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Irish And Scottish Encounters With Indigenous Peoples: Canada, The United States, New Zealand, And Australia
- Paperback - McGill-Queen's University Press
The expansion of the British Empire during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries created the greatest mass migration in human history, in which the Irish and Scots played a central, complex, and controversial role. The essays in this volume explore the diverse encounters Irish and Scottish migrants had with Indigenous peoples in North America and Australasia. The Irish and Scots were among the most active and enthusiastic participants in what one contributor describes as 'the greatest single period of land theft, cultural pillage, and casual genocide in world history'.
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Irish And Scottish Encounters With Indigenous Peoples: Canada, The United States, New Zealand, And Australia
- Hardback - McGill-Queen's University Press
The expansion of the British Empire during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries created the greatest mass migration in human history, in which the Irish and Scots played a central, complex, and controversial role. The essays in this volume explore the diverse encounters Irish and Scottish migrants had with Indigenous peoples in North America and Australasia. The Irish and Scots were among the most active and enthusiastic participants in what one contributor describes as 'the greatest single period of land theft, cultural pillage, and casual genocide in world history'.
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Twelver Shi'ism: Unity And Diversity In The Life Of Islam
Andrew J. Newman - Paperback - Edinburgh University Press
This volume charts the history of Twelver Shi'ism and the processes underlying the development of its key distinctive doctrines and practices which ensured its survival in the face of repeated internal and external challenges.
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Twelver Shi'ism: Unity And Diversity In The Life Of Islam
Andrew J. Newman - Hardback - Edinburgh University Press
This volume charts the history of Twelver Shi'ism and the processes underlying the development of its key distinctive doctrines and practices which ensured its survival in the face of repeated internal and external challenges.
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Pagan Portals: Pathworking Through Poetry
Fiona Tinker - Paperback - Moon
Poetry talks to the heart as well as the head. It can move us, make us think and guide us. This book explores how poetry can help develop a pathworking through exploring wisdom hidden in plain view. It is a look at creative processes, inspirations, how nature and the divine move us - and how to apply this on a personal level to pagan pathworking.
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Understanding Chinese Religions
Joachim Gentz - Paperback - Dunedin Academic
This text explains systematic problems related to Chinese religions and examines the roots of stereotypes associated with them. It offers a systematic approach to explain Chinese religions, before presenting the main traditions in their historical perspective.
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Difference And Disability In The Medieval Islamic World: Blighted Bodies
Kristina Richardson - Hardback - Edinburgh University Press
Did you know that blue eyes, baldness, bad breath and boils were all considered bodily 'blights' by medieval Arabs, as were cross eyes, lameness and deafness? What assumptions about bodies influenced this particular vision of physical difference? How did blighted people view their own bodies? Through close analyses of anecdotes, personal letters, (auto)biographies, erotic poetry, non-binding legal opinions, diaristic chronicles and theological tracts, the cultural views and experiences of disability and difference in the medieval Islamic world are brought to life.
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Celtic Prayers And Incantations
- Paperback - Dover
From Sunday prayers and Christmas verses to chants intended to cure toothaches and keep the cow's milk flowing, this is the timeless folk poetry of the Scottish Highlands and Islands.
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The Wicca Book Of Days: Festivals, Traditions, And Lore For Every Day Of The Year
Selena Eilidh Ash - Paperback - Saraband
Based on the eight sabbats of the Wiccan wheel of the year, and drawing on the solar, lunar, zodiacal, and sacred calendars of a multitude of faith and creeds, this book focuses on these keys to enjoying a rich and fulfilling life.
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Understanding Islam
Cafer S. Yaran - Paperback - Dunedin Academic
Islam can be one of the most misunderstood religions. The author introduces Islam in its many dimensions, covering the main historical, theological, practical, ethical, spiritual, social, and global themes.
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