Religion and Emotion

Approaches and Interpretations
$50.00
Paperback, Apr 2004
ISBN13: 9780195166255ISBN10: 0195166256
This anthology is the first collection of recent papers addressing the topic of religion and emotion.


Be Very Afraid

The Cultural Response to Terror, Pandemics, Environmental Devastation, Nuclear Annihilation, and Other Threats
$29.95
Hardback, Mar 2010
ISBN13: 9780199730872ISBN10: 0199730873
One of America's leading social scientists offers new insight into our response to potentially catastrophic threats such as lethal pandemics or global warming


Death, Sin and the Moral Life

Contemporary Cultural Interpretations of Death
$35.00
Paperback, Jun 2000
ISBN13: 9781555402037ISBN10: 1555402038
Bonnie Miller-McLemore uncovers and critiques the assumptions, moral and otherwise, behind the contemporary "death and dying movement."


Cults

Faith, Healing and Coercion
Second Edition
$45.00
Hardback, Mar 1999
ISBN13: 9780195123692ISBN10: 0195123697
"Galanter's book shines with brilliance."--Science


Landscapes of the Soul

The Loss of Moral Meaning in American Life
$50.00
Paperback, Sep 2003
ISBN13: 9780195169447ISBN10: 0195169441
An eye-opening look at the spiritual vacuum that underlies the contemporary American loss of meaning and moral purpose


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