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Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd Shrimad Bhagavad Gita
Book SynopsisThe Bhagavad Gita, often referred to as the Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture, which is part of the epic Mahabharata. It forms the chapters 2340 of book 6 of the Mahabharata called the Bhishma Parva.
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PHI Learning The Fundamentals of Religion
Book SynopsisThe text discusses the role of religion in promoting peace and dispelling superstitions and fanaticism. Prof. Brahma classifies religions into three categories and defends the positive aspects of each. He argues that a deep study of world religions can help eradicate misconceptions and communalism.
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Motilal Banarsidass, Fo-sh-hing-tsan-king: v.19: Life of Buddha
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Motilal Banarsidass, Atisa and Tibet: Life and Works of Dipamkara Srijnana in Relation to the History and Religion of Tibet with Tibetan Sources
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Motilal Banarsidass, Life Surrendered in God: Philosophy and Practices
Book SynopsisKriyas and yoga contribute to wellness and spiritual growth. The book offers lifestyle guidelines, meditation techniques, and guru lineage info in the appendix.
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Motilal Banarsidass, Rituals, Mantras and Science: An Integral Perspective
Book SynopsisThe author explores the structural patterns of rituals across various domains, proposing a unified theory for ritual-like activities. He introduces the concept of ritual instinct and categorizes knowledge into science, non-science, and pseudo-science to explain phenomena like miracles and supernatural powers.
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Rajpal & Sons I Believe - a Philosophy for the Global Society
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Low Price Publications The Search for Purpose and Meanings: In Life and
Book SynopsisWe identity ourselves and are attached to material possessions and physical comforts. Some of us take materialism to be more important than spiritual or ethical values.
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Jaico Publishing House Meditation
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Originals (An imprint of Low Price Publications) The Axiology of Humanism in Christianity
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Jaico Publishing House The Lost Years of Jesus
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Navayana Publishing Pvt Ltd The Shudra:: A Philosophical Narrative of Indian
Book SynopsisVedic literature has the same word for both man and Godpurusha. The Vedic seers ritually sacrifice Purusha, the God, thereby also killing purusha, the spiritualcultural man. This births the caste-man', who is not man at all. The caste-man is either higher or lower. A handful are superhuman: gods, priests, Brahmans. And the masses are subhuman: the Shudra. In The Shudra, Jalalul Haq conducts a philosophical autopsy of ancient Indian texts, meticulously reading between the lines to uncover the early history of caste. He shows how inequality pervaded Buddhism, Jainism and other heterodox sects, even as they tried to counter the hegemony of Brahmanism. In this clash of gods and demons, Haq attempts to extract the human.
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Museum Tusculanum Press Transfiguration: Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kunst &
Book SynopsisText in Danish.
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Museum Tusculanum Press Sibbern's Remarks and Investigations Primarily
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Museum Tusculanum Press Oration on the Philosophical Studies Necessary
Book SynopsisOration on the Philosophical Studies Necessary for the Student of Theology -- 1545
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Museum Tusculanum Press Babylonian Liver Omens
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Aarhus University Press Time, Reality & Transcendence in Rational
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Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd Hundreds of Shells
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Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd Conversations of an Intelligent Kind
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Bhaktivedanta Book Trust The Matchless Gift: Krsna Consciousness
Book SynopsisThe book's title alludes to the "Matchless Gifts" sign above the entrance to the storefront at 26 2nd Avenue in New York City, which became the site of the first center for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in the western world.
£6.33
Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Light of the Bhagavata: The Purpose of Creation
Book SynopsisReprint, with 50 col.illustrations. A section of the srimad-bhagavatam poetically compares spiritual life to the beauty of nature in autumn. Each verse is illustrated in the traditional gongbi style by madam li yuen sheng. The simplicity, beauty and intricacies in nature have captivated the minds and hearts of the greatest philosophers throughout time. The light from the bhagavatam shines into nature and brings many lessons alive.
