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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Moeurs, institutions et cérémonies des peuples de l'Inde	J. A. Dubois	Translated from the French by Henry K. Beauchamp.	OL1078165W
Mātara paramparika gurukam hā śānti karma	Nandika Băddēgama	Analysis of two Sinhalese witchcraft rituals of Matara District, Sri Lanka.	OL11746445W
Zarobić na duszne zbawienie	Tomasz Wiślicz	TO EARN HEAVENLY SALVATION<br> PEASANT RELIGION IN LITTLE POLAND FROM THE MID-16TH TO THE END OF THE 18TH CENTURY<br><br> The book offers a proposal of the complex, model outlook on the religious c…	OL11775272W
Work and faith in the Kentucky coal fields	Richard J. Callahan	"Exploring themes of work and labor in everyday life, Richard J. Callahan, Jr., offers a history of how coal miners and their families lived their religion in eastern Kentucky's coalfields during the…	OL11913560W
The church	Kathryn Hinds	"A social history of Elizabethan England, focusing on the role religion played in the lives of the both the powerful and the ordinary people who lived in England during the famous monarch's reign: 15…	OL12177081W
A search in secret India	Paul Brunton	An account of the Indian yogis from first-hand investigation.	OL122941W
Tortillas for the gods	Evon Zartman Vogt	For nearly 20 years, the author observed rituals in Zinacanteco society (Chiapas, Mexico). Those rituals organize life into a four stage cycle. Prestige (as determined by age and wealth) is also a fa…	OL1317303W
Teatralidade e performance ritual dos folguedos da Ilha de Itaparica	CELIA CONCEICAO SACRAMENTO GOMES	Teatralidade e performance ritual dos folguedos da Ilha de Itaparica, Bahia - Brasil registra as histórias ligadas à cultura e à religiosidade de seus habitantes. Na sua performance os brincantes re…	OL13207813W
Pater Patriae	Agnieszka Rożnowska-Sadraei	448 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 21 cm.	OL13775856W
I misteri di Piedigrotta	Maurizio Ponticello	Era la festa più antica al mondo e talmente celebre da chiamarla la Festa delle Feste, eppure è stata pugnalata alla schiena, e lasciata morire esangue senza che alcuno tentasse una reale rianimazion…	OL14988521W
Bittersüße Heimat	Necla Kelek	Woher kommt, wohin treibt die Türkei? Vom europäischen Istanbul bis ins wilde Kurdistan ist Necla Kelek gereist, an traumhaften Küsten und durch die majestätische Bergwelt Anatoliens, und hat ein Lan…	OL15368069W
The bread of angels	Stephanie Saldana	A romantic memoir of a young woman's year in Damascus. In 2004, 27-year-old Stephanie Saldaña traveled to Syria on a Fulbright fellowship to study the role of the prophet Jesus in Islam. She was also…	OL15408612W
Religions of the ancient near East	Daniel C. Snell	"This book is a history of religious life in the Ancient Near East from the beginnings of agriculture to Alexander the Great's invasion in the 300s BCE"-- "This book is a history of religious life i…	OL15587842W
Engaging the spirit world in modern Southeast Asia	Kirsten W. Endres,Andrea Lauser	"'The world today is as furiously religious as it ever was.' This quote from Peter Berger now appears to be undisputed in the contemporary social and cultural sciences. A look around the globe reveal…	OL16152656W
Scotland saw His glory	Richard Owen Roberts,W. J. Couper	Revivals are sometimes classed among movements that are due to ignorance, fanaticism, and unhealthy imitation. The story of Scottish revivals is inspiring for the role played by men of scholarship, w…	OL16457364W
Nine lives	William Dalrymple	From the Dust Jacket: A Buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet-then spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the violence by hand printing the best prayer flags i…	OL16601002W
Christian mummification	Ken Jeremiah	"This study explores the history of Roman Catholic mummification. It explores various types of mummies, the connections between the Catholic Church and Egyptian religious practices, the treatment of …	OL16607267W
Bat, Ball & Bible	Charles DeMotte	During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, moral and social forces collided in the argument over upholding New York State's blue laws, meant to restrict social activities and maintain …	OL16804553W
Libros de milagros y milagros en Guadalajara (siglos XVI-XVIII)	Eulalia Castellote Herrero	El objetivo fundamental de esta obra es presentar una serie de manuscritos inéditos y un elenco de milagros publicados en textos de difícil acceso, para hacer con ellos un inventario general de suces…	OL17079215W
Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms	Gerard Russell	Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the Middle East has long sheltered many distinctive and strange faiths: one regards the Greek prophets as incarnations of God, another reveres Lucife…	OL17483636W