Religious

First published in Paris in 1511, The Praise of Folly hasenjoyed enormous and highly controversial success from the author's lifetime down to our own day.It hasno rival, except perhaps Thomas More's Utopia, as the most intense and lively presentation of...

For two centuries and more our culture has been secular, and no religious doctrine now plays a constitutive part in any established branch of knowledge. Yet if God is dead, he won't lie down, and reminders of the old faith still pervade our language, the...

This book examines the relationship between Plato's views on psychology and his political philosophy, focusing on his reflections on the spirited part of the tripartite soul, or thumos, and spirited motivation over the course of his career. Spirit is the...

Contemporary science presents us with the remarkable theory that the universe began to exist about fifteen billion years ago with a cataclysmic explosion called `the Big Bang'. The question of whether Big Bang cosmology supports theism or atheism has...

The Philosophy of Drama provides an in-depth and erudite exploration of human existence as a dramatic existence, interpreted in terms of encounter, dialogue, reciprocity, erring, temptation, condemnation, and justification. In this magnum opus, Catholic...

The apostle Paul has reemerged as a force on the contemporary philosophical scene. Some of the most powerful recent affirmations of nonrepresentational, materialist, and event-oriented philosophies repeat topics and tropes of the ancient apostle. Paul is...

This unique book offers clear definitions of Gurdjieff's teaching terms, placing him within the political, geographic and cultural context of his time. Entries look at diverse aspects of his Work, including:* possible sources in religious, Theosophical,...

Juxtaposing "ecumenism" and "jihad," two words that many would consider strange and at odds with one another, Peter Kreeft argues that we need to change our current categories and alignments. We need to realize that we are at war and that the sides have...

Love's Forgiveness combines a discussion of the nature and ethics of forgiveness with a discussion--inspired by Kierkegaard--of the implications of considering interpersonal forgiveness as a 'work of love'. It introduces the reader to some key questions...

In "The Neighbor", three of the most significant intellectuals working in psychoanalysis and critical theory collaborate to show how the problem of neighbor love opens questions that are fundamental to ethical inquiry and suggest a new theological...

This is a brief and accessible introduction to the thought of the great Franciscan theologian St. Bonaventure (c. 1217-74). Cullen focuses on the long-debated relation between philosophy and theology in the work of this important but neglected thinker,...

Hermann Cohen (1842-1918) was among the most accomplished Jewish philosophers of modern times-if not the single most significant. But his work has not yet received the attention it deserves. This newly translated collection of his writings-most of which...

Religion, Mark C. Taylor argues in "After God", is more complicated than either its defenders or critics think and, indeed, is much more influential than any of us realize. Our world, Taylor maintains, is shaped by religion even when it is least obvious...

Does God exist? What about evil and suffering? How does faith relate to science? Is there life after death? These questions fascinate everyone and lie at the heart of philosophy of religion. Chad Meister offers an up-to-date introduction to the field,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999197905Author Nicholas BerdyaevFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Frsj PublicationsPublisher Frsj PublicationsWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Here, for the first time in English, is Franz Brentano's The Teaching of Jesus, a compendium of texts Brentano assembled for publication shortly before his death that constitute a frank, public settling of accounts with the Christian religion. Originally...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781532632556Author Professor of Philosophy Stephen R L ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock...

Early Polemical Writings covers the young Kierkegaard's works from 1834 through 1838. His authorship begins, as it was destined to end, with polemic. Kierkegaard's first published article touches on the theme of women's emancipation, and the other...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590303221Author Ken WilberFormat PaperbackPage Count 752Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Why should there be anything at all? Why, in particular, should a material world exist? Bede Rundle advances clear, non-technical answers to these perplexing questions. If, as the theist maintains, God is a being who cannot but exist, his existence...

This collection provides the first in-depth introduction to the theory of the religious imagination put forward by renowned philosopher Douglas Hedley, from his earliest essays to his principal writings. Featuring Hedley's inaugural lecture delivered at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916732032Author Gary MarkwickFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint i2i PublishingPublisher i2i Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598150018Format PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Polebridge PressPublisher Polebridge Press

Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) was a prolific scholar, impassioned theologian, and prominent activist who participated in the black civil rights movement and the campaign against the Vietnam War. He has been hailed as a hero, honored as a visionary,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952671159Author Luca SiniscalcoFormat PaperbackPage Count 394Imprint Prav PublishingPublisher Prav PublishingWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

The Writings of Charles De Koninck, volumes 1 and 2, present the first English editions of collected works of the Catholic Thomist philosopher Charles De Koninck (1906-1965). Ralph McInerny (1929-2010) was the project editor and prepared the excellent...

Written by Gregory A. Barker and Richard Gray, this innovative Revision Guide provides students with an effective way to recall and revise the comprehensive content of their Religious Studies AS course. / It reinforces the knowledge and skills provided...

Springs of Western Civilization is a comparative exploration of the Hebraic and classical traditions that form our heritage. In examining these traditions before they united, James Arieti locates the catalyst for their bonding in two related...

In Reasonable Hope considers three foundational responses to this quest for some understanding of the existence, meaning, and value of everything. Other approaches can be considered as combinations or variations of these. Firstly, there is the approach...

A work that "not only treats of irony but is irony," wrote a contemporary reviewer of The Concept of Irony, with Continual Reference to Socrates. Presented here with Kierkegaard's notes of the celebrated Berlin lectures on "positive philosophy" by F.W.J...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780966132717Author Fred Alan WolfFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Moment Point Press Inc,USPublisher Moment Point Press Inc,USWeight(grams) 1g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789362093196Author Edward Prime-StevensonPage Count 32Imprint Alpha EditionsPublisher Alpha Editions

This book brings together prominent voices from the global North and South to present brief analyses of liberation theology's future. It includes leaders in the field along with the newest voices. Each of these pieces was presented in the American...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994160287Author Adrian AndersonFormat HardbackPage Count 130Imprint Threshold PublishingPublisher Threshold PublishingWeight(grams) 703gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789432046Author EpictetusFormat HardbackPage Count 118Imprint Benediction ClassicsPublisher Benediction ClassicsWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991988051Author Michael ChaberekFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Chartwell PressPublisher Chartwell PressWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

This book explores the ways in which music can engender religious experience, by virtue of its ability to evoke the ineffable and affect how the world is open to us. Arguing against approaches that limit the religious significance of music to an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783161547232Author Peter FrickFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Mohr SiebeckPublisher Mohr SiebeckWeight(grams) 456g

Religious Education and Critical Realism: Knowledge, Reality and Religious Literacy seeks to bring the enterprise of religious education in schools, colleges and universities into conversation with the philosophy of Critical Realism. This book addresses...

Participation in religious liturgies and rituals is a pervasive and remarkably complex form of human activity. This book opens with a discussion of the nature of liturgical activity and then explores various dimensions of such activity. Over the past...