Many religious people are alarmed about features of the current age - violence...Many religious people are alarmed about features of the current age - violence in the media a pervasive hedonism a marginalization of religion and widespread abortion These concerns influence politics but just as there should be a separation between...more
How to Plan a Crusade ReasonandReligious War in the High Middle Ages. Paperb...How to Plan a Crusade Reason and Religious War in the High Middle Ages. Paperback / softback. By Christopher Tyermanmore
An expert study of church planting in the most secular part of contemporary Eu...An expert study of church planting in the most secular part of contemporary Europe In this book Stefan Paas offers thoughtful analysis of reasons and motives for missionary church planting in Europe and he explores successful and unsuccessful...more
Is it possible to think about religious beliefs philosophically Can theologian...Is it possible to think about religious beliefs philosophically Can theologians learn from philosophers Can philosophers learn from theologians Is it possible to be both a good Christian and a good thinker This book examines the nature of religious...more
Paul Helm presents a study of the nature of religious faith investigating what...Paul Helm presents a study of the nature of religious faith investigating what makes it reasonable Religious belief needs to meet and sustain philosophical scrutiny just as any other type of belief does nothing about religion purchases immunity from...more
Focusing on philosophical theology this is an examination of the implications ...Focusing on philosophical theology this is an examination of the implications for religious faith of the author's famous arguments about the coherence of theism and the existence of God It argues that we should practice that religion which has the best...more
Covers the period of 1570-1789 an era in which events such as the French Revol...Covers the period of 1570-1789 an era in which events such as the French Revolution and movements such as the Enlightenment spawned religious cultural and political upheavals This book explores the conflicts between Catholic Protestant and Orthodox...more
Is faith a necessary virtue in the contemporary world? May it be, or must it b...Is faith a necessary virtue in the contemporary world? May it be, or must it be, detached from religious commitment? What do genealogies of the secular tell us about faith? Does religion need secular faith? Secular Faith brings together leading anmore
While the dominant approaches to the current study of political philosophy are...While the dominant approaches to the current study of political philosophy are various, with some friendlier to religious belief than others, almost all place constraints on the philosophic and political role of revelation. Mainstream secular polimore
Post-secularism is the fundamental evidence of the end of modernity. Modernity...Post-secularism is the fundamental evidence of the end of modernity. Modernity, as sleeping reason in Francisco Goya's painting, realizes that, although it thought that it was awake, it was producing monsters. We try to analyze post-secular philosmore
With characteristic clarity Marty explores religious pluralism in a society th...With characteristic clarity Marty explores religious pluralism in a society that though frequently acclaimed or decried as 'secular ' finds modern religious varieties flourishing -Library Journalmore
This study contends that religion can best be understood as systematic anthrop...This study contends that religion can best be understood as systematic anthropomorphism The author offers an array of examples to show how this strategy pervades secular life and how it characterizes religious experiencemore
Secularization has meant the appropriation of church property a suppression or...Secularization has meant the appropriation of church property a suppression or decline in the influence of religious ideas and practices and the continuing influence of religion in secular form This book will introduce the reader to this variety and...more
Examines the role of mission in a postmodern andsecular society This work foc...Examines the role of mission in a postmodern and secular society This work focuses on problematic areas for the church such as the authority of scripture in a pluralist culture the role of religion in conflict and overcoming religious violencemore
Demonstrating how religion is talked about in the languages of very different ...Demonstrating how religion is talked about in the languages of very different academic disciplines this book addresses various issues fundamentalism the role of religion in American democracy the tension between secular liberalism and religious...more