Religious

Communitas is inspired fellowship; a group's pleasure in sharing common experiences; being 'in the zone' - as in music, sport, and work; the sense felt by a group when their life together takes on full meaning. The experience of communitas, almost beyond...

This book is an exploration of contemporary Jewish-Muslim relations in the United States and the distinct ways in which these two communities interact with one another in the American context. Each essay discusses a different episode from the recent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645264609Author Neil R JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint Neil JohnsonPublisher Neil JohnsonWeight(grams) 381g

This book offers a better insight into the comparison of Western and Islamic cultures, with studies that address the issues of Islam and modernity, violence in Islamic law and history, and respect for individuals' privacy in Islamic cultures.Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993549939Author Paul TillichFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Beauchief Abbey PressPublisher Beauchief Abbey PressWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013292095Author AdamsFormat HardbackPage Count 350Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 1098gDimensions(mm)...

Building on the philosophies of the social sciences and of religion, the book is concerned with the interplay between the inner powers of individuals and the structures of their societies and also with how these inner powers affect how they see outer...

A team of international experts present a collection of articles on William James's philosophy of religion and its current relevance. A new look at his philosophy of religion is crucially important for the development of this field of inquiry today.Book...

The Greeks are on trial. They have been for generations, if not millennia, from Rome in the First century, to Romanticism in the Nineteenth. We debate the place of the Greeks in the university curriculum, in New World culture - we even debate the place...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985117290Author Danielle N ScottFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Spirit & Life PublicationsPublisher Spirit & Life PublicationsWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780852447376Author Virgilio PacioniFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint GracewingPublisher GracewingWeight(grams) 438gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 19mm

We humans are deeply convinced that there is something distinct about us as a species, but we have never been able to agree on what it is. In the West, the religion of Israel argued that the will is the fundamental vehicle of our relation to God and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780932914866Author Anthony TolFormat PaperbackPage Count 556Imprint Dordt College PressPublisher Dordt College PressWeight(grams) 807gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

In the three major religions of the West, God is understood to be a being whose goodness, knowledge, and power is such that it is impossible for any being, including God himself, to have a greater degree of goodness, knowledge, and power. This book...

Philosophy of Religion provides an engaging analysis of the current state of play in philosophy of religion, focusing on several central issues in the field. It is inclusive in its approach and designed for students, but it will also be useful to...

It is generally supposed that the fact that the world contains a vast amount of suffering, much of it truly horrible suffering, confronts those who believe in an all-powerful and benevolent Creator with a serious problem: to explain why such a Creator...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780932914927Author Johan MekkesFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Dordt College PressPublisher Dordt College PressWeight(grams) 153g

Can human beings be free and responsible if there is a God? Anselm of Canterbury, the first Christian philosopher to propose that human beings have a really robust free will, offers viable answers to questions which have plagued religious people for at...

Classical Indian schools of philosophy undertake major debates on a variety of issues with the formal aim of attaining a supreme end to existence - liberation from the cycle of lives. This book looks at four conceptions of liberation and the way analytic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780966974256Author Tarik KarengaFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Amenism, Inc.Publisher Amenism, Inc.Weight(grams) 231g

Since the post-Enlightenment, Jews have fragmented into a variety of sub-groups, each with their own religious ideology. This book provides a description as well as a critique of these various Jewish religious groups and offers an alternative model of...

Cutting-edge research is presented by some of the best philosophers of religion of the new generation, who address such topics as divine attributes, the origin of the universe, evolution and design, implications and puzzles of religious doctrines,...

Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion is an annual volume offering a regular snapshot of state-of-the-art work in this longstanding area of philosophy that has seen an explosive growth of interest over the past half century. Under the guidance of a...

Exploring Religious Diversity analyzes the philosophical questions raised by the fact that many religions in the world often appear to contradict each other in doctrine and practice. * Analyzes the philosophical questions raised by the fact that many...

A concise treatment, from both a Catholic as well as ecumenical perspective, of the two main creeds of Christendom.Book InformationISBN 9780809145508Author Richard W. KropfFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Paulist Press International,U.S.Publisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982129838Author Ralph Waldo EmersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Coyote Canyon PressPublisher Coyote Canyon PressWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm)...

Wittgenstein, Frazer and Religion expounds and analyses the argument of Wittgenstein's Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough . It details the reasons for Wittgenstein's rejection of the intellectualist theory of religion, and suggests a new interpretation of...

A new and groundbreaking investigation which takes full account of the finding of the social and historical sciences whilst offering a religious interpretation of the religions as different culturally conditioned responses to a transcendent Divine...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013292798Author Ines WeinrichFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983718345Author Charles WagnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Suzanne Searcy JohnsonPublisher Suzanne Searcy JohnsonWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781432778743Author Michael S III PendergastFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 513g

The book '... should be assured of the attention of the many on both sides of the Atlantic who are fascinated by this subject.' John HickBook InformationISBN 9780333331798Author Stephen T. DavisFormat HardbackPage Count 171Imprint Palgrave...

John Hick is one of the most widely read and discussed living writers in modern theology and the philosophy of religion. This book offers students a one volume textbook on his thought. Extracts from his writings cover all the various themes for which...

At the beginning of Whitebread Protestants, Daniel Sack writes "When I was young, church meant food. Decades later, it's hard to point to particular events, but there are lots of tastes, smells, and memories such as the taste of dry cookies and punch...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865546851Author Robert L. PerkinsFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Mercer University PressPublisher Mercer University Press

Why is there a world? Does it reflect the presence of God in any way? Did the world spontaneously come into existence or is there a creator? How will it end? Does God Exist? Do religions give a coherent view of His existence and nature? Can we enter into...

Spectres of False Divinity presents a historical and critical interpretation of Hume's rejection of the existence of a deity with moral attributes. In Hume's view, no first cause or designer responsible for the ordered universe could possibly have moral...

Modern developments in philosophy have provided us with tools, logical and methodological, that were not available to Medieval thinkers - a development that has its dangers as well as opportunities. Modern tools allow one to penetrate old texts and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780906280188Author Dick SullivanFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Coracle BooksPublisher Coracle BooksWeight(grams) 185g

About the AuthorLenn E. Goodman is an American philosopher. His philosophy, particularly his constructive work, draws from classical and medieval sources as well as religious texts. Goodman is also an academic, scholar, and a historian with research...