Handbook of experimental existential psychology

Table of Contents: “…Mashek -- An existentialist approach to the social psychology of fairness : The influence of mortality and uncertainty salience on reactions to fair and unfair events / Kees van den Bos -- Zeal, identity, and meaning : Going to extremes to be one self / Ian McGregor -- Nostalgia : Conceptual issues and existential functions / Constantine Sedikides, Tim Wildschut, and Denise Baden -- Existential meanings and cultural models : The interplay of personal and supernatural agency in American and Hindu ways of responding to uncertainty / Maia J Young and Michael W. …”
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Aesthetics in Arabic thought : from pre-Islamic Arabia through al-Andalus by Puerta Vílchez, José Miguel

Table of Contents: “…Preface to the English Translation; Acknowledgments; List of Figures; Introduction; 1 Contemporary Historiography of Arab-Islamic Aesthetic Thought; a) Western Criticism; b) Arabic Criticism; 2 Aesthetic Theory and Arab Andalusi Aesthetics; Chapter 1 -- Beauty and the Arts in the Rise of Written Arabic Culture; 1.1 Pre-Islamic Sensibility and the Vocabulary of Aesthetics; 1.1.1 The Supernatural Origin of Artistic Creation; 1.1.2 The Physical and Luminous Character of Beauty in Pre-Islamic Poetry. …”
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The Ultimate South Park and Philosophy : Respect My Philosophah!. by Arp, Robert

Table of Contents: “…; Ha, Ha, Ha. You Believe in a Supernatural Being; Maybe Just Believing in God Makes God Exist; Oh My Science!…”
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Cultural-linguistic explorations into spirituality, emotionality, and society

Table of Contents: “…Cultural-linguistic explorations into religion, spirituality, and the supernatural -- Cultural linguistics and religion -- 1. …”
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Gold and Jade Filled Halls. by Hsieh, Shelley Ching-yu

Table of Contents: “…The Metaphorical Categorizations of Jin1qian2; 4.1.1. Jin1qian2 is Supernatural Power; 4.1.2. Jin1qian2 is Human; 4.1.3. …”
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Indigenous environmental knowledge : reappraisal by Edington, John M.

Table of Contents: “…Dedication; Synopsis; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Changing Perceptions; 1.2 Hunter-Gatherers; 1.3 The Challenges of Permanent Settlement; 1.4 Local Investigative Methods; 1.5 Invoking the Supernatural; References; Chapter 2: Farming; 2.1 Origins; 2.2 Responding to Site and Soil Variations; 2.2.1 Local Recognition of Soil Types; 2.2.2 The Use of Multiple Seed Strains; 2.3 Coping with Seasonal Variations; 2.3.1 The Farming Calendar; 2.3.2 Multiple Crop Strains; 2.3.3 Seasonal Indicators; 2.4 Maintaining Soil Fertility.…”
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Adventures of the mad monk Ji Gong : the drunken wisdom of China's most famous Chan Buddhist monk by Guo, Xiaoting, active 18th century

Table of Contents: “…In the market town of Yunlan, an evil Daoist brings forth a supernatural manifestation; the benevolent Liang Wanzang suffers a calamity…”
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A history of preaching. Volume 2 by Edwards, O. C. (Otis Carl), 1928-

Table of Contents: “…Spurgeon: lecture on the aim of preaching; Chapter 18: American reveille; Jonathan Edwards: sermon on a Divine and Supernatural Light; Chapter 19: The second call; Francis Asbury: journal sample pages; a firsthand report of a camp meeting.…”
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The problem of disenchantment : scientific naturalism and esoteric discourse, 1900-1939 by Asprem, Egil

Table of Contents: “…1 The Poverty of the Re-Enchantment Paradigm2 The Reach of Science: Naturalism and Scientific Worldviews; Victorian Scientific Naturalism: A Historical Perspective; Naturalism as a Philosophical Current; Naturalism versus Supernaturalism; Between Naturalisation and Disenchantment: Mapping the Magical Margin; 3 Disenchantment Revisited; Towards a Critical Naturalistic Constructionism; Conclusion: The Construction and Inversion of a Worldview; Part 2: New Natural Theologies; Chapter 3 Brave New World: An Introduction to Part Two; Chapter 4 Physical Science in a Modern Mode; Introduction.…”
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Historical-critical method : a guide for the perplexed by Law, David R.

Table of Contents: “…The principle of correlation; 4. Anti-supernaturalism; 5. The bracketing out of inspiration; The methods of historical criticism; 2 A Brief History of Historical Criticism; Traces of historical criticism in the early Church; Intimations of historical criticism in the Middle Ages; The Renaissance: laying the foundations of historical criticism; The Reformation and the rise of literal exegesis; The Enlightenment: the rise of the historical study of the Bible.…”
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Creek (Muskogee) texts by Haas, Mary R. (Mary Rosamond), 1910-1996, Hill, James H.

