Laws of Nature, Laws of God?
How should we view scientific laws? In this book, scientists, historians, and philosophers tackle this topic, sparked by Nancy Cartwright’s provocative question: “How could laws make things happen?” Her answer was “They couldn’t!”
Shamanic Dialogues with the Invisible Dark in Tuva, Siberia
In Tuva, Siberia, shamanism’s revival has a dark side: assault sorcery and an epidemic of curses. This book follows a shaman’s counter-rituals and haunting dialogues with spectral assassins and dead ancestors to reveal the unsettling world of “dark shamanism.”
Surprised by Faith
Inspired by C.S. Lewis’s reluctant conversion, this collection of essays explores the quest for truth and meaning. Scholars discuss what conversion means to us as human beings, challenging the reader to think more deeply about the transformation from unbelief to belief.
What seems to be evidence can be false, while unfounded accusations are accepted as truth, causing travesties of justice. Using case studies like the OJ Simpson trial, the Iraq War, and the history of anti-Semitism, this book shows how beliefs can be stronger than hard facts.
Managing the Environmental Crisis in Ghana
Neither Western science nor Indigenous knowledge alone can solve today’s environmental problems. This book is a valuable guide to blending both, showing how Indigenous African religion and culture can help create holistic solutions for conservation.
This book sheds critical light on collective representations of the end of the world. It explores humanity’s reaction to disasters, the anxiety of collective destruction, and the convergence of irrational beliefs, religious conceptions, and scientific theories.
The Self-emptying God
This book examines the concept of Christ’s self-emptying (kenosis) and how this understanding extends to God. It explores the history of this persistent theme and its value for reconciling Christian faith with scientific approaches.
Cracks in the Foundation
Howe offers fresh insights on the hottest topics in modern religious debate, such as Biblical Creation versus scientific evidence, and evil and suffering in God’s world, as well as other issues.
A New Hope
Modern physics suggests a predictable future, leaving no room for new hope or miracles. To defend God’s freedom, theologian Wolfhart Pannenberg invoked God’s absolute power over time. But does this create an arms race between God and nature?
A Spiritual Portrait of a Believer
This study seeks to identify the ‘I’ of Romans 7. It finds that the closer a Christian gets to God, the more aware they are of their sinfulness. The ‘I’ is a mature believer, growing closer to God while in ‘pain’ over the remaining effects of sin.
This book offers a compelling critique of John Donne’s poetry, focusing on the intersection of science and Christian eschatology. It examines how references to cartography, physics, and alchemy contribute to conceptualizing the Christian mystery of death.
Serfaty translates the full text of Donato Manduzio’s Diary from Italian into English, making it available at last to a wider public. She provides a social and historical basis for the trajectory of Manduzio and retraces his mystical visions and spiritual development.
Episodes in Early Modern and Modern Christian-Jewish Relations
Bernardini documents the long history of friendship and diffidence, mutual understanding and dramatic disagreements in the encounters between Christianity and Judaism, which, even today, largely conditions the Western intellectual world.
Forty Years of Science and Religion
Celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the UK’s Science and Religion Forum, this collection together leading scientific and theological thinkers to reflect on the last four decades of the science-theology conversation and to chart new directions for its future.
Obamagelicals
Obamagelicals demonstrates how Obama capitalized on a shift in values among younger, centrist evangelicals. Treating Protestant evangelicalism not as a monolith but a mosaic, he embraced cultural and political shifts that John McCain missed.
The Future of Post-Human Geometry
Challenging conventional wisdom, this book reveals a new geometry beyond human conception. Its implications are profound: time travel, hyperspace, and a glimpse into our post-human fate.
This collection explores the Gospel of John regarding Jews and the origins of Christian anti-Judaism. It examines how Johannine Christianity was tied to ancient Judaism while distancing itself from Jewish culture, providing vital context for modern Jewish-Christian dialogue.
His reign of tyranny shattered an empire. On his deathbed, Emperor Aurangzeb could only repent his “stupendous caravan of sins.” A stark, timeless warning against the devastating consequences of hatred and intolerance.
These essays examine mysticism from Eastern, Western, philosophical, and religious perspectives. Featuring studies of thinkers from Teresa de Avila to Nietzsche and Kant, this collection attests to the power of mysticism to provoke reasoned thought on ultimate matters.
This book critically assesses renowned theologian Dumitru Stăniloae’s contribution to the interpretation of Gregory Palamas. It analyzes Stăniloae’s studies to trace the chronological development of his influential Neo-Palamite Synthesis.