Popular beliefs and controversial knowledge

In this book, first published in 1987, Wolfgang Mieder follows the intriguing trail of some of the best known pieces of folk literature, tracing them from their roots to modern uses in advertising, journalism, politics, cartoons, and poetry.

For courses in evolution, creationism or as a supplemental item in biology and/or biological anthropology courses.

For courses in evolution, creationism or as a supplemental item in biology and/or biological anthropology courses.

A study of the production, circulation and consumption of English ghost stories during the Age of Reason.

This volume addresses dealings with the wondrous, magical, holy, sacred, sainted, numinous, uncanny, auratic, and sacral in the plays of Shakespeare and contemporaries, produced in an era often associated with the irresistible rise of a thinned-out secular rationalism.

This volume addresses dealings with the wondrous, magical, holy, sacred, sainted, numinous, uncanny, auratic, and sacral in the plays of Shakespeare and contemporaries, produced in an era often associated with the irresistible rise of a thinned-out secular rationalism.

This original, provocative study, first published in 1973, presents a new method of interpretation of mythology, and reveals the wide-ranging implications of this universal phenomenon for many disciplines.

This original, provocative study, first published in 1973, presents a new method of interpretation of mythology, and reveals the wide-ranging implications of this universal phenomenon for many disciplines.

First published in 1922, this book represents an attempt to outline the biological approach to the questions of religious thought.

First published in 1922, this book represents an attempt to outline the biological approach to the questions of religious thought.

American Mythologies examines eleven myths that form part of the storehouse of present-day American mythologies, elucidating the nature of contemporary myths by investigating their ideological sub-terrain.

American Mythologies examines eleven myths that form part of the storehouse of present-day American mythologies, elucidating the nature of contemporary myths by investigating their ideological sub-terrain.

The result of a unique research project exploring the relationship between children's vernacular play cultures and their media-based play, this collection challenges two popular misconceptions about children's play: that it is depleted or even dying out and that it is threatened by contemporary media such as television and computer games.

The result of a unique research project exploring the relationship between children's vernacular play cultures and their media-based play, this collection challenges two popular misconceptions about children's play: that it is depleted or even dying out and that it is threatened by contemporary media such as television and computer games.

Jason Marc Harris's ambitious book argues that the tensions between folk metaphysics and Enlightenment values produce the literary fantastic.

Jason Marc Harris's ambitious book argues that the tensions between folk metaphysics and Enlightenment values produce the literary fantastic.

In 1981 Robert John Russell founded what would become the leading center of research at the interface of science and religion, the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences.

In 1981 Robert John Russell founded what would become the leading center of research at the interface of science and religion, the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences.

This book provides a critical philosophical analysis of the claim that contemporary cognitive approaches to religion undermine theistic beliefs.

This book provides a critical philosophical analysis of the claim that contemporary cognitive approaches to religion undermine theistic beliefs.

Secular and spiritual prophets of doom abound in the information-rich twenty-first century - as they have for millennia.

Secular and spiritual prophets of doom abound in the information-rich twenty-first century - as they have for millennia.

Despite the much vaunted 'end of religion' and the growth of secularism, people are engaging like never before in their own 'spiritualities of life'.

Despite the much vaunted 'end of religion' and the growth of secularism, people are engaging like never before in their own 'spiritualities of life'.

Talking to the dead and communication with 'the other side' is often presented as a taboo in an increasingly technological and medically advanced world.

Talking to the dead and communication with 'the other side' is often presented as a taboo in an increasingly technological and medically advanced world.

In einer Welt voller göttlicher Mächte, unsichtbarer Bedrohungen und ritueller Ordnungen erzählt Im Bann der Dämonen von einem weitgehend vergessenen Kapitel altorientalischer Religionsgeschichte: den Reinigungsritualen der Hurriter in Kizzuwatna.

A scholarly work that aims to be both broad enough in scope to satisfy upper-division undergraduates studying folk belief and narrative and detailed enough to meet the needs of graduate students in the field.

The ancient heartland of shamanism is no longer forbidden territory - to travelers or to the spirits.

Understanding Oscar Wilde's characteristically unique approach to writing difference Over the course of his remarkable career, Oscar Wilde published two volumes of fairy tales: The Happy Prince and Other Tales and A House of Pomegranates.

This book provides a comprehensive review of numerous areas of pseudoscience and related pathological science.

Monsters are fragmentary, uncertain, frightening creatures.

In this narrative collage of ancient and contemporary storytelling, modern theory, and personal reflection, Ian William Sewall seeks to infuse western pedagogy with a folkloral teaching voice.

In this narrative collage of ancient and contemporary storytelling, modern theory, and personal reflection, Ian William Sewall seeks to infuse western pedagogy with a folkloral teaching voice.

This delightful collection makes the rich but little-known Slovak folk culture available for English-language readers.

This delightful collection makes the rich but little-known Slovak folk culture available for English-language readers.

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (9-1) Science Double Award Student Book

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (91) Science Single Award Student Book

Recognised by universities worldwide and fully comparable to UK reformed GCE A levels.

Recognised by universities worldwide and fully comparable to UK reformed GCE A levels.

Put ideas into practice using theoretical concepts and real-life examples The MBA Handbook, 9th Edition by Cameron is a vital resource for MBA and other postgraduate management students to gain maximum learning benefit from their programme.

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (9-1) Physics Student Book

Build a strong foundation on the principles and procedures of modern forensic science.

Build a strong foundation on the principles and procedures of modern forensic science.

A little guide to auld Scottish grannies' methods of looking after the family in times of illness.

First Published in 2005.

First Published in 2005.

This book offers Jungian perspectives on social constructions of gender difference and explores how these feed into adult ways of relating within male-female relationships.