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Faith - When the Son of Man Comes, Will He Find Faith On The Earth? (Paperback): Jay R Ashbaucher Faith - When the Son of Man Comes, Will He Find Faith On The Earth? (Paperback)
Jay R Ashbaucher
R515 Discovery Miles 5 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Between Humanist Philosophy and Apocalyptic Theology - The Twentieth Century Sojourn of Samuel Stefan Osusky (Paperback): Paul... Between Humanist Philosophy and Apocalyptic Theology - The Twentieth Century Sojourn of Samuel Stefan Osusky (Paperback)
Paul R. Hinlicky
R1,452 Discovery Miles 14 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Samuel Stefan Osusky was a leading intellectual in Slovak Lutheranism and a bishop in his church. In 1937 he delivered a prescient lecture to the assembled clergy, "The Philosophy of Fascism, Bolshevism and Hitlerism", that clearly foretold the dark days ahead. As wartime bishop, he co-authored a "Pastoral Letter on the Jewish Question", which publicly decried the deportation of Jews to Poland in 1942; in 1944 he was imprisoned by the Gestapo for giving moral support to the Slovak National Uprising against the fascist puppet regime. Paul R. Hinlicky traces the intellectual journey with ethical idealism's faith in the progressive theology of history that ended in dismay and disillusionment at the revolutionary pretensions of Marxism-Leninism. Hinlicky shows Osusky's dramatic rediscovery of the apocalyptic "the mother of Christian theology", and his input into the discussion of the dialectic of faith and reason after rationalism and fundamentalism.

The History of Scottish Theology, Volume I - Celtic Origins to Reformed Orthodoxy (Hardcover): David Fergusson, Mark W. Elliott The History of Scottish Theology, Volume I - Celtic Origins to Reformed Orthodoxy (Hardcover)
David Fergusson, Mark W. Elliott
R4,382 Discovery Miles 43 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This three-volume work comprises over eighty essays surveying the history of Scottish theology from the early middle ages onwards. Written by an international team of scholars, the collection provides the most comprehensive review yet of the theological movements, figures, and themes that have shaped Scottish culture and exercised a significant influence in other parts of the world. Attention is given to different traditions and to the dispersion of Scottish theology through exile, migration, and missionary activity. The volumes present in diachronic perspective the theologies that have flourished in Scotland from early monasticism until the end of the twentieth century. The History of Scottish Theology, Volume I covers the period from the appearance of Christianity around the time of Columba to the era of Reformed Orthodoxy in the seventeenth century. Volume II begins with the early Enlightenment and concludes in late Victorian Scotland. Volume III explores the 'long twentieth century'. Recurrent themes and challenges are assessed, but also new currents and theological movements that arose through Renaissance humanism, Reformation teaching, federal theology, the Scottish Enlightenment, evangelicalism, missionary, Biblical criticism, idealist philosophy, dialectical theology, and existentialism. Chapters also consider the Scots Catholic colleges in Europe, Gaelic women writers, philosophical scepticism, the dialogue with science, and the reception of theology in liturgy, hymnody, art, literature, architecture, and stained glass. Contributors also discuss the treatment of theological themes in Scottish literature.

The Varieties of Nonreligious Experience - Atheism in American Culture (Hardcover): Jerome P. Baggett The Varieties of Nonreligious Experience - Atheism in American Culture (Hardcover)
Jerome P. Baggett
R2,260 R1,999 Discovery Miles 19 990 Save R261 (12%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A fascinating exploration of the breadth of social, emotional, and spiritual experiences of atheists in America Self-identified atheists make up roughly 5 percent of the American religious landscape, comprising a larger population than Jehovah's Witnesses, Orthodox Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus combined. In spite of their relatively significant presence in society, atheists are one of the most stigmatized groups in the United States, frequently portrayed as immoral, unhappy, or even outright angry. Yet we know very little about what their lives are actually like as they live among their largely religious, and sometimes hostile, fellow citizens. In this book, Jerome P. Baggett listens to what atheists have to say about their own lives and viewpoints. Drawing on questionnaires and interviews with more than five hundred American atheists scattered across the country, The Varieties of Nonreligious Experience uncovers what they think about morality, what gives meaning to their lives, how they feel about religious people, and what they think and know about religion itself. Though the wider public routinely understands atheists in negative terms, as people who do not believe in God, Baggett pushes readers to view them in a different light. Rather than simply rejecting God and religion, atheists actually embrace something much more substantive-lives marked by greater integrity, open-mindedness, and progress. Beyond just talking about or to American atheists, the time is overdue to let them speak for themselves. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in joining the conversation.

