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1. Religion, Language, and Power

   Edited by Nile Green, Mary Searle-Chatterjee

   Series: Routledge Studies in Religion

   Religion, Language and Power shows that the language of ‘religion’ is far from neutral, and that the packaging and naming of what English speakers call ‘religious’ groups or identities is imbued with the play of power. Religious Studies has all too often served to amplify voices from other...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. A New Science of Religion

   Edited by Greg Dawes, James Mclaurin

   Series: Routledge Studies in Religion

   Religious belief, once in the domain of the humanities, has found a new home in the sciences. Promising new developments in the study of religion by cognitive scientists and evolutionary theorists put forward empirical hypotheses regarding the origin, spread, and character of religious beliefs....

   Published January 25th 2012 by Routledge
3. Animal Ethics and Theology

   The Lens of the Good Samaritan

   By Daniel Miller

   Series: Routledge Studies in Religion

   In this book, Daniel K. Miller articulates a new vision of human and animal relationships based on the foundational love ethic within Christianity. Framed around Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan, Animal Ethics and Theology thoughtfully examines the shortcomings of utilitarian and rights-based...

   Published November 14th 2011 by Routledge
4. Aquinas and Radical Orthodoxy

   A Critical Inquiry

   By Paul DeHart

   Series: Routledge Studies in Religion

   Aquinas and Radical Orthodoxy investigates the encounter of the most vibrant and controversial trend in recent theology with the greatest Christian thinker of the Middle Ages. The book describes Radical Orthodoxy’s orientation and highlights those anti-secular strategies and intellectual influences...

   Published October 5th 2011 by Routledge
5. The Entangled God

   Divine Relationality and Quantum Physics

   By Kirk Wegter-McNelly

   Series: Routledge Studies in Religion

   In The Entangled God, Kirk Wegter-McNelly addresses the age-old theological question of how God is present to the world by constructing a novel, scientifically informed account of the God–world relation. Drawing on recent scientific and philosophical work in "quantum entanglement," Wegter-McNelly...

   Published August 24th 2011 by Routledge
6. Adam Smith as Theologian

   Edited by Paul Oslington

   Series: Routledge Studies in Religion

   Adam Smith wrote in a Scotland where Calvinism, Continental natural law theory, Stoic philosophy, and the Newtonian tradition of scientific natural theology were key to the intellectual lives of his contemporaries. But what impact did these ideas have on Smith’s system? What was Smith’s...

   Published February 21st 2011 by Routledge
7. Sufism and Deconstruction

   A Comparative Study of Derrida and Ibn 'Arabi

   By Ian Almond

   Series: Routledge Studies in Religion

   Examinung a series of common features in the works of Derrida and the Sufism of Ibn 'Arabi, considered to be one of the most influential figures in Islamic thought, the author addresses the significant absence of attention on the relationship between Islam and Derrida. Presenting a...

   Published December 20th 2009 by Routledge
8. Law and Religion

   Edited by Peter Radan

   Series: Routledge Studies in Religion

   The intersection of law and religion is a growing area of study for academics working in both subject areas. This book draws together research on several collisions between the two arenas, including a study of religious clauses in the US constitution and the interplay between religion and law in...

   Published October 12th 2009 by Routledge
9. Material Religion and Popular Culture

   By E. Frances King

   Series: Routledge Studies in Religion

   In this study, E. Frances King explores how people first learn to relate to the images and artefacts of religious belief within their domestic environments. As a sense of religious belonging is instilled on a daily basis in the home, it also becomes emotionally linked to family, community, and...

   Published August 5th 2009 by Routledge
10. Theology, Creation, and Environmental Ethics

    From Creatio Ex Nihilo to Terra Nullius

    By Whitney Bauman

    Series: Routledge Studies in Religion

    Winner of the John Templeton Award for Theological Promise, 2009 This book argues that the Christian doctrine of creatio ex nihilo (creation out of nothing) sets up a support system for a "logic of domination" toward human and earth others. Conceptually inspired by the work of theologian Catherine...

    Published March 2nd 2009 by Routledge