Alternative belief systems

Atheism is often considered to be a negative or pessimistic belief which is characterized by a rejection of values and purpose and a fierce opposition to religion.

Atheism is often considered to be a negative or pessimistic belief which is characterized by a rejection of values and purpose and a fierce opposition to religion.

Theology, Music, and Modernity addresses the question: how can the study of music contribute to a theological reading of modernity?

Theology, Music, and Modernity addresses the question: how can the study of music contribute to a theological reading of modernity?

For 50 years, Margaret Mead told Americans how cultures worked, and Americans listened.

For 50 years, Margaret Mead told Americans how cultures worked, and Americans listened.

Augustine's Early Thought on the Redemptive Function of Divine Judgement considers the relationship between Augustine's account of God's judgment and his theology of grace in his early works.

Augustine's Early Thought on the Redemptive Function of Divine Judgement considers the relationship between Augustine's account of God's judgment and his theology of grace in his early works.

Of those raised Catholic, just 13% still attend Mass weekly, and 37% say they have 'no religion'.

Of those raised Catholic, just 13% still attend Mass weekly, and 37% say they have 'no religion'.

'a brilliant history' The Sunday Times 'makes for riveting reading' The IndependentModern pagan witchcraft is arguably the only fully-formed religion England has given the world, and has now spread across four continents.

'a brilliant history' The Sunday Times 'makes for riveting reading' The IndependentModern pagan witchcraft is arguably the only fully-formed religion England has given the world, and has now spread across four continents.

Until the modern period the integration of church (or other religion) and state (or political life) had been taken for granted.

Until the modern period the integration of church (or other religion) and state (or political life) had been taken for granted.

This book is animated by a shared conviction that philosophy of religion needs to change: thirteen new essays suggest why and how.

Imagining the Witch explores emotions, gender, and selfhood through the lens of witch-trials in early modern Germany.

Imagining the Witch explores emotions, gender, and selfhood through the lens of witch-trials in early modern Germany.

This is not a book that provides a new integrated theory of religious change in modern societies, but rather one that develops theoretical elements that contribute to the understanding of some contemporary religious developments.

This is not a book that provides a new integrated theory of religious change in modern societies, but rather one that develops theoretical elements that contribute to the understanding of some contemporary religious developments.

This Dictionary of Atheism provides more than 150 definitions of terms related to the subject of atheism, ranging from those of historic importance, including the history of the term atheist itself, to crucial concepts in the contemporary study of atheism, such as agnosticism and scepticism.

Secularization in the Long 1960s: Numerating Religion in Britain provides a major empirical contribution to the literature of secularization.

Secularization in the Long 1960s: Numerating Religion in Britain provides a major empirical contribution to the literature of secularization.

In the early twenty-first century it had become a cliche that there was a 'God Gap' between a more religious United States and a more secular Europe.

In the early twenty-first century it had become a cliche that there was a 'God Gap' between a more religious United States and a more secular Europe.

The Oxford Handbook of Russian Religious Thought is an authoritative new reference and interpretive volume detailing the origins, development, and influence of one of the richest aspects of Russian cultural and intellectual life - its religious ideas.

The Oxford Handbook of Russian Religious Thought is an authoritative new reference and interpretive volume detailing the origins, development, and influence of one of the richest aspects of Russian cultural and intellectual life - its religious ideas.

Anthropologists have invariably engaged in their discipline as a form of redemption, whether to escape from social restriction, nourish their souls, reform their home polities, or vindicate "e;the natives.

Anthropologists have invariably engaged in their discipline as a form of redemption, whether to escape from social restriction, nourish their souls, reform their home polities, or vindicate "e;the natives.

A Supernatural War reveals the surprising stories of extraordinary people in a world caught up with the promise of occult powers.

A Supernatural War reveals the surprising stories of extraordinary people in a world caught up with the promise of occult powers.

Purity, Community, and Ritual in Early Christian Literature investigates the meaning of purity, purification, defilement, and disgust for Christian writers, readers, and listeners from the first to third centuries.

Purity, Community, and Ritual in Early Christian Literature investigates the meaning of purity, purification, defilement, and disgust for Christian writers, readers, and listeners from the first to third centuries.

Recent books by, among others, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens have thrust atheism firmly into the popular, media, and academic spotlight.

Recent books by, among others, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens have thrust atheism firmly into the popular, media, and academic spotlight.

Why do the innocent suffer in a world created by a loving God?

Why do the innocent suffer in a world created by a loving God?

America Bewitched is the first major history of witchcraft in America - from the Salem witch trials of 1692 to the present day.

America Bewitched is the first major history of witchcraft in America - from the Salem witch trials of 1692 to the present day.

Defining 'magic' is a maddening task.

Defining 'magic' is a maddening task.

'The profoundest book there is, born from the innermost richness of truth, an inexhaustible well into which no bucket descends without coming up with gold and goodness.

Ronald Hutton is known for his colourful and provocative writings on original subjects.

Caught in the grip of savage religious war, fear of sorcery and the devil, and a deepening crisis of epistemological uncertainty, the intellectual climate of late Renaissance France (c.

What is agnosticism?

Religion is currently gaining a much higher profile.

Heralded as the exponents of a 'new atheism', critics of religion are highly visible in today's media, and include the household names of Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett and Sam Harris.

Spectres of False Divinity presents a historical and critical interpretation of Hume's rejection of the existence of a deity with moral attributes.

What is agnosticism?

Religion is currently gaining a much higher profile.

Witchcraft is a subject that fascinates us all, and everyone knows what a witch is - or do they?