£11.52
Niyogi Books Colours of Devotion: The Legendary Paintings and
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Aspekt B.V., Uitgeverij Logic and Islam: Part 1 -- Faith Issues
Book SynopsisThroughout history, a believer did not need logical proof to believe in Almighty God. This is because the spiritual proof was always enough to admit the existence of Almighty God and to submit to Him. Finding Almighty God is not a mathematical equation that needs to be proven. Rather, it is a spiritual feeling due to a call from inside a human being. The relationship between Almighty God and humans is spiritual rather logical. However, with the advances in science and technology, this spiritual relationship decreases. Nowadays, modern man is looking for logic and scientific answers to many questions relating to Almighty God and religions. In fact, nonbelievers or atheists are not the only ones looking for answers to these types of questions; believers also want to increase their faith and remove doubts from their hearts. The main objective of this book is to provide logical answers to questions relating to belief in Almighty God, creations and Islam as the last heavenly religion. These questions are grouped under several topics, namely: 1) Almighty God, 2) the creation, 3) the soul, 4) the hereafter, 5) the destiny and freedom in choices, 6) the holy Quran and 7) the Islam. The main feature of this book is that the author provides logic flowcharts with each presented question relating to the different topics. Each logic flowchart has three phases: a start, a process and an end.
£17.06
Gefen Publishing House Is Everything Just a Coincidence?
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£14.39
Urim Publications Shomer Emunim
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Gefen Publishing House Why do Jewish?: A Manifesto for 21st Century
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Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press Le Devoilement Des Ignominies Grecques Et Les
Book SynopsisText in French: "LE DÉVOILEMENT DES IGNOMINIES GRECQUES ET LES ASPERSIONS PAR DE PIEUX CONSEILS"
£25.49
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press On Qur'anic Exegesis
Book SynopsisAn abridged version of the Introductions of Muhammad Tahir bin Ashur (d. 1393 AH/1973 CE) popularly known as Ibn Ashur to his Tafsir Al-Tahrir wa Al-Tanwir. Muhammad Bin Hamad Al Thani Center for Muslim Contribution to Civilization, had so far been publishing translations of classical works of the Islamic civilization. Owing the expansion of their work's scope, they have now included works which might not be termed classical in the general sense of the word, but which are certainly imbued with that sense of classicism. Ibn Ashur's Al-Tahrir wa Al-Tanwir is one such work in their estimation, and merited translation into English and publication owing to its comprehensive nature and significance. Qur'anic studies has long since become an important research area among the Islamists of the West and the modernists if the Muslim world, in addition to its permanently paramount status in the eyes of Muslim scholars.
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Simon & Schuster How to Think About God
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Truth in Religion
Book SynopsisThe author of this book aims to discover where the truth lies among the plurality of the world's religions, as dictated by the principle of the unity of truth.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Why Religion Matters
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Poetry Language Thought
Book SynopsisPoetry, Language, Thought collects Martin Heidegger''s pivotal writings on art, its role in human life and culture, and its relationship to thinking and truth. Essential reading for students and anyone interested in the great philosophers, this book opens up appreciation of Heidegger beyond the study of philosophy to the reaches of poetry and our fundamental relationship to the world. Featuring The Origin of the Work of Art, a milestone in Heidegger''s canon, this enduring volume provides potent, accessible entry to one of the most brilliant thinkers of modern times.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Phenomenon of Man Harper Perennial Modern Thought
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Waiting for God
Book SynopsisEmerging from the thought-provoking discussions and correspondence Simone Weil had with the Reverend Father Perrin, this classic collection of essays contains the renowned philosopher and social activist''s most profound meditations on the relationship of human life to the realm of the transcendent. An enduring masterwork and one of the most neglected resources of our century (Adrienne Rich), Waiting for God will continue to influence spiritual and political thought for centuries to come.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Perennial Philosophy PS
