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  • Naturalism, Theism and the Cognitive Study of Religion

    Religion Explained?

    by Aku Visala ...
    Series series Routledge Science and Religion Series
    This book provides a critical philosophical analysis of the claim that contemporary cognitive approaches to religion undermine theistic beliefs. Recent scientific work into the evolution and cognition of religion has been driven by and interpreted in terms of a certain kind of philosophical and methodological naturalism. The book argues that such naturalism is not necessary for the cognitive study ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The Naturalness of Belief

    New Essays on Theism’s Rationality

    by Paul Copan, Charles Taliaferro, Clifford Williams, Aku Visala, Ronald Scott Smith, Graham Oppy, Angus Menuge, Jonathan J. Loose, Jeremiah J. Johnston0, Matthew Flannagan1, Robert Larmer2, J.P. Moreland3, Paul C. Vitz4, James S. Spiegel5, Justin L. Barrett6 ...
    Despite its name, “naturalism” as a world-view turns out to be rather unnatural in its strict and more consistent form of materialism and determinism. This is why a number of naturalists opt for a broadened version that includes objective moral values, intrinsic human dignity, consciousness, beauty, personal agency, and the like. But in doing so, broad naturalism begins to look more like theism. ... Read more

    $38.09 USD

  • Conversations on Human Nature

    by Agustín Fuentes, Aku Visala ...
    Recent empirical and philosophical research into the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens, the origins of the mind/brain, and the development of human culture has sparked heated debates about what it means to be human and how knowledge about humans from the sciences and humanities should be understood. Conversations on Human Nature, featuring 20 interviews with leading scholars in biology, ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Verbs, Bones, and Brains

    Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Nature

    Edited by Agustín Fuentes, Aku Visala ...
    "A benchmark collection of essays on the contemporary understanding of human nature. . . . [engaging] biology and anthropology to theology and philosophy." —Robin W. Lovin, Cary M. Maguire University Professor of Ethics emeritus, Southern Methodist University, author of What Do We Do When No One is Listening: Leading the Church in a Polarized SocietyThe last few decades have seen an unprecedented ... Read more

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  • Theological Perspectives on Free Will

    Compatibility, Christology, and Community

    Edited by Aku Visala, Olli-Pekka Vainio ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Analytic and Systematic Theology
    Free will is a perennial theological and philosophical topic. As a central dogmatic locus, it is implicated in discussions around core Christian doctrines such as grace, salvation, sin, providence, evil, and predestination. This book offers a state-of-the-art look at recent debates about free will in analytic and philosophical theology. The chapters revolve around three central themes: the debate ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

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  • Introducing Radical Orthodoxy

    Mapping a Post-secular Theology

    by James Smith ...
    Although God is making a comeback in our society, popular culture still takes its orders from the Enlightenment, a movement that denied faith a prominent role in society. Today, many are questioning this elevation of reason over faith. How should Christians respond to a secular world that continues to push faith to the margins?While there is still no consensus concerning what a postmodern society ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology

    Edited by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore ...
    Series Book 73 - Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion
    Through a series of essays contributed by leading experts in the field, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology presents an introduction to practical theology as a major area of Christian study and practice, including an overview of its key developments, themes, methods, and future directions.The first comprehensive reference work to provide a survey, description and analysis of ... Read more

    $49.00 USD

  • End of Apologetics, The

    Christian Witness in a Postmodern Context

    by Myron B. Penner ...
    The modern apologetic enterprise, according to Myron Penner, is no longer valid. It tends toward an unbiblical and unchristian form of Christian witness and does not have the ability to attest truthfully to Christ in our postmodern context. In fact, Christians need an entirely new way of conceiving the apologetic task.This provocative text critiques modern apologetic efforts and offers a concept ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • Loving Later Life

    An Ethics of Aging

    by Frits de Lange ...
    Is loving later life possible? In our youth-obsessed culture, nobody enjoys growing old. We normally fear our own aging and generally do not love old people -- they remind us that death is inescapable, the body frail, and social status transitory. In Loving Later Life Frits de Lange shows how an ethics of love can acknowledge and overcome this fear of aging and change our attitude toward the ... Read more

    $22.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Whose Community? Which Interpretation?

    Philosophical Hermeneutics for the Church

    by Merold Westphal, James Smith ...
    Series series The Church and Postmodern Culture
    In this volume, renowned philosopher Merold Westphal introduces current philosophical thinking related to interpreting the Bible. Recognizing that no theology is completely free of philosophical "contamination," he engages and mines contemporary hermeneutical theory in service of the church. After providing a historical overview of contemporary theories of interpretation, Westphal addresses ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Beyond a Binary God

    A Theology for Trans* Allies

    by Tara K. Soughers ...
    All are made in the image and likeness of God. If this is what we believe, then trans people, like all people, reflect something of God, and not just in the ways that they share in common with others, but also in the ways that they are different. They remind us that God is beyond all of our categories, even gender. In this book, Tara Soughers explores theology from the position of a trans ally—a ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sex and Virtue

    An Introduction to Sexual Ethics

    by John S. Grabowski ...
    Series Book 2 - Catholic Moral Thought
    "Grabowski offers a compelling rationale for the virtue of chastity that takes into account the sensibilities and challenges of the contemporary world" (Raymond Dennehy, Professor Emeritus, University of San Francisco)."A welcome addition to an often contentious literature," Sex and Virtue provides a theological foundation for consideration of the moral dimensions of human sexuality from a Roman ... Read more

    $15.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus