Christianity Books

New and Published Books

1. Queer Inclusion in the United Methodist Church

   By Amanda Udis-Kessler

   Series: New Approaches in Sociology

   The United Methodist Church has been in conflict over lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender inclusion issues since 1972. That year, in response to the gay liberation and gay rights movements, wording was added to the UMC Book of Discipline (the compilation of denominational policies and doctrines)...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Christianity and the State in Asia

   Complicity and Conflict

   Edited by Julius Bautista, Francis Khek Gee Lim

   Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy

   Christianity is one of the most rapidly growing religions in Asia. Despite the challenges of political marginalisation, church organisations throughout much of Asia are engaged in activities - such as charity, education and commentary on public morality - that may either converge or conflict with...

   Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge
3. The History and Literature of Christianity

   By Pierre De Labriolle

   Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize...

   Published April 30th 2012 by Routledge
4. Understanding Religion and Popular Culture

   Edited by Terry Ray Clark, Dan W. Clanton Jr.

   This introductory text provides students with a 'toolbox' of approaches for analyzing religion and popular culture. It encourages readers to think critically about the ways in which popular cultural practices and products, especially those considered as forms of entertainment, are laden with...

   Published April 18th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Possibility of Christian Philosophy

   Maurice Blondel at the Intersection of Theology and Philosophy

   By Adam C. English

   Series: Routledge Radical Orthodoxy

   This is the first to book to explore Blondel's entire body of work and provides an introduction to his life and writings and their relevance to the debates surrounding the radical orthodoxy identity. Detailing Blondel's impressive research output during the first half of the twentieth...

   Published April 16th 2012 by Routledge
6. Jews, Christians and Polytheists in the Ancient Synagogue

   Edited by Steven Fine

   Jews, Christians and Polytheists in the Ancient Synagogue explores the ways in which divergent ethnic, national and religious communities interacted with one another within the synagogue in the Greco-Roman period. It presents new perspectives regarding the development of the synagogue and its...

   Published March 19th 2012 by Routledge
7. World Cinema, Theology, and the Human

   Humanity in Deep Focus

   By Antonio Sison

   Series: Routledge Studies in Religion and Film

   Forging an open-minded but reasoned dialogue between nine acclaimed titles of world cinema, and a range of theological perspectives that touch on the theme of human experience, World Cinema, Theology, and the Human offers fresh portals of insight for the interdisciplinary area of Theology and Film....

   Published February 26th 2012 by Routledge
8. Jesus among the Jews

   Representation and Thought

   Edited by Neta Stahl

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   For almost two thousand years, various images of Jesus accompanied Jewish thought and imagination: a flesh-and-blood Jew, a demon, a spoiled student, an idol, a brother, a (failed) Messiah, a nationalist rebel, a Greek god in Jewish garb, and more. This volume charts for the first time the...

   Published February 22nd 2012 by Routledge
9. The Religious Factor in Russia's Foreign Policy

   By Alicja Curanović

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

   This book examines how religion interacts with Russian foreign policy, arguing that religion is an important and neglected factor in shaping Russia’s outlook towards international relations. It surveys the importance of religion in Russian social life - past and present - and considers the range of...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
10. The Second-Person Perspective in Aquinas’s Ethics

    Virtues and Gifts

    By Andrew Pinsent

    Series: Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory

    Thomas Aquinas devoted a substantial proportion of his greatest works to the virtues. Yet, despite the availability of these texts (and centuries of commentary), Aquinas’s virtue ethics remains mysterious, leaving readers with many unanswered questions. In this book, Pinsent argues that the key...

    Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge