Hans H Penner (49 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

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paperback. Condition: Good. number 19 Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Red ink underlining and markings throughout. Wrappers are edge worn and curling. 532 pages. 532 pp.

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Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Unknown. Octavo, softcover, light moisture stain on back endpaper and a few back page corners else VG in beige wraps with blue border. Why do many people think religion is subjective? Or symbolic? Or non-rational? This book brings together eighteen important twentieth-century essaus on these questions, by authors ranging from Ludwig Wittgenstein to Richard Rorty and Clifford Geertz. The editors show that such questions are both quite modern and powerfully influential in our Western thinking about religious belief. Moreover, they lead directly into the three most popular theories that attempt to make sense of religion: positivism, functionalism, and relativism. Selecting essays that represent each of these three theoretical positions, Frankenberry and Penner trace their incoherence and argue for a new method and theory for understanding religious beliefs. 532 pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Book is in excellent condition, showing light cock to spine, light rubbing and scratches to surfaces, corner tips scuffed, modest bumping at top and bottom edges, previous owner's name penned neatly to corner of front paste down end page, slight creases across front loose end page, sparse underlining and notation penciled to margins; otherwise in great shape with tight binding and clean pages--majority of text is unmarked. A good copy overall.…

Journal. Condition: Very Good. ***please read*** name inside cover with light pencil - no marks on text - my shelf location ea-c-55*.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Hardcover with minor wear, tight and clean binding, text is unmarked, bright and clean. No dust jacket, if issued. Warmly inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf and signed "Hans." Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: New. Num Pages: 272 pages, some figures. BIC Classification: HREC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572. . 2009. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . .

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Hardback. Condition: New. Hans Penner takes a new look at the classic stories of the life of the Buddha. In the first part of the book, he presents a full account of these stories, drawn from various texts of Theravada Buddhism, the Buddhism of South and Southeast Asia. Penner allots one chapter to each of the major milestones in Buddha's life, with titles such as: Birth and Early Life, Flight from the Palace, Enlightenment and Liberation, Last Watch and Funeral. In the process, he brings to the fore dimensions of the myth that have been largely ignored by western scholarship. In Part II, Penner offers his own original interpretations of the legends. He takes issue with Max Weber's assertion that "Buddhism is an other-worldly ascetic religion," a point of view that remains dominant in the received tradition and in most contemporary studies of Buddhism. His central thesis is that the "householder" is a necessary element in Buddhism and that the giving of gifts, which creates merit and presupposes the doctrine of karma, mediates the relation between the householder and the monk. Penner argues that the omission of the householder - in his view one-half of what constitutes Buddhism as a religion - is fatal for any understanding of Buddha's life or of the Buddhist tradition. This boldly revisionist and deeply learned work will be of interest to a wide range of scholarly and lay readers.…

Condition: New. Num Pages: 272 pages, some figures. BIC Classification: HREC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572. . 2009. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: New. Editor(s): Penner, Hans H. Series: AAR Teaching Religious Studies Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; JFC; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456. . 1998. Paperback. . . . .

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Hardback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Condition: New. In English.

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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New. Editor(s): Penner, Hans H. Series: AAR Teaching Religious Studies Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; JFC; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456. . 1998. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Condition: New. In English.

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Paperback. Condition: New. 1st. Why do many people think religion is subjective? Or symbolic? Or non-rational? This book brings together eighteen important twentieth-century essaus on these questions, by authors ranging from Ludwig Wittgenstein to Richard Rorty and Clifford Geertz. The editors show that such questions are both quite modern and powerfully influential in our Western thinking about religious belief. Moreover, they lead directly into the three most popular theories that attempt to make sense of religion: positivism, functionalism, and relativism. Selecting essays that represent each of these three theoretical positions, Frankenberry and Penner trace their incoherence and argue for a new method and theory for understanding religious beliefs.…