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Charlie Parker (1920-1955)

22 Original Albums (Milestones Of A Legend)

Bird Lives! Dieses Graffiti erschien in New York schon kurz nach dem Tod von Charlie »Bird« Parker am 12. März 1955 im Alter von 34 Jahren - und es gilt bis heute. Der Alt-Sax-Gigant, einer der Begründer …

Charlie Parker (1920-1955)

Intégrale Charlie Parker Vol.4

Anthropology and Tax

The first substantial collection of anthropological work on tax, this book uses ethnographic data from around the world to elucidate how tax systems shape not just our economic lives, but our social relat…

Nadya Pohran

Invitation and Belonging in a Christian Ashram: Building Interreligious Community in Northern India

Based on 10 months of ethnographic fieldwork, this book presents a social history of Sat Tal Christian Ashram (STA), an Ashram in the Kumaon foothills of northern India. This book explores how some Christ…

Indigenous Churches

This book raises the question of what an Indigenous church is and how its members define their ties of affiliation or separation. Establishing a pioneering dialogue between Amazonian and Gran Chaco studie…

William Sims Bainbridge

Lucifer's Power: Beliefs and Practices of the Process Cult

Lucifer's Power: Beliefs and Practicesof the Process Cult offers a riveting exploration into oneof the most mysterious and influential cults of the 20th century. Founded inLondon in 1963 by Mary Ann MacLe…

Chris Deacy

Nostalgia, Religion and Popular Culture

"Drawing on the event of Queen Elizabeth II's death in 2022 as a central case study, Chris Deacy explores the way we navigate the relationship between nostalgia and religion. Deacy revisits the way we und…

Marshall Sahlins

The New Science of the Enchanted Universe

One of the world's preeminent cultural anthropologists leaves a last work that fundamentally reconfigures how we study most other cultures From the perspective of Western modernity, humanity inhabits a d…

Nomi M Stolzenberg, David N Myers

American Shtetl

Settled in the mid-1970s by a small contingent of Hasidic families, Kiryas Joel is an American town with few parallels in Jewish history-but many precedents among religious communities in the United State…

Anke Richter

Cult Trip

"At a new age festival in Byron Bay, journalist Anke Richter is finding her spiritual awakening when she meets a woman - a survivor of the Auckland cult Centrepoint - who will change the course of her lif…

Annika Schmeding

Sufi Civilities: Religious Authority and Political Change in Afghanistan

"Despite its pervasive reputation as a place of religious extremes and war, Afghanistan has a complex and varied religious landscape where elements from a broad spectrum of religious belief vie for a plac…

Annika Schmeding

Sufi Civilities: Religious Authority and Political Change in Afghanistan

"Despite its pervasive reputation as a place of religious extremes and war, Afghanistan has a complex and varied religious landscape where elements from a broad spectrum of religious belief vie for a plac…

Korie Little Edwards, Rebecca Y Kim

Estranged Pioneers

Drawing on data from a nationally representative study, including more than 100 in-depth interviews, Estranged Pioneers examines what it means for pastors of color to lead in multiracial spaces and draws …

Blue Notes Vol. 3

Die dritte Ausgabe unserer erfolgreichen »Original Albums«-Serie mit »Blue Notes« aus den 50s und 60s. Mit u.a. John Coltrane, Jimmy Smith, Clifford Brown, Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan, Kenny Dorham, Sonny…

Harvey Whitehouse

Inheritance

Anthropologist Harvey Whitehouse offers a sweeping account of how three ancient biases-conformism, religiosity, and tribalism-shaped humanity's past and imperil its future.

Erin E Stiles

The Devil Sat on My Bed

Many Latter-day Saints in Utah report visits from spirits-both the benevolent spirits of kin and threatening evil spirits-and understand these encounters with reference to key Latter-day teachings. In The…

Mani Rao

Living Mantra

Living Mantra is an anthropology of mantra-experience among Hindu-tantric practitioners. In ancient Indian doctrine and legends, mantras perceived by rishis (seers) invoke deities and have transformative …

Christian Temporalities

This volume explores how different forms of Christianity shape people's visions of pasts and futures, and how the transcendent is brought into human time. Beyond conventional discussions around breaks wit…

Muhammad Bilal

Beyond the Law: Living Blasphemy in Pakistan

The book embarks on a journey into the intricate landscape of blasphemy in Pakistan amid a rising tide of blasphemy accusations, public lynchings, and contentious blasphemy laws. Challenging conventional …