Laconics of Cult (Paperback): Ingersoll Lockwood Laconics of Cult (Paperback)
Ingersoll Lockwood
R149 Discovery Miles 1 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
God Can't - How to Believe in God and Love after Tragedy, Abuse, and Other Evils (Paperback): Thomas Jay Oord God Can't - How to Believe in God and Love after Tragedy, Abuse, and Other Evils (Paperback)
Thomas Jay Oord
R543 Discovery Miles 5 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Word and Mortar - Secular Verse by Jim Gronvold (Paperback): Jim Gronvold Word and Mortar - Secular Verse by Jim Gronvold (Paperback)
Jim Gronvold; Designed by Jeremy Thornton
R357 R330 Discovery Miles 3 300 Save R27 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Rational Consumer - Bad for Business and Politics: Democracy at the Crossroads of Nature and Culture (Paperback): Francis... The Rational Consumer - Bad for Business and Politics: Democracy at the Crossroads of Nature and Culture (Paperback)
Francis B. Nyamnjoh
R828 Discovery Miles 8 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Modern Madness - Rhymes Against Humanity (Paperback): Ross Adamson Modern Madness - Rhymes Against Humanity (Paperback)
Ross Adamson
R324 R303 Discovery Miles 3 030 Save R21 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Humanism and Empire - The Imperial Ideal in Fourteenth-Century Italy (Hardcover): Alexander Lee Humanism and Empire - The Imperial Ideal in Fourteenth-Century Italy (Hardcover)
Alexander Lee
R3,373 Discovery Miles 33 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

For more than a century, scholars have believed that Italian humanism was predominantly civic in outlook. Often serving in communal government, fourteenth-century humanists like Albertino Mussato and Coluccio Saltuati are said to have derived from their reading of the Latin classics a rhetoric of republican liberty that was opposed to the 'tyranny' of neighbouring signori and of the German emperors. In this ground-breaking study, Alexander Lee challenges this long-held belief. From the death of Frederick II in 1250 to the failure of Rupert of the Palatinate's ill-fated expedition in 1402, Lee argues, the humanists nurtured a consistent and powerful affection for the Holy Roman Empire. Though this was articulated in a variety of different ways, it was nevertheless driven more by political conviction than by cultural concerns. Surrounded by endless conflict - both within and between city-states - the humanists eagerly embraced the Empire as the surest guarantee of peace and liberty, and lost no opportunity to invoke its protection. Indeed, as Lee shows, the most ardent appeals to imperial authority were made not by 'signorial' humanists, but by humanists in the service of communal regimes. The first comprehensive, synoptic study of humanistic ideas of Empire in the period c.1250-1402, this volume offers a radically new interpretation of fourteenth-century political thought, and raises wide-ranging questions about the foundations of modern constitutional ideas. As such, it is essential reading not just for students of Renaissance Italy and the history of political thought, but for all those interested in understanding the origins of liberty

Joinings (Paperback): MR Stuart Aken Joinings (Paperback)
MR Stuart Aken; Illustrated by Heather Murphy
R653 Discovery Miles 6 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

When a misjudged omen undermines a tyrant's rule, how will he ensure his survival? When the Skyfire arrives early, Dagla Kaz sets out for the ancient homeland to harvest a new Godwood and exchange Virgin Gifts. He must lead his pilgrims hundreds of leagues over pirate-infested seas, across hostile lands, and return triumphant before the seared sky dies back to normality. In his father's absence, the renegade Aklon risks torture and death to bring justice to the people. Mindtalk with a wise woman on the distant mainland has opened his eyes to the evil underlying the society he inhabits. And, whilst seeking truth, he finds a soulmate in the most unexpected place. Seeing his daughter Tumalind wrongly chosen as a Virgin Gift, religious fanatic Aglydron follows the mission to right the wrong. Okkyntalah, her betrothed, helps kidnap the rightful victim to take her over unknown seas and lands, facing violent death at the end of their journey.

The Atheist's Primer (Paperback, New): Malcolm Murray The Atheist's Primer (Paperback, New)
Malcolm Murray
R940 Discovery Miles 9 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Athiest's Primer is a concise but wide-ranging introduction to a variety of arguments, concepts, and issues pertaining to belief in God. In lucid and engaging prose, Malcom Murray offers a penetrating yet fair-minded critique of the traditional arguments for the existence of God. He then explores a number of other important issues relevant to religious belief, such as the problem of suffering and the relationship between religion and morality, in each case arguing that atheism is preferable to theism. The book will appeal to both students and professionals in the philosophy of religion, as well as general audiences interested in the topic.

Thus Spake Zarathustra - A Book for All and None (Paperback): Friedrich Nietzsche Thus Spake Zarathustra - A Book for All and None (Paperback)
Friedrich Nietzsche; Translated by Thomas Common; Introduction by Elizabeth Foerster Nietzsche; Notes by Anthony M. Ludovici
R430 Discovery Miles 4 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The New Atheism - 10 arguments that don't hold water (Paperback, New edition): Michael Poole The New Atheism - 10 arguments that don't hold water (Paperback, New edition)
Michael Poole
R152 R138 Discovery Miles 1 380 Save R14 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Recently, the "new" atheists have been putting out books, articles, bus ads, and TV programs in attempts to sway people to their cause. Through these tactics they've managed to gain a large amount of public attention and media exposure--but do their arguments really hold water? Using the analogy put forward by esteemed philosopher Anthony Flew, Michael Poole examines the new atheists' use of the "10 leaky buckets" tactic of argumentation--presenting readers with a sum of arguments that are each individually defective, as though the cumulative effect should be persuasive. This closer look at the facts reveals that the buckets are, indeed, leaky.

Becoming Atheist - Humanism and the Secular West (Paperback): Callum G. Brown Becoming Atheist - Humanism and the Secular West (Paperback)
Callum G. Brown
R1,157 Discovery Miles 11 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Western World is becoming atheist. In the space of three generations churchgoing and religious belief have become alien to millions. We are in the midst of one of humankind's great cultural changes. How has this happened? Becoming Atheist explores how people of the sixties' generation have come to live their lives as if there is no God. It tells the life narratives of those from Britain, Western Europe, the United States and Canada who came from Christian, Jewish and other backgrounds to be without faith. Based on interviews with 85 people born in 18 countries, Callum Brown shows how gender, ethnicity and childhood shape how individuals lose religion. This book moves from statistical and broad cultural analysis to use frank, humorous and sometimes harrowing personal testimony. Becoming Atheist exposes people's role in renegotiating their own identities, and fashioning a secular and humanist culture for the Western world.

Confronting Secularism in Europe and India - Legitimacy and Disenchantment in Contemporary Times (Paperback): Brian Black,... Confronting Secularism in Europe and India - Legitimacy and Disenchantment in Contemporary Times (Paperback)
Brian Black, Gavin Hyman, Graham M. Smith
R1,562 Discovery Miles 15 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Can secularism continue to provide a foundation for political legitimacy? It is often claimed that one of the cultural achievements of the West has been its establishment of secular democracy, wherein religious belief is respected but confined to the sphere of private belief. In more recent times, however, political secularism has been increasingly called into question. Religious believers, in numerous traditions, have protested against the distortion and confinement that secularism imposes on their faith. Others have become uneasily aware of the way in which secularism no longer commands universal assent in the way it once did. Confronting Secularism in Europe and India adds to this debate by staging a creative encounter between European and Indian conceptions of secularism with a view to continuing new and distinctive trajectories of thought about the place and role of secularism in contemporary times. Looking at political secularism, the relationship between secularism and religion, and religious and secular violence, this book considers whether there are viable alternatives to secularism in Europe and in India.

The Reluctant Apostate - Leaving Jehovah's Witnesses Comes at a Price (Paperback): Lloyd Evans The Reluctant Apostate - Leaving Jehovah's Witnesses Comes at a Price (Paperback)
Lloyd Evans
R836 Discovery Miles 8 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Writers on... Atheism (A Book of Quotations, Poems and Literary Reflections) - (A Book of Quotations, Poems and Literary... Writers on... Atheism (A Book of Quotations, Poems and Literary Reflections) - (A Book of Quotations, Poems and Literary Reflections) (Paperback)
Amelia Carruthers
R803 Discovery Miles 8 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Necessary Poetics of Atheism - Essays and Poems (Paperback): Martin Espada, Lauren Marie Schmidt, J. D. Schraffenberger The Necessary Poetics of Atheism - Essays and Poems (Paperback)
Martin Espada, Lauren Marie Schmidt, J. D. Schraffenberger
R287 R265 Discovery Miles 2 650 Save R22 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Atheist Coloring and Activity Book (Paperback): John Simons The Atheist Coloring and Activity Book (Paperback)
John Simons; Illustrated by Chelsea Webb
R441 Discovery Miles 4 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Atheist Coloring and Activity Book is a complete course on the world view of Atheism meant for adults.

