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.
Infinite Risk Theology: "Remember that Christ Risked All" (Ellen G. White)
1st Edition
By Stefano Salemi
March 19, 2025
Could God’s Son incarnate sin? Could the tomb have remained closed? Could the story have gone differently? More precisely, could God’s Son be eternally separated from the Father’s communion and eventually die and go out of existence? Mainstream theology often argued for Christ’s impossibility to ...
Tuvalu, Theology, and the Geopolitics of Climate Change: Am I Not Your Tuakoi (Neighbour)?
1st Edition
By Maina Vakafua Talia
February 19, 2025
This book examines the threat posed by climate change to the low-lying islands of Tuvalu through a lens of what it means to be a neighbour. Those who live on Tuvalu are among the most vulnerable in the world to threats of rising sea levels and global climate change. Their carbon emissions are ...
Desire and Mental Health in Christianity and the Arts
1st Edition
By David Torevell
December 18, 2024
This book considers the connection between the world of mental health in the twenty-first century and the traditional concept of desire in Christianity and the Arts. It draws parallels between the desire for rest from anxiety among mental health sufferers with the longing for peace and happiness in...
Theological Fringes of Phenomenology
1st Edition
Edited
By Joseph Rivera, Joseph O'Leary
December 18, 2024
This book focuses on the relationships between phenomenology and theology, which have been varied and complex but seem currently in an inconclusive and loosely defined state. Methodological rigor is not much in evidence, and the two disciplines continue to defy any authoritative synthesis. While ...
Theology on the Border: The Mediterranean, Minority Identity and Migration
1st Edition
By Daniela Lucia Rapisarda
December 10, 2024
Focusing on the Mediterranean, this book offers a theological hermeneutics from the perspective of the margin/border and a theological hermeneutics of the border. At the core is a case study of the Italian Protestant minority and its engagement with issues of migration. While much of current ...
Seventh-Day Adventism in Africa: A Historical Survey of The Interaction Between Religion, Traditions, and Culture
1st Edition
By Gabriel Masfa
November 28, 2024
This book examines the complex history of Adventism in Africa, situating it within the context of African traditions and culture. From a small movement with origins in the United States, the Seventh-day Adventist Church has grown worldwide. It is one of several Christian denominations present in ...
The Fall of Humankind and Social Progress: Engagements with Emil Brunner
1st Edition
By Arttu Mäkipää
November 28, 2024
This book investigates the link between human capabilities and the preconditions for social progress through an engagement with the theological anthropology of Swiss theologian Emil Brunner (1889–1966). It places Brunner’s thought in dialogue with selected contributors from the contemporary social ...
Theology of Work: New Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Gregorio Guitián
November 25, 2024
Theology of Work: New Perspectives emerges from the necessity to continue theological reflection on work in light of the challenges posed by our contemporary world. The contributions offer a global perspective of the meaning of work, drawing from Trinitarian theology, theology of creation, ...
Conflict and Catholic Social Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Approach
1st Edition
By Taylor J. Ott
November 01, 2024
This book focuses on the question of how to understand conflict and its place in Catholic and Christian social ethics. The author examines Catholic social teaching (CST) for its explicit mentions of conflict or contention and analyzes the way that CST addresses the subjects of peace, labor, and ...
Divine Revelation and the Sciences: Essays in the History and Philosophy of Revelation
1st Edition
Edited
By Balázs M Mezei
October 15, 2024
This book provides an in-depth analysis of the relationship between the sciences and the concept of divine revelation. It includes a historical overview of the notion of revelation, its role in scientific debates over the centuries, and current challenges in light of non-religious and especially ...
Transhumanism, Ethics and the Therapeutic Revolution: Agents of Change
1st Edition
By Stephen Goundrey-Smith
October 09, 2024
This book explores the impact of developments in pharmaceutical medicine in the twentieth century on a Christian ethical evaluation of transhumanism and future "hi-tech" medical enhancement technologies. It suggests that the Christian ethical assessment of proposed future radical transhumanist ...
Incarnate Earth: Deep Incarnation and the Face of Christ
1st Edition
By Matthew Eaton
October 08, 2024
Incarnate Earth reimagines the doctrine of Incarnation by extending the unity between Creator and creation beyond Jesus to the entire world. In dialogue with contemporary theologies of deep incarnation and the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas, the author argues that the face of Christ is encountered ...