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  Tibet, Past and Present: Religion and secular culture in Tibet - International Association for Tibetan Studies. Seminar, John Ardussi - Google Books

  http://books.google.de/books?id=6_f5xBtKYPgC&pg=PA218&lpg=PA218&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false

  The proceedings of the seminars of the International Association for Tibetan Studies (IATS) have developed into the most representative world-wide cross-section of Tibetan Studies. They are an indispensable reference-work for anyone interested in Tibet and…

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  Seventy-five Years of the Turkish Republic - Google Books

  https://books.google.de/books?id=YQHaAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA3

  This collection examines the issues which - over the first 75 years of the Turkish Republic - have shaped, and will continue to influence, Turkey's foreign and domestic policy: the legacy of the Ottoman empire, the concept of citizenship, secular…

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  Medieval Hebrew Poetry in Muslim Egypt: The Secular Poetry of the Karaite ... - Joachim J.M.S. Yeshaya - Google Books

  https://books.google.de/books?id=oOB5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=Kitab+Aldurar++Judah+Alharizi&source=bl&ots=mZgCaGSpn8&sig=LIJRP

  Offering an edition of secular poems taken from the earliest, fifteenth-century manuscript, this book seeks to evaluate Moses Darʿī’s poetry in the light of the Andalusian-Hebrew poetical tradition and within the context of Hebrew literary activity in the…

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  Law, Medicine and Engineering in the Cult of the Saints in Counter ... - Jetze Touber - Google Books

  https://books.google.de/books?id=_V7bAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA89&dq=sant'adriano+relics+nereus&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwitycCP3MrPAhUrJsAKHW4q

  This book shows how the sixteenth-century priest Antonio Gallonio engaged with law, medicine and engineering, to draw attention to saintly virtues. It exposes the tensions between a theocratic clergy and the self-assertion of secular professionals in the…

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  Religion and Personal Law in Secular India: A Call to Judgment - Google Books

  https://books.google.de/books?id=E4-wYWX4bH8C&pg=PA153#v=onepage

  Though a directive principle of the constitution, a uniform civil code of law has never been written or instituted in India. As a result, in matters of personal law -- the segment of law concerning marriage, dowry, divorce, parentage, legitimacy, wills,…

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  Over the Rainbow: The Wizard of Oz as a Secular Myth of America - Paul Nathanson - Google Books

  http://books.google.de/books?id=58jMRXmuHjkC&pg=PA28&dq=wizard+of+oz+black+and+white+to+color&hl=de&sa=X&ei=vEJQVIe0HoOgPYG0gJAE

  Over the Rainbow shows how Dorothy's passage from Kansas to Oz and back again recapitulates paradigmatic stories of both America and Christianity. Defining human identity on three symbolic levels (individual, collective, and cosmic), Nathanson shows…

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  Music in New Jersey, 1655-1860: A Study of Musical Activity and Musicians in ... - Charles H. Kaufman - Google Books

  https://books.google.de/books?id=OHJB9FQIEsgC&pg=PA254&lpg=PA254&dq=john+m+abott+jersey+city&source=bl&ots=2r4DBS7y13&sig=AM4LWa

  Employs nearly 4,000 names of music teachers, performers, instrument, makers, and tradesmen who contributed to the musical upbringing of one of our nation's earliest-settled regions. Also includes a study of sacred and secular music, concert life, music…

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  The Islamist Election Victory in Tunisia: Ennahda – Asset or Threat? - Qantara.de

  http://de.qantara.de/content/nach-dem-wahlsieg-der-islamisten-tunesien-zwischen-zuversicht-und-angst

  Tunisia's Islamist Renaissance Party is now the strongest force in the constituent assembly. Many have been surprised by the fact that no secular party was able to garner nearly as many seats, and "Ennahda's" victory has alarmed those who espouse a…

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  New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular ... - Wouter J. Hanegraaff - Google Books

  https://books.google.de/books?id=xnrT97nXzgQC&pg=PA72&dq=Talbot#v=onepage

  Recent years have seen a spectacular rise of the New Age movement and an ever-increasing interest in its beliefs and manifestations. This fascinating work presents the first comprehensive analysis of New Age Religion and its historical backgrounds, thus…

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  CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY IN LEBANON

  http://www.democracyinlebanon.org/

  Democracy in Lebanon is an independent, nongovernmental grass-root movement dedicated to promoting the democratic potential of the Lebanese People. The Center for Democracy in Lebanon™ (CDL) supports, strengthens and enhances the aspiration of the…

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