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    World Religions: The Great Faiths Explored and Explained

    John Bowker

    Taking a refreshing new approach toward understanding different faiths, Bowker looks at the beliefs and practices of many different religions, including Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and Islam. Illustrations.

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    Beliefs that Changed the World: The History and Ideas of the Great Religions

    John Bowker

    A history of the great religions, told through their core beliefs.

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    Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots: An Australian Diplomat in the Arab World

    Robert Bowker

    TWO BOOKS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE AND BOTH EMINENTLY WORTH THE PURCHASE… After 50 years as an Australian diplomat, UN official, intelligence analyst, academic and company director working in…

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    The Sacred Neuron: Discovering the Extraordinary Links Between Science and Religion

    John Bowker

    Why do we think that things happen in the way that they do? Why do we think that some things are true, and other things false? This book shows that…

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    Religion Hurts: Why Religions Do Harm As Well As Good

    John Bowker

    An analysis of religious conflict.

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    The Religious Imagination and the Sense of God

    John Bowker

    Oxford Scholarly Classics is a new series that makes available again great academic works from the archives of Oxford University Press. Reissued in uniform series design, the reissues will enable…

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    The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions

    Abridged from the acclaimed Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, this is the most comprehensive dictionary of religion available in paperback. Written by an expert team of contributors, the volume contains…

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    Why Religions Matter

    John Bowker

    Religions divide opinions. Some say religions are obsolete, irrational and dangerous. Others point to the great achievements of religions in advancing our exploration of the cosmos and of human nature…

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    Why Religions Matter

    John Bowker

    Religions divide opinions. Some say religions are obsolete, irrational and dangerous. Others point to the great achievements of religions in advancing our exploration of the cosmos and of human nature…

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    Jesus and the Pharisees

    John Bowker

    A study of the Pharisees, in particular as they appear in the New Testament and in relation to Jesus. The main part of the book brings together the most important…

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    The Targums and Rabbinic Literature: An Introduction to Jewish Interpretations of Scripture

    John Bowker

    Bearing in mind that Jewish and rabbinic material is being increasingly applied to problems of Christian origins, he provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject (referring to the texts and…

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    Problems of Suffering in Religions of the World

    John Bowker

    A comparative general study of the problems of suffering as treated by Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Marxism, Hinduism and Buddhism.

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    The Meanings of Death

    John Bowker

    In The Meanings of Death, John Bowker offers a major contribution to debates about the value of death and its place in both Western and Eastern religions.

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    World Religions: The Great Faiths Explored and Explained

    John Bowker

    Taking a refreshing new approach toward understanding different faiths, Bowker looks at the beliefs and practices of many different religions, including Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and Islam. Illustrations.

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    Problems of Suffering in Religions of the World

    John Bowker

    A comparative general study of the problems of suffering as treated by Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Marxism, Hinduism and Buddhism.

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    The Targums and Rabbinic Literature: An Introduction to Jewish Interpretations of Scripture

    John Bowker

    Bearing in mind that Jewish and rabbinic material is being increasingly applied to problems of Christian origins, he provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject (referring to the texts and…

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    Religiones del mundo: Cultos, ideas y creencias

    John Bowker

    Explains Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, Buddhism and more key faiths with annotations and illustrations. This book provides insight into the key practices, figures and images of each religion. It is…

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    God: A Very Short Introduction

    John Bowker (Professor of Religious Studies)

    Who or what is God? In this Very Short Introduction John Bowker considers questions like these. Exploring how the major religions interpret the idea of God, and have established their…

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    A Man of Many Parts: Essays in Honor of John Bowker on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday

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    A selection of essays that pay tribute to the diverse interests and penetrating intellect of the theologian John Westerdale Bowker, exploring and building on upon his favourite subjects and themes.

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    Sacred Place

    This book explores the function of buildings for worship, shrines and pilgrimage centers, and the part they play in the lives of individuals and the community, while also recognizing that…

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    Picturing God

    Addressing important issues of the day, this series examines how each of the eight major religions approaches a particular theme. Constructed to be comparative, the books are both authoritative and…

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    Worship

    Addressing important issues of the day, this series examines how each of the eight major religions approaches a particular theme. Constructed to be comparative, the books are both authoritative and…

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    Rites of Passage

    Addressing important issues of the day, this series examines how each of the eight major religions approaches a particular theme. Constructed to be comparative, the books are both authoritative and…

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    A Man of Many Parts: Essays in Honor of John Westerdale Bowker on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday

    This collection of essays by colleagues, former students, and friends illustrates something of the breadth and depth of subjects that have engaged the life and thought of the Reverend Doctor…

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    The Henrician Reformation: The Diocese of Lincoln under John Longland 1521-1547

    Margaret Bowker

    The book will be invaluable reading for students of the social, ecclesiastical and political history of early modern England.

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    Shaping Technology/Building Society: Studies in Sociotechnical Change

    Building on the influential book The Social Construction of Technological Systems, this volume carries forward the project of creating a theory of technological development and implementation that is strongly grounded…

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    Oxford American Handbook of Geriatric Medicine

    Samuel Durso (Clinical Director and Director of Education, Divis, Clinical Director and Director of Education, Divis, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore Maryland),Lesley Bowker,James Price, QC,Sarah Smith

    This portable reference offers easily accessible how to information that facilitates geriatric care decisions, including specific diagnostic and therapeutic instructions.

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