Religious issues and debates Books

Our Gay Son is a moving account of the struggle of a Christian father to uncover the truth about homosexuality following the discovery that his younger son was gay. This son, along with all other gay people, was accused and condemned in the courts of...

Because of Reverend Shaw's book, What We've Been Told About the HOLY BIBLE is a Lie and Here's the Proof, all of today's Bibles that you own are obsolete. Reverend Shaw, under the same divine inspiration that prompted him to write this book, has made...

This book advances an Islamic political philosophy based on the concept of Ihsan, which means to do beautiful things. The author moves beyond the dominant model of Islamic governance advanced by modern day Islamists. The political philosophy of Ihsan...

Author and Podcast Host Charles Moscowitz presents evidence that God exists with the contention that there is no contradiction between belief in God and science. Moscowitz sketches a history of belief in God in western Judeo-Christian culture...

In 'Philosophy and Religion in Colonial America', Claude M. Newlin offers a comprehensive survey of the intellectual landscape of early America. From the Puritan divines of New England to the rationalists of the Enlightenment, Newlin explores the complex...

Science and religion collide in this thought-provoking book. Thornwell Jacobs argues that the two are not mutually exclusive and explores the ways in which they can coexist.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is...

In this seminal work of Christian ethics, Knight lays out a framework for understanding the moral teachings of Jesus. Drawing on a wide range of biblical and philosophical sources, he argues that Christian ethics is not a legalistic code of conduct, but...

This seminal work by F. de la Mennais explores the relationship between religion and politics. With insightful analysis and thoughtful reflection, de la Mennais offers a nuanced perspective on this complex topic.This work has been selected by scholars as...

This book is a Swedish language guide to the Ten Commandments, written by Gustaf Edvard Klemming. The book uses stories, legends, and examples to help illustrate the meaning and significance of each commandment, and to provide guidance on how to apply...

In this thought-provoking book, Coquerel explores the relationship between conscience and faith. Drawing on his vast knowledge of philosophy, theology, and spirituality, he probes the deepest questions of human existence and offers insights that are both...

Pratt explores the intersections of religion and science, arguing that these fields are not mutually exclusive but rather complement each other in important ways. This book is a thoughtful and insightful examination of the relationship between faith and...

En este controvertido ensayo, Paul Benoit expone su visión sobre el futuro de la humanidad y su relación con la religión y el Estado. En sus páginas, el autor denuncia los peligros de una sociedad que ha abandonado la fe cristiana y hace un llamado a la...

This religious book explores the relationship between human will and divine will. The author, Hieremias Drexelius, argues that humans can achieve perfect happiness by conforming their will to God's will. The book provides a philosophical and theological...

In this thought-provoking collection of essays, author Thomas Clark Westfield explores the intersection of science and religion, arguing for the scientific accuracy of the scriptures. Engagingly written and meticulously researched, this book is a...

William McDonald's book delves into the biblical concept of holiness and how it can be achieved through a scriptural way of life. McDonald argues that a true understanding of holiness requires more than just avoiding sin, but actively pursuing...

‘The inability to marshal his own side of the story has always been a baneof the Jonathan Presidency and has resulted in a vacuum in contemporarypolitical history accounting of Nigerian. This is the vacuum to which RenoOmokri has admirably...

Through an ethnographically driven study of expressions of sanctuary in San Francisco, Church as Field Hospital constructs an ecclesiology that expands notions of public engagement and sacred space in Christian theology. Sanctuary practices that create...

Edited by P. C. Kemeny, these five essays represent five major views of the relationship of the church and Christian teaching with respect to matters of public justice administered by our government. Each essay includes a response from the other four...

Pacifism, jihad and militarism--are these the only alternatives to global injustice? J. Daryl Charles considers the "just war" teaching of the church throughout history, comparing it with both pacifism and jihad/militarism and addressing the unique...

