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Social Ontology and Empirical Research
Andrea Rota, University of Bern, Switzerland In this open access book, Andrea Rota makes the case for philosophical, theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of religion, drawing on the ongoing debate and challenging individualist and reductionist perspectives� Applying this framework, Rota analyses the collective agency of Jehovah’s Witnesses, focusing on the role that the media plays in structuring communicative processes that are conducive to collective intentions and commitments� The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by University of Bern Swiss National Science Foundation.
UK June 2023 • US June 2023 • 288 pages • 6 bw illus HB 9781350303744 • £85�00 / $115�00 ePub 9781350303768 • £0�00 / $0�00 ePdf 9781350303751 • £0�00 / $0�00 Series: Expanding Philosophy of Religion • Bloomsbury Academic
Diversifying Philosophy of Religion
Critiques, Methods, and Case Studies
Edited by Nathan R. B. Loewen, University of Alabama, USA & Agnieszka Rostalska, Ghent University, Belgium This exciting collection develops models for exploring global diversity in order to bring philosophical studies of religion into the globalized 21st century� Drawing on a wide range of critical theories and methodologies, and incorporating ethnographic, feminist, computational, New Animist and cognitive science approaches, an international team of contributors outline the methods and aims of global philosophy of religion� Each chapter demonstrates how expertise in different methods can be applied to various geographical regions, building constructive options for philosophical reflections on religion. This book raises important questions regarding who speaks for and represents religious traditions�
UK June 2023 • US June 2023 • 384 pages HB 9781350264007 • £130�00 / $175�00 ePub 9781350264021 • £117�00 / $162�12 ePdf 9781350264014 • £117�00 / $162�12 Series: Expanding Philosophy of Religion • Bloomsbury Academic
Analytic, Continental, and Religious
Edited by Joshua Lee Harris, The King’s University, Canada, Kirk Lougheed, LCC International University, Lithuania & Neal DeRoo, The King’s University, Canada Existential gratitude is pervasive across the most influential human, cultural and religious traditions� Weaving together analytic and continental, as well as non-western and historical philosophical perspectives, this volume explores the nexus of gratitude, existence and God as an inter-subjective phenomenon� Chapters mark out new territory in philosophical inquiry, addressing whether and in what sense we ought to be grateful for our very existence� By analysing gratitude, this collection makes a novel contribution to the discourse on moral emotions, phenomenology, anti-natalism and theology�
UK April 2023 • US April 2023 • 224 pages HB 9781350289123 • £85�00 / $115�00 ePub 9781350289147 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350289130 • £76�50 / $105�78 Bloomsbury Academic
Errant Affirmations
On the Philosophical Meaning of Kierkegaard's Religious Discourses
David J. Kangas Errant Affirmations not only opens up a new reading of Kierkegaard but elucidates his "religious" texts and places them organically within his philosophy as a whole� Through close and clear readings, David Kangas argues that contemporary philosophical themes - gift, temporality, language, death, nothingness, economy and selfhood- are evident in these "religious" works� The book argues that Kierkegaard’s “ontology,” fully emerges only in these discourses, which are organized around an “errant” kind of affirmation: an affirmation of existence that is without conditions, capable of affirming life even amidst its finitude and suffering.
Why God Must Do What is Best
A Philosophical Investigation of Theistic Optimism
Justin J. Daeley, University of Northwestern - St. Paul, USA This book articulates the rationale for what Justin J� Daeley terms Theistic Optimism: the idea that God, as the most perfect being, creates the best possible world necessarily� Extending the conversation beyond the well-covered issue of divine freedom, Daeley argues that Theistic Optimism is also consistent with divine aseity, divine gratitude and our typical modal intuitions� In doing so, he provides a vigorous defence against the charge that it deviates from the Christian tradition�
UK April 2023 • US April 2023 • 208 pages PB 9781350268463 • £28�99 / $39�95 Previously published in HB 9781350109896 ePub 9781350109919 • £76�50 / $105�78 ePdf 9781350109902 • £76�50 / $105�78 Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy of Religion • Bloomsbury Academic
UK August 2022 • US August 2022 • 208 pages PB 9781350366367 • £28�99 / $39�95 Previously published in HB 9781350020054 ePub 9781350020061 • £26�09 / $37�08 ePdf 9781350020047 • £26�09 / $37�08 Bloomsbury Academic www.bloomsbury.com • UK, Europe, ROW • +44 (0)1256 302692 • orders@macmillan.co.uk
