Most of us believe everything happens for a reason. Whether it is "God's will," "karma", or "fate," we want to believe that an overarching purpose undergirds everything, and that nothing in the world, ... 続きを読む
What are angels? Where were they first encountered? Can we distinguish angels from gods, faeries, ghosts, and aliens? And why do they remain so popular? In this introduction to the history of angels, ... 続きを読む
Here is an unprecedented collection of twenty freewheeling and revealing interviews with major players in the ongoing-and increasingly heated-debate about the relationship between religion and science ... 続きを読む
AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion
In theological discourse, argues Hugh Nicholson, the political goes "all the way down." One never reaches a bedrock level of politically neutral religious facts, because all theological discourse - ev ... 続きを読む
R. Andrew Chesnut offers a fascinating portrayal of Santa Muerte, a skeleton saint whose cult has attracted millions of devotees over the past decade. Although condemned by mainstream churches, this f ... 続きを読む
Is power the essence of divinity, or are divine powers distinct from divine essence? Are they divine hypostases or are they divine attributes? Are powers such as omnipotence, omniscience, etc. modes o ... 続きを読む
The articles in the present collection deal with the religious dimension of the problem of free will. All of the papers also have implications for broader philosophical and theological issues, and wil ... 続きを読む
Explores how theologians and philosophers have tried to answer some of the key questions about God
Considers why some people believe in a God and others do not
Looks at a variety of different r ... 続きを読む
Millennialists through the ages have looked forward to the apocalyptic moment that will radically transform society into heaven on earth. They have delivered withering critiques of their own civilizat ... 続きを読む
This book is a tour of Afterlife landscapes from Homer to Dante. It argues that the topography of the Afterlife in Greek and Roman tradition, and in Dante, reflects the state of 'scientific' knowledg ... 続きを読む