Table of Contents: “…Hill -- The Town of Hilabi -- Description of Hilabi Round House -- All about the Names of the Towns -- Resolutions Presented at Henryetta February 27, 1941 -- Notes on the Ball Game -- The Inter-Town Ball Game -- Match-Game Between Hilabi and Okfuskee, about 1876 -- A Match-Game Between Hilabi and Pakantalahasi (1905) -- Creek Clans and Kinship -- Story of Aktayahchi and Wotko Clans -- Ways of Preparing Corn -- Preparation of Meat and Hunting and Meat Taboos -- Wild Fruits -- Pottery Making -- How to Make a Bow -- Tanning Hide -- Creek Games -- Various Games -- The Customs of Hunters -- [Hunting a Turkey] -- How to Tame a Fawn -- Story About the Ancients in Olden Times -- The Stars -- Prophets -- Men and Women of Olden Times -- [A Rule for Eating] -- [Do not Stare at a Hawk] -- [When Someone's Ear Rings] -- Advice to Young Men -- Advice to Young Women -- Women's Rules -- Childbirth -- A Short Saying -- [Signs of the Last Days] -- [Dreams] -- Old Time Law -- Scalp-Taking -- The Comanches and the Creeks -- About Creek and Cherokee Towns -- Fiddle-Dance -- About Supernatural Beings -- About the Little People -- The Origin of Corn -- Origin of the Sapiya -- Uses of the Sapiya -- The Origin of Tobacco -- Addendum: Uses of Tobacco -- How Terrapin Got a Cracked Shell -- Ball-Game between the Birds and the Animals -- The Owl and the Dog -- A Catamount Gets Intoxicated -- The Trading Snake -- The Mice Plot Against the Cat -- A Mouse Deceives a Cat -- The Lion and the Frog.…”
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The Edinburgh companion to contemporary Scottish literature

Table of Contents: “…Kennedy's dysphoric fiction / David Borthwick -- Between camps : masculinity, race and nation in post-devolution Scotland / Alice Ferrebe -- Crossing the borderline : post-devolution Scottish lesbian and gay writing / Joanne Winning -- Subaltern Scotland : devotion and postcoloniality / Stefanie Lehner -- Mark Renton's bairns : identity and language in the post-Trainspotting novel / Kirstin Innes -- Cultural devolutions : Scotland, Northern Ireland and the return of the postmodern / Matthew McGuire -- Alternative sensibilities : devolutionary comedy and Scottish camp / Ian Brown -- Against realism : contemporary Scottish literature and the supernatural / Kirsty Macdonald -- A double realm : Scottish literary translation in the twenty-first century / John Corbett -- Scots abroad : the international receptions of Scottish literature / Katherine Ashley -- A very interesting place : representing Scotland in American romance novels / Euan Hague and David Stenhouse -- Cinema and the economics of representation : public funding of film in Scotland / Duncan Petrie -- Twenty-first century storytelling : context, performance, renaissance / Valentina Bold.…”
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Mountain Arapesh. by Mead, Margaret

Table of Contents: “…LOCAL ARTIFACTS, CRUDER FORMS OF PLAINS TYPESIMPORTS WHICH THE MOUNTAIN ARAPESH MAKE NO ATTEMPT TO COPY; THE MOUNTAIN ARAPESH SEEN AS AN IMPORTING CULTURE; GLOSSARY AND GAZETTEER; II. SUPERNATURALISM; PREFACE; METHODS OF COLLECTING AND PRESENTING THE MATERIALS; THE PLACE OF THIS SECTION IN THE SERIES; CLASSIFICATION OF LEVELS OF CONCRETE MATERIALS; METHOD OF TREATMENT ADOPTED IN THIS SECTION; SPECIFIC METHODS OF FIELD-WORK USED AMONG THE ARAPESH; GENERAL FORMULATIONS OF ARAPESH CULTURE; ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE NATURAL WORLD; Cosmology; Treatment of the Past; Plants and Animals.…”
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Reconsidering Olmec visual culture : the unborn, women, and creation by Tate, Carolyn Elaine

Table of Contents: “…Topography and sources of stone ; Discovery, excavation, and chronology of La Venta ; Surveying La Venta's visual culture through time ; Women and the unborn return to prominence -- Female water and earth supernaturals : the massive offerings, mosaic pavements, and Mixe "work of the earth". …”
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Reconsidering Olmec visual culture : the unborn, women, and creation by Tate, Carolyn Elaine

Table of Contents: “…Topography and sources of stone ; Discovery, excavation, and chronology of La Venta ; Surveying La Venta's visual culture through time ; Women and the unborn return to prominence -- Female water and earth supernaturals : the massive offerings, mosaic pavements, and Mixe "work of the earth". …”
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Slapping the table in amazement : a Ming Dynasty story collection by Ling, Mengchu, 1580-1644

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Erasing the Invisible Hand : Essays on an Elusive and Misused Concept in Economics. by Samuels, Warren J., 1933-

Table of Contents: “…Naturalism; 5.5. Supernaturalism; 5.6. The Social Belief System; 5.7. Self-Interest; 5.8. …”
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Melchizedek Passages in the Bible : a Case Study for Inner-Biblical and Inter-Biblical Interpretation. by Alan KamYau, Chan

Table of Contents: “…-- 7.3.1 His Rule: The Extent of Time and Location -- 7.3.2 His Rule: A Priestly Overtone -- 7.3.3 His Supernatural Birth -- 7.3.4 His Life of Human Nature -- 7.4 Conclusion -- 8 The Canonical Shape of the Psalter as Cotexts for Understanding Psalm 110: With Special Reference to Psalms 1-2 and Book I-IV -- 8.1 A Programmatic Understanding of Psalm 110: Psalms 1-2 as an Editorial Introduction to the Program of Understanding -- 8.1.1 A Programmatic Structure of the Psalter Shaped by Psalms 1 and 2 -- 8.1.2 Psalms 1 and 2 Are One Theological Unit -- 8.1.3 Effect of the Rhetorical Structure of Psalm 1 -- 8.1.4 The Effect of the Rhetorical Structure of Psalm 2 -- 8.1.5 A Theological Interaction of Psalms 1-2: Shaping the Reading of the Psalter -- 8.2 A Study of Books I-II: With Special Reference to Psalm 72 in View of the Editorial Introduction of Psalms 1-2 -- 8.3 A Study of Book III: With Special Reference to Psalm 89 in View of the Editorial Introduction of Psalms 1-2 -- 8.4 A Study of Book IV in View of Books I-III and the Editorial Introduction of Psalms 1-2.…”
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Gothicka. by Nelson, Victoria

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