Philosophy & Religion Books

What extra-biblical doctrines and traditions did early Christian leaders teach? How do we evaluate these teachings? Of course, Roman Catholicism (Romanism) has always given a great deal of authority to these writings. Accordingly, in the course of our...

Is Scripture really our ultimate authority?Authority is what dictates what we will believe and do. Accordingly, J. I. Packer, rightfully remarks: "The problem of authority is the most fundamental problem that the Christian Church ever faces."Most...

How and why has God spoken to us?Answering these questions involves the immense topic of divine revelation. Our purpose in this book is to provide a biblical study of the various types and purposes of the myriad of different methods of divine revelation...

Is Scripture really our ultimate authority?Most Christians answer this question by simply saying, "The Bible is my final authority." But, as we explain here, such a view forgets that there is a human being between us and the Bible, which is why there...

Learn each book of the bible with Tracy Jeanette and her friends. Two volumes cover each bible book. Volume 1 is a slam-bang overview when Tracy is ten years old. Volume 2 is with that girl again. Only she's a thousand . . . so not really a girl.

There are days filled with sunshine and joy - the happiest, most wonderful of days. Then there are days filled with storms; lightning strikes, thunder booms, and rain stabs over and over and over again. This is a fight that every human encounters. You...

Published by Times Square Press. New York.The American Federation of Certified Psychics and Mediums Official Handbook includes: The Purposes of the Federation. Board of Directors. Benefits and Privileges. The National Certifying and Testing Board. United...

Daily Saints is a book written to help the reader find his or her Saints in their background. The idea is to find some sort of Ancestor, a Saint or any nobility from Europe and match that Ancestor with one in the book. The Calendar Saint of the Day in...

Poems of spiritual exploration as an atheist responds to the inner stirrings of faith.

Jesus and His Challenges is a Nepali Bible Study guide. It was originally published by NBCBS and then Published by ITEEN in Nepal. This book has 12 bible study Lesson in it which are good for small group study.The Bible studies are taken from Mathew,...

A New Alafia, Irosun Speaks,Volume IV, written by Chief Iyanifa Moremi Osun Monife Balewa. This book is the fourth of a 16 Volume set of books about "how to interpret" the sacred Oduns of the Orisa religion. A New Alafia, Irosun Speaks,Volume IV, is also...

A New Alafia, Ose Speaks, Volume V, written by Chief Iyanifa Moremi Osun Monife Balewa. This book is the fifth of a 16 Volume set of books about "how to interpret" the sacred Oduns of the Orisa religion. A New Alafia, Ose Speaks, Volume V, is also about...

356 Tage. 52 Wochen oder 13 Monde hat der druidische Jahreskreis! Jeder Tag hiervon ein guter, um als Druide zu leben! Druide? Noch immer existieren die wahren Menschen und es werden ihrer wieder mehr! Eine Zusammenschau alten Wissens für die neue Zeit!

Mento Bieker is alweer drie jaar gelukkig met zijn vriendin Bianca Kust. In dit boekje over Mento staan gesprekken die hij met haar voert over niet-alledaagse dingen zoals over de dromen die ze dromen, over Jezus, over de kracht van de wil en van de...

Originally published in 1981, this book was an attempt to bridge the gap between scientists and philosophers by viewing philosophy, at least in part, through scientific eyes. Professor George is not here concerned with the philosophy of science. Rather...

The thought of Immanuel Kant is fundamental to understanding Western philosophy. Spanning epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and religion, the sheer scope and originality of Kant's ideas have decisively shaped the history of modern philosophy.The Kantian...

Is Jung one of the most exciting and important thinkers of our age? Or is he just a dabbler in the occult and oriental mysticism?Although Jung has enjoyed wide popularity over time, he is still not accorded an appropriately honoured place in the history...

This book advances a novel justification for the idea of "public reason": citizens within diverse societies can realize the ideal of shared political autonomy, despite their adherence to different religious and philosophical views, by deciding...

This title was first published in 2002. This book builds on contemporary discussion of 'mysticism' and religious experience by examining the process and content of 'religious knowing' in classical and modern Advaita. Drawing from the work of William...

Ethics for Robots describes and defends a method for designing and evaluating ethics algorithms for autonomous machines, such as self-driving cars and search and rescue drones. Derek Leben argues that such algorithms should be evaluated by how...

Drawing on neuroscientific research and metacognitive theory, this groundbreaking volume examines the theoretical implications that are elicited when neural correlates of consciousness (NCC) are identified.The relationship between consciousness and the...

Frist published in 1999, this book provides an overview of various non-conventional notions of what is sacred, currently held among European young people. It analyses the growing estrangement between traditional religious doctrines and current beliefs...

This title was first published in 2001: Debate about the reality of God risks becoming an arid stalemate.

