Religious

Kenneth L. Schmitz examines the writings of Karol Wojtyla, from his early dramas to his later theological works. Wojtyla's primary philosophical interest lies in the field of ethics, but Schmitz also points out that Wojtyla's interest is worked out in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570626302Author Walter ScottFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

In Do Numbers Exist? Peter van Inwagen and William Lane Craig take opposite sides on whether there are abstract objects, such as numbers and properties. Craig argues that there are no abstract objects, whereas Van Inwagen argues that there are. Their...

Few twenty-first century academics take seriously mysticism's claim that we have direct knowledge of a higher or more "inner" reality or God. But Philosophical Mysticism argues that such leading philosophers of earlier epochs as Plato, G. W. F. Hegel,...

In this essential early work, the preeminent European philosopher Peter Sloterdijk offers a cross-cultural and transdisciplinary meditation on humanity's tendency to refuse the world. Developing the first seeds of his anthropotechnics, Sloterdijk...

Is it possible to think about religious beliefs philosophically? Should religious beliefs be viewed as a flight from reason or as capable of rational support? Can theologians learn from philosophers? Can philosophers learn from theologians? Is it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060654771Author Thomas MertonFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 440g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781515436577Author Soren KierkegaardFormat HardbackPage Count 92Imprint A & D PublishingPublisher A & D PublishingWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Tackling a host of myths and prejudices commonly leveled at atheism, this captivating volume bursts with sparkling, eloquent arguments on every page. The authors rebut claims that range from atheism being just another religion to the alleged atrocities...

Tim Mulgan introduces a new thought experiment: the world will end in two hundred years, and humanity faces imminent and unavoidable (but not immediate) extinction. This book presents imaginary philosophical debates and lectures within this slowly ending...

The Phenomenology of Religious Life presents the text of Heidegger's important 1920-21 lectures on religion. The volume consists of the famous lecture course Introduction to the Phenomenology of Religion, a course on Augustine and Neoplatonism, and notes...

Beyond Secular Order is the first of a two-volume work that expands upon renowned theologian John Milbank's innovative attempt to understand both theology and modern thought begun in his previously published classic text Theology and Social Theory. ...

In Sweet and Blessed Country John Saward takes an altarpiece from fifteenth-century Provence as his starting-point for a theological exposition of the Christian hope for Heaven. The altarpiece, Enguerrand Quarton's Coronation of the Virgin, was painted...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736704479Author James SwartzFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Shiningworld PressPublisher Shiningworld PressWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

John Finnis has been a central figure in the fundamental re-shaping of legal philosophy over the past half-century. This volume of his Collected Essays shows the full range and power of his contributions to the philosophy of law. The volume collects...

Meditation has flourished in different parts of the world ever since the foundations of the great civilizations were laid. It played a vital role in the formation of Asian cultures that trace much of their heritage to ancient India and China. This volume...

This book contains a collection of the essential readings treating both classic and contemporary issues in philosophy of religion.About the AuthorEleanore Stump, Robert J. Henle Professor of Philosophy at St. Louis University has published widely in the...

Can we talk meaningfully about God? The theological movement known as Grammatical Thomism affirms that religious language is nonsensical, because the reality of God is beyond our capacity for expression. Stephen Mulhall critically evaluates the claims of...

This book considers a movement within Russian religious philosophy known as "full unity" (vseedinstvo), with a focus on one of its main representatives, Pavel Florensky (1882-1937). Often referred to as "the Russian Leonardo," Florensky was an important...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781628375480Author Sara Ahbel-RappeFormat HardbackPage Count 574Imprint Society of Biblical LiteraturePublisher Society of Biblical LiteratureWeight(grams)...

If science has replaced God, is life necessarily meaningless? This book argues that the advances of science and the retreat of religion in secular society does not have to mean a life without spirituality.About the AuthorMark Vernon began his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060937133Author Paul TillichFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

What does it mean to say that we live in a secular age? Almost everyone would agree that we-in the West, at least-largely do. And clearly the place of religion in our societies has changed profoundly in the last few centuries. In what will be a defining...

The study of Islamic philosophy has entered a new and exciting phase in the last few years. Both the received canon of Islamic philosophers and the narrative of the course of Islamic philosophy are in the process of being radically questioned and revised...

An indispensable collection of Buddhist devotional poems and songsLonging to Awaken features twenty-two translations of Buddhist devotional poems and songs composed by revered Tibetan masters from diverse traditions and time periods. The anthology...

This is the first comprehensive study of the intellectual and spiritual message of world-renowned philosopher Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998), the foremost spokesman of the "Perennialist" or "Traditionalist" school of comparative religious thought. Intended...

The Sea of Faith made a huge impact when it was first published to accompany a major television series in the mid 1980's. For a generation that was embodying the ebbing of the tide of faith, it articulated the huge intellectual and cultural shifts that...

The place (or absence) of God in Nietzsche's thought remains central and controversial. Nietzsche's proclamation of 'the death of God' is one of the most famous (and parodied) slogans in modern philosophy, seeming to encapsulate the nineteenth-century...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781835631508Author Josanne JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingWeight(grams)...

Abolition can be a spiritual practice, a spiritual journey, and a spiritual commitment. What does abolition mean and how can we get there as a collective and improvisational project?To posit the spirituality of abolition, is to consider the ways...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802880185Author Oluwatomisin Olayinka OredeinFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint William B. Eerdmans Publishing CompanyPublisher William B. Eerdmans...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780877736370Author Chogyam TrungpaFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

The debate over the proper definition of "religion" has occupied the attention of social scientists for many years without shedding much light on the nature of religion. One reason for this lack of progress is that most participants in the debate have...

The last twenty years have seen a dramatic increase in "nones": people who do not claim any religious affiliation, and who now outnumber even the largest Protestant denominations in America. Not to be confused with secularists, many nones identify...

Attempts to show the religious dimension in many special spheres of man's cultural activity.Reviews"This book may well be Tillich's most original work. Here theology and culture really penetrate and Tillich's European background and American context...

Pantheism is the idea that God and the world are identical-that the creator, sustainer, destroyer, and transformer of all things is the universe itself. From a monotheistic perspective, this notion is irremediably heretical since it suggests divinity...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060937256Author de Chardin, Pierre TeilhardFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Pyrrho of Elis went with Alexander the Great to Central Asia and India during the Greek invasion and conquest of the Persian Empire in 334-324 BC. There he met with early Buddhist masters. Greek Buddha shows how their Early Buddhism shaped the philosophy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609422394Author Three InitiatesFormat HardbackPage Count 106Imprint FabPublisher FabWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm

Might we be parts of a divine mind? Could anything like an afterlife make sense? Starting with a Platonic answer to why the world exists, Immortality Defended suggests we could well be immortal in all of three separate ways. Tackles the fundamental...