Philosophy of religion Books
Watkins Media Limited The Unholy Land: An Unconventional Guide to
Book SynopsisIn this current context of desperate geopolitical upheaval, there is no better time to address oneness, reconciliation and a statement of otherness beyond the limitations of contemporary media. The Holy Land: Contemporary Visions and Scriptures seeks dialogue with ancient lands and sacred spaces, along with modern visions of the people who inhabit them and the burgeoning contradictions of their daily lives. It attempts to address and liberate a complex, profound relationship between man and territory since the beginning of time, and nowhere is this dynamic more prescient than in the Holy Land.
£11.87
Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd Journey to a Temple in Time: A Philosopher's
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£23.94
Australian Theological Forum Rethinking Religion: Exploratory Investigations
Book SynopsisReligion is an exciting field of study: it invites ongoing work of interpretation and reinterpretation, thinking and rethinking. This book by a New Zealand scholar of religious studies and theology and includes topics such as inter-religious dialogue with Islam, and philosophical/theological issues, prayer, doctrinal theology,
£17.80
Australian Theological Forum Gospel and Culture in Vanuatu: Women in Culture
Book SynopsisThis volume of essays women and culture and the in Vanuatu. Many of the article come from final year candidates for ministry and so constitute the thinking of future leaders in the church.
£22.59
ATF Press From Aberdeen to Oxford: Collected Essays
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£999.99
ATF Press From Aberdeen to Oxford: Collected Essays
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£999.99
ATF Press A Strange Goodness
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£26.79
Bahai Publishing The Purpose of Physical Reality
£14.99
Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. Why Are We Created
Book SynopsisWhile many books strive to stimulate thinking through provocative anecdotes and theories, Why Are We Created? takes a different path. It begins with a question and continues with a multitude of questions like these: *What is the importance of recognizing the presence of the sacred within us and around us? *How can individuals create a purposeful and fruitful way of life? *How does happiness relate to one's purpose? The intent of these questions is to encourage thoughtfulness, observation, and research that enlarges understanding while offering a sense of direction. The goal is to help individuals live a more useful and happy life. Sir John and Reverend Dunlap use the questions to help readers explore the role of humility as a key to knowledge and progress. They look at the creative power of purposeful thinking and ask how life might be changed if we refuse to dwell on any thought we would not want objectified in our life. They pose questions related to consciously directing one's life. Helping to shed light on the possible connection between spiritual principles and human concepts is commentary from a wide range of sources: the scriptures, Mother Teresa, Albert Einstein, Edward O. Wilson, Emanuel Swedenborg, Emmet Fox, A. H. Maslow, Sir Isaac Newton, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, among many others. Author Information
£17.33
Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. Science Of Love: Wisdom Of Well Being
Book Synopsis We all know the saying, "Love can change the world." When science looks at love, it considers cosmology, sociobiology, evolutionary psychology, neurology, sex and romance, and the role of emotions as each relates to love. It also explores religious, ethical, and philosophical issues, such as virtue, creation ex nihilo, progress, divine action, agape, values, religious practices, pacifism, sexuality, friendship, freedom, and marriage. All affect the ways in which people understand each other and interact with one another. In this book, Oord explores these varied dimensions of love, illuminating the love-science symbiosis for both scholars and general readers. His definition of love is "to act intentionally, in sympathetic response to others (including God), to promote overall well-being. Love acts are influenced by previous actions and executed in the hope of attaining a high degree of good for all." He begins his study with an exploration of the role love plays in all major world religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. He explains how divine love in action can be viewed as consonant with the big bang theory and the continual creation of the universe. He looks at pacifism and concludes that nonviolence is not always the most loving thing (sometimes violence must be used to rescue victims or prevent holocausts). He explores the animal kingdom to see how creatures work together with the Creator to make the world a better place. And he analyzes the fundamentals of love, the basic characteristics of existence that must be present for love to be expressed. He concludes with the important argument that progress can best be made when religion and science work together to both understand and promote love. Table of Contents Preface / ix 1. Love in Any Language / 1 2. Love Makes the Cosmos Go ’Round / 13 3. Love on the (Triune) Brain / 23 4. The Altruism of Terrorism, the Egoism of War / 35 5. Why Can’t We Be Friends? / 47 6. The Fundamentals of Love / 57 7. The Science of Sex and Love / 69 8. Can Love Make Progress? / 79 Notes / 91 Recommended Reading / 103 Index / 113
£18.48
Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. Why Are We Created
Book Synopsis While many books strive to stimulate thinking through provocative anecdotes and theories, Why Are We Created? takes a different path. It begins with a question and continues with a multitude of questions like these: •What is the importance of recognizing the presence of the sacred within us and around us? •How can individuals create a purposeful and fruitful way of life? •How does happiness relate to one's purpose? The intent of these questions is to encourage thoughtfulness, observation, and research that enlarges understanding while offering a sense of direction. The goal is to help individuals live a more useful and happy life. Sir John and Reverend Dunlap use the questions to help readers explore the role of humility as a key to knowledge and progress. They look at the creative power of purposeful thinking and ask how life might be changed if we refuse to dwell on any thought we would not want objectified in our life. They pose questions related to consciously directing one's life. Helping to shed light on the possible connection between spiritual principles and human concepts is commentary from a wide range of sources: the scriptures, Mother Teresa, Albert Einstein, Edward O. Wilson, Emanuel Swedenborg, Emmet Fox, A. H. Maslow, Sir Isaac Newton, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, among many others. Author Information
£17.08
Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. Christianity and Process Thought: Spirituality
Book Synopsis “If someone were to ask, ‘Where is God?’ how would you respond?” Joseph A. Bracken, SJ, uses this question as a springboard to introduce the process-relational metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead and other process theologians as he tries to reconcile the sometimes-conflicting views of traditional Christian doctrines and the modern scientific world. To present this material in an accessible manner to a broader audience, Bracken reworks Whitehead’s “model” of the God-world relationship, showing that God is involved in an ongoing, ever-changing relationship with all creatures. He also discusses the work of other contemporary theologians to help Christians come to terms with their role in our multi-dimensional pluralistic society. Bracken examines divine and human creativity, the collective power of good and evil, divine providence and human freedom, prayer, altruism, and the fundamental question, “What is truth?” He shows how Whitehead’s process thought approach to these issues could “harmonize” traditional Christian beliefs and contemporary culture, benefiting faith and reason. Understanding the God-world relationship subtly influences our attitude toward ourselves, toward other human beings, and indeed toward all of God’s creatures, says Bracken. His revision of Whitehead’s metaphysical vision in terms of a cosmic community shows how modern views of the world and God can be accepted and kept in balance with the traditional biblical views found in the Christian faith and how this balance can help Christians make better choices in a world shaped both by contemporary natural science and by traditional Christian spirituality. “If we truly believe that in God, we live and move and have our being and that, as a result, we share with the divine persons in a deeply communitarian way of life together with all of God’s creatures, we may be more readily inclined to make the periodic sacrifice of personal self-interest to pursue the higher good of sustained life in the community. In the end, it is simply a matter of seeing the ‘bigger picture,’ realizing what life is ultimately all about.” Table of Contents Foreword by John F. Haught / ix Acknowledgments / xiii Introduction / xv Chapter 1: “In Whom We Live and Move and Have Our Being” (Acts 17:28) / 3 Chapter 2: Divine and Human Creativity / 14 Chapter 3: The Shape of Things to Come / 28 Chapter 4: The Collective Power of Good and Evil / 41 Chapter 5: The Church and the Kingdom of God / 53 Chapter 6: “What is Truth?” (John 18:38) / 65 Chapter 7: Divine Providence and Human Freedom / 77 Chapter 8: Prayer and the Collective Power of Good / 89 Chapter 9: Alpha and Omega: The Beginning and the End / 103 Chapter 10: Science, Faith, and Altruism / 116 Chapter 11: Learning to Trust / 127 Notes / 141 Index / 151
£19.99
Ave Maria University Press Ecumenism and Philosophy: Philosophical Questions
Book SynopsisEcumenism is generally done by theologians, but as Charles Morerod, OP makes clear in this groundbreaking book the divisions between Christians often have at their roots different philosophical pre-understandings. Furthermore, ecumenical dialogue itself is often conceived along lines similar to the progress one might hope to make in reconciling divergent scientific paradigms. Morerod sheds much needed light on the ecumenical issues and approaches that offer a path toward Christian unity.
