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.
The Use and Abuse of the Spirit in Pentecostalism: A South African Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Mookgo S. Kgatle, Allan H. Anderson
May 30, 2022
This book is a pneumatological reflection on the use and abuse of the Spirit in light of the abuse of religion within South African Pentecostalism. Both emerging and well-established scholars of South African Pentecostalism are brought together to reflect on pneumatology from various approaches, ...
Contextual Theology: Skills and Practices of Liberating Faith
1st Edition
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By Sigurd Bergmann, Mika Vähäkangas
May 01, 2022
This book advances that history by exploring stories, images and discourses across a worldwide range of geographical, cultural and confessional contexts. Its twelve authors not only enrich our understanding of the significance of the contextual method, but also produce a new range of original ways ...
Catholic Social Teaching and Theologies of Peace in Northern Ireland: Cardinal Cahal Daly and the Pursuit of the Peaceable Kingdom
1st Edition
By Maria Power
April 29, 2022
This book investigates the response of the Catholic Church in Northern Ireland to the conflict in the region during the late Twentieth Century. It does so through the prism of the writings of Cardinal Cahal Daly (1917-2009), the only member of the hierarchy to serve as a bishop throughout the ...
Investigating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ: A New Transdisciplinary Approach
1st Edition
By Andrew Ter Ern Loke
December 13, 2021
This book provides an original and comprehensive assessment of the hypotheses concerning the origin of resurrection Christology. It fills a gap in the literature by addressing these issues using a transdisciplinary approach involving historical-critical study of the New Testament, theology, ...
Narrative Theology and Moral Theology: The Infinite Horizon
1st Edition
By Alexander Lucie-Smith
December 13, 2021
Moral thinking today finds itself stranded between the particular and the universal. Alasdair MacIntyre's work on narrative, discussed here along with that of Stanley Hauerwas and H. T. Engelhardt, aims to undo the perceived damage done by the Enlightenment by returning to narrative and abandoning ...
Naturalism and Our Knowledge of Reality: Testing Religious Truth-claims
1st Edition
By R. Scott Smith
December 13, 2021
Philosophical naturalism is taken to be the preferred and reigning epistemology and metaphysics that underwrites many ideas and knowledge claims. But what if we cannot know reality on that basis? What if the institution of science is threatened by its reliance on naturalism? R. Scott Smith argues ...
Neopragmatism and Theological Reason
1st Edition
By G.W. Kimura
December 13, 2021
Neopragmatism and Theological Reason examines the recent explosion of interest in pragmatism. Part I traces the source of classical pragmatism's distinctive thought to Peirce, James, and Dewey - specifically to their shared theological understanding inherited from Emerson's Transcendentalism and ...
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...