Theory and Method in Higher Education Research provides a forum specifically for higher education researchers to discuss issues of theory and method. This latest collection includes discussion of a va
Editors Huisman and Tight present readers with a collection of academic essays and scholarly articles focused on contemporary and emerging theories and methods utilized in higher education research
This book highlights the recent re-emergence of Edward Westermarck's work in modern approaches to morality and altruism, examining his importance as one of the founding fathers of anthropology and as
Education scholars launch a new series where researchers of higher education can share ideas, experiences, and findings. Among their topics are the role of political and policy studies in higher educa
Departing from a concern with certain a€?harda€? problems in social theory and focusing instead on the theoretical strategies employed in their solution, especially on how these strategies depend on w
(Berklee Methods). This is the first-ever method that teaches you how to play in a rock band. Learn what all the great musicians seem to know intuitively how to listen, interact and respond, improvi
This is the first volume of a two-book series that peels away the metaphors and explains the living tradition of Taoist meditation, which is little known or taught in the West. Most of what people kno
This is the second volume of a two-book series that peels away the metaphors and explains the living tradition of Taoist meditation, which is little known or taught in the West. Most of what people kn
The chapters explore the possible development of a new scholarly synthesis for the study of religion, founded on the triadic space constituted by evolution, cognition, cultural and ecological environm
The Science of Religion: A Defence offers a brilliant overview of Donald Wiebe’s contributions on methodology in the academic study of religion, of the development of his thinking over time, and of hi
The Question of Methodological Naturalism offers ten essays on the role of naturalism in religious studies, ranging from sophisticated intellectual histories and philosophical analyses to trenchant de
This collection of essays provides an insight into the theoretical and methodological debates within the academic study of religion in Hanover and beyond over the last years.
In Mana: A History of a Western Category Nicolas Meylan proposes a critical account of Western imaginations of mana, an Oceanic word borrowed by Europeans to denote ‘supernatural power’.
In Fabrications of the Greek Past, Vaia Touna demonstrates that present-day meanings of historical artifacts are created by social actors through their ever-contemporary acts of identification, such a
In this book, Daniel Dubuisson analyses the long history of the dichotomy between religion and magic, as well as the great stakes of power which it has concealed over the centuries.
Martin and Wiebe collect 11 essays they have written separately or with each other, correcting typos and updating references, but otherwise leaving them as they were originally published. Other schola
Scholars of religion contribute to the discourse research in the study of religion with theoretical reflections and contexts and cases. Among their topics are the current re-evaluation of religion and
Religious-secular distinctions have been crucial to the way in which modern governments have rationalised their governance and marked out their sovereignty – as crucial as the territorial boundaries t
The essays in A Modest Proposal on Method, three of which are new, further document failings in the study of religion but offers practical suggestions for reinventing the field.
This volume reflects on current debates in the acdemic study of religion by reprinting select articles form the Brill journal Method and Theory in the Study of Religions, currently in its 25th volume,
