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Religion
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
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