Religion

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.

Over the course of his distinguished interdisciplinary career, Giles Gunn has sustained his focus on the continuing threats to our collective sense of the human that seem to result from the link between the collision of fundamental values and the increase of systemic violence. He asks whether such threats ...

An intriguing contribution to the literature published to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War in August 2014. The book's primary focus is an attempt to explain why Christianity changes its mind about war at different points in its history.

Brian McLaren's witty and wise characters take on difficult, faith-busting themes, from evolution and evangelism to death and the meaning of life - and reveal that the answers to life's pressing spiritual questions often come from the most unlikely sources.

A thoroughly practical guide on how men and women can make the best of doing life together. God intended men and women to live and work together in partnership and in harmony. This exhilarating book explores what that means in real terms.

Dreams have fascinated humanity for thousands of years. In today's sceptical culture, we tend to dismiss dreams as having little or no importance, yet almost everybody has at least one dream they remember. In the Bible, dreams and visions were seen as powerful ways in which God communicated with his people.

Describes the life of a Mongolian Buddhist monastery - the Mergen Monastery in Inner Mongolia - from inside its walls. From the Qing occupation of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the Cultural Revolution, the authors tell a story of religious formation, suppression, and survival over a history that spans three centuries.

The Christian Belief for Everyone series comprises five guides to the basic ideas of the Christian faith. Full of stories and helpful illustrations, these guides have been written primarily for ordinary churchgoers, though they will no doubt also appeal to interested readers outside the church.

Covering contemplative youth ministry, this title presents the work of the project, as well as giving voice to the scholars, youth workers, pastors, and youth who shared in its work.

The SPCK Lectionary provides a streamlined and clearly laid-out presentation of the Common Worship calendar and lectionary, with BCP readings on the same page. Sundays and major festivals are covered, as well as weekday services.

Richard Harries has been at the heart of thinking about issues include cloning, human-animal hybrids and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis. He shows that the Western Christian tradition is compatible with work in this area.

Accessible introduction to the public issues on which a Christian needs to take a view. Theologians are involved in a wide variety of public committees concerned with ethical issues arising from modern science.

Goes to the heart of the books of Exodus, Judges and Job and finds stories that are plain speaking, robust, vigorous and abrasive in character. They bring all the human emotions of astonishment, love, joy, relief, frustration, bitterness and anger before God, as though the narrator were talking to God as a friend.