Calvin
This study examines John Calvin’s influence, exploring the vital connection he saw between ethics, eschatology, and education. For Calvin, education was a means to prepare people for their divine calling and for life on earth and the after life.
A critical guide to Bernard E. Meland, influential constructive theologian at the University of Chicago. This study examines his metaphysical view, method, and doctrine of God, and offers a final evaluation of his later writings.
The warrior Messiah of the Old Testament matches Jesus in the New, fighting cosmic evil. This struggle takes place in a heavenly dimension, using the word from his mouth as the only weapon, revealing a strong continuity between the Testaments.
How was the perception of time in medieval Europe influenced by religious faith? This book explores the “spiritual temporalities” of the age, showing how Christian faith was malleable and how artists and writers negotiated with their spiritual tradition.
Antiquity and Social Reform
Why would someone join a new religion? Dawn Hutchinson argues that followers of movements in the 1960s–1980s found legitimacy in religions that offered a personal experience, a connection to ancient tradition, and agency in improving their world.
This book offers a semantic comparison of four English translations of Sûrat Ad-Dukhân by Pickthall, ‘Alî, Arberry, and Ghâlî. By analyzing lexical and stylistic selections, it judges the accuracy of each, showing the correct and mistaken renderings.
Confessional Theology?
Christian confessions are often seen as purely theological, but this study argues they cannot ignore their political contexts. It explores the link through Karl Barth’s theology, examining the Barmen Declaration in Nazi Germany and the Belhar Confession.
After the Postsecular and the Postmodern
A vanguard of scholars asks what comes after the postsecular and postmodern in Continental philosophy of religion. This volume argues philosophy must liberate itself from theological norms and mutate into a new speculative practice to confront the challenges of our time.
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.
Matter and Meaning
What is matter? Can it point us towards meanings outside itself? This book offers new historical, scientific and theological insights from leading figures, exploring the complex dialogue between these disciplines beyond its presentation in the popular media.
Conceiving God
Where does belief in God come from? This book uncovers its roots in childhood magical thinking and our capacity to dream, drawing on the latest findings from anthropology, neurology, and psychology.
Sacred Geography of Goddesses in South Asia
A tribute to David Kinsley, this interdisciplinary anthology explores the sacred geography of goddesses. Essays from scholars of religious studies, geography, and anthropology link ecology and shamanism with landscape as temple and territory as cosmos.
Wesleyan Theology and Social Science
John Wesley used science and theology to improve lives. This book continues that legacy, bringing current psychology into conversation with Wesleyan theology. In these essays, science and theology partner so that all persons can live fully and well.
In these thought-provoking essays, Irish Catholic writers from diverse backgrounds examine a wide range of issues: liturgy, politics, culture, and bioethics. This collection explores the Catholic tradition as lived in Ireland, offering an encouragement to fidelity.
This Christian devotional uses A Christmas Carol as a tool to teach the ancient Advent lessons of Hope, Faith, Peace, Love and Joy. Travel through Ebenezer’s redemptive journey to examine how Christ is born in your past, present and future.
Confronted by 21st-century challenges, the church must re-examine its mission. This book explores Karl Barth’s ecclesiology, considering the church’s relationships with God, other religions, and the State to remind it of its missionary function in the world.
Rethinking Secularization
A philosophical appraisal of secularization in light of religion’s re-emergence. This volume challenges dominant theories of a linear emancipation from a religious past to a secular age, considering philosophy’s role in such prophecies and offering a more complex view.
Religious Anarchism
This unique book presents fresh scholarship on the intersection of religion and anarchism. It explores diverse traditions from early Christianity to Daoism, Buddhism, and Islam, revealing innovative perspectives on the radical political implications of faith.
This collection of essays explores the relation between the military and the spiritual. Without moral or religious justification, war is mere aggression. Analysing war sermons reveals how conflict, its rhetoric, and its representations generate identity.
The Word of Light
This book is a treatise on the genesis of the world, the birth of God, and the role of man. Was the cosmos an intelligent design? Is man the crown of creation, or will evolution relegate us to fossils? The book examines human norms, values, and morals.