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A fascinating exploration of human morality from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Waiting for the Last Bus and Leaving Alexandria.

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What affect does a religious upbringing have on adult life Robert Wuthnow interviewed more than 200 people to find out how their childhood memories of an adult world imbued with religious meaning influenced their adult perception of religion.

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From the author of The Darkening Age, Heresy is perfect for readers of Tom Holland, Karen Armstrong, Richard Ovenden, Mary Beard and Bettany Hughes.

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Vivid and provocative images of the Great Goddess throughout the centuries and from around the world--an outstanding gift for the art collector, history enthusiast, or anyone interested in women's spirituality. Three 8-page color inserts, 196 photos, 65 drawings.

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One of the finest thinkers of our time grapples with fundamental, deeply personal, questions of belief.

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IS YOUR GOD TOO NICE

A timely and forthright book from one of the church's most trusted and loved teachers.

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Questioning why evil exists, whether God could create a stone he couldn't lift, and if the wonder of life suggests a Creator, the philosophy of religion is concerned with arguments for and against religion, and what form an immortal god (or gods) would take if in existence. This title provides an exploration of the discipline.

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Set sail with the funniest pirate on the seven seas in this hilarious adventure for readers of 7+ with brilliant pictures throughout from ALIENS LOVE UNDERPANTS illustrator Ben Cort.

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This book considers systems of belief and practice which are not religions in the full-blown sense, but which nevertheless affect human life in ways similar to the role played by the recognised religions. Professor Smith's account compares the features which Humanism, Marxism and Nationalism share with recognised religions, analysing each in turn.

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Because "God" is infinite, nobody can have the last word

What is this thing, religion, supposedly the cause of bloodshed and warring for centuries

Selected from A Case for God, Fields of Blood and The Lost Art of Scripture

VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS.

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Presents Christian writings that alter our understanding of the great philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. This title argues that the Kierkegaard known to the history of modern ideas is, in an important sense, not Kierkegaard at all.

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Tracing the history of faith from the Palaeolithic Age to the present, the author shows that meaning of words such as 'belief', 'faith', and 'mystery' has been entirely altered, so that atheists and theists alike now think and speak about God - and, indeed, reason itself - in a way that our ancestors would have found astonishing.

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Examines ethics, religion and psychology. This selection of Schopenhauer's works contains scathing attack on the nature and logic of religion, and an essay on ethics that ranges from the American slavery debate to the vices of Buddhism.

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There is growing concern with the problems posed by dogmatic religious belief. This book explores the dynamics of religious belief, and it offers constructive criticism in order to promote the intellectual maturity of religious belief. It presents an argument that intellectual maturity requires us to acknowledge the limitations of our beliefs.

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Peter Vardy's introduction to the study of ideas about God.

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Addressing both individuals and a traumatized culture, this book confronts our inability to understand - let alone effectively respond to - evil, providing both a grammar and a strategy for a way forward.

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When wealthy Jewish industrialist David Friedlander proposed in 1799 that Berlin's Jews undergo a sham conversion to Christianity in return for full German citizenship, he touched off a political and theological debate that would continue to define the relation between Jewish and German identity for more than a century.

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The central question this book addresses is: why do so many people swallow the doctrines of religion Following an attempt to analyze the nature of belief, it considers the Bible as a basis for religious belief and explores the conceptual difficulties in the New Testament view of humans.

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Features the two inter-related movements - the science and religion dialogue, which stretches from the laboratories of Nobelists to inner sancta of the Vatican, and the intelligent design movement, which by reviving a natural theology of design in nature has challenged the Darwinian strongholds in science and public education.

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Suitable for those interested in the origins of religious thought, and the respective roles of science and religion in contemporary society, this title explores how science developed within the cocoon of religion and then shows how the natural functioning of the human brain creates experiences that can lead to belief in the supernatural realm.

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Roland Boer draws on a vast depth of scholarly knowledge to reclaim the rich contribution of Marxism to theological studies

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The contemporary world is riven by antagonisms between the religious and secular realms of society. But is this tension necessary