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Commitment and Resoluteness in Rational Choice

Chrisoula Andreou

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Explores the interesting and challenging philosophical terrain where issues regarding cooperation, commitment, and control intersect.

Elements in Decision Theory and Philosophy

March 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009211574 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

Wittgenstein on Logic and Philosophical Method

Oskari Kuusela

This Elements outlines Wittgenstein’s philosophy of logic and its relevance to philosophical methodology.

Elements in the Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein

May 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108986649 Paperback c. £15.00 / c. US$20.00 P

A Philosophers’ Manifesto

Ideas and Arguments to Change the World

Volume 91

Edited by Julian Baggini

In A Philosophers’ Manifesto, leading philosophers present the case for a new policy or law to improve the world.

Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements

May 2022 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781009272667 Paperback c. £23.99 / c. US$39.00 C

RELIGION

Divine Regeneration and Ethnic Identity in 1 Peter

Mapping Metaphors of Family, Race, and Nation Katie Marcar

Examines how 1 Peter draws together metaphors of family, ethnicity, temple, and priesthood to describe Christian identity.

Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series

April 2022 216 x 140 mm c.275pp 9781108841283 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Emergence and Reduction in Physics

Patricia Palacios

This Element addresses some of the most important discussion on the topics of emergence and reduction, suggesting a novel perspective.

Elements in the Philosophy of Physics

June 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108814065 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

After Science and Religion

Fresh Perspectives from Philosophy and Theology Edited by Peter Harrison and John Milbank

A ground-breaking volume of innovative conversations between science and religion which move beyond hackneyed positions of either conflict or dialogue.

May 2022 229 x 152 mm c.330pp 9781316517925 Hardback £90.00 / US$120.00 C

Wittgenstein on Sense and Grammar

Silver Bronzo

Explores Wittgenstein’s views about sense and nonsense, logical syntax, and grammar in connection with his conception of philosophy as clarification.

Elements in the Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein

June 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108977395 Paperback c. £15.00 / c. US$20.00 P

Gospel Reading and Reception in Early Christian Literature

Edited by Madison N. Pierce Andrew J. Byers and Simon Gathercole

Gospel writing always follows Gospel reading, a complex literary act of reception that interprets the theological significance of Jesus.

February 2022 216 x 140 mm c.275pp 9781316514467 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

1 Peter

Ruth Anne Reese

Works through the complete text of 1 Peter supplemented with discussion of the Greek text, main themes, and recent scholarship.

New Cambridge Bible Commentary

April 2022 228 x 152 mm 300pp 9781316502068 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 G

Mesopotamian Civilization and the Origins of the New Testament

Robin Baker

Redefines conceptions of the New Testament’s origins by illuminating the East’s contribution to the formation of early Christology.

June 2022 229 x 152 mm c.350pp 9781009098946 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Judaism, Antisemitism, and Holocaust

Making the Connections David Patterson

David Patterson offers original insights into the dynamics that underlie the phenomenon of endemic antisemitism.

March 2022 229 x 152 mm c.312pp 9781009100038 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Animal Sacrifice and the Origins of Islam

Brannon Wheeler

Uses textual analysis and various types of material evidence to gain insight into the role of animal sacrifice in Islam.

May 2022 229 x 152 mm c.350pp 9781316511862 Hardback £90.00 / US$120.00 C

The Cambridge Companion to American Protestantism

Edited by Jason E. Vickers and Jennifer Woodruff Tait

A comprehensive guide—from both chronological and a topical perspective—to a broad, diverse, deeply rooted, and influential religious tradition.

Cambridge Companions to Religion

May 2022 229 x 152 mm c.450pp 9781108706834 Paperback £29.99 / US$39.99 P

Journeys of Transformation

Searching for No-Self in Western Buddhist Travel Narratives John D. Barbour

Compelling exploration of how journeys to a Buddhist culture changed 30 Western writers as they explored the meaning of ‘no-self’.

March 2022 229 x 152 mm 342pp 9781009098830 Hardback £29.99 / US$39.99 P

The Roman Mass

From Early Christian Origins to Tridentine Reform Uwe Michael Lang

A history of the common structure and ritual shape of the Roman Mass from Eucharistic origins to the Tridentine reform.

August 2022 229 x 152 mm c.400pp 9781108832458 Hardback £89.99 / US$120.00 R

Remembering the Story of Israel

Historical Summaries and Memory Formation in Second Temple Judaism Aubrey E. Buster

This book investigates the historical summary within the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Judaism as a strategic mode of commemoration.

