Religion and Philosophy

This volume brings together six essays by a group of distinguished scholars in a stimulating and lucid investigation into the meaning of evil in the light of postmodern thought and the enormous cultural and social changes of the modern age...

Exploring the Philosophy of Religion combines the best features of a text and a reader by offering clear analysis coupled with important primary-source readings...

Failure and Nerve in the Academic Study of Religion presents a provocative critique of the unwillingness of modern scholars to publically distinguish research into comparative religion from confessional studies written within denominationally-affiliated institutions...

Explores the notion of faith and the role it plays in our lives. The author unpacks the concept to ask whether faith is dependent on religion or whether it is also a general secular phenomenon...

This book contends that religious faith should readily encompass deliberate and ongoing acts of personal freedom...

How, if at all, is religious faith 'true'? The starting point for this book is that traditional Christian theology overvalues the importance of 'correctness'. What really counts far more is 'Honesty'. Not just sincerity or frankness, but Honesty in the sense of a sheer openness to the Other. A set o..

This text invites the reader to explore the connections between the scientific and the religious approaches to truth through intimate conversations with leading scientists...

First Published in 1964. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Faith, Spirituality, and Medicine promotes the integration of spirituality into medical care by exploring the connection between patient health and traditional religious beliefs and practices. This useful guide emphasizes basic, easily understood principles that will help health professionals apply ..

The perfect resource for those wishing to learn more about the Muslim culture, its people and its teachings, this accessible text explores the lives and thoughts of fifty influential individuals in Islam and surveys a heritage that spans 1500 years...

Fifty Key Thinkers on Religion is an accessible guide to the most important and widely studied theorists on religion of the last 300 years. Arranged chronologically, the book explores the lives, works and ideas of key writers across a truly interdisciplinary range, from sociologists to psychologists..

The exciting book explores Indian cinema's portrayal of religion and the gods, from early film-makers' first forays onto the silent screen to the technicolour spectacles of modern Bollywood...