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Free Download William Pannapacker, "Revised Lives: Whitman, Religion, and Constructions of Identity in Nineteenth-Century Anglo-American Culture"
English | 2003 | pages: 215 | ISBN: 0415968704 | PDF | 4,3 mb
Revised Lives examines self-representation in U.S. culture from the American Revolution through the nineteenth century. Drawing on studies of the history of the book, Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology, and ethnic and gender revisionism, this book focuses on the processes of national development, the self-construction of authorial personae, and the appropriation of the personae by interpretive communities. Special emphasis is given to Walt Whitman, but other figures are treated at length: P. T. Barnum, Edward Carpenter, Frederick Douglass, Benjamin Franklin, and Edgar Allan Poe. This study contributes to the understanding of selfhood in nineteenth-century American culture, the development of autobiography as a genre, and the dynamics of literary reception.

Free Download Wollstonecraft and Religion (Anthem Religion and Society Series, 1) by Brenda Ayres
English | January 16, 2024 | ISBN: 183999018X | 380 pages | PDF | 3.08 Mb
Ever since Godwin announced to the world in Memoirs that Wollstonecraft had had little use for religion, most biographers, scholars, historians and readers have regarded her as an apostate. Further, the existing scholarly texts fail to demonstrate the pervasiveness of biblical references in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. The true tally of scriptural references approaches over 1,100 as identified in this study. Wollstonecraft’s biblical allusions, besides sheer volume, are noteworthy because they gave women a biblical basis upon which to contend for better education and occupational opportunities as well as for legal and political independence. That the arguments were couched in biblical rhetoric most likely contributed to their initial reception and tolerance of what were incendiary ideas and searing social criticism. The recognition and analysis of biblical underpinnings in Wollstonecraft and Religion not only of Rights of Woman but also of her other publications and letters propose new consideration regarding the Mother of Feminism and her work. The chapters that accompany the annotated text of Rights of Woman furnish biographical and historical context that offer fresh perspectives about Wollstonecraft’s religious convictions and faith, many of which have not been published elsewhere.

Free Download Zachary T. Smith, "Religion and Sport in Japan"
English | ISBN: 0824897668 | 2024 | 206 pages | PDF | 4 MB
The sports world’s attention was focused on Japan for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. The years-long buildup to and aftermath of the games occurred in the midst of the global pandemic, which delayed the event until 2021. Given all of this, there is perhaps no better time to delve into an often overlooked but critical facet of sport in Japan: religion.

Free Download A Historical and Theoretical Guide to Studying Religion by Wesley Kort
English | January 16, 2024 | ISBN: 1839990546 | 184 pages | PDF | 1.17 Mb
This book, a guide to studying religion, has two parts. The first or historical part traces the rise of the academic study of religion from the early nineteenth century to the present day. Primary attention is given to the relation of studying religion to Romanticism and to its contrary relations to principal characteristics of Western modernity, especially its rational and materialist emphases. The second part of the book addresses matters that present uncertainties, problems, and even tensions within the field, such as, what is or should be meant by referring to some persons or groups as religious, why religion is so often a cause of tensions and even conflicts both within and between religious groups and between them and the increasingly nonreligious or secular quality of modern Western culture, and the problem that arises for the field by reason of scholars who, on one side, are themselves religious and who, on the other side, are nonreligious or secular. The book places this final difficulty, the difference and often the tension between religious and nonreligious approaches to the study of religion, in the role of a unifying theme of the book and offers a way by which this problem can be addressed and to a considerable degree reduced.

Free Download Religion Is Not Done with You: Or, the Hidden Power of Religion on Race, Maps, Bodies, and Law by Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, Megan Goodwin
English | November 5, 2024 | ISBN: 0807012750 | True EPUB | 176 pages | 1.1 MB
A smart, irreverent, and accessible guide to thinking more deeply about how religion permeates and shapes the world around us -and why you need to understand the work it’s doing

Free Download Heretic Queen: Queen Elizabeth I and the Wars of Religion by Susan Ronald
English | August 13, 2013 | ISBN: 1250031508 | 368 pages | EPUB | 3.45 Mb
Acclaimed biographer Susan Ronald delivers a stunning account of Elizabeth I that focuses on her role in the Wars on Religion―the battle between Protestantism and Catholicisim that tore apart Europe in the 16th Century

Free Download Gabrielle A. Brenner, "A World of Chance: Betting on Religion, Games, Wall Street"
English | 2008 | pages: 359 | ISBN: 0521884667, 0521711576 | PDF | 1,7 mb
Although financial markets often try to distance themselves from gambling, the two factors have far more in common than usually thought. When, historically there were no financial institutions such as banks, lotteries constituted the ways by which expensive items were disposed of, and governments raised money quickly. Gambling tables fulfilled roles that venture capital and banking do today. "Gamblers" created clearinghouses and sustained liquidity. When those gamblers bet on price distributions in futures markets, they were redefined as "speculators." Today they are called "hedge fund managers" or "bankers." Though the names have changed, the actions undertaken have essentially stayed the same. This book shows how discussion on "chance," "risk," "gambling," "insurance," and "speculation" illuminates where societies stood, where we are today, and where we may be heading.

Free Download The Waters of Mnemosyne: Ancient Greek Religion for Modern Pagans by Gwendolyn Reece
English | December 8th, 2024 | ISBN: 0738778893 | 320 pages | True EPUB | 4.36 MB
Build a Deep, Contemporary Practice Rooted in Ancient Greek Traditions

Free Download The Routledge Handbook of Politics and Religion in Contemporary America
by Jeffrey Haynes
English | 2025 | ISBN: 1032374802 | 593 Pages | True ePUB | 11 MB