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 place in society. It is also one of the birthplaces of a widely practiced variant of Islam: Sufism. Contemporary analysts suggest that Sufism is on the decline due to war and the id...(展开全部)

"Afghanistan" traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world, from the Mughal Empire in the sixteenth century to the Taliban resurgence today. Thomas Barfield introduces readers to the bewildering diversity of tribal and ethnic groups in Afghanistan, explaining what unites them as Afghans despite the regional, c...(展开全部)

"Afghanistan" traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world, from the Mughal Empire in the sixteenth century to the Taliban resurgence today. Thomas Barfield introduces readers to the bewildering diversity of tribal and ethnic groups in Afghanistan, explaining what unites them as Afghans despite the regional, c...(展开全部)

The topic of religious and ritual change, including conversion from one modality of practices to another, has emerged in recent years as a prime focus of scholarly attention in anthropology and related disciplines, such as history, sociology, political science and religious studies. Conversion to Christianity is one focus that has developed within this broad and dynamic field ...(展开全部)

The topic of religious and ritual change, including conversion from one modality of practices to another, has emerged in recent years as a prime focus of scholarly attention in anthropology and related disciplines, such as history, sociology, political science and religious studies. Conversion to Christianity is one focus that has developed within this broad and dynamic field ...(展开全部)

七頭推介： 這本書企圖論說台灣四大山頭─慈濟功德會、佛光山、法鼓山與行天宮在現代化與建立公民社會的過程中，如何調適台灣在傳統到現代的道德價值不適；同時，佛教與道教，如何在解嚴以後的台灣與活躍的公民社會同步滋長，並傳統宗教的現代化，甚至成為台灣主體建構與身份認同的重要一環。作者亦致力駁斥儒教傳統有碍民主發展的迷思。惟個人覺得在佛教義理與民主的契合方面，作者的分析有欠深度，只停留在社會現象的表層分析。但作為了解現代宗教及台灣社會的讀物，這書值得一看。 This book explores the remarkable religious renaissance that has reformed, revitalized, and renewed the practices of Buddhism and Daoism in Taiwan. Democr...(展开全部)

七頭推介： 這本書企圖論說台灣四大山頭─慈濟功德會、佛光山、法鼓山與行天宮在現代化與建立公民社會的過程中，如何調適台灣在傳統到現代的道德價值不適；同時，佛教與道教，如何在解嚴以後的台灣與活躍的公民社會同步滋長，並傳統宗教的現代化，甚至成為台灣主體建構與身份認同的重要一環。作者亦致力駁斥儒教傳統有碍民主發展的迷思。惟個人覺得在佛教義理與民主的契合方面，作者的分析有欠深度，只停留在社會現象的表層分析。但作為了解現代宗教及台灣社會的讀物，這書值得一看。 This book explores the remarkable religious renaissance that has reformed, revitalized, and renewed the practices of Buddhism and Daoism in Taiwan. Democr...(展开全部)

The city is one of the greatest unsung heroes in cinema -- a modernist inspiration for silent classics such as Metropolis (1926) and a dense urban jungle in The Matrix (1999) -- yet there have been few attempts to grasp the cultural and aesthetic nature of its role in film. This volume is an ambitious collection of writings and photo-essays discussing this complex yet enduring ...(展开全部)

Ronald Inglehart argues that economic development, cultural change, and political change go together in coherent and even, to some extent, predictable patterns. This is a controversial claim. It implies that some trajectories of socioeconomic change are more likely than others--and consequently that certain changes are foreseeable. Once a society has embarked on industrializat...(展开全部)

Ronald Inglehart argues that economic development, cultural change, and political change go together in coherent and even, to some extent, predictable patterns. This is a controversial claim. It implies that some trajectories of socioeconomic change are more likely than others - and consequently that certain changes are foreseeable. Once a society has embarked on industrializat...(展开全部)