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The Early 20th Century Resurgence of the Tibetan Buddhist World by Ishihama Yumiko (Editor); Alex McKay (Editor)
ISBN: 9048553067
Publication Date: 2022-01-27
The Early 20th Century Resurgence of the Tibetan Buddhist World is a cohesive collection of studies by Japanese, Russian and Central Asian scholars deploying previously unexplored Russian, Mongolian, and Tibetan sources concerning events and processes in the Central Asian Buddhist world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Early Judaism by Frederick E. Greenspahn (Editor)
ISBN: 1479896950
Publication Date: 2018-07-17
An exploration of the emergence of Rabbinic Judaism drawing on primary sources and new methods
Early Chinese Religion: Part One: Shang Through Han (1250 BC-220 Ad) (2 Vols) by John Lagerwey (Editor); Marc Kalinowski (Editor)
ISBN: 1282601830
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Together, and for the first time in any language, the 24 essays gathered in these volumes provide a composite picture of the history of religion in ancient China from the emergence of writing ca. 1250 BC to the collapse of the first major imperial dynasty in 220 AD.
God and War by Raymond Haberski
ISBN: 9780813553184
Publication Date: 2012-07-23
God and War traces how three great postwar "trials"--the Cold War, the Vietnam War, and the War on Terror--have revealed the promise and perils of an American civil religion. Throughout the Cold War, Americans combined faith in God and faith in the nation to struggle against not only communism but their own internal demons.

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