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God on the Grounds
A History of Religion at Thomas Jefferson’s University
Gamble, Harry Y.Free-thinking Thomas Jefferson established the University of Virginia as a secular institution and stipulated that the University should not provide any instruction in religion...
The Mystery of Continuity
Time and History, Memory and Eternity in the Thought of Saint Augustine
Pelikan, Jaroslav[Book description not available]
Between Faith and Thought
An Essay on the Ontotheological Condition
Robbins, Jeffrey W.The ontotheological problem is perhaps the defining issue of contemporary philosophical theology, as it reveals that dimension of thought where reason and faith are indivisible...
The Pagan Writes Back
When World Religion Meets World Literature
Ni, ZhangeIn the first book to consider the study of world religion and world literature in concert, Zhange Ni proposes a new reading strategy that she calls "pagan criticism," which she...
Fatalism in American Film Noir
Some Cinematic Philosophy
Pippin, Robert B.The crime melodramas of the 1940s known now as film noir shared many formal and thematic elements, from unusual camera angles and lighting to moral ambiguity and femmes fatales...
Captured by Texts
Puritan to Postmodern Images of Indian Captivity
Ebersole, Gary L.How has the American Indian captivity narrative been used to explain the human condition? How does it serve to interpret the meaning of pain and suffering, gender, and the...
Symbolic Loss
The Ambiguity of Mourning and Memory at Century's End
Homans, PeterHistorically, many world cultures have linked three disparate phenomena: collective loss; mourning; and the construction of monuments and cultural symbols to represent the loss...
Bewildered Travel
The Sacred Quest for Confusion
Ruf, Frederick J.Why do we travel? Ostensibly an act of leisure, travel finds us thrusting ourselves into jets flying miles above the earth, only to endure dislocations of time and space, foods...
Sacred Claims
Repatriation and Living Tradition
Johnson, GregThe Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) of 1990 provides a legal framework within which Native Americans can seek the repatriation of human remains...
Boredom and the Religious Imagination
Raposa, Michael L.Boredom matters, writes Michael Raposa, because it represents a threat to spiritual life. Boredom can undermine prayer and meditation and signal the failure of religious...
Modernity and Subjectivity
Body, Soul, Spirit
Ferguson, HarvieFew concepts have come to dominate the human sciences as much as modernity, yet there is very little agreement over what the term actually means. Every aspect of contemporary...
Savage Systems
Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
Chidester, David Savage Systems examines the emergence of the concepts of "religion"and "religions" on colonial frontiers. The book offers a detailed analysis of the ways in which...
Ordinarily Sacred
Sexson, LyndaLynda Sexson offers a theology of everyday experience in this enchanting book that shows how the religious traditions of the world lie slightly concealed in the details and...
Taking Responsibility
Comparative Perspectives
Davis, WinstonResponsibility has become the "queen of modern virtues," Winston Davis argues, even if there is no consensus as to what responsibility means. This illuminating collection of...
Pontius Pilate
Caillois, RogerIf you thought you knew all there is to know about Pontius Pilate and Jesus, this little book has some surprises for you. In this "greatest story never told," Pontius Pilate...
The Way of the 88 Temples
Journeys on the Shikoku Pilgrimage
Sibley, Robert C.Compelled to seek something more than what modern society has to offer, Robert Sibley turned to an ancient setting for help in recovering what has been lost. The Henro Michi is...
Encountering the Secular
Philosophical Endeavors in Religion and Culture
Atchley, J. HeathIn Encountering the Secular, J. Heath Atchley proposes an alternative to the understanding of the secular as that which opposes the religious, and he turns to American...
Freud and Augustine in Dialogue
Psychoanalysis, Mysticism, and the Culture of Modern Spirituality
Parsons, William B."It is arguably the case," writes William Parsons, "that no two figures have had more influence on the course of Western introspective thought than Freud and Augustine." Yet it...
More Things in Heaven and Earth
Shakespeare, Theology, and the Interplay of Texts
Fiddes, Paul S.Shakespeare’s plays are filled with religious references and spiritual concerns. His characters—like Hamlet in this book’s title—speak the language of belief. Theology can...
Creationism on Trial
Evolution and God at Little Rock
Gilkey, Langdon Creationism on Trial is Gilkey's blow-by-blow account of his experiences as a witness for the ACLU at the 1981 creationist trial in Little Rock, AR.
Socrates and the Irrational
Hans, James S.Traditionally, Socrates has been linked to the view of reason as the most important element in human behavior, the means through which our irrational capacities are tamed. Yet...