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
Symbols of Islam.
New York. Sterling Publishing. 2002. Reprint. Map, black and white illustrations, 320pp, glossary, index. Very good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 174448. More
People Like Us. How Arrogance is Dividing Islam and the West.
Sydney. Picador. 2007. Reprint. xx + 277pp, notes. Paperback covers somewhat worn, overall a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 178471. 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
The Summary of the Great Vehicle.
United States. Numata Center for Buddhist Translation & Research. 1992. xii + 147pp, index, selected bibliography, glossary, very good hardback copy. "The Summary of the Great Vehicle is perhaps the most representative text of the Yogacara school of Mahayana Buddhism. It presents the classic argument for the basic Yogacara themes..... More
Modern Trends in Hinduism.
USA: Columbia University Press. 1974. ix + 143pp, chronological chart, glossary, index, foxing to dustjacket, minor wear and marking, a good copy. "Following an historical discussion of Hinduism as a religious and philosophical system and as a popular cult, Professor Ashby surveys its remarkable diversification in the nineteenth and twentieth..... 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
The Great Liberation (Mahanirvana Tantra).
Madras. Ganesh & Co., 1971. Fifth Edition. Portrait frontispiece, xviv + 384pp, a few cellotape marks and browning endpapers and dustjacket blurb, dustjacket worn with few chips. A good hardback in dustjacket. "The Mahanirvana Tantra is in the form of a dialogue on Mount Kailas between Lord Shiva and his..... 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
Altars of the East.
London. Skeffington. 1958. Black and white photographic illustrations, 216pp, signature front free endpaper, dustjacket worn with small chips and tears otherwise a good clean hardback copy. Actor Lew Ayres reccounts in this book the long trip he made with a friend through 1950s Asia. His aim was to make a...... More
Redemptive Encounters. Three Modern Styles in the Hindu Tradition.
Berkeley. University of California Press. 1986. xiv + 257pp, glossary, bibliography, inscription front free endpaper, a good hardback copy in lightly worn dustjacket. In this comparative study of three modern religious movements, Lawrence A. Babb argues that thematic continuities exist between traditional Hinduism and its widely divergent modern expressions. When..... More
In Search of Bliss. A Tale of Early Buddhism.
Cambridge. Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers, 2019. 402pp, very good paperback copy. A novel which tells the tale of Kshemapala a monk from the North who has been tasked with an important scholarly mission: fill in the gaps in the history of the monk, Ananda, the Buddha's close companion, about whom..... 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
The Mahatma Letters To A.P. Sinnett from The Mahatmas M. and K.H. WITH An Introduction to The Mahatma Letters. Today's Encounter with the Wisdom of the Ages.
Madras. Theosophical Publishing House. 1926. Second edition (Fifth impression). Transcribed, compiled and with an introduction by A.T. Barker. Three pages of facsimile signatures, xli + 493pp + 32 page index, edges and endpapers foxed, some occasional light spotting in text, bookplate front pastedown, spine a little sunned, good copy in..... More
Just Hierarchy. Why Social Hierarchies Matter in China and the Rest of the World.
Princeton. Princeton University Press. 2022. xxii + 270pp, notes, bibliography, index. Paperback. "All complex and large-scale societies are organized along certain hierarchies, but the concept of hierarchy has become almost taboo in the modern world. Just Hierarchy contends that this stigma is a mistake. In fact, as Daniel Bell and..... More
Confucianism for the Modern World.
UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003. 383pp, index. Covers lightly worn at edges, a good paperback copy. While Confucian ideals continue to inspire thinkers and political actors, discussions of concrete Confucian practices and institutions appropriate for the modern era have been conspicuously absent from the literature thus far. This volume represents..... More
Religious Bodies Politic. Rituals of Sovereignty in Buryat Buddhism.
Chicago. The University of Chicago Press. 2013. Black and white illustrations, 258pp, bibliography, index, paperback. Very good paperback copy. Religious Bodies Politic examines the complex relationship between transnational religion and politics through the lens of one cosmopolitan community in Siberia: Buryats, who live in a semiautonomous republic within Russia with..... 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
Paradox and Poetry in "The Voice 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