Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies
About the Book Series
The Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies series brings high quality research monograph publishing back into focus for authors, international libraries, and student, academic and research readers. This open-ended monograph series presents cutting-edge research from both established and new authors in the field. With specialist focus yet clear contextual presentation of contemporary research, books in the series take research into important new directions and open the field to new critical debate within the discipline, in areas of related study, and in key areas for contemporary society.
New Era - New Religions: Religious Transformation in Contemporary Brazil
1st Edition
By Andrew Dawson
December 13, 2021
New Era - New Religions examines new forms of religion in Brazil. The largest and most vibrant country in Latin America, Brazil is home to some of the world's fastest growing religious movements and has enthusiastically greeted home-grown new religions and imported spiritual movements and new age ...
Past and Present Political Theology: Expanding the Canon
1st Edition
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By Dennis Vanden Auweele, Miklos Vassányi
December 13, 2021
This book demonstrates how discussions of Political Theology have been a constant feature throughout philosophical modernity and that they continue to impact contemporary political debates. By tracing the historical roots and detailing the contemporary outworking of Political Theology in Europe, it...
Phenomenology and Eschatology: Not Yet in the Now
1st Edition
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By Neal DeRoo, John Panteleimon Manoussakis
December 13, 2021
This book brings together a world-renowned collection of philosophers and theologians to explore the ways in which the resurgence of eschatological thought in contemporary theology and the continued relevance of phenomenology in philosophy can illuminate each other. Through a series of ...
Schleiermacher’s Theology of Sin and Nature: Agency, Value, and Modern Theology
1st Edition
By Daniel J. Pedersen
December 13, 2021
Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834) is often considered the Father of Modern Theology, known for his attempt to reconcile traditional Christian doctrines with philosophical criticisms and scientific discoveries. Despite the influence of his work on significant figures like Karl Barth, he has been ...
Spirit and Sonship: Colin Gunton's Theology of Particularity and the Holy Spirit
1st Edition
By David A. Höhne
December 13, 2021
This book weaves together an interpretation of Christian Scripture with a conversation between Colin Gunton and Dietrich Bonhoeffer concerning the role the Holy Spirit plays in shaping the person and work of Christ. The result is a theological description of human personhood grounded in a sustained...
Paradoxical Virtue: Reinhold Niebuhr and the Virtue Tradition
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By Kevin Carnahan, David True
September 30, 2021
After the re-emergence of the tradition of virtue ethics in the early 1980s Reinhold Niebuhr has often served as a foil for authors who locate themselves in that tradition. However, this exercise has often proved controversial. This collection of essays continues this work, across a wide range of ...
Racism and the Weakness of Christian Identity: Religious Autoimmunity
1st Edition
By David Kline
September 30, 2021
Despite the command from Christ to love your neighbour, Western Christianity has continued to be afflicted by the evil of racism and the acts of violence that accompany it. Through a systems theoretical and deconstructive account of religion and the political theology of St. Paul, this book traces ...
The Identity of Christian Morality
1st Edition
By Ann Marie Mealey
September 30, 2021
This book argues that moral theology has yet to embrace the recommendations of the Second Vatican Council concerning the ways in which it is to be renewed. One of the reasons for this is the lack of consensus between theologians regarding the nature, content and uniqueness of Christian morality. ...
Theology and Evolutionary Anthropology: Dialogues in Wisdom, Humility and Grace
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By Celia Deane-Drummond, Agustín Fuentes
September 30, 2021
This book sets out some of the latest scientific findings around the evolutionary development of religion and faith and then explores their theological implications. This unique combination of perspectives raises fascinating questions about the characteristics that are considered integral for a ...
Trusting Others, Trusting God: Concepts of Belief, Faith and Rationality
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By Sheela Pawar
September 30, 2021
Trusting Others, Trusting God is an investigation of the concepts of moral and religious trust. The question of why or how it is rational to trust anyone has been the typical focus of philosophers, with an underlying assumption that trust must be justified. In most cases, trust (even - or perhaps ...
What's Right with the Trinity?: Conversations in Feminist Theology
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By Hannah Bacon
September 30, 2021
The doctrine of the Trinity poses a series of problems for feminist theology. At a basic level, the androcentric nature of trinitarian language serves to promote the male as more fully in the image of God and as the archetype of humanity, pushing women to the margins of personhood. It is no ...
Wolfhart Pannenberg on Human Destiny
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By Kam Ming Wong
September 30, 2021
Based on one of the greatest living theologians, Wolfhart Pannenberg, this book is the first comprehensive study of 'human destiny'. Mapping out the movement of humanity over the course of its history to its common destiny from creation through sin and ethics to eschatology, the book also examines ...