Science, Evolution, and Religion - A Debate about Atheism and Theism (Paperback): Michael Peterson, Michael Ruse Science, Evolution, and Religion - A Debate about Atheism and Theism (Paperback)
Michael Peterson, Michael Ruse
R1,847 Discovery Miles 18 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Comprehensive, up to date, and engaging, Science, Evolution, and Religion provides detailed coverage of the science-religion debate in contemporary culture and academia. The two authors, Michael Peterson and Michael Ruse, present theism and atheism, respectively, and argue for their positions. Peterson occasionally draws from Christian doctrine to supplement theism; Ruse often supplements his atheism with elements drawn from the larger context of philosophical naturalism. The result is a rich and respectful dialogure and debate on the nature of science, cosmic origins, biological origins, the anthropic principle, and the meaning of life, among other important subjects.

Christmas as Religion - Rethinking Santa, the Secular, and the Sacred (Hardcover): Christopher Deacy Christmas as Religion - Rethinking Santa, the Secular, and the Sacred (Hardcover)
Christopher Deacy
R1,763 Discovery Miles 17 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In Christmas as Religion, Christopher Deacy explores the premise that religion plays an elementary role in our understanding of the Christmas festival, but takes issue with much of the existing literature which is inclined to limit the contours and parameters of 'religion' to particular representations and manifestations of institutional forms of Christianity. 'Religion' is often tacitly identified as having an ecclesiastical frame of reference, so that if the Church is not deemed to play a central role in the practice of Christmas for many people today then it can legitimately be side-lined and relegated to the periphery of any discussion relating to what Christmas 'means'. Deacy argues that such approaches fail to take adequate stock of the manifold ways in which people's beliefs and values take shape in modern society. For example, Christmas films or radio programmes may comprise a non-specifically Christian, but nonetheless religiously rich, repository of beliefs, values, sentiments and aspirations. Therefore, this book makes the case for laying to rest the secularization thesis, with its simplistic assumption that religion in Western society is undergoing a period of escalating and irrevocable erosion, and to see instead that the secular may itself be a repository of the religious. Rather than see Christmas as comprising alternative or analogous forms of religious expression, or dependent on any causal relationship to the Christian tradition, Deacy maintains that it is religious per se, and, moreover, it is its very secularity that makes Christmas such a compelling, and even transcendent, religious holiday.

Brief Candle in the Dark - My Life in Science (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition): Richard Dawkins Brief Candle in the Dark - My Life in Science (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
Richard Dawkins
R755 R712 Discovery Miles 7 120 Save R43 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
To the Cross and Back - An Immigrant's Journey from Faith to Reason (Paperback): Fernando AlcĂĄntar To the Cross and Back - An Immigrant's Journey from Faith to Reason (Paperback)
Fernando AlcĂĄntar; Foreword by Dan Barker
R409 Discovery Miles 4 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A Mexican immigrant and rising star within the Christian community abandons his faith and comes out as a gay atheist In this exceptionally moving and soul-searching memoir, Fernando AlcÁntar recounts his incredible journey from poor Catholic boy on the dusty streets of Mexico to globetrotting missionary and high-profile Christian leader in the United States—where he eventually left his celebrated life behind to advocate for the liberating power of reason and equality. With heart-wrenching honesty, he shares stories of trauma, tragedy, prejudice, uncertainty, survival, and, ultimately, discovery. In the process, he gives a voice to thousands who are hiding in the shadows, afraid to publicly question their religious, cultural, or sexual identity for fear of isolation and retaliation. You will discover that his is not simply a Mexican story or an American story, a heterosexual's story or a homosexual's story, a Christian's story or an atheist's story. Rather, his is a universal story—one uniquely about and for our times. 

God and Evidence - Problems for Theistic Philosophers (Paperback): Rob Lovering God and Evidence - Problems for Theistic Philosophers (Paperback)
Rob Lovering
R1,541 Discovery Miles 15 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

God and Evidence presents a new set of compelling problems for theistic philosophers. The problems pertain to three types of theistic philosopher, which Lovering defines here as 'theistic inferentialists,' 'theistic non-inferentialists,' and 'theistic fideists.' Theistic inferentialists believe that God exists, that there is inferential probabilifying evidence of God's existence, and that this evidence is discoverable not simply in principle but in practice. Theistic non-inferentialists believe that God exists, that there is non-inferential probabilifying evidence of God's existence, and that this evidence is discoverable not simply in principle but in practice. Theistic fideists believe that God exists, that there is no discoverable probabilifying evidence (inferential or non-inferential) of God's existence, and that it is nevertheless acceptable-morally if not otherwise-to have faith that God exists. Lovering argues that each type of theistic philosopher faces a problem unique to his type and that they all share two particular problems. Some of these problems take us down an entirely new discursive path; others down a new discursive path branching off from an old one.

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