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  • Philosophy of Religion 2015

    Pricing and ContentsPrices and publication dates shown in this leaflet are correct at press time (November 2014), but are subject to change without notice. Details of forthcoming titles are necessarily provisional.

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    A Neo-Hegelian Theology The God of Greatest HospitalityAndrew Shanks, Canon Emeritus, Manchester Cathedral, UK

    In his new book, Andrew Shanks offers a fresh perspective for his interpretation of truth-as-openness and its application to current controversies in the Church of England. This perspective is based on Hegels distinction between two modes of divine revelation, that of violence, in which the divine will imposes itself directly and forcefully on human activity, and that of the cunning of reason, whereby Gods will is mediated through the historical process as a whole, which is in itself ambiguous and requires constant discernment on the part of the interpreter. Shanks makes fruitful and creative use of this distinction in a book that deserves a wide readership in the Anglican community and beyond.

    Peter C. Hodgson, Vanderbilt University, USA

    This book is not simply an interpretation of Hegel. Rather, it belongs to an attempt, so far as possible, to re-do for today something comparable to what Hegel did for his day. Divine revelation is on-going: never before has any generation been as well positioned as we are now, potentially to comprehend the deepest truth of the gospel. This book works towards a systematic understanding of the history of Christian truth, essentially as an ever-expanding medium for the authentic divine spirit of openness.

    February 2014 158 pagesHardback 978-1-4724-1087-0 55.00 $99.95ebook PDF 978-1-4724-1088-7ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-1089-4www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781472410870

    Anishinaabe Ways of Knowing and Being Lawrence W. Gross, University of Redlands, USAVITALITY OF INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS

    Anishinaabe Ways of Knowing and Being delivers fresh perspective and deep thought about the first people of the Great Lakes. Full of insight, its an essential reference to the historical and contemporary experience of the Anishinaabe. Historians, anthropologists and everyday citizens will find a wealth of knowledge here. And the Anishinaabe people themselves will find a useful tool to help them retrace their roots, understand their ancestors, and chart a path forward.

    Anton Treuer, Bemidji State University, USA

    Very few studies have examined the worldview of the Anishinaabeg from within the culture itself and none have explored the Anishinaabe worldview in relation to their efforts to maintain their culture in the present-day world. Focusing mainly on the Minnesota Anishinaabeg, Gross explores how their worldview works to create a holistic way of living, which the Anishinaabeg call the Good Life. However, as Gross also argues, the Anishinaabeg saw the end of their world early in the 20th century and experienced what he calls postapocalypse stress syndrome.

    July 2014 316 pagesHardback 978-1-4724-1734-3 65.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4724-1735-0ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-1736-7www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781472417343

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    SERIES www.ashgate.com/intensitiesINTENSITIES: CONTEMPORARY CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGIONSeries Editors: Patrice Haynes and Steven Shakespeare, both at Liverpool Hope University, UK

    This series sits at the forefront of contemporary developments in continental philosophy of religion, engaging particularly with radical reinterpretations and applications of the continental canon from Kant to Derrida and beyond but also with significant departures from that tradition. A key area of focus is the emergence of new realist and materialist schools of thought whose potential contribution to philosophy of religion is at an early stage. Rooted in a vibrant tradition of thinking about religion, whilst positioning itself at the cutting edge of emerging agendas, this series has a clear focus on continental and post-continental philosophy of religion and complements Ashgates British Society for Philosophy of Religion series with its more analytic approach.

    Heidegger on Death A Critical Theological EssayGeorge Pattison, University of Glasgow, UK

    This book examines the question of death in the light of Heideggers paradigmatic discussion in Being and Time. Pattison reveals where and how Heidegger and theology part ways but also how Heidegger can helpfully challenge theology to rethink one of its own fundamental questions: human beings relation to their death and the meaning of death in their religious lives.

    April 2013 182 pagesPaperback 978-1-4094-6695-6 17.99 $34.95Hardback 978-1-4094-6694-9 60.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-6696-3ebook ePUB 978-1-4094-6697-0www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409466956

    A Philosophy of Christian Materialism Entangled Fidelities and the Public GoodChristopher Baker, William Temple Foundation and University of Chester, UK, Thomas A. James, Covenant Presbyterian Church, USA and John Reader, Ironstone Benefice, Diocese of Oxford and William Temple Foundation, UK

    the authors of this challenging book draw on new directions in continental philosophy to reforge a contemporary Christian materialism. In so doing they provide significant new theoretical tools to add to our capacity to meet the post-secular opportunity.

    Haydon Mitchell, Lancaster University, UK

    Baker, James and Reader offer new religious engagement with the public sphere via means of interdisciplinary analysis and empirical examples, developing what we call a Relational Christian Realism building upon interaction with contemporary Philosophy of Religion. This book represents an exciting contribution to philosophy and practice of religion on both sides of the Atlantic and aspires to be sufficiently interdisciplinary to also appeal to readerships engaged in the study of modern political and social trends.

