Muslims in the Enlarged Europe : Religion and Society /
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This volume describes the main characteristics of contemporary European Islam. Following an outline of the historical background and some statistics related to the presence of Islam in Europe, the process of growth/ the development of Islam is analysed through religious instruction in educational systems, organisational structures and the forms of political participation by Muslims. In addition to a description of the relationship between European states and Islam in judicial terms, the different types of the inclusion/integration of Islam in European society is studied by looking at the media, the relations between religions, economic and international dimensions, and the manner in which views have changed following the events of September 11. Based on extensive bibliographal research, field studies and specific contributions of scholars, this book provides a rare and useful overall review for a wide public. Muslims in the Enlarged Europe has been selected by Choice as Outstanding Academic Title (2005).
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789047402466
9789004132016
Religious education in pre-modern Europe /
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Although religious education is a much-debated topic in present-day History of Religions, its study focuses almost exclusively on contemporary phenomena. Furthermore, this field of study still lacks a comprehensive theoretical framework to structure research. The volume presented here explores religious education from a historical perspective, focusing on source material from pre-modern Europe. Scholars from the History of Religions, Theology, Classical Philology, Medieval Studies and Byzantine Studies contribute their expertise to analyse selected aspects of religious education in Antiquity, Byzantium and the Middle Ages, highlighting the diverse concepts of education, educational contents, actors, media, methods, ideals and intentions at play, and anchoring their case studies in the broader panorama of European history. Based on this material, the editors propose a systematic framework to map the research field.
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Includes index. :
1 online resource (254 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004232143 :
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Mapping value orientations in Central and Eastern Europe
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Since the dramatic events in 1989 and 1990, Central and Eastern Europeans have been engaged in a process of democratization and liberalization which are transforming their societies fundamentally. The rapid transformation processes appear to be very differential and the particular patterns are complex to interpret and understand. This volume elaborates on a number of issues that seem particular important for the people in Central and Eastern Europe: the development and working of democracy, the public support for, legitimacy and efficacy of democracy and the free market economy, and of course the stability of the newly established political culture.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9789004216488 :
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La parure en callaïs du néolithique européen /
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Callaïs refers to the green stones from which the remarkable ornaments discovered in several Neolithic sites in Western Europe are made. This volume brings together the contributions of the best European specialists in callas̈, variscite and turquoise, who spoke at a symposium on this ancient gemstone held in April 2015 in Carnac.
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"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage. :
1 online resource (viii, 634 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
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9781789692815 (PDF ebook) :
La parure en callaïs du néolithique européen /
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Callaïs refers to the green stones from which the remarkable ornaments discovered in several Neolithic sites in Western Europe are made. This volume brings together the contributions of the best European specialists in callas̈, variscite and turquoise, who spoke at a symposium on this ancient gemstone held in April 2015 in Carnac.