£28.45
Ave Maria University Press Faith, Science, and Society
Book SynopsisIn its concern with science as an essentially human enterprise, Faith, Science, and Society makes an original and challenging contribution to the philosophy of science. On its appearance in 1946 the book quickly became the focus of controversy. Polanyi aims to show that science must be understood as a community of inquirers held together by a common faith; science, he argues, is not the use of ""scientific method"" but rather consists in a discipline imposed by scientists on themselves in the interests of discovering an objective, impersonal truth. That such truth exists and can be found is part of the scientists' faith. Polanyi maintains that both authoritarianism and scepticism, attacking this faith, are attacking science itself.
£31.46
Ave Maria University Press Wisdom in the Face of Modernity: A Study in
Book SynopsisThis book considers the merits of Thomas Aquinas's arguments for the existence of God. Aquinas portrays philosophical reason as a form of wisdom that can attain to true knowledge of God. Should his views matter for contemporary Christian theology? What are the Aristotelian presuppositions required for these arguments to make sense, and are such presuppositions rationally defensible today? Particularly, should the modern Kantian and Heideggerian objections to any possible philosophical approach to God (as onto-theology) apply to the arguments of Aquinas? The author argues robustly in favor of the recovery of a sapiential conception of Thomistic philosophy.Trade ReviewA restatement of Aquinas's natural theology that takes account of the controversies in which Maritain, Gilson, and Rahner engaged has been badly needed for quite some time. So has an extended and creative reply to Heidegger's accusations of ontotheology. To have met both needs in one book is an impressive and unexpected achievement. This book should become a focus for discussions within and about Thomism from now on."" - Alasdair Macintyre, University of Notre Dame""Scientism and fideism share the conviction that there is no path leading from human experience to God. By way of contrast, models of wisdom have defined themselves from antiquity on their abilities to show the transcendent significance of the ordinary. Thomas Joseph White's Wisdom in the Face of Modernity looks at several of the leading attempts to discern in the human experience of our self-doubting times reasons for the affirmation of God: which is, at the same time, an affirmation of human dignity. Metaphysics is a privileged space, where mercy and truth come together again."" - Richard Schenk, OP""Few Thomists since Maritain and Journet have been ready to accept the challenges of philosophical modernity head on. Fr. Thomas Joseph White refuses to concede the philosophical battle to the spirit of the times; still less does he allow himself to become a Thomist fellow traveler of Kant or Heidegger. Instead he offers a spirited and stimulating argument against the secular tilt of modern philosophy, in defense of St. Thomas on the natural knowledge of God."" - Bruce D. Marshall, Southern Methodist University
£42.70
Robert D. Reed Publishers After We Die: An Extraordinary Discussion of the
Book SynopsisBe prepared for a book unlike any other written and published on the subject of the afterlife. It is neither religious nor secular, New Age nor traditional, idealistic nor skeptical. Instead it is a straightforward, rational, pragmatic, detailed and surprising account of what we can expect after passing on-what aspects of us lives on; how we will think, what we will know, and how we will feel, see, hear and communicate in the afterlife. This book is the most detailed, rational and comprehensive ever presented on all aspects of an afterlife. It will blow your mind! The book answers many of the fundamental questions, including: Is there really an afterlife?
