The Myth of Quetzalcoatl: Religion, Rulership, and History in the Nahua World 1607323907, 9781607323907

The Allure of Nezahualcoyotl: Pre-Hispanic History, Religion, and Nahua Poetics 9780826343390

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Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic: Essays in the History of the Religion of Israel 9780674030084

Cross traces the continuities between early Israelite religion and the Canaanite culture from which it emerged; explores

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Insignia of Rank in the Nahua World: From the Fifteenth to the Seventeenth Century 1607322404, 9781607322405

This significant work reconstructs the repertory of insignia of rank and the contexts and symbolic meanings of their use

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Meta-Religion: Religion and Power in World History 9780520959996

Whereas many textbooks treat the subject of world religions in an apolitical way, as if each religion were a path for in

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The Florentine Codex: An Encyclopedia of the Nahua World in Sixteenth-Century Mexico 1477318402, 9781477318409

In the sixteenth century, the Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahag�n and a team of indigenous grammarians, scribes, and

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Cathedrals, Communities and Conflict in the Anglo-Norman World (Studies in the History of Medieval Religion) (Studies in the History of Medieval Religion, 38) [Illustrated] 1843836203, 9781843836209

Cathedrals dominated the ecclesiastical (and physical) landscape of the British Isles and Normandy in the middle ages; y

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The Myth of the Eternal Return: Cosmos and History 9780691238326

First published in English in 1954, this founding work of the history of religions secured the North American reputation

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India in the Chinese Imagination: Myth, Religion, and Thought 9780812208924

In this collection of original essays, leading Asian studies scholars take a new look at the way the Chinese conceived o

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The Disenchantment of the World: A Political History of Religion: A Political History of Religion [Hardcover ed.] 0691044066, 9780691044064

Marcel Gauchet has launched one of the most ambitious and controversial works of speculative history recently to appear,

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Islam and the Myth of Confrontation: Religion and Politics in the Middle East 9780755611973, 9781860648687

The collapse of communism, and the rise of militant Islamic movements in the Middle East, have raised the spectre of a f

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