Philosophy and Religion

Comparing the spread of Christianity to the East to its more successful spread to the West, Montgomery illustrates the uneven diffusion of one of the world's most influential and successful religions.

Offers the first comprehensive textbook covering the interrelations between topics in the philosophy of logic in an accessible, non-technical, and up-to-date way.

This volume takes stock of the seminal contribution of Charles Beitz to the so-called "e;political turn"e; in the philosophy of human rights, whose origins are in the work of the late Rawls.

An original account of Kant''s theory of taste, emphasizing his political and moral aims, and resolving some important textual puzzles.

The Apostle Paul, in exercising his ineffable wisdom, draws this magnificent letter to a close in an extraordinary manner.

In this book, Peter Hartl offers a novel and comprehensive interpretation of David Hume's philosophy of religion focusing on various notions of 'true religion' in Hume's overall philosophy and how these ideas relate to various early modern positions on religion, society and philosophy.

Of the many challenges facing liberal democracy, none is as powerful and pervasive today as those posed by religion.

John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost consciously seeks to "e;justify the ways of God to men.

A bioethic of obligations and responsibilities, based on the Jewish traditionThe Jewish tradition has important perspectives, history, and wisdom that can contribute significantly to crucial contemporary healthcare deliberations.

In an age of self-affirmation and self-assertion, 'selfless love' can appear as a threat to the lover's personal well-being.

Cosmopolitan Animals asks what new possibilities and permutations of cosmopolitanism can emerge by taking seriously our sharing and 'becoming-with' animals.

Davies outlines the composition and date of Numbers, and the various attempts that have been made to establish a coherent and meaningful structure in its arrangement.

Southwestern Journal of Theology 2022 Book Award (Honorable Mention, Biblical Studies)This survey textbook is grounded in the view that the prophetic books of the Old Testament should be read as Christian Scripture.

This volume explores how the visual arts are presenting and responding to Christian theology and demonstrates how modern and contemporary artists and artworks have actively engaged in conversation with Christianity.

A companion series to the acclaimed Word Biblical CommentaryFinding the great themes of the books of the Bible is essential to the study of God's Word and to the preaching and teaching of its truths.

An impressive interdisciplinary effort by Chinese, Japanese, Middle Eastern, and Western Sinologists and Judaic Studies specialists, these books scrutinize patterns of migration, acculturation, assimilation, and economic activity of successive waves of Jewish arrivals in China from approximately A.

This book offers a comprehensive moral theory of privatization in war.

Ya no es aceptable generar beneficios económicos extrayendo la riqueza viva fundamental de nuestras tierras y aguas.

Thomas Aquinas (1224/6-1274) lived an active, demanding academic and ecclesiastical life that ended while he was still comparatively young.

Die Frage nach der Laien in der Philosophie des späteren Mittelalters wurde bis jetzt kaum oder gar nicht thematisiert.

Is it ever right to target civilians in a time of war?

Psychoanalysis and Ethics: The Necessity of Perspective is an attempt to look deeply into the relationship between psychoanalysis and ethics, and in particular into the failure of traditional psychoanalytic thinking to recognise the foundational character of ethical values.

In Girl Be Brave Chery Hale shares 100 days of encouragement, quotes, and photos, calling women everywhere to embrace lives of bravery.

In the late 1990s, Rosalind Krauss, one of the principal theorists of post-modernism in the arts, began using the term “post-medium” in her work.

"Dekoloniales Denken" aus Lateinamerika bietet neue programmatische Impulse für die Religionswissenschaft und Interkulturelle Theologie.

In this revised and updated edition of The Secret Connexion, Galen Strawson explores one of the most discussed subjects in all philosophy: David Hume's work on causation.

In The Unbelievable Gospel pastor Jonathan Dodson diagnoses the evangelistic paralysis of the modern church, pinpointing the reasons people don't share their faith today and offering a desperately needed solution.

Rabbi Evan Moffic has a passion for sharing Judaism and its traditions with Christian audiences.

Der Religionsunterricht in Deutschland lässt – je nach regionalen Erfordernissen – eine bemerkenswerte Veränderungsdynamik erkennen; er ist ein pluraler Lernort.

This new critical edition of Dissoi Logoi starts from a codicological analysis that is unprecedented in scope (the studied codices are twenty-six) and depth (their material, dimensions, transmitted works, provenance, date, scribe, first possessors, and current place of conservation are considered).

The philosopher Michael Dummett was one of the sharpest and most prominent commentators and campaigners for the fair treatment of immigrants and refugees in Britain and Europe.

Iain McLean reexamines the radical legacy of AdamSmith, arguing that Smith was a radical egalitarian and that his work supported all three of the slogans of the French Revolution: liberty, equality, and fraternity.

Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz (1651-1695) was the most significant literary figure of the colonial period in Spanish America.

Der religiöse Fundamentalismus und Fanatismus mit seinem Übermaß an Grauen, Absurdität und Destruktion ist auch und bewusst nach Europa zurückgekehrt.

Dan Taylor was a leading English eighteenth-century General Baptist minister and founder of the New Connexion of General Baptists--a revival movement.

In recent years, resilience has become a near ubiquitous cultural phenomenon whose influence extends into many fields of academic enquiry.

A fresh and exciting study of Cicero''s philosophical activities and the enduring interest of his ethical and political thought.

"Kürzlich war Karl Barth bei mir, um mir zu sagen, dass er eine unglückliche Liebe zu mir habe und gerne ins Reine kommen möchte", berichtete Erik Peterson 1922.

This study examines findings from a 4-year-long ethnography of communication among a research university's community of scientists and engineers working in nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt der chinesischen Philosophie und entdecken Sie die tiefe Weisheit des Drachenprinzips – ein Symbol kosmischer Kräfte und spiritueller Harmonie, das seit Jahrtausenden das kulturelle Erbe Chinas prägt.

What exactly is hope and how does it influence our decisions?

Tom was born to an illiterate mother and brought up in a remote village in Kerala, India.

This book advances the growing area of language policy and planning (LPP) by examining the epistemological and theoretical foundations that engendered and sustain the field, drawing on insights and approaches from anthropology, linguistics, economics, political science, and education to create an accessible and inter-disciplinary overview of LPP as a coherent discipline.

Dramatic changes have taken place in the last decade with respect to the views of the American Jewish community toward Israel and Zionism.

In popular tradition witches were either practitioners of magic or people who were objectionable in some way, but for early European courts witches were heretics and worshippers of the Devil.