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Why Science Does Not Disprove God
Book SynopsisBased on interviews with eleven Nobel Prize winners and many other prominent physicists, biologists, anthropologists, and psychologists, as well as leading theologians and spiritual leaders, Why Science Does Not Disprove God is a "well-informed and readable" (Wall Street Journal) analysis of the religious implications of our ever-increasing understanding of life and the universe. The renowned science writer Amir Aczel ("One of our best science popularizers"—Publishers Weekly) masterfully refutes the overreaching claims of the "New Atheists," providing millions of educated believers with a clear, engaging explanation of what science really says, how there's still much space for the Divine in the universe, and why faith in both God and empirical science are not mutually exclusive.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Divine Within
Book Synopsis“A genius . . . a writer who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine.” — The New YorkerBrave New World author Aldous Huxley on enlightenment and the ultimate reality.In this anthology of twenty-six essays and other writings, Aldous Huxley discusses the nature of God, enlightenment, being, good and evil, religion, eternity, and the divine. Huxley consistently examined the spiritual basis of both the individual and human society, always seeking to reach an authentic and clearly defined experience of the divine. Featuring an introduction by renowned religious scholar Huston Smith, this celebration of ultimate reality proves relevant and prophetic in addressing the spiritual hunger so many feel today.
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OUP USA The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Philosophy
Book SynopsisThe 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. Most twentieth-century Western scholarship on Arabic or Islamic philosophy has focused on the period from the ninth century to the twelfth. It is a measure of the transformation that is currently underway in the field that, unlike other reference works, the Oxford Handbook has striven to give roughly equal weight to every century, from the ninth to the twentieth. The Handbook is also unique in that its 30 chapters are work-centered rather than person- or theme-centered, in particular taking advantage of recent new editions and translations that have renewed interest and debate around the Islamic philosophical canon. The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Philosophy gives both the advanced student and active scholar in Islamic philosophy, theo
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Oxford University Press Engaging Buddhism
Book SynopsisThis is a book for scholars of Western philosophy who wish to engage with Buddhist philosophy, or who simply want to extend their philosophical horizons. It is also a book for scholars of Buddhist studies who want to see how Buddhist theory articulates with contemporary philosophy.Trade ReviewGarfield's book is a thought provoking and illuminating engagement with (mainly Mahayana) Buddhist thought. The chapters on metaphysics, the self, epistemology and ethics are the most interesting ones ... Another asset of the book is that it moves beyond a mere scholarly discussion of (the history of) Buddhist ideas. Chances are high we will see more books engaging with non-Western thought in the future. Garfield's book is a good example of successfully doing this. This book has been much needed, even if many have not realized the need. Writing from a position of deep engagement with Buddhism and philosophy, Garfield (philosophy, Yale, Smith, and elsewhere) does an excellent job explicating central Buddhist concepts and relating them to Western contemporary and historical philosophical concepts and problems ... Clearly, the book is rich in terms of breadth ... Garfield does an excellent job of balancing rigor, breadth, and depth while bringing together two very different traditions. And he is careful to engage a variety of Buddhist perspectives ... Highly recommended. Choice Engaging Buddhism is the most impressive, insightful, informative, and accessible book I've ever read on Buddhist philosophy ... [It]is one of the most signi?cant contributions to the Western reception of and engagement with Buddhist philosophy. This book is a must read for Western philosophers, but also for Buddhist philosophers who attempt to engage Western philosophy, as this