This clear and engaging guide introduces students to key areas of the field and shows how to apply an anthropological approach to the study of religion in the contemporary world. Written by an experienced teacher, it covers major traditional topics including definitions, theories, and beliefs, as well as symbols, myth, and ritual. The book also explores important but often overlooked issues such as morality, violence, fundamentalism, secularization, and new religious movements. The chapter...

This accessible book introduces the story of ‘social science’, with coverage of history, politics, economics, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and geography.Key questions include:How and why did the social sciences originate and differentiate?How are they related to older traditions that have defined Western civilization?What is the unique perspective or ‘way of knowing’ of each social science?W...

This concise and accessible introduction establishes the relevance of cultural anthropology for the modern world through an integrated, ethnographically informed approach. The book develops readers’ understanding and engagement by addressing key issues such as:What it means to be humanThe key characteristics of culture as a conceptRelocation and dislocation of peoplesThe conflict between political, social and ethnic boundariesThe concep...

This book unites the burgeoning scholarly literature on not-believing in various disciplines into a proposed new field of apisteology. It demonstrates that not-believing—like not-knowing—is a worthy and distinct subject and not merely a vacuum where belief (like knowledge) is lacking. Several contemporary issues appear repeatedly in the book, such as conspiracy theories, vaccine skepticism, climate change denial, and fake news. Each chapter begins with a vignette on one of these topics and...

Patent drafters charge $75 to $100 per sheet to prepare drawings -- but you can draw them yourself! How to Make Patent Drawings is an essential guide for inventors who want to complete a crucial step in the patenting process themselves -- creating formal patent drawings that comply with the strict rules of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (and save hundreds or even thousands of dollars). Written by two experts in the patent field, How to Make Patent Drawings shows you how to: make util...

Could you save your dog's life? YES! You could!Could you relieve your dog's pain and suffering? YES! You could!All living creatures can become sick or injured. When it happens, and it is your dog, what do you do?A visit to your veterinarian may well be needed but often it is possible to do a simple diagnosis yourself before deciding.This book provides an essential guide to checking your dog's condition when something appears to be wrong or your dog has suffere...

Start NOW and discover how to quickly and easily train your dog using simple science and a step-by-step system that will produce successful results that your dog will love, and you will too!How you can train your dog, young or old, Yorkshire Terrier or Wolfhound… and get astonishing results.Your starting point is not important, what is important is that you start NOW.You may have just collected your new pup and you know that good habits should start early.Maybe...

AUREALIS AWARD 2024 FINALISTWhen Sam’s ex, Danny, winds up gutted beyond recognition, Sam has no memory of where he was at the time. He can only remember the strange comfort of his new house. The endless ticking of a clock he can’t find. The bloody knife he woke up holding the morning Danny was killed.Sam’s guilt over Danny is undercut by the endless ticking, a growing desire to drink from the dead, and anonymous GPS pings that lead him to corpses. The sten...

The first ever translation (from Scots to English) of George MacDonald's debut novel!"I would rather be what God chose to make me, than the most glorious creature that I could think of. For to have been thought about-born in God's thoughts-and then made by God, is the dearest, grandest, most precious thing in all thinking." -Chapter XXXIVFollowing the success of David Jack's two-column "Scots-English" editions (which feature both languages ...

Banish belly fast, lose weight, and build lean muscle with simple at-home workouts designed specifically for men and women who don't like to go to the gym.Using the basic diet principles and easy workout strategies found in the bestselling The Belly Off! Diet, this new book offers beginners an ultra simple program of no-gym, no-gear exercise routines that they can do in the privacy of their own home to shed belly fat fast and improve their health starting with the first ea...

The desire of everyone in our world today is to be successful, wealthy, healthy and become fulfilled in life. Most people would want to arrive at these goals, if possible, in isolation without regard to the closest person to them, not to talk of being fair to others when they go about trying to achieve these mouth-watery goals.However, they forgot one thing – "The Golden rule", which says: "Do unto others what you want others to do unto you". Whether you're down the ladder in life ...

Featuring new illustrations by artist Carrie Stout, English translation of all Scots dialogue, and an introduction by Dale Ahlquist, President of the American Chesterton Society.ALEC FORBES OF HOWGLEN is George MacDonald's second Scottish novel, and the ninth to be included in this translation series. Set in the environs of the author's home town, it is a blended history of light and shade, in which floods and school thrashings are alleviated by outrageous childhoo...