May 2022 229 x 152 mm c.350pp 9781009150682 Hardback £90.00 / US$120.00 C

The Cambridge Companion to Genesis

Edited by Bill T. Arnold

Essays explaining diverse methods and reading strategies, providing a dependable guide to understanding the Book of Genesis.

Cambridge Companions to Religion

May 2022 228 x 152 mm c.400pp 9781108438322 Paperback £28.99 / US$36.99 G

Death and Persistence

Rebekah L. H. Rice

Various topics surrounding death, the possibilities of after life, and materialist accounts of resurrection are the focus of this Element.

Elements in the Philosophy of Religion

May 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108723428 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

Modernity, the Environment, and the Christian Just War Tradition

Mark Douglas

Explicates the way the Christian just war tradition shaped modernity and modernity’s blindness to the interpenetration of nature and politics.

May 2022 229 x 152 mm c.350pp 9781009098939 Hardback £90.00 / US$120.00 C

God and Prayer

Scott A. Davison

This Element asks if it is possible that petitionary prayers could make a difference to what God does in the world.

Elements in the Philosophy of Religion

April 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108971430 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

Pride, Politics, and Humility in Augustine’s City of God

Mary M. Keys

The first book to explicate and analyse Augustine’s seminal argument concerning humility and pride, especially in politics and philosophy.

June 2022 229 x 152 mm c.350pp 9781009201070 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Reason and Religion

Evaluating and Explaining Belief in Gods Herman Philipse

Combines philosophical investigations concerning the truth of religious convictions with empirical research on the origins and functions of religious beliefs.

Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and Society

April 2022 228 x 152 mm 200pp 9781316614068 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P

Pantheism

Andrei A. Buckareff

This volume examines pantheism as an alternative to traditional theism and explores some conceptual and metaphysical challenges it faces.

Elements in the Philosophy of Religion

March 2022 229 x 152 mm c.100pp 9781108457507 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

Hermetic Spirituality and the Historical Imagination

Altered States of Knowledge in Late Antiquity Wouter J. Hanegraaff

Hermetic spirituality in late antiquity was an experiential practice and personal transformation grounded in powerful techniques for consciousness alteration.

June 2022 229 x 152 mm c.400pp 9781009123068 Hardback £105.00 / US$135.00 C

Naturalism in the Christian Imagination

Providence and Causality in Early Modern England

Naturalism in the Christian Imagination

Peter N. Jordan

A compelling contribution to ‘science and religion’ debates, showing how early modern thinkers reconciled naturalism with a providential world view.

August 2022 229 x 152 mm c.236pp 9781009211987 Naturalism in the Christian Imagination £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Eastern Orthodoxy and the ScienceTheology Dialogue

Christopher C. Knight

This Element argues for the compatibility of science and the Eastern Orthodox Christian faith.

Elements of Christianity and Science

June 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009107761 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

The Fate of the Jews in the Early Islamic Near East

Tracing the Demographic Shift from East to West Phillip Lieberman

Challenges a foundational narrative of Jewish history under early Islam—that Jews went from farmers to merchants— presenting an alternative.

July 2022 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781316512227 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Creative Histories of Witchcraft

France, 1790–1940 Poppy Corbett Anna Kisby Compton and William G. Pooley

This Element argues practicebased research techniques are essential for understanding magic and witchcraft in French history.

Elements in Magic

April 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009221030 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

The Cambridge Companion to Christianity and the Environment

Alexander J. B. Hampton Douglas Hedley

How one of the world’s most important religions, Christianity, shaped one of the important issues of our time, the environment.

Cambridge Companions to Religion

July 2022 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781108816823 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P

Sacred Mountains of the World

Second edition

Edwin Bernbaum

A fascinating exploration of the symbolism of mountains in the mythologies, religions, literature, and art of cultures around the world.

March 2022 253 x 177 mm 426pp 25 b/w illus. 2 maps 9781108819817 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 G

Witchcraft and Paganism in Midcentury Women’s Detective Fiction

Jem Bloomfield

This Element explores the witchy detective novel, a form which juxtaposes rational and enchanted ways of viewing the world.

Elements in Magic

May 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009073998 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

Monotheism, Suffering, and Evil

Michael L. Peterson

Treats the problem of evil, with approaches within Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, such as theodicies, defenses, and practical teachings.

Elements in Religion and Monotheism

May 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108822879 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

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