blueprint is bi-directional. Rick Repetti, Science, Religion & Culture His valuable new book admirably serves its purpose of helping analytic philosophers understand some of what Buddhists have written about the very questions they study. In fact, Engaging Buddhism goes further, giving strong reasons to believe that contemporary physicalist philosophers of mind could strengthen their positions in important ways by drawing on Buddhist thought and that analytic philosophers more generally can find valuable insights in the Buddhist tradition. This book has many strengths. The writing is crisp, technically precise, yet elegant and engagingaGarfield has done a wonderful service in producing this impressive and intriguing book, which is always interesting and often enjoyable to read and which can open up new philosophical prospects equally well for both long-standing and newly minted students of Buddhist thought. Charles Goodman, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online Garfield engages with a wide range of thinkers such as Hume, Kant, and Heidegger, in order to show the relevance of Buddhist thought to the history of philosophy itself. By engaging complex Buddhist thoughts in terms of dialogues relevant to contemporary western philosophy, Garfield takes the initial steps necessary to broaden philosophys global understanding in order to make cross-cultural philosophical study a reality. Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal The arguments in Engaging Buddhism are primarily directed toward professional scholars of Western philosophy, but the implications of Garfield's work are far-reaching. His concise presentations of Buddhist views on topics such as interdependence, emptiness, and the mind are useful for any student or practitioner of Buddhism who wishes to understand such topics more deeply and in a broader context. Garfield's discussion of emptiness in the third chapter is particularly useful for the student of Buddhism. Constance Kassor, Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's QuarterlyTable of ContentsAcknowledgements ; Preface ; 1. What is Buddhist Philosophy? ; 2. The Metaphysical Perspective I: Interdependence and Impermanence ; 3. The Metaphysical Perspective II: Emptiness ; 4. The Self ; 5. Consciousness ; 6. Phenomenology ; 7. Epistemology ; 8. Logic and the Philosophy of Language ; 9. Ethics ; 10. Methodological Postscript ; References ; Index
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Oxford University Press The Moral Argument
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Oxford University Press Means Ends and Persons
Book SynopsisNo one wants to be treated merely as a means-used, in a sense. But just what is this repugnant treatment? Audi''s point of departure is Kant''s famous principle that we must treat persons as ends in themselves and never merely as means. Treatment of these kinds is conduct, a complex three-dimensional notion whose central elements are action, its motivation, and the manner of its performance. He shows how the notions of treating persons as ends and, by contrast, merely as means, can be anchored outside Kant and clarified in ways that enhance their usefulness both in ethical theory and in practical ethics, where they have much intuitive force. Audi constructs an account of treatment of persons-of what it is, how it differs from mere interpersonal action, and what ethical standards govern it. In accounting for such treatment, the book develops a wider conception of ethics than is commonly implicit in utilitarian, deontological, or virtue theories. These results contribute to ethical theorTrade ReviewThere are many things to appreciate about this book. The chapters are rich with detailed examples which provide a valuable resource for teaching and for further study. Also, Audi has again demonstrated his mastery of the difficult feat of writing a serious philosophical text that has significant depth, while at the same time giving us a text that is jargon-free enough to be of use to the non-specialist. Furthermore, despite the theoretical focus of the book, practical concerns are never far from view. In fact, the final chapter focuses on the extent to which we have control over our treatment of one another and ends with a discussion that reveals his deep concern for acting morally toward one another. It's a lovely way to end a book about what it means to treat people as ends in themselves. * Sharon Mason, Metapsychology Online Reviews *Audi pursues his discussion of the Formula of Humanity with unstinting care and philosophical ingenuity. Through well-chosen examples and patient exposition he develops a moral psychology that throws light on what it takes to live up to the principle ... the