Philosophy

It is far more common nowadays to see references to the afterlife--angels playing harps, demons brandishing pitchforks, God among heavenly clouds, the fires of hell--in New Yorker cartoons than in serious Christian theological scholarship. Speculation...

Uncertainty is the essence of the human condition, and nothing is more uncertain than God. Yet passions run hot when it comes to God, both among believers and non-believers. God is a Question, Not an Answer aims to unsettle readers on both sides of...

Where did the ideas of heaven and hell come from? As strange as it may seem to us now, there was a time when no one thought they would go to heaven or hell after they died. In fact, there is no mention of them in the Old Testament, and Jesus did not...

The culmination of a lifetime of counselling, lecturing and writing, M. Scott Peck's major work leads us to a deeper awareness of how to live rich, fulfilling lives in a world fraught with stress, worry and anxiety. Writing with a depth of understanding...

`For I do not seek to understand so that I may believe; but I believe so that I may understand. For I believe this also, that unless I believe, I shall not understand.' Does God exist? Can we know anything about God's nature? Have we any reason to...

Suppose you knew that, though you yourself would live your life to its natural end, the earth and all its inhabitants would be destroyed thirty days after your death. To what extent would you remain committed to your current projects and plans? Would...

This book examines the political and moral challenges that face the vast majority of human beings who consider themselves to be members of various nations. It explores nationality through the difficulties and conflicts that have arisen throughout...

Through his death on the cross, Christ atoned for sin and so reconciled people to God. New Testament authors drew upon a range of metaphors and motifs to describe this salvific act, and down through history Christian thinkers have tried to articulate...

F.W.J. Schelling (1775-1854) stands alongside J.G. Fichte and G.W.F. Hegel as one of the great philosophers of the German idealist tradition. The Schelling Reader introduces students to Schelling's philosophy by guiding them through the first ever...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592441129Author Karl BarthFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams) 197gDimensions(mm)...

Charles Taliaferro has written a dynamic narrative history of philosophical reflection on religion from the seventeenth century to the present, with an emphasis on shifting views of faith and the nature of evidence. The book begins with the movement...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789430592Author Desiderius ErasmusFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint Benediction ClassicsPublisher Benediction ClassicsWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780877845225Author W. Jay WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 210mm...

In this New York Times bestselling book, award-winning Chicago Tribune journalist Lee Strobel investigates and unpacks the scientific evidence that points toward God. "My road to atheism was paved by science . . . but, ironically, so was my later...

This new edition of the English translation of Maurice Blondel's Action (1893) remains a philosophical classic. Action was once a common theme in philosophical reflection. It figured prominently in Aristotelian philosophy, and the medieval Scholastics...

Augustine - for all of his influence on Western culture and politics - was hardly a liberal. Drawing from theology, feminist theory, and political philosophy, Eric Gregory offers here a liberal ethics of citizenship, one less susceptible to anti-liberal...

David Bentley Hart offers an intense and thorough reflection upon the issue of the supernatural in Christian theology and doctrine. In recent years, the theological-and, more specifically, Roman Catholic-question of the supernatural has made an...

If the Spirit is not equal to the Father and the Son, can the Trinity survive? Is the role of the Spirit in salvation as important as that of the Son? Why was the divinity of the Spirit problematic in the early Church? If the Son, Jesus Christ, is "the...

A moving exploration of the place of hope in the world today, drawing on agrarian principles In this series of meditations, Norman Wirzba recasts hope not as something people have, like a vaccine to prevent pain and trouble, but as something people do...

The classic account of crisis and conversion.Aurelius Augustine (AD 354-430), one of the most important figures in the development of western Christianity and philosophy, was the son of a pagan, Patricius of Tagaste, and his Christian wife, Monnica...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830852222Author C. Stephen EvansFormat HardbackPage Count 600Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 1016gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 163mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684717258Author Martin BuberFormat PaperbackPage Count 185Imprint Howard BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 166g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830852529Author Joshua RasmussenFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 250gDimensions(mm) 209mm * 140mm *...

This fascinating book discusses the role played by psychoactive mushrooms in the religious rituals of ancient Greece, Eurasia, and Mesoamerica. R. Gordon Wasson, an internationally known ethnomycologist who was one of the first to investigate how these...

In this short, lucid, rich book Michael Dummett sets out his views about some of the deepest questions in philosophy. The fundamental question of metaphysics is: what does reality consist of? To answer this, Dummett holds, it is necessary to say what...

`There are certain rules for interpreting the scriptures which, as I am well aware, can usefully be passed on to those with an appetite for such study...' On Christian Teaching is one of Augustine's most important works on the classical tradition...

Designed to help readers deepen their understanding of Hinduism, and reflecting themes central to the study of religion and culture, Jessica Frazier explores classical Hindu theories of self, the body, the cosmos, and human action. Case studies from...

While its tone is playful and frivolous, this book poses tough questions over the nature of religion and belief. Religion provides comfortable responses to the questions that have always beset humankind - why are we here, what is the point of being...

One of the classics of modern spirituality, Encounters with Silence is one of Karl Rahner's most lucid and powerful books. A book of meditations about man's relation with God, it is not a work of dry theology, but rather a book of prayerful reflections...

Trust the experts; let Religious Studies specialists Susan Grenfell and Michael Wilcockson guide you through the new Theology and Philosophy content of the ISEB Theology, Philosophy and Religion syllabus for Common Entrance 13+.- Enables students to...

Natural theology is a matter of debate among theologians and Christian philosophers. In this book, top scholars in the fields of theology and Christian philosophy introduce readers to five prevailing views on the topic. Contributors include John C...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780880104364Author Rudolf SteinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint SteinerBooks, IncPublisher Anthroposophic Press IncWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm)...

Ludwig Wittgenstein was an outstanding 20th-century philosopher whose influence has reverberated throughout not only philosophy but also numerous other areas of inquiry, including theology and the study of religions. Exemplifying how Wittgenstein's...

Is There a God? offers a powerful response to modern doubts about the existence of God. It may seem today that the answers to all fundamental questions lie in the province of science, and that the scientific advances of the twentieth century leave little...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Christianity Today Book Award (Christianity & Culture) 2015.Book InformationISBN 9780802867612Author James K. A. SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint...

This is a comprehensive textbook for students coming to philosophy of religion for the first time. "Philosophy of Religion: An Introduction" is a comprehensive textbook for students coming to philosophy of religion for the first time. It sets traditional...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812986488Author AugustineFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

In Breaking the Spell Daniel C. Dennett explores how the great ideas of religion have enthralled us for thousands of years - and whether we could (or should) break free. What is religion and how did it evolve? Is it the product of blind evolutionary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780893890841Author Swami RamaFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Himalayan Institute PressPublisher Himalayan Institute Press

A great many theorists have argued that the defining feature of modernity is that people no longer believe in spirits, myths, or magic. Jason A. Josephson-Storm argues that as broad cultural history goes, this narrative is wrong, as attempts to suppress...