This book explores the philosophical, legal, and theological roots of Western multiculturalism, that is, the encounter and coexistence of different cultures within a liberal society. Rather than concerning themselves with the particulars of cultural...

Drawing on information from demographers, economists, ecologists, and sociologists, Bratton argues that individuals should use Christian values when dealing with the regulation of human population. "Theological groundwork for developing a Christian...

The Responsible Self was H. Richard Niebuhr's most important work in Christian ethics, and it remains a landmark contribution to the field.Here Niebuhr probes the fundamental character of the moral life. He finds the key in the concept of responsibility,...

This book examines various attempts in the 'West' to manage cultural, linguistic, and religious diversity - focusing on Muslim minorities in predominantly non-Muslim societies.An international panel of contributors chart evolving national identities and...

There has been a recent surge in the examination of the evolutionary roots of religious belief, all trying to identify where the human desire to seek the supernatural and the divine comes from. This book adds a new and innovative perspective to this line...

This book offers a rationale for a new 'ramified natural theology' that is in dialogue with both science and historical-critical study of the Bible. Traditionally, knowledge of God has been seen to come from two sources, nature and revelation. However, a...

This book sheds an interdisciplinary light on 'transforming bodies': bodies that have been subjected to, contributed to, or have resisted social transformations within religious or secular contexts in contemporary Europe. It explores the intersections of...

Heresy and Citizenship examines the anti-heretical campaigns in late-medieval Augsburg, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Strasbourg, and other cities. By focusing on the unprecedented period of persecution between 1390 and 1404, this study demonstrates how...

This book uses the very latest research to examine current interactions between religion, migration and existential wellbeing. In particular, it demonstrates the role of religion and religious organizations in the social, medical and existential...

This book reflects on major themes present at the interface between religion and human security in Africa. It probes the extent to which religion is both a threat to and a resource for human security in Africa by examining specific issues occurring...

This book unpacks the history of British-Israelism in the UK. Remarkably, this subject has had very little attention: remarkable, because at its height in the post-war era, the British-Israelist movement could claim to have tens of thousands of...

This book investigates the response of the Catholic Church in Northern Ireland to the conflict in the region during the late Twentieth Century. It does so through the prism of the writings of Cardinal Cahal Daly (1917-2009), the only member of the...

This book provides a pioneering and original study of the regional effects of political Islam. It sets out the multifaceted interactions between Islam and politics in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, focussing in particular on the...

This book provides an honest assessment of the contemporary relationship between Western and Islamic cultures and puts forth the cross-cultural idea of tolerance as one invaluable approach for affecting peaceful coexistence.  For a sustainable...

The book presents the transition from traditionalism to modernism in connection to two of Küng's most important books on ecclesiology: Structures of the Church (1962) as representing Küng's traditional theology, and On Being a Christian (1974) as a reflec

This book explores the role of evangelicalism in the conflict in Northern Ireland and discusses how it may contribute to a peaceful political transition. Ganiel analyzes the 'traditional' evangelicals who are associated with the Reverend Ian Paisley, as...

In this radical reinterpretation of Rousseau, Jeremiah Alberg reveals the neglected theological dimension of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's philosophy. Alberg shows how only Christianity can bring the coherence of Rousseau's system to light, arguing that the...

Religious Dissent and Political Modernization examines the role played by religious dissent in English political life in the years after the reform act of 1832. It argues that dissent was the chief mainstay of the burgeoning liberal party, and that the...

Market Power explores society and economy in medieval Iberia, examining the intersection of regional commercial interests, lordship, and royal authority as part of the evolution of a small village into a rural market town. This analysis of notarial...

Religion and the Health of the Public fills a major gap in academic literature on religion and public health. Its innovative concepts provide a comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding and working on the interface between religion and public...

By creating a conversation between classical Greek and modern literature, and contemporary political and religious theory, Ancient and Modern Religion and Politics examines the formation and disruption of identity and community in transitive colonial...