effort to expound the Formula of Humanity in a way that exemplifies its relevance to the greater world of ethical theory is a success. * Kenneth Walden, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; Part One ; The Ethics of Protecting Persons ; Chapter 1 ; The Instrumental Treatment of Persons ; Means and Ends ; Instrumental Versus End-Regarding Treatment ; Treating Solely as a Means versus Merely as a Means ; Chapter 2 ; Instrumental Treatment as Human Conduct ; The Motivation and Controllability of Merely Instrumental Conduct ; Constraints, Moral Character, and Self-Control ; Motivation, Constraints, and the Appraisal of Character ; Chapter 3 ; Action, Treatment and Conduct ; Action, Endeavor, and Consequence ; Two Levels of Behavioral Description ; Conduct as a Morally Important Category ; Manners of Action Versus Actions as Defined by Manner ; Chapter 4 ; The Wrong-Making Character of Merely Instrumental Treatment ; Thick and Thin Moral Questions ; Substantive and Contrastive Views of Merely Instrumental Treatment ; Persons as Ends Versus Good Ends for Persons ; Internal and External Goods for Persons ; Part Two ; The Ethics of Respecting Persons ; Chapter 5 ; Treating Others as Ends in Themselves ; Caring about the Good of Others ; Two Kinds of Normativity ; Descriptive Grounds of End-regarding Treatment ; Chapter 6 ; End-Regarding Treatment and Respect for Persons ; Good Deeds, Good Reasons, and Good Conduct ; End-Regarding Treatment, Intention, and Interpersonal Behavior ; The Particularity of Persons and the Interchangeability of Means ; Chapter 7 ; Autonomy and the Moral Significance of Our Self-Conceptions ; Psychological Dispositions and the Basis of Consent ; Respect for Persons, Point of View, and Informed Rational Desire ; End-Regarding Treatment and Respecting Moral Rights ; Conduct Toward Persons versus Behavior Affecting Them ; Chapter 8 ; Conduct, Intention, and Will ; Motivational Self-Control and the Scope of Intentions ; The Manner of Interpersonal Conduct ; Moral Requirements and the Content of Intention ; Conduct Requirements and the Love Commandments ; Conclusion ; Index
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Oxford University Press The Sage and the People
Book SynopsisAfter a century during which Confucianism was viewed by academics as a relic of the imperial past or, at best, a philosophical resource, its striking comeback in Chinese society today raises a number of questions about the role that this ancient tradition--re-appropriated, reinvented, and sometimes instrumentalized--might play in a contemporary context.The Sage and the People, originally published in French, is the first comprehensive enquiry into the Confucian revival that began in China during the 2000s. It explores its various dimensions in fields as diverse as education, self-cultivation, religion, ritual, and politics. Resulting from a research project that the two authors launched together in 2004, the book is based on the extensive anthropological fieldwork they carried out in various parts of China over the next eight years. Sébastien Billioud and Joël Thoraval suspected, despite the prevailing academic consensus, that fragments of the Confucian tradition would sooner or later Trade ReviewThis book will be a valuable addition to the collection of any reader who wants to understand the Confucian revival of the 2000s on both the popular and official level. * Ha Yeon Shin, Reading Religion *What makes this book particularly valuable is its combination of nuanced academic discussions with vivid portraits of ordinary people who are active in this new development [of Confucian Revival]... This is a magnificent major contribution to contemporary Confucian studies. * Anna Sun, Journal of Chinese Religion *The student of contemporary China and Confucianism will find in this book an enormously rich scholarly resource, theoretically sophisticated and conveyed through a vivid narrative. * Lukas Pokorny, Religious Studies Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ; Introduction ; Part 1 - Jiaohua: The Confucian revival in China as an educative project ; Chapter 1. Confucian education during the 20th century: A retrospective outlook ; Chapter 2. The new institutionalization of Confucian education ; Chapter 3. A modern anti-intellectualism: The body, the child, the people ; Part 2 - Anshen liming or the religious dimension of Confucianism ; Chapter 4. "The varieties of religious experience" ; Chapter 5. Questioning modern categories ; Chapter 6. The quest for the recognition of Confucian religion ; Part 3 - Between rites and politics: Lijiao ; Chapter 7. The Confucius cult: Historical retrospective ; Chapter 8. Qufu, 2007 ; Chapter 9. The use and abuse of Confucius ; Chapter 10. Between religious ritual and political ceremonial: Cosmology and national state ; Conclusion ; Epilogue ; Bibliography ; Index
