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Philosophy of religion
24 Judaism, Antisemitism, and Holocaust
Making the Connections David Patterson | University of Texas, Dallas In this book, David Patterson offers original insights into the dynamics that underlie the phenomenon of endemic antisemitism, arguing that in all its manifestations, antisemitism is fundamentally anti-Judaism.
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312pp Mar. 2022 9781009100038 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009103848
The Codification of Jewish Law on the Cusp of Modernity
Edward Fram | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Aimed at legal historians and students of Jewish law, this work explains how three of the most important codifiers of Jewish law arrived at their decisions and perceived their peers. Placing the works in the context of print and legal humanism, the works exposes differing dynamics of legal decision making.
325pp Apr. 2022 9781316511572 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009053143
The Myth of the Twelve Tribes of Israel
New Identities Across Time and Space Andrew Tobolowsky | College of William and Mary, Virginia The first study to treat the history of claims to an Israelite identity as an ongoing historical phenomenon from biblical times onwards. From an expert on the history of traditions about the twelve tribes of Israel, this volume brings a long-term comparative approach to biblical and nonbiblical “Israelite” histories.
350pp Mar. 2022 9781316514948 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009091435
A Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life
Zena Hitz | St John’s College, Annapolis Sequestered monastic communities have always been a part of the global Christian landscape. What calls a person to join such a community? Drawing on her own rich personal experience, Zena Hitz explores compelling questions of faith, sacrifice, asceticism and happiness, offering examples and stories from daily religious life.
150pp Dec. 2022 9781108995016 Paperback GBP 9.99 / USD 12.99 eISBN 9781108993159
Death and Persistence
Rebekah L. H. Rice | Seattle Pacific University The idea that physical death may not mark the end of an individual’s existence has long been a source of fascination. Whether, and how, one can exist post-mortem and what it takes for things like us to persist across temporal durations and other changes are some of the topics in focus throughout this Element.
Elements in the Philosophy of Religion
75pp May. 2022 9781108723428 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108688956
Eastern Philosophy of Religion
Victoria S. Harrison | Universidade de Macau This Element examines ideas and arguments drawn from the philosophical traditions of South and East Asia. It introduces key debates about the self and the nature of reality that unite philosophies of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism. It clearly explains key issues, with a view to their contemporary relevance to ongoing philosophical debates.
Elements in the Philosophy of Religion
75pp Oct. 2022 9781108457484 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108558211
Feminism, Religion and Practical Reason
Beverley Clack | Oxford Brookes University Pamela Sue Anderson’s A Feminist Philosophy of Religion (1998) and Grace Jantzen’s Becoming Divine: Towards a Feminist Philosophy of Religion (1998) set the tone for subsequent feminist philosophies of religion. This Element builds upon the legacy of their investigations, revisiting and extending aspects of their work for a contemporary context.
Elements in the Philosophy of Religion
75pp Jan. 2022 9781108796866 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108859653
Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi and the Ends of the Enlightenment
Religion, Philosophy, and Reason at the Crux of Modernity Alexander J. B. Hampton | University of Toronto Jacobi held a position of unparalleled importance in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century intellectual history. This includes his role in bringing about the close of the Enlightenment, his central part in shaping the reception of Kant’s philosophy and German idealism, and his influence on the development of Romanticism and existentialism.
350pp Feb. 2023 9781009244947 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009244978
God and Prayer
Scott A. Davison Are there good reasons for offering petitionary prayers to God, if God exists? Could such prayers make a difference in the world? Could we ever have good reason to think that such prayers had been answered? In this Element, the author will carefully explore these questions with special attention to recent philosophical discussions.
Elements in the Philosophy of Religion
75pp Apr. 2022 9781108971430 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108974967
God, the Good, and the Spiritual Turn in Epistemology
Roberto Di Ceglie Champions a spiritual turn in epistemology. If believers and unbelievers commit themselves to God and the good, respectively, they generate the best possible condition to successfully conduct rational enquiries and discussions. Although this has happened in practice throughout history, this book provides the first formulation of the theory.
350pp Aug. 2022 9781009203555 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009203531
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Hope in a Secular Age
Deconstruction, Negative Theology, and the Future of Faith David Newheiser | Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Drawing on premodern theology and postmodern theory, this book shows that religious and political commitments can endure uncertainty through the practice of hope. Since hope is shared by people who are religious and by people who are not, it shows that faith has a future in a secular age.
187pp Mar. 2022 9781108724395 Paperback GBP 17.99 / USD 26.99 Dec. 2019 9781108842174 Hardback GBP 78.99 / USD 105.00 eISBN 9781108595100
Human Nature in Early Franciscan Thought
Philosophical Background and Theological Significance Lydia Schumacher | King’s College London Challenges the common assumption that early Franciscan thought simply reiterates the longstanding tradition of Augustine and illustrates how it incorporates the work of Arabic philosophers with a view to developing a unique approach to questions of human nature which would influence subsequent generations of Franciscan scholars.
350pp Dec. 2022 9781009201117 Hardback GBP 90.00 / USD 120.00 eISBN 9781009201131
Modern Jewish Philosophy and the Politics of Divine Violence
Daniel Weiss | University of Cambridge Argues for a fundamental rethinking of Judaism and politics, the history of Jewish thought, and the ethical and political dynamics of the Western philosophical tradition. The book uncovers new political and theological dimensions of four modern Jewish philosophers – Mendelssohn, Cohen, Rosenzweig, and Benjamin.
350pp Feb. 2023 9781009221658 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009221627 NEW IN PAPERBACK
Monotheism, Intolerance, and the Path to Pluralistic Politics
Christopher A. Haw Creatively combines political theory, evolutionary theory, history, and theology in favor of an agonistic pluralism. The book offers a nuanced understanding of the biblical tradition’s emergence and its political consequences with respect to violence to suggest how we can mediate between exclusive monotheism and critiques of intolerance.
286pp Sep. 2022 9781108810296 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 Jun. 2021 9781108841306 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108888912
Pantheism
Andrei A. Buckareff | Marist College, New York This Element focuses on some core conceptual and ontological issues related to pantheistic conceptions of God by engaging with recent work in analytic philosophy of religion on this topic.
Elements in the Philosophy of Religion
100pp Mar. 2022 9781108457507 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108558266
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Veronica Ogle Explores the status of politics in Augustine’s City of God by considering the relationship between the earthly city and the political sphere. Ogle is attentive to Augustine’s rhetorical strategy and theological vision and her book will be of interest to theologians, philosophers, political theorists, and historians of political thought.
211pp Nov. 2022 9781108829496 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 Nov. 2020 9781108842594 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108903639
Mary M. Keys | University of Notre Dame, Indiana The first book to explicate and analyse Augustine’s seminal argument concerning humility and pride, especially in politics and philosophy, in The City of God. Keys shows how contemporary readers have much to gain from engaging Augustine’s lengthy argument on behalf of virtuous humility.
350pp Jun. 2022 9781009201070 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009201049
Reason and Religion
Evaluating and Explaining Belief in Gods Herman Philipse | Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands Combines philosophical investigations concerning the truth of religious convictions with empirical research on the origins and functions of religious beliefs. This book focuses on two core questions: (1) How probable is it that any particular god exists? (2) How should we account for the occurrence of religious beliefs in human societies?
Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and Society
200pp Apr. 2022 9781107161733 Hardback GBP 69.99 / USD 89.99 Apr. 2022 9781316614068 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 eISBN 9781316676615
