Religion

Part biography and part spiritual reading, this book brings to light little-known stories from Mother Teresa's life that will help you to grow in your love of God.

You may never have discovered how a regular 'quiet time' can help you grow and mature as a Christian. This short guide will help you get started.

Examining a range of genres, including novels, memoirs, travel writing and journalism, this book explores representations of Muslims and Islam in modern English literature. It discusses the representation of Muslim identity in writing by non-Muslim writers, former Muslim 'native informants', and practising Muslims.

This book offers something exciting and new in the study of Christian spirituality. In a fresh and sometimes controversial examination of classic texts such as 'The Cloud of Unknowing' and 'The Spiritual Exercises', the author shows how the history of spirituality has been shaped and controlled by the ...

Amr Khaled is an Egyptian Muslim activist and television preacher based in Egypt who encourages both social commitment and individual self-fulfilment. Chosen by Time Magazine as one of the world s 100 most influential people, his prominence in the Arabic-speaking world is unparalleled. During the Mubarak ...

A critical assessment of the influence of the American 'Health, Wealth and Prosperity' religious movement on contemporary British evangelical and charismatic churches.

A valuable introduction to William James' classic 'The Varieties of Religious Experience', explaining and applying James' insights into the psychology of religious practice and belief.

Individual Muslim identity (both religious and cultural) is an extremely vital part of the discussion surrounding the future of the Middle East, as well as Muslims in Europe

Brings together primary texts from influential Jewish and Christian writers, providing an accessible overview of the major issues and movements in the Christian-Jewish dialogue. The book includes key topics such as anti-Semitism, Jesus, Israel, women and the Holocaust.

Presents an upper-level introduction to the thought and theology of Pope Benedict XVI. This title begins with a presentation of the key ideas in the works of his intellectual antecedents and contemporary interlocutors and then moves to an account of Ratzinger's responses to a number of theological crises.

A collection of essays by theologians and church leaders on the past, present and future of Anglican theology in the context of the Lambeth Conference of 2008. It assesses the principal theological strands of the classical Anglican tradition (Scripture, Tradition and Reason).

The relationship between religion and science is undoubtedly one of the key issues of our times. Suitable for undergraduate students, this book examines the many complexities of the relationship between religion and science.

There is growing concern with the problems posed by dogmatic religious belief. This book explores the dynamics of religious belief, and it offers constructive criticism in order to promote the intellectual maturity of religious belief. It presents an argument that intellectual maturity requires us to acknowledge the limitations of our beliefs.

Managing Clergy Lives gives a unique insight into the everyday lives of Church of England parish priests. It examines how men and women priests manage their many and everyday commitments to God, the Church and their personal relationships. In a fast-changing world, Managing Clergy Lives shows how the ...

Provides an overview of the religious diversity of the UK. With examples from the author's own research and professional practice, and referring to other key sources, this textbook takes a "critical incident" and "case-study" based approach to some of the major debates arising from that diversity.

The church in the West has subsisted for five hundred years in a state of ever-increasing multiple identities, many of which claim to be the best representation of the church established by Christ. Often attending novel models of the church are new scriptural interpretive methods that support theological ...

The first major work of cultural and intellectual history devoted to the subject of the transatlantic religious divide. Using nineteenth and early twentieth century commentary on the subject, Howard helps us understand why Americans have maintained much friendlier ties with traditional forms of religion than their European counterparts.

Argues for the use of religious faith and compassion to help overcome the extremely partisan nature of contemporary politics and restore civic virtue, envisioning a political process and Republican party that uses religion to unite, rather than divide.