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Oxford University Press Oxford Handbook of Religion and Emotion
Book SynopsisThe academic study of religion recently has turned to the investigation of emotion as a crucial aspect of religious life. Researchers have set out in several directions to explore that new terrain and have brought with them an assortment of instruments useful in charting it. This volume collects essays under four categories: religious traditions, religious life, emotional states, and historical and theoretical perspectives. In this book, scholars engaged in cutting edge research on religion and emotion describe the ways in which emotions have played a role in Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and other religions. They analyze the manner in which key components of religious life -- ritual, music, gender, sexuality and material culture -- represent and shape emotional performance. Some of the essays included here take a specific emotion, such as love or hatred, and observe the place of that emotion in an assortment of religious traditions and cultural settings. Other essays analyzeTrade ReviewA rich and valuable kaleidoscopic overview. * Religious Studies Review *Table of ContentsPart 1: Religious Traditions 1. Buddhism, Maria Heim 2. Islam, Anna Gade 3. Hinduism, June McDaniel 4. Japanese Religion, Gary Ebersole 5. Judaism, Joel Gereboff 6. Christianity, Andrew Tallon 7. New Religious Movements, Doug Cowan Part 2: Religious Life 8. Ritual, Pamela Klassen 9. Sexuality, Jeffrey Kripal 10. Gender, Melissa Raphael 11. Music, Frank Burch Brown 12. Material Culture, John Kieschnick Part 3: Emotional States 13. Ecstasy, Helene Basu and Angelika Malinar 14. Terror, Harvey Whitehouse 15. Hope, W. Watts Miller 16. Melancholy, Julius Rubin 17. Love, Nancy Martin and Joseph Runzo 18. Hatred, John Corrigan Part 4: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives 19. Augustine, James Wetzel 20. Medieval Mysticism, Niklaus Largier 21. Kierkegaard, David Kangas 22. Jonathan Edwards, Michael McClymond 23. William James, Jeremy Carrette 24. Durkheim, W.S.F. Pickering 25. Schleirmacher and Otto, Jacqueline Mariña 26. Constructivism and its Critics, John Kloos 27. Emotions Research and Religious Experience, Robert Roberts
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Oxford University Press Inc Reading J. Z. Smith
Book SynopsisJonathan Z. Smith (1938-2017) was perhaps the most influential theorist of religion of the last half century. In this book, four interviews and a previously unpublished essay display something of the dynamic, thinking-on-his feet liveliness that Smith brought to questions about the study of religion, his theoretical preferences, and his methods of teaching.Trade ReviewMy initial reaction to see this book was that it could not hold much of interest to one who has already read Smith's essays, but I was wrong. This is a book well worth reading, no matter what level of familiarity one has with his work. * Brian Collins, Ohio University, Religious Studies Review *Reading J. Z. Smith is an easily accessible primer of sorts, both on the man and his work. It would be comprehensible for undergraduates as well as more established scholars who are already familiar with Smith's work and those who are not. * Benjamin D. Crace, Nova Religio *provides a glimpse into the mind of a giant in the field, nearing the end of his career and the end of his life, reflecting on his legacy and on the field that he played no small part in creating. * Richard Kent Evans, Reading Religion *Scholars of religion today have learned to recognize, and to take seriously, that 'religion' is an idea native to nowhere but the modern West, and that the academy was its nursery. In a series of conversations and expository talks, J. Z. Smith demonstrates through his own example how prodigiously productive this recognition can be to the study of religion. A parting gift of a great scholar. * Tomoko Masuzawa, Professor of History and Comparative Literature, University of Michigan *The recently departed J. Z. Smith was the most original theoretician of religion of the past fifty years, in addition to being a larger-than-life character. This collection reveals both in vivid technicolor. Braun and McCutcheon are to be congratulated for bringing an overlooked Smith, the dialogical one, to our attention, thereby ensuring that his important legacy will not be forgotten. This volume will surely be required reading for anyone interested in the continued and necessary illumination of Smith's work. * Aaron W. Hughes, Philip S. Bernstein