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Both religious practices and economic behaviour create and sustain intra-group cooperation by providing people with common goals and values. The rules of the market are... Læs mere
Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg hat Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich (1921–2007) herausragende israelische Gelehrte in englisch- und... Læs mere
Based on Chinese historical data collected over the past three thousand years, the articles in the volume investigate the development of new grammatical categories and the process of lexicalization and grammaticalization of unique grammatical words.
The chapters cover a wide thematic area, which includes modern Bengali tantric practitioners, tantric ritual in medieval China, the South Asian cults of the mother goddesses, the way of Buddhism into Mongolia, and countercultural echoes of contemporary tantric studies.
The Pseudo-historical Image of the Prophet Muhammad in Medieval Latin Literature: A Repertory
The order of the day may have been, more often than not, to suspend confessional allegiances rather than enforce religious... Læs mere
Deals with the use of a closed set of motion verbs in five of the major dialects, including Mandarin, Wu, Hakka, Min and Cantonese. This book shows that these dialects form a continuum with some exhibiting more characteristics of a verb-framed language than the others.
Analyses the complex relationship between history and religion. This book considers religious groups as both producers of historical narratives and topics of historiography. It explores how religions are historicised.