Religious category: 31793 books
George Santayana's Philosophy of Religion
His Roman Catholic Influences and Phenomenology
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
George Santayana (1862-1952) of Spanish descent, and generally claimed to be in the canon of American philosophers, was substantially influenced by his Roman Catholic origins in his philosophical disposition toward the value of tradition, religious symbols and dogma. His philosophical project sustained...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
In his most recent work, the contemporary philosopher Roger Scruton has turned his attention to religion. Although a religious sensibility ties together his astonishingly prodigious and dynamic output as
a philosopher, poet and composer, his recent exploration of religious and theological themes from...
Speaking of God in Thomas Aquinas and Meister Eckhart
Beyond Analogy
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Medieval masters Thomas Aquinas and Meister Eckhart considered problems inherent to speaking of God, exploring how religious language might compromise God's transcendence or God's immanence ultimately hindering believers in their journey of faith seeking understanding. Going beyond ordinary readings...
The Myth of Religious Neutrality, Revised Edition
An Essay on the Hidden Role of Religious Belief in Theories
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2005
Written for undergraduates, the educated layperson, and scholars in fields other than philosophy, The Myth of Religious Neutrality offers a radical reinterpretation of the general relations between religion, science, and philosophy. This new edition has been completely revised and updated by the author.
Conflicts of Devotion
Liturgical Poetics in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century England
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
Who will mourn with me? Who will break bread with me? Who is my neighbor? In the wake of the religious reformations of the sixteenth century, such questions called for a new approach to the communal religious rituals and verses that shaped and commemorated many of the brightest and darkest moments...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
This collection of essays is an exercise in comparative philosophy of religion that explores the different ways in which humans express the inexpressible. It brings together scholars of over a dozen religious, literary, and artistic traditions, as part of The Comparison Project's 2013-15 lecture and...
Radical Theology and Emerging Christianity
Deconstruction, Materialism and Religious Practices
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
The ’theological turn’ in continental philosophy and the ’turn to Paul’ in political philosophy have occasioned a return to radical theology, a tradition whose philosophical heritage can be traced to the death of God announced in the work of Nietzsche and Hegel. John D. Caputo’s deconstructive...
by M. Scott
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
An original and accessible discussion of the nature of religious language that draws on the latest research in the philosophy of language. The historical background to research on religious language is also explored and connections are made with both Continental Philosophy and Theology.
Acting Liturgically
Philosophical Reflections on Religious Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2018
Participation in religious liturgies and rituals is a pervasive and remarkably complex form of human activity. This book opens with a discussion of the nature of liturgical activity and then explores various dimensions of such activity. Over the past fifty years there has been a remarkable surge of...
Orthodox Identities in Western Europe
Migration, Settlement and Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
The Orthodox migration in the West matters, despite its unobtrusive presence. And it matters in a way that has not yet been explored in social and religious studies: in terms of size, geographical scope, theological input and social impact. This book explores the adjustment of Orthodox migrants and...
by Shirley du Boulay
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
We are, whether we like it or not, religious animals, who started to worship gods early in our existence and who were creating religions as we painted the walls of our caves. We, the human race, are a God-seeking people.' As an acclaimed producer of religious documentaries for the BBC, then a leading...
St. Therese of Lisieux Nietzsche is My Brother
A Play by Bridget Edman, OCD
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
Both Thérèse of Lisieux and her contemporary, Friedrich Nietzsche, grappled in their own way with the issues of nihilism and atheism. For Thérèse, her struggles in faith led to a deepening trust and surrender to God in the face of apparent nothingness. The philosopher Nietzsche’s antipathy...
The Certainty of Uncertainty
The Way of Inescapable Doubt and Its Virtue
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018
The world is full of people who are very certain--in politics, in religion, in all manner of things. In addition, political, religious, and social organizations are marketing certainty as a cure all to all life's problems. But is such certainty possible? Or even good? The Certainty of Uncertainty...
by George Percy Badger
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016
An Inquiry Into The Religious Tenets Of The Yezeedeesby George Percy Badger
A short account of the Yezidis by a Christian Missionary.
"This is a short extract from a book by a Christian missionary which gives some historical observations on the Yezidi people of northern Iraq. For more...