    May 2015 208 pagesHardback 978-1-4724-2732-8 60.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4724-2733-5ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-2737-3www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781472427328

    Praying to a French God The Theology of Jean-Yves LacosteKenneth Jason Wardley, University of Edinburgh, UK

    This book provides an excellent discussion of Jean-Yves Lacostes important contribution to a critical phenomenology of religion and of the great French thinkers pertinent and moving insights into the transformative nature of prayer and the sacraments.

    Werner G. Jeanrond, University of Oxford, UK

    Beginning from the proposition that prayer is a theme that occurs throughout Lacostes writing, and using this proposition as a heuristic through which to view, interpret and critique his thought, this book examines Lacostes place amid both the recent theological turn in French thought and the post-war emergence of la nouvelle thologie. Drawing upon unpublished and out of print material previously only available in French, Romanian or German, this will be of interest to scholars of philosophy, phenomenology and theology.

    May 2014 258 pagesHardback 978-1-4724-2865-3 60.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4724-2866-0ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-2867-7www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781472428653

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    Approaching Jonathan Edwards The Evolution of a PersonaCarol Ball

    Approaching Jonathan Edwards offers a new theoretical approach to the study of Edwards, with an emphasis on his writing activity as the key strategy in shaping his legacy. This book analyses the ways in which Jonathan Edwards intense personal piety and deep experience of divine sovereignty drove an introverted intellectual along a course that would eventually develop into a mature and respected public scholar.

    February 2015 208 pagesHardback 978-1-4724-4702-9 60.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4724-4703-6ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-4704-3www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781472447029

    Averroes and Hegel on Philosophy and Religion Catarina Belo, American University in Cairo, EgyptASHGATE NEW CRITICAL THINKING IN RELIGION, THEOLOGY AND BIBLICAL STUDIES

    Comparing Averroes and Hegels positions on the relation between philosophy and religion, this book explores the relation between faith and reason in a medieval Islamic and a modern Christian context. Through an in-depth analysis of Averroes and Hegels views on philosophical and religious language and method, Belo presents new insights into their perspectives on the relation between philosophical knowledge and religious knowledge. In addition to discussing the parallels and differences of their positions, Belo explores particular works which have not yet been analysed by modern scholarship.

    October 2013 234 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-3386-6 60.00 $104.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-3387-3ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-0418-3www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409433866

    Being as Communion A Metaphysics of InformationWilliam A. Dembski, Discovery Institute, USAASHGATE SCIENCE AND RELIGION SERIES

    Dembski has become widely known for his quest to elucidate the role of information in our understanding of science and scientific processes. In this book he clarifies and develops some of the major themes of intelligent design, particularly reflecting on the nature of nature itself. Materialism sees matter as basic: information is merely a form of matter. Dembski argues emphatically that the boot is on the other foot: matter is really a form of information. Building on the ideas of John Wheeler and von Baeyer, this is a tour de force of analytical writing, and another serious wound to the hegemony of materialism in modern science and culture.

    Colin Reeves, Coventry University, UK

    In Being as Communion philosopher and mathematician William Dembski provides a non-technical overview of his work on information. Dembski attempts to make good on the promise of John Wheeler, Paul Davies, and others that information is poised to replace matter as the primary stuff of reality. With profound implications for theology and metaphysics, Being as Communion develops a relational ontology that is at once congenial to science and open to teleology in nature.

    September 2014 236 pagesPaperback 978-0-7546-3858-2 17.99 $34.95Hardback 978-0-7546-3857-5 60.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4724-3785-3ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-3786-0www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754638582

    Christian Moral Theology in the Emerging Technoculture From Posthuman Back to HumanBrent Waters, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, USAASHGATE SCIENCE AND RELIGION SERIES

    Machines and gadgets not only weave the fabric of daily life, but more importantly embody philosophical and religious values which shape the contemporary moral vision; a vision that is often at odds with Christian convictions. This book critically examines those values, and offers a framework for how Christian moral theology should be formed and lived out within the emerging technoculture. Addressing contemporary ethical and religious issues, this book will be of particular interest to students and scholars exploring the ideas of Heidegger, Nietzsche, Grant, Arendt and Borgmann.

    February 2014 270 pagesPaperback 978-0-7546-6695-0 55.00 $99.95Hardback 978-0-7546-6691-2 65.00 $119.95ebook PDF 978-1-4724-2580-5ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-2581-2www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754666950

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    Divine Providence and Human Agency Trinity, Creation and FreedomAlexander S. Jensen, Murdoch University, Australia

    The book is serious and worthwhile, written clearly and forcefully.