First published in 1999, this volume re-examines Bertrand Russell's views on modal logic and logical relevance, arguing that Russell does in fact accommodate modality and modal logic. The author, Jan Dejnožka, draws together Russell's comments and...

In this updated second edition, Jason Farman offers a groundbreaking look at how location-aware mobile technologies are radically shifting our sense of identity, community, and place-making practices. Mobile Interface Theory is a foundational book in...

In this book, first published in 1927, the author presents us with three conversations, fables, that, beautiful in themselves, also have a direct bearing on what is being discussed: Death and the Hereafter; Justice; and the Kingdom of Heaven.

This book, first published in 1914, examines the life of Socrates and his teaching, and also details the world in which he lived, the Greece of the time experiencing a breakdown of authority in religion, morality and society.

First published in 1998, this volume responded to and evaluated criticisms of McTaggart's atemporal philosophy of time. Established philosophical positions on time had positioned themselves in relation to either the A Series (past, present and future) or...

First published in 1997, this was the first Autonomist Marxist book on the USSR. The various theories of Soviet capitalism are considered more comprehensively than in any previous work, and are shown to be inadequate insofar as they fail to demonstrate...

While Christian approaches to the problem of evil have been much discussed, the issue of theodicy in Islam is relatively neglected. A Muslim Response to Evil explores new insights and viewpoints and discusses possible solutions to theodicy and the...

The concept of the imaginary is pervasive within contemporary thought, yet can be a baffling and often controversial term. In Imagination and the Imaginary, Kathleen Lennon explores the links between imagination - regarded as the faculty of creating...

This book offers a variety of theoretical perspectives on the study of religion that bridge the gap between mainstream concerns of sociologists and the sociology of religion. Following an assessment of the current state of the field, the authors develop...

The label 'Suicide Cults' has been applied to a wide variety of different alternative religions, from Jonestown to the Solar Temple to Heaven's Gate. Additionally, observers have asked if such group suicides are in any way comparable to Islamist suicide...

Baker, James and Reader offer new religious engagement with the public sphere via means of interdisciplinary analysis and empirical examples, developing what we call a Relational Christian Realism building upon interaction with contemporary Philosophy of...

The development of literature between 1800 and 1860 in the United States was heavily influenced by two wars

The latest volume of Culture and Civilization gathers contemporary exponents of critical theory, specifically those based in the Frankfurt School of social thinking. Collectively, this volume demonstrates the continuing intellectual viability of critical...

In this classic volume, written at the height of the Cold War, with a new preface of 2006, Peter Viereck, one of the foremost intellectual spokesmen of modern conservatism, examines the differing responses of American and European intellectuals to the...

In this superb cultural history, John R. Hall presents a reasoned analysis of the meaning of Jonestown--why it happened and how it is tied to our history as a nation, our ideals, our practices, and the tension of modern culture. Hall deflates the myths...

Today the idea of natural law as the basic ingredient in moral, legal, and political thought presents a challenge not faced for almost two hundred years

The essence of Ascent of the Mountain, Flight of the Dove remains intact: its vision of religious studies as sustained refl ection on our lifelong voyage to discover who we are. The story we choose for ourselves, the story we live, can sacralize or...

This book examines key themes and concepts pertaining to religious and sexual identities and expressions, mapping theoretical, methodological, and empirical dimensions. It explores the ways in which debates around sexuality and religion have been framed,...

Pierre-André Liégé, one of the foremost French theologians of the 20th century, influenced John XXIII and Paul VI, and sat on Vatican II committees with both the future John Paul II and Benedict VI. Fifty years on from Vatican II is a good time to...

This book examines democracy in recent Chinese-language philosophical work. It focuses on Confucian-inspired political thought in the Chinese intellectual world from after the communist revolution in China until today. The volume analyzes six significant...

This book analyses the nature of the Tibetan Buddhism in the Diaspora. It examines how the re-signification of Tibetan Buddhist practices and organizational structures in the present refers back to the dismantlement of the Tibetan state headed by the...

Originally published in 1968 this volume discusses the issues and problems relevant to Christianity in Tropical Africa. It includes historical studies of the earlier Catholic and Protestant missions and their relationship with African communities,...

What is Religious Ethics? An Introduction is an accessible and informative overview to major themes and methods in religious ethics. This concise and lively book demonstrates the relevance and importance of ethics based in religious traditions and...

This book makes the Qur'an accessible to the English-speaking student who lacks the linguistic background to read it in the original Arabic by offering accessible translations of, and commentary on, a series of selected passages that are representative...

Though the Hebrew Bible often reflects and constructs a world that privileges men, many of its narratives play extensively with the gender norms of the society in which they were written. Drawing from feminist, masculinity and queer studies, Gender-Play...