Religious issues and debates Books

For Dr Ruth Bancewicz, experiencing scientific research first hand brings a sense of awe that enhances faith. She has encountered many others who have similar stories. This book distils that experience, and explores the common ground between science and...

Manuchihr was waiting for a bus to take him from Qazvin, Iran, to his home in Tehran when a taxi with several men in it pulled up alongside him. He waved it away but was told to get in, they would make room for him. Since they were all heavily armed, he...

Dating back 450 years and still evolving, Unitarianism is a faith which imposes no creed or dogma on its followers. It is a community of individuals, each on their own spiritual journey, each guided by their own reason and conscience. So what, if...

What does it mean to both affirm the goodness of God's creation and anticipate the new creation? Bringing together contributions from church leaders, academic theologians, and scientists on the doctrine of creation, this volume engages with Scripture,...

This volume interrogates settled ways of thinking about the seemingly interminable conflict between religious and secular values in our world today. What are the assumptions and resources internal to secular conceptions of critique that help or hinder...

The prominence of religion in recent debates around politics, identity formation, and international terrorism has led to an increased demand on those studying religion to help clarify and contextualise religious belief and practice in the public sphere...

In this unique book, readers are taken on a journey to explore the role of the imagination in the face of mystery, whether it be the mystery of God, whose full reality lies beyond our earthly horizons, or the deepest mysteries of life hinted at in the...

This book is an introduction to Catholic theological ethics through the lens of its historical development from the beginning of the church until today. Starting with the Scriptures, and in particular the New Testament, the author looks at the...

Using as their starting point a 1976 Newsweek cover story on the emerging politicization of evangelical Christians, contributors to Evangelicals and Presidential Politics engage the scholarly literature on evangelicalism from a variety of angles to offer...

In the mid 1800s, a Persian nobleman in exile claimed to be a new messenger of God. He called himself Baha'u'llah ("The Glory of God") and taught that all nations, races, and religions should come together to build a global civilization of peace and...

Are there viable pathways from nature to God?Natural theology is making a comeback, stimulated as much by scientific advanceas by theological and philosophical reflection. Science is increasingly raising questionsthat transcend its capacity to...

Religions have been an essential part of the development of human societies and have created concepts and institutions that have enabled us to live enhanced and reassured lives for more than 10,000 years. But in the past two centuries or so we have...

Is the Book of Genesis in the Bible true?The findings of modern science appear to contradict some of the stories found in Genesis, so much so that even some Christian leaders question whether Genesis should still be regarded as part of God's revelation...

This volume presents an essential but underestimated role that Dionysus played in Greek and Roman political thought. Written by an interdisciplinary team of scholars, the volume covers the period from archaic Greece to the late Roman Empire.The reader...

This book explores in unprecedented detail the theological thinking of John Witherspoon during his often overlooked ministerial career in Scotland. In contrast to the arguments made by other historians, it shows that there was considerable continuity of...

This book examines the history, theological beliefs and current contextual practices of faith-based NGOs who work in the area of human trafficking that involves the sex industry. There are hundreds of religious organizations around the globe who minister...

This book traces the development of religious comedy and leverages that history to justify today's uses of religious humor in all of its manifestations, including irreverent jokes. It argues that regulating humor is futile and counterproductive,...

This book presents critical engagements with the work of Hent de Vries, widely regarded as one of the most important living philosophers of religion. Contributions by a distinguished group of scholars discuss the role played by religion in philosophy;...

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the theological challenge presented by the new post-Brexit epoch. The referendum vote for Britain to leave the European Union has led to a seismic shift in the ways in which parts of the British population...

A personal and practical guide to help pastors find Jesus as their mentor.For decades, Paul has been the model for today's pastors. But Pastor John Frye says we must instead look to Jesus as our model. "While we may lift Christ up as Savior, as we bow...

What purpose do all religions serve?There are only two destinies after we die.Do you feel like there is something missing in life?Is Jesus Christ more than what is portrayed by status quo Christianity?

Bruce Feiler's New York Times bestsellers Abraham, Walking the Bible, and Where God Was Born brilliantly explored the roots of faith. With America's Prophet, Feiler looks at Moses and the essential role the prophet has played in our nation's history and...

