. "This is the first in-depth study of the religious thought of Mu'ammar al Qadhdhafi and its place in his political, social and economic theories. The work is based on sources inaccessible except in the original Arabic. While..... More
Religion in Modern India.
New Delhi. Manohar. 1994. Reprint of the 2rd edition. xii + 591pp, lacks one prelim, otherwise very good in dustjacket. 19 papers on religious movements - such as the Ramakrishna, the Divine Life Society and Ahmadiyah Movements, the Parsi community, Christianity in India, the Singh Sabhas and the evolution of..... More
Religions of the East.
London. Heinemann. 1974. Black and white photographic illustrations, 256pp, glossary, references, elegant bookplate tipped in front free endpaper, a good copy in little worn and creased dustjacket. Discusses Hinduism, Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Taoism and Sufism. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 154818). More
Studies In Chinese Buddhism.
Calcutta. Firma KLM, 1977. 116pp, index, spine patchily faded, dustjacket torn with loss but now protected, upper cover lifting. Good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 129563). More
Religions of India: Hinduism, Yoga, Buddhism.
New York. Bruce Publishing Company. 1971. 226pp, bibliography, glossary, index, spine and lower cover patchily sunned, a good paperback copy. Contemporary Theology Series. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 154604). More
Syncrétisme Au Japon : Omizutori, Le Rituel De L'eau De Jouvence.
Paris. Ecole pratique des hautes études, Ve Section, Centre d'études sur les religions et traditions populaire du Japon. 1981. Black and white illustrations, 377pp, bibliography, index, text in French, foxing upper edge, a good paperback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 156873). More
La Fete des petits garcons; Materiaux ayant trait a la predication bouddhique au 13e siecle. Cahiers d'études et de documents sur les religions du Japon, II.
Paris. Atelier Alpha Bleue. 1980. 134pp, text in French, foxing upper egde, a good paperback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 158727). More
Search For The Absolute In Neo-Vedanta.
Honolulu. University Press of Hawaii. 1976. 202pp, bibliography, index, hard covers lightly worn and marked, inscription by Richard Barz: senior lecturer of Hindi & Urdu on front free-endpaper, a very good copy. Split into three essays written by the author, 'Place of the Indefinite as Logic', 'The Subject as Freedom'..... More
The Five Precepts (Panca-Sila).
Colombo. Buddha Sahitya Sabha. 1955. v + 30pp, crease lower cover but otherwise very good in original wrappers. Concerns the moral teachings of Buddhism in the Rules of Right Conduct as given to mankind by the Buddha. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 171980). More
Kamma (karma).
Colombo. Bauddha Sahitya Sabha. 1956. 29pp, very good copy in original wrappers. Information on the idea of 'Kamma' in Buddhist beliefs. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 171981). More
The Practice of Loving Kindness (Metta). As Taught by the Buddha in the Pali Canon.
Kandy. Buddhist Publication Society. 1964. vii + 19pp, good paperback copy with lightly discoloured spine. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 171211). More
Paradox and Poetry in "The Voic of the Silence".
Bangalore. The Indian Institute of World Culture. 1958. 18pp, light text offset front free endpaper, good paperback copy. From a series of lectures by Bhikshu Sangharakshita at The Indian Institute of World Culture. Fully revised edition from Author. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 171978). More
The Wheel of Life. The Autobiography of a Western Buddhist.
London. Rider & Co., 1959. Black and white frontispiece, 263pp, some foxing first and last leaves and edges, good copy in a very good price clipped dustjacket. John Blofeld describes the nine months he spent as a novice in the meditational hall of a Chinese Zen temple, his initiation into..... More
Shinran's Gospel of Pure Grace.
Tuscon. University of Arizona Press. 1968. Second printing. xiv + 97pp, bibliography, index, some foxing and browning endpapers and on cloth, a good hardback copy otherwise. The central aim of this study of Shinran's thought is to make a systematic presentation of his cardinal ideas which, though well known in..... More
God in Indie. Bekeringsverhalen uit de negentiende eeuw.
Leiden. Kitlv Press. 1997. Map, black and white illustrations, glossary, bibliography, a very good copy. Text in Dutch. Indonesian missionary interest. Conversion stories from the nineteenth century - essays in Dutch. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 133404). More