£13.25
Messianic Jewish Publishers Debranding God: Revealing His True Essence
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£16.14
Ignatius Press and Augustine Institute Philosophy
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£999.99
Rutgers University Press Authentically Jewish: Identity, Culture, and the
Book SynopsisThis book analyzes the different conceptions of authenticity that are behind conflicts over who and what should be recognized as authentically Jewish. Although the concept of authenticity has been around for several centuries, it became a central focus for Jews since existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre raised the question in the 1940s. Building on the work of Sartre, later Jewish thinkers, philosophers, anthropologists, and cultural theorists, the book offers a model of Jewish authenticity that seeks to balance history and tradition, creative freedom and innovation, and the importance of recognition among different groups within an increasingly multicultural Jewish community. Author Stuart Z. Charmé explores how debates over authenticity and struggles for recognition are a key to understanding a wide range of controversies between Orthodox and liberal Jews, Zionist and diaspora Jews, white Jews and Jews of color, as well as the status of intermarried and messianic Jews, and the impact of Jewish genetics. In addition, it discusses how and when various cultural practices and traditions such as klezmer music, Israeli folk dance, Jewish yoga and meditation, and others are recognized as authentically Jewish, or not. Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives on Jewish Authenticity Chapter 1: The Changing Faces of Jewish Authenticity Chapter 2: Recognition and Authenticity: From Sartre to Multiculturalism Part 2: Authentically Jewish Religion Chapter 3: Orthodoxy and the Authentic Jew Chapter 4: Reforming Tradition and the Spiritual Quest Chapter 5: Authentic Experience and Spirituality: Meditation, Yoga, Kabbalah Chapter 6: The Messianic Heresy and the Struggle for Authenticity Part 3: Authentic Jewish Peoplehood Chapter 7: Creating Authentic Jewish Culture in Israel Chapter 8: Shtetl Authenticity: From “Fiddler” to the Revival of Klezmer Chapter 9: Becoming Jewish: Intermarriage and Conversion Chapter 10: Authentically Jewish Genes Part 4: Struggles for Recognition and Authentication Chapter 11: Lost Jewish Tribes in Ethiopia Chapter 12: Black Jews in the United States Chapter 13: Crypto-Jews of the Southwest Chapter 14: Newly-Found Jews and the Regimes of Recognition Conclusion Bibliography About the Author
£127.30
Les Belles Lettres Commentaire Du Livre de la Sagesse
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£41.00
Les Belles Lettres Livre Des Paraboles de la Genese
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£43.00
Les Belles Lettres Tseou, Dialogues Pour Dissiper La Confusion
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£32.00
Les Belles Lettres L' Horloge de la Sagesse
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£41.00
Les Belles Lettres Commentaire Des Sentences: Prologue
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£41.00
Les Belles Lettres Commentaire de lEvangile de Jean
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£64.00
Les Belles Lettres Richard de Mediavilla, Questions Disputees. Tome
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£999.99
Classiques Garnier Pascal Et lExperience Du Corps
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Classiques Garnier Fenelon Et Port-Royal
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£41.00
Classiques Garnier Pascal Et Son Libertin
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£36.29
Classiques Garnier Sciences Humaines, Foi Et Religion
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£37.00
Classiques Garnier Philosophie de la Religion Et Spiritualite
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£999.99
Classiques Garnier La Strategie Identitaire de l'Israel Antique
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£35.00
Classiques Garnier Foi Et Franchise: Le Temoignage de l'Eglise
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£83.91
Classiques Garnier Revue d'Histoire Et de Philosophie Religieuses
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£36.67
Classiques Garnier Soigner l'Humain: Peches Et Remedes Chez
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£78.85
Classiques Garnier Revue d'Histoire Et de Philosophie Religieuses
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£40.10
Classiques Garnier Revue d'Histoire Et de Philosophie Religieuses
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£27.91
Classiques Garnier Revue d'Histoire Et de Philosophie Religieuses
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£25.69
Classiques Garnier L'Acces Au Royaume de Dieu
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£29.00
Classiques Garnier Autrui Dans La Dialectique de l'Eternel Present de Louis Lavelle
£30.40
Classiques Garnier Avertissement Aux Protestans Des Provinces (1684)
£999.99
Classiques Garnier Revue dHistoire Et de Philosophie Religieuses
£999.99
Classiques Garnier Revue dHistoire Et de Philosophie Religieuses
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£25.59
Brepols N.V. MON 18 To See into the Life of Things: The
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£999.99
Brepols N.V. Eloquent Wisdom: Rhetoric, Cosmology and Delight
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£101.65
Brepols N.V. Authority Revisited: Towards Thomas More and
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£142.50
Brepols Publishers 'The Letter Killeth': Redeeming Time in
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£108.76
Brepols Publishers Ambiguum 10 of Maximus the Confessor in Modern
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£101.65