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"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage. :
1 online resource (viii, 634 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789692815 (PDF ebook) :
Mégalithismes vivants et passés - approches croisées : living and past megalithisms : interwoven approaches /
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This volume discusses how the patterns drawn from the observation of 'living' megalithic societies have been used to try and shed light on the functioning of European Neolithic societies.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (colour) :
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9781784913465 (ebook) :
Time and stone : the emergence and development of megaliths and megalithic societies in Europe /
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This analysis is concerned with the dating of megaliths in Europe and is based on 2410 available radiocarbon results and the application of a Bayesian statistical framework. It is, so far, the largest existing attempt to establish a supra-regional synthesis on the emergence and development of megaliths in Europe.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource (xiv, 376 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
Specialized. :
9781784916862 (ebook) :
Mégalithismes vivants et passés - approches croisées : living and past megalithisms : interwoven approaches /
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This volume discusses how the patterns drawn from the observation of 'living' megalithic societies have been used to try and shed light on the functioning of European Neolithic societies.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (colour) :
Specialized. :
9781784913465 (ebook) :
Time and stone : the emergence and development of megaliths and megalithic societies in Europe /
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This analysis is concerned with the dating of megaliths in Europe and is based on 2410 available radiocarbon results and the application of a Bayesian statistical framework. It is, so far, the largest existing attempt to establish a supra-regional synthesis on the emergence and development of megaliths in Europe.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource (xiv, 376 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) :
Specialized. :
9781784916862 (ebook) :
Everyday life in the Ice Age : a new study of our ancestors /
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A truly complete, balanced and realistic picture of life during the last Ice Age, while dispelling many of the myths and inaccuracies about our early ancestors. It is aimed not only at students and specialists, but also and especially the interested public.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781803272597 (PDF ebook) :
Sacred text-- sacred space : architectural, spiritual and literary convergences in England and Wales /
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This book is not designed to define the sacred. It is, rather, a bringing together of case histories (a rich, varied collection from medieval, early modern and nineteenth-century contexts in England and Wales) that goes beyond familiar paradigms to explore the dynamic, protean interaction, in different times and places, between sacred space and text. Essentially an interdisciplinary enterprise, it focuses a range of historical and critical methodologies on that complex process of transformation and transmission whereby spiritual intuitions, experiences and teachings are made palpable 'in art and architecture, poetry and prayer, in histories, scriptures and liturgies, even landscapes. So the sacred, variously constructed and inscribed, makes itself felt 'on the pulse'; is a presence, a voice even now not stilled.
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1 online resource. :
9789004216457 :
1877-3192 ; :
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Yearbook of Muslims in Europe.
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The Yearbook of Muslims in Europe provides an up-to-date account of the situation of Muslims in Europe. Covering 46 countries of Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals, the Yearbook consists of three sections: the first section presents a country-by-country summary of essential data with basic statistics with evaluations of their reliability, surveys of legal status and arrangements, organisations, et cetera Data have been brought up to date from the first volume. The second section contains analysis and research articles on issues and themes of current relevance written by experts in the field. The final section provides reviews of recently published books of significance. The Yearbook is an important source of reference for government and NGO officials, journalists, and policy makers as well as researchers
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1 online resource. :
9789004184763
The not very patrilocal European Neolithic : strontium, aDNA, and archaeological kinship analyses /
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Two decades of strontium isotope research on Neolithic European burials - reinforced by high-profile ancient DNA studies - has led to widespread interpretations that these were patrilocal societies, implying significant residential mobility for women. This volume questions that narrative from a social anthropological perspective on kinship.
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Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (252 pages) : illustrations, maps :
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9781789699814 (PDF ebook) :
Travelling objects : changing values : the role of Northern Alpine lake-dwelling communities in exchange and communication networks during the late Bronze Age /
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Since their initial discovery in the nineteenth century, the enigmatic prehistoric lake-dwellings of the Circum-Alpine region have captured the imagination of the public and archaeologists alike. Over 150 years of research have identified hundreds of lacustrine settlements spanning from the Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age, when apparently, they ceased to be built. Studies of Bronze Age material across Europe have often superficially identified bronze objects as being of 'Alpine lake-dwelling origin' or 'lake-dwelling style'. Through a combination of material culture studies, multiple correspondence analysis, and the principle of object biographies, the role of the Late Bronze Age lake-dwelling communities in Central European exchange networks is addressed.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781905739943 (PDF ebook) :
Muslim Networks and Transnational Communities in and across Europe /
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The topic of this collection of articles is the increasingly transnational nature of Islam in Europe as well as the mechanisms by which the transnationalism is activated, especially the media. The papers integrate specific case studies with more general and thematic considerations, including the impact of the continuing migration processes and the adaptation of networks and intellectual and religious links by the 'European' generations of Muslims. This involves both the preservation and mobilisation of family and ethnic networks as well as the establishment of new personal and intellectual ('imagined') networks of shared interest which cross over the lines of the traditional or break out of them. These studies also show how European Muslims are increasingly locating themselves within global Islam.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789047401780
9789004128583