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  • Introducing Religion

    Essays in Honor of Jonathan Z.Smith

    by Willi Braun, Russell T. McCutcheon ...
    The study of religion encompasses ordinary human social practice and is not limited to the extraordinary or divine. 'Introducing Religion' brings together leading international scholars in the field of religious studies to examine religion as integral to everyday social practice. The book establishes a theoretical framework for the study of religion to analyse prayer, ritual, science, morality and ... Read more

    $81.06 CAD

  • Reading J. Z. Smith

    Interviews & Essay

    Edited by Willi Braun, Russell T. McCutcheon ...
    Over the course of a career of more than forty years, Jonathan Z. Smith was among the most important voices of critical reflection within the academic study of religion, distinguishing himself as perhaps the most influential theorist of religion of the last half century. Among his significant body of work are essays and lectures on teaching and the essential role of academic scholarship on ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Failure and Nerve in the Academic Study of Religion

    by William E. Arnal, Willi Braun, Russell T. McCutcheon ...
    Failure and Nerve in the Academic Study of Religion presents a provocative critique of the unwillingness of modern scholars to publically distinguish research into comparative religion from confessional studies written within denominationally-affiliated institutions. The book offers the 19th Century founders of the study of religion as a bracing corrective to contemporary timidity. The issue was ... Read more

    $63.20 CAD

  • Mad Men

    by Willy Martinez, A.R. Braun, Matt Leavitt ...
    Mad Men is a collection of three disturbing horror shorts from writers from the Midwest, specifically, Illinois. The themes explored in this collection range from man versus self, man versus man, and man versus creature. We start with Matt's tale, a thought provoking thriller which causes the reader to question his reality and what he fears within himself. The second tale explores the grotesque ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Religious Studies

    Edited by Robert A. Orsi ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Religion
    The Cambridge Companion to Religious Studies is both informative and provocative, introducing readers to key debates in the contemporary study of religion and suggesting future research possibilities. A group of distinguished scholars takes up some of the most pressing theoretical questions in the field. What is a 'religious tradition'? How are religious texts read? What takes place when a ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD

  • A Rumor of Angels: Modern Society and the Rediscovery of the Supernatural

    Modern Society and the Rediscovery of the Supernatural

    by Peter L. Berger ...
    Influential scholar Peter L. Berger reveals five signs that point to the supernatural and its place in a modern secular societyAcclaimed scholar and sociologist Peter L. Berger examines religion in twentieth-century Western society, exploring the social nature of knowledge and its effect on religious belief. Using five signs evident in ordinary life—order, play, hope, damnation, and humor—Berger ... Read more

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  • Ritual

    Perspectives and Dimensions--Revised Edition

    by Catherine Bell ...
    From handshakes and toasts to chant and genuflection, ritual pervades our social interactions and religious practices. Still, few of us could identify all of our daily and festal ritual behaviors, much less explain them to an outsider. Similarly, because of the variety of activities that qualify as ritual and their many contradictory yet, in many ways, equally legitimate interpretations, ritual ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Christianity, Truth, and Weakening Faith

    A Dialogue

    by Gianni Vattimo, René Girard ...
    Translated by William McCuaig ...
    The debate over the place of religion in secular, democratic societies dominates philosophical and intellectual discourse. These arguments often polarize around simplistic reductions, making efforts at reconciliation impossible. Yet more rational stances do exist, positions that broker a peace between relativism and religion in people's public, private, and ethical lives.Christianity, Truth, and ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • The Modern Theologians

    An Introduction to Christian Theology Since 1918

    Edited by David F. Ford ...
    Series series The Great Theologians
    This popular text has been updated to ensure that it continues to provide a current and comprehensive overview of the main Christian theologies of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.Each chapter is written by a leading theologian and gives a clear picture of a particular movement, topic or individual.New and updated treatments of topics covered in earlier editions, with over half the ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD

  • Dust that Breathes

    Christian Faith and the New Humanisms

    by William Schweiker ...
    Series series Challenges in Contemporary Theology
    In this insightful and look at the practical challenges and possibilities for Christian life in the global age, Schweiker investigates Christianity’s current relevance and discusses how the life of faith can be oriented.Explores the big religious themes of modern life, including religious identity in global times, the role of conscience, integrity, and versions of religious humanismWritten by an ... Read more

    $131.99 CAD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Atheism

    Edited by Stephen Bullivant, Michael Ruse ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks in Religion and Theology
    Recent books by, among others, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens have thrust atheism firmly into the popular, media, and academic spotlight. This so-called New Atheism is arguably the most striking development in western socio-religious culture of the past decade or more. As such, it has spurred fertile (and often heated) discussions both within, and between, a diverse range of ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • Kierkegaard and the Paradox of Religious Diversity

    by George B. Connell ...
    Series series Kierkegaard as a Christian Thinker (KCTS)
    Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) famously critiqued Christendom — especially the religious monoculture of his native Denmark. But what would he make of the dizzying diversity of religious life today? In this book George Connell uses Kierkegaard's thought to explore pressing questions that contemporary religious diversity poses.Connell unpacks an underlying tension in Kierkegaard, revealing both ... Read more

    $46.91 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus