Religious issues and debates Books

The adherents of Islam and Christianity comprise half of the world's population, or 3.5 billion people. Tension between them exists throughout the world and is increasing here in North America. In How Not to Kill a Muslim, Dr. Joshua Graves provides a...

A philosopher and a business leader have a friendly debate about whether it makes sense to speak of God having a strategy for the human race. What might a divine strategy look like, in light of the biblical portrait of God and the historical record of...

After five centuries of oppressions committed in the name of Jesus, many hearts have hardened toward the name of Christ on the part of many of those native or original to the lands we now call America and Canada. The imposition of residential schools,...

The Spirit of Adoption explores many of the complexities inherent in adoption and its relationship to spirituality, challenging us to move beyond the common mythologies about adoption to consider the more difficult questions adoption raises about the...

In Dimensions of Faith, cognitive scientist Steve Donaldson takes readers on a journey from the world of assumptions, set minds, widely varying beliefs, and popular misconceptions to an understanding of the true essence and role of faith as the natural...

Do atheists hate God? Many Christians seem to think so. For the last three centuries Christians have widely assumed that atheism is always a result of a rebellious, sinful rejection of God. According to this view, at some level atheists really do know...

A Bird in the Hand is not a "how to" book, but a "how so" book in which the reader is invited to travel with Leah Kostamo on the wild ride of salmon saving, stranger welcoming, and God worshiping as she and her husband help establish the first Christian...

What is the way of the cross? Why does it create resistance? How do we answer objections to it? The revival of interest in Christ's kingdom and radical discipleship has produced a wave of discussions, but sometimes those discussions are scattered. This...

Do atonement theologies that focus on Jesus' death underwrite human violence? If so, we do well to rethink beliefs that this death is necessary to bring salvation. Focusing on the Bible's salvation story, Instead of Atonement argues for a logic of mercy...

In a wide-ranging meditation on the Cain and Abel narrative, Mark Scarlata draws out theological motifs relevant to Christian discipleship in a modern Western context. Taking his cue from Augustine's City of God, Scarlata brings to light what it means...

As the world watched the biggest global epidemic in history evolve, many anticipated that Christians would embrace those who were affected just as Jesus during his time embraced those who were sick and dying. Mostly, the Christian church stood back and...

Human embryos, it has been said, ""have no muscles, nerves, digestive system, feet, hands, face, or brain; they have nothing to distinguish them as a human being, and if one of them died, no one would mourn as they would for one of us."" Consequently,...

"Does theology have any relevance to the problem of life and death?" According to John Heywood Thomas the answer is an unequivocal yes. A largely personal expression of this conviction precedes the argument's exposition, which is then stated first of all...

Bury the Dead is a collection of personal encounters with death: stories of Alzheimer's, AIDS, cancer, hospice, suicide, murder, systemic violence, genocide, and war. In this book a teenager tenderly washes her mother's body, a community organizer cries...

""The Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground . . ."" (Gen 2:7). Made of dust, we humans are thoroughly physical beings. We are dusty earthlings. As such, we are also ecological beings, or rather eco-physical beings, firmly embedded in and...

The ongoing global financial crisis was not simply the fault of the financial sector. Bankers, households, and governments had all entered a spiral of greed, selfishness, and impatience in pursuit of their respective aims of higher remuneration, greater...

For many Christians, spirituality and ethics are in separate mental and experiential compartments. Spirituality may be understood as an inner experience, while ethics is focused on decisions or positions on issues. Both of these views reduce spirituality...

Two parables that have become firmly lodged in popular consciousness and affection are the parable of the Good Samaritan and the parable of the Prodigal Son. These simple but subversive tales have had a significant impact historically on shaping the...

In A Faith Not Worth Fighting For, editors Justin Bronson Barringer and Tripp York have assembled a number of essays by pastors, activists, and scholars in order to address the common questions and objections leveled against the Christian practice of...

Jacques Ellul (1912-1994) was one of the world's last great polymaths and one of the most important Christian thinkers of his time, engaging the world with a simplicity, sincerity, courage, and passion that few have matched. However, Ellul is an often...

John Howard Yoder is most famous for arguing in The Politics of Jesus that a sound reading of the New Testament demonstrates the abiding relevance of Jesus to social ethics. However, it is seldom acknowledged that Yoder makes essentially the same...

Procreative Ethics addresses questions at the beginning of life from a point of view that is alternatively philosophical and Christian. The author seeks to defend philosophically some positions taken partly on Christian grounds while also trying to make...

The Ten Commandments belong to the "classics" of Western culture. They are an authoritative part of the Hebrew and the Christian Scriptures. Since they come to us from an ancient past, it is both necessary and worthwhile to inquire what they may mean for...

Green Witness is a work in theological ethics, addressed primarily to theologians and seminarians, but also to clergy and church study groups. Yordy approaches the topic of Christian environmental work not from the perspective of a global crisis that...

We are, at our base, humus-beings. Our lives are dependent upon the soil and we flourish when we live in this reality. Unfortunately, we have been a part of a centuries-long push to build a new tower of Babel--an attempt to escape our basic dependence on...