Chair of Religion, University of Rochester *I have read everything and anything Jonathan Z. Smith wrote during his long and fruitful academic career. The sheer range of materials is staggering. But J.Z. Smith is infinitely better 'in his own words' and this volume is such a wonderful window into just that-not just Smith but Smith on Smith! Nothing could be better, either for one who has never read Smith and will be inspired to do so, or one who has followed him deeply over many decades and can now pause and listen as he relates the various stages of his own unfolding as a human being and a scholar. We owe the editors a debt of gratitude. A must have for anyone who works in the history of religions-or just Humanities for that matter! * James D. Tabor, Professor of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina, Charlotte *Table of ContentsIntroduction Interviews The Chicago Maroon: Interview with Jonathan Z. Smith (2008) The American Scholars of Religion Video Project: Interview with Jonathan Z. Smith (1999) Asdiwal: Revue genevoise d'histoire des religions: Interview with Jonathan Z. Smith (2010) The Devil in Mr. Smith: A Conversation with Jonathan Z. Smith (2012) The Dean's Craft of Teaching Seminar (2013) Essay 154. Reading Religion: A Life in Scholarship (introduction by Ann Taves)
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Oxford University Press Inc Signs in the Dust
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Oxford University Press Warrant and Proper Function
Book SynopsisProfessor Plantinga is known for distinguished work in the fields of epistemology and philosophy of religion. In this companion volume to Warrant: The Current Debate, Plantinga develops an original approach to the question of what justifies belief and makes it knowledge. He argues that what is crucial to turning true belief into knowledge is the proper functioning of one''s cognitive faculties, and this clears the way for the proposal that a belief is warranted whenever it is the product of properly functioning cognitive processes. Although this is in some sense a sequel to the companion volume, the arguments in no way presuppose those of the first book and it can therefore stand alone.Trade Review'There is much that is provocative and of great interest in this new book from Plantinga ... readers of the first two volumes will find much food for thought here, and will have their appetites whetted for the third, forthcoming volume of the trilogy.' Evan Fales, University of Iowa, Mind, Vol. 103, No. 411, July 1994'Alvin Plantinga makes important contributions to a tradition of discussion which has dominated recent epistemology. Warrant: the Current Debate provides a critical survey of the most recent controbutions to American epistemology ... Plantinga discerns a pattern in their failure, and this is exploited in the second volume where he develops an original and important contribution of his own. Warrant and Proper Function undertakes to succeed where Roderick Chisholm, John Pollock, Louis BonJour, Alvin Goldman and others have failed ... Plantinga's books will provide a focus for much future research in these areas, as well as providing invaluable reading for students taking courses in epistemology.' Christopher Hookway, University of Birmingham, The Philosophical Quarterly, 1995
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Oxford University Press On Evil
Book SynopsisThe De Malo represents some of Aquinas'' most mature thinking on goodness, badness, and human agency. In it he examines the full range of questions associated with evil: its origin, its nature, its relation to good, and its compatability with the existence of an omnipotent, benevolent God. This edition offers Richard Regan''s new, clear readable English translation, based on the Leonine Commission''s authoritative edition of the Latin text. Brian Davies has provided an extensive introduction and notes. (Please note: this edition does not include the Latin text).Trade ReviewRegan's translation is as felicitous and faithful as can be. * Theological Studies *
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Oxford University Press Inc Religion and the Order of Nature
Book SynopsisNasr argues that the current ecological crisis has been exacerbated by the reductionist view of nature that has been advanced by modern secular science. What is needed, he believes, if the recovery of the truth to which the great enduring religions all attest: that nature is sacred.Trade ReviewThe most comprehensive and intelligent treatment of its topic that has been written....Nasr is one of the major intellects of our day. * Huston Smith, University of California, Berkeley *
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