Evolution Is Not the Bible's EnemySaving Darwin explores the history of the controversy that swirls around evolution science, from Darwin to current challenges, and shows why--and how--it is possible to believe in God and evolution at the same time.

Put Your Faith into ActionA leading voice at the crossroads of faith and politics offers a prophetic appeal for our times: faced with a growing gap between the rich and poor, bombarded by national security alerts that ratchet up our stress levels, taxed...

George W. Bush has brought the question of religion back into American political life in a way that it has not been for decades. From the 2000 election through the challenges America has faced in the wake of September 11, Bush's personal faith -- and his...

The missionaries have often been accused of having destroyed African cultures, be it deliberately or because they did not understand. The author draws a very different picture in his study of a number of German missionaries in various parts of Tanzania,...

In this essay the author carefully provides the reader with an analysis of the theological claim 'Humanity before Religiosity'which was the subject of a series of talks and articles written by Habib Ali al-Jifri between 2012 and 2014 that led to...

Anarchism and religion have historically had an uneasy relationship. Indeed, representatives of both sides have regularly insisted on the fundamental incompatibility of anarchist and religious ideas and practices. Yet, ever since the emergence of...

Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer"Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer. I heard that you don't know who Stahl is. And I could not help wondering - please pardon my incivility, but ... what rock have you been hiding...

A fé, a política e os direitos humanos são três termos que carregam universos de sentidos e significados bastante complexos. Postos em interação, neste trabalho de Carlos Alberto Bezerra Jr., promovem reflexões ricas e análises desafiadoras para o mundo...

Se puede hablar de ADN y de Dios. Esta es la propuesta del movimiento apologético que defiende el Diseño Inteligente en este libro.

Tendo como elemento central o resgate da esperança para aqueles que sofrem as consequências do racismo, Uma leitura negra propõea prática da leitura da Bíblia e de sua interpretação a partir da rica herança da igreja negra, ou da "interpretação...

Im 7. Jh. geriet die Kirche in eine tiefe Krise der Theologie und der kirchlichen Autoritäten mit einer Vielzahl von Synoden, Anathematismen, staatlichen Prozessen und Schismen. Auslöser war der letztmalige Versuch einer Wiederherstellung kirchlicher...

Words incessantly pounded into our brains, hearts, and souls by the various mass media organs of our Global Motherland often cannot help but stick-if we seek to protect ourselves from them only in some wishy-washy, merely "conservative" type of defense...

"War is a terrible thing, but we should examine if it is just. It is not easy to develop an eye to see through international politics. I deliver Mr. Putin's true thoughts to the people of Japan who are tone-deaf to international matters and the rest of...

The Wise Woman is a shining example, and my personal favourite amongst all of MacDonald's fiction. It is an excellent resource for anyone wishing for reinforcement in the development of diligence, responsibility, loyalty and faith. It is a powerful...

Are Christians meant to experience suffering? This question has long been a contentious one within the church. Christ is risen, the kingdom of heaven is at hand, yet sickness, poverty, and persecution continue to be daily realities for Christians around...

This volume of poems addresses the human effects of the coronavirus pandemic including: prolonged illnesses, death, disruption of society, families, the work force, and economy. There are the accompanying emotional effects of grief, distressed orphaned...

What happens to the Gospel when you put other loyalties into positions of power in Christian life and practice? You get deformations, distortions, and caricatures of Christianity - killing in the name of love, defense of worldwide systems of domination,...

Troisième Édition révisée, 2020. En ce livre, La Morale chrétienne ou L'Art de bien vivre, Bénédict Pictet nous donne, au seuil même d'un siècle sans Dieu, l'une des plus belles expressions de cette tradition éthique issue de la Réforme, qui cherche...

2019 Reprint of 1950 Edition.  Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software.  Motivated in part by the question of how the Holocaust could have happened, Starkey delved into the Salem archives to...

Conflict between science and the Bible has no validity, and no other passage has been debated between believers and nonbelievers as much as the first three chapters of Genesis. At least that’s what author Wendell Ford, engineer and veteran student...