In Christianity, Democracy, and the Radical Ordinary, theologian Stanley Hauerwas and political theorist Romand Coles reflect about possibilities and practices of radical democracy and radical ecclesia that take form in the textures of relational care...

Ethical discourse about the institution of voting rarely includes the option of abstaining for principled reasons. This collection of nine articles widens the discussion in that direction by giving readers a new question: At what point and on what...

In six brief chapters Chris Neufeld-Erdman sketches the contours of a way Christians can travel the challenging road before us. He thoughtfully argues for a path toward full inclusion of gays and lesbians in the life of the church, but does so in a way...

Social Salvation is a book written by Washington Gladden in 1902. The book is a call to action for Christians to become more involved in social issues and to work towards social justice. Gladden argues that Christianity has a responsibility to address...

Social Equilibrium And Other Problems Ethical And Religious is a book written by George Batchelor in 1887. The book explores various ethical and religious issues that were prevalent during that time. Batchelor discusses the concept of social equilibrium...

Rolt On Moral Command is a book written by John Rolt in 1842. The book is a philosophical treatise on the concept of moral command, exploring the idea of how individuals can be compelled to act in a certain way by a sense of moral duty. Rolt argues that...

Reconciliation of Science and Religion is a book written by Alexander Winchell in 1877. The book explores the relationship between science and religion, and attempts to reconcile the two seemingly opposing worldviews. Winchell argues that science and...

Positive Institutions Not To Be Compared With, Or Preferred Before Moral Duties And Virtues As To Their Rank, Order, Excellency, Intrinsic Value, Etc. is a philosophical treatise written by John Chilton in 1730. The book explores the relationship between...

Introduction to Ethics V2: Including A Critical Survey of Moral Systems (1867) by Jouffroy is a comprehensive book on ethics that provides an in-depth analysis of moral systems. The book is divided into two parts, with the first part focusing on the...

Re-Echoes is a collection of essays and lectures by Frances Power Cobbe, a prominent British social reformer and feminist of the Victorian era. Published in 1876, this book is a reflection of Cobbe's views on various social, political, and moral issues...

Jacob's Well, Part 1: An English Treatise On The Cleansing Of Man's Conscience (1900) by Arthur Brandeis is a book that explores the concept of conscience and its role in human life. The author delves into the idea that a clear conscience is essential...

What role has religion played in social protest movements? This important book examines how activists have used religious resources such as liturgy, prayer, song and vestments with a focus on the following global case studies:The mid-twentieth century US...

Morality In Doctrine is a book written by William Bright and published in 1892. The book is a comprehensive exploration of the relationship between morality and doctrine, and the ways in which moral principles are reflected in religious teachings. Bright...

Das Buch ""Tugendlehre Nach Den Grundsatzen Der Reinen Vernunft Und Des Praktischen Christenthums"" wurde im Jahr 1795 von Augustin Isenbiehl ver������ffentlicht. Es besch�����ftigt sich mit der Frage, wie man ein tugendhaftes Leben f�����hren kann,...

Tsing Hua Lectures On Ethics is a book written by Gregory Dexter Walcott in 1919. The book is a collection of lectures delivered by the author at Tsing Hua College in Beijing, China. The lectures focus on the principles of ethics and morality and their...

The Social Conduct of a Christian Considered in Discourses is a book written by Charles Girdlestone in 1828. The book explores the role of Christians in society and how they should behave in their daily lives. Girdlestone discusses various topics such as...

The Modern Sabbath Examined is a book written by Henry Bannerman and published in 1832. The book examines the concept of the Sabbath in modern times and discusses its importance in the Christian faith. Bannerman argues that the Sabbath is a sacred day...

""The Argument, A Priori, For The Moral Attributes Of God"" is a philosophical and theological book written by William Honyman Gillespie and originally published in 1865. In this book, Gillespie presents a detailed argument for the existence of God's...

L�������Etat Present De La Puissance Ottomane, Avec Les Causes De Son Accroissement, Et Celles De Sa Decadence (1688) est un livre �����crit par Du Vignau, Sieur. Ce livre traite de l'�����tat actuel de la puissance ottomane, en d�����crivant les causes...

Instructions De Morale Qui Peuvent Servir A Tous Les Hommes est un livre �����crit par Samuel De Constant de Rebecque en 1799. Il s'agit d'un ouvrage de philosophie morale qui propose des instructions pour guider les hommes dans leur vie quotidienne...

Imago Veri Advocati Vitam Eius Moralem In Prima, Ac Spiritualem est liber Valentini De Roose, qui anno 1687 editus est. In hoc libro, De Roose describit vitam moralis et spiritualem veri advocati. Liber est scriptus lingua Latina et continet multas...

Ethics of Theism: A Criticism and Its Vindication is a philosophical book written by Alexander Leitch in 1868. The book is an exploration of the ethical implications of theism, which is the belief in the existence of a God or gods. Leitch begins the book...

Ethices Fundamenta est liber Georgii, Fridrici Adam, qui anno MDCCXCVI editus est. In hoc libro auctor fundamenta ethicae tradit, quae ad vitam recte vivendam necessaria sunt. Auctor quattuor partes in libro dividit, quarum prima de natura humana agit,...