Human actions are often deeply intertwined with religion and can be understood in a strictly religious context. Yet, many volumes and articles pertaining to discussions of religion in the archaeological past have focused primarily on the sociopolitical implications of such remains. The authors in this volume argue that while these interpretations certainly have a meaningful place in understanding the human past, they provide only part of the picture. Because strictly religious contexts have often been ignored, this has resulted in an incomplete assessment of religious behavior in the past. This volume considers exciting new directions for considering an archaeology of religion, offering examples from theory, tangible archaeological remains, and ethnography.

This is a collection of Professor Preston King's essays on the history of ideas.

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The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial reviews the current state of mortuary archaeology and its practice, highlighting its often contentious place in the modern socio-politics of archaeology. It contains forty-four chapters which focus on the history of the discipline and its current scientific techniques and methods. Written by leading, international scholars in the field, it derives its examples and case studies from a wide range of time periods, such as the middle palaeolithic to the twentieth century, and geographical areas which include Europe, North and South America, Africa, and Asia. Combining up-to-date knowledge of relevant archaeological research with critical assessments of the theme and an evaluation of future research trajectories, it draws attention to the social, symbolic, and theoretical aspects of interpreting mortuary archaeology. The volume is well-illustrated with maps, plans, photographs, and illustrations and is ideally suited for students and researchers.

This compilation of conference proceedings consists of 44 separate "chapters" or selections that are spread over about ten sections. The sections deals with such topics as historical and epistemological factors, cognitive and intellectual perspectives, and clinical and mental health.

How should one write a history of Ancient Israel? In the last few decades, a lively discussion has taken place on the historiography of ancient Israel. Minimalists such as Philip Davies, Thomas Thompson, and Niels Peter Lemche challenged the usefulness of the Hebrew Bible as a source for constructing Israel's past. Maximalists like Baruch Halpern and William Dever argued instead that the data from the Hebrew Bible should be trusted until otherwise proven. Others – among whom we can name Hans Barstad, Rainer Albertz, and Lester Grabbe – took a third road. The essays in this volume follow that third road by applying insights from the field of philosophy of history. A dozen case studies from David to the earliest Samaritans demonstrate how difficult it is to write a history of ancient Israel without falling in the abyss of an ideology in one direction or another. The matrix designed by Manfred Weippert to look at the past through five windows (landscape, climate, archaeology, epigraphy and only at the end the Hebrew Bible) turned out to be more helpful. The conclusion of this research is that there are some stable pillars in the swamp of the past, but it comes with the warning that the space between these pillars is large and cannot easily be filled.

In this book, J.H. Plumb investigates the way that humankind has moulded the past to give sanction to their institutions of government, their social structure and morality. The past has also been called upon to explain the nature of our destiny in order both to strengthen the objectives of society and to reconcile us to our lot.

The complex and coherent development of Japanese art during thecourse of the nineteenth century was inadvertently disrupted by apolitical event: the Meiji Restoration of 1868. Scholars of both thepreceding Edo (1615-1868) and the succeeding Meiji (1868-1912) erashave shunned the decades bordering this arbitrary divide, thus creatingan art-historical void that the former view as a period of waningtechnical and creative inventiveness and the latter as one threatenedby Meiji reforms and indiscriminate westernization and modernization.Challenging Past and Present, to the contrary, demonstrates that theperiod 1840-1890, as seen progressively rather than retrospectively, experienced a dramatic transformation in the visual arts, which in turnmade possible the creative achievements of the twentieth century

Have you ever wondered who you were in your past lives? What experiences you lived through, what people you met, what talents you developed, what lessons you learned? Would you like to explore your past and discover how it influences your present and your future? If the answer is yes, then this book is for you. "Discover Your Past Lives: A Journey of Self-Knowledge" is a book written by Isis Estrada, a renowned past life therapist and Akashic records teacher. In this book, Isis guides you step by step through the process of self-exploration of your past lives, from the basics of reincarnation to techniques of regression, meditation, and self-hypnosis. Furthermore, she teaches you how to heal through past life therapy, how to overcome blocks and fears, how to identify themes and patterns across your previous lives, how to recognize karmic connections with others, how to awaken your innate gifts inherited from the past, how to explore diverse past lives and cultures, how to glimpse your future life, and how to integrate the awareness of the soul's immortality. This book is not just a theoretical work but also an invitation to practice. Each chapter contains exercises, guided meditations, and reflection questions that will help you delve deeper into the study of your past lives. Lastly, the book includes Isis's personal experience during the exploration of the period between lives, as well as her vision of collective healing. "Discover Your Past Lives: A Journey of Self-Knowledge" is a book that will open the doors to a fascinating and revealing world. A book that will make you see your life through different eyes, with more understanding, forgiveness, and self-compassion. A book that will inspire you to embrace the tapestry of your past stories and live your present with more fullness and purpose. This book follows a course format and is accredited by The International Guild of Complementary Therapists (IGCT) in England. Anyone who has completed the book can request their completion diploma.

A collection of archaeologists and historians examine the modes of religiosity theory for its usefulness in explaining the origins and history of religions.