    Reformation

    Divine Providence and Human Agency develops an understanding of God and Gods relation to creation that perceives God as sovereign over creation while, at the same time, allowing for a meaningful notion of human freedom. This book provides a bridge between contemporary approaches that emphasise human freedom, such as process theology and those influenced by it, and traditional theologies that stress divine omnipotence. This volume offers an important contribution to the debate of the doctrine of God in the context of an evolutionary universe.

    April 2014 224 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-3530-3 60.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-3531-0ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-0574-6www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409435303

    Education in a Catholic Perspective Edited by Stephen J. McKinney, University of Glasgow, UK and John Sullivan, Liverpool Hope University, UK

    Education in a Catholic Perspective explores Catholic philosophical and theological foundations for both education and for Catholic education in particular. With contributions spanning the theological foundations of Catholic education, the interplay of theology and education, and discussions of the social and missional dimensions of education, this book will be of considerable interest to educators and students of Catholic education, to academics in the fields of applied theology and philosophy and to those with an interest in the foundations of education.

    June 2013 268 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-5271-3 65.00 $119.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-5272-0ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-0230-1www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409452713

    Embodiment Phenomenological, Religious and Deconstructive Views on Living and DyingEdited by Ramona Fotiade, David Jasper and Olivier Salazar-Ferrer, all at the University of Glasgow, UK

    This book examines a number of landmark shifts in our account of the relationship between human and divine existence, as reflected through the perception of time and corporeal experience. This book provides a representative cross-section of influential trends in the philosophy of religion that have shaped our understanding of the body in its profane and sacred dimensions as site of conflicting discourses on presence and absence, subjectivity and the death of the subject, mortality, resurrection and eternal life.

    March 2014 246 pagesHardback 978-1-4724-1052-8 60.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4724-1053-5ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-1054-2www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781472410528

    Global Ethics and Moral Responsibility Hans Jonas and his CriticsEdited by John-Stewart Gordon, Cologne University, Germany and Holger Burckhart, University of Siegen, Germany

    Given renewed scholarly interest in the philosophy of Hans Jonas, this volume should be of great relevance to scholars in bioethics, environmental ethics and applied philosophy generally. The editors have been masterly in the compilation of superb contributions to the debate in this anthology.

    Udo Schuklenk, Queens University, Canada

    The philosophy of Hans Jonas was widely influential in the late twentieth century, warning of the potential dangers of technological progress and its negative effect on humanity and nature. Jonas advocated greater moral responsibility and taking this as a starting point, leading international scholars and experts on his work suggest original and promising solutions to current ethical issues within the context of his philosophy. The book considers the vital intersection between law and global ethics and covers issues related to technology and ethics, medical ethics, religion and environmental ethics.

    March 2014 238 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-5230-0 70.00 $119.95www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409452300

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    SERIES www.ashgate.com/ASTIAASHGATE STUDIES IN THEOLOGY, IMAGINATION AND THE ARTSSeries Editors: Trevor Hart, St Marys College, University of St. Andrews, UK, Jeremy Begbie, Duke University, USA and Roger Lundin, Wheaton College, USA

    What have imagination and the arts to do with theology? For much of the modern era, the answer has been not much. It is precisely this deficit that this series seeks to redress. For, whatever role they have or have not been granted in the theological disciplines, imagination and the arts are undeniably bound up with how we as human beings think, learn and communicate, engage with and respond to our physical and social environments and, in particular, our awareness and experience of that which transcends our own creatureliness. The arts are playing an increasingly significant role in the way people come to terms with the world; at the same time, artists of many disciplines are showing a willingness to engage with religious or theological themes. A spate of publications and courses in many educational institutions has already established this field as one of fast-growing concern.

    Between the Image and the Word Theological Engagements with Imagination, Language and LiteratureTrevor Hart, University of St. Andrews, UK

    The central contention of Christian faith is that in the incarnation the eternal Word or Logos of God himself has taken flesh, so becoming for us the image of the invisible God. Our humanity itself is lived out in a constant to-ing and fro-ing between materiality and immateriality. Approaching different aspects of two distinct movements between the image and the word, in the incarnation and in the dynamics of human existence itself, Hart presents a clearer understanding of each and explores the juxtapositions with the other.

    September 2013 262 pagesPaperback 978-1-4724-1370-3 19.99 $39.95Hardback 978-1-4724-1369-7 60.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4724-1371-0ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-1372-7www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781472413703

    Kierkegaard, Aesthetics, and Selfhood The Art of SubjectivityPeder Jothen, St. Olaf College, USA

    In this insightful and readable book, Peder Jothen shows how for Kierkegaard coming to exist as a self is nothing other than the art of subjectivity. This work should be widely read by anyone interested in Kierkegaards writings.

    William Schweiker, University of Chicago, USA

    Contributing to the debate about Kierkegaards conception of the aesthetic, this book argues that Kierkegaards concern is provocatively to explore how a self becomes Christian, with aesthetics a dimension of such self-formation. At a broader level, Jothen also focuses on the role, authority and meaning of art within religious thought generally and Christianity in particular.

    October 2014 270 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-7016-8 65.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-7017-5ebook ePUB 978-1-4094-7018-2www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409470168

    Scripture, Metaphysics, and Poetry Austin Farrers The Glass of Vision with Critical CommentaryEdited by Robert MacSwain, University of the South, USA

    This book offers a critical edition of arguably the greatest work of English theology in the 20th century: Austin Farrers Bampton Lectures published as The Glass of Vision in 1948. This critical edition also contains an introduction to the significance and context of Farrers thought, and a selection of thirty years worth of commentary by leading British and European theologians and literary scholars: David Brown, Ingolf Dalferth, Hans Haugh, Douglas Hedley, David Jasper and Gerard Loughlin. Of interest to literary and biblical scholars, theologians, and philosophers, this book holds particular value to those exploring the nature of imagination in contemporary thought and scholarship.

    December 2013 234 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-5083-2 60.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-5084-9ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-0664-4www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409450832

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    God, Mind and Knowledge Edited by Andrew Moore, Regents Park College, University of Oxford, UKTHE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION SERIES

    This fine collection of papers from a religiously diverse and international group of philosophers provides a solid sample of the topics and themes in contemporary philosophy of religion. Including established and newer scholars, the anthology covers a variety of issues, from standard concerns about the epistemology of religion to newer reflections on cognitive science. Experts in the field and those newly interested in these topics will find much to learn from and ponder in its pages.

    Alan G. Padgett, Luther Seminary, USA

    The themes of God, Mind and Knowledge are central to the philosophy of religion but they are now being taken up by professional philosophers who have not previously contributed to the field. This book is a collection of original essays by eminent and rising philosophers and it explores the boundaries between philosophy of religion, philosophy of mind, metaphysics and epistemology.

    May 2014 202 pagesPaperback 978-1-4094-6210-1 19.99 $39.95Hardback 978-1-4094-6208-8 60.00 $104.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-6209-5ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-0756-6www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409462101

    Icons in Time, Persons in Eternity Orthodox Theology and the Aesthetics of the Christian Image Cornelia A. Tsakiridou, La Salle University, USA

    Icons in Time, Persons in Eternity presents a critical, interdisciplinary examination of contemporary theological and philosophical studies of the Christian image and redefines this within the Orthodox tradition by exploring the ontological and aesthetic implications of Byzantine Orthodox ascetic and mystical theology. It finds Modernist interest in the aesthetic peculiarity of icons significant, and essential for re-evaluating their relationship to non-representational art. The reader will find in these pages reasons to reconcile Modernism with the Christian image and Orthodox tradition with creative form in art.

    Includes 8 colour and 40 b&w illustrations

    February 2013 378 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-4767-2 75.00 $129.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-5273-7ebook ePUB 978-1-4094-7233-9www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409447672

    John Wesleys Pneumatology Perceptible InspirationJoseph W Cunningham, Saginaw Valley State University, USAASHGATE METHODIST STUDIES SERIES

    Cunningham shows that Wesley was not only a man of one book (the Bible) and fully Christ-imbued (christocentric) but also perhaps the first postmodern, pentecostal, and pneumatological theologian. Wesleys robust pneumatology remains ahead of multiple contemporary discussions and, for those capable of perceiving the Spirits inspiration, will catalyze their pneumatological imagination for the next generation.

    Amos Yong, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA

    What does Wesley mean by perceptible inspiration? What does the teaching reveal about the nature and existence of God in Wesleys thinking? What does it suggest about the spiritual nature of humankind? In John Wesleys Pneumatology, it is argued that perceptible inspiration more than a sidebar of Methodist thought, offers a useful model for considering the various features of Wesleys views on the work of the Spirit in relation to human existence, participatory religious knowledge and moral theology.

    June 2014 172 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-5734-3 60.00 $104.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-6730-4ebook ePUB 978-1-4094-6731-1www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409457343

    Karl Barth and Christian Ethics Living in TruthWilliam Werpehowski, Georgetown University, USABARTH STUDIES

    This critical study of Karl Barths Christian theological ethics discusses Barths controversial and characteristically misunderstood ethics of divine command. The surprising relation of his divine command ethics to contemporary narrative theology and virtue ethics and specific moral themes concerning bonds between parents and children, the nature of truth telling, and the meaning of Christian love of God and neighbour are all discussed. This book reveals Barths richness, depth and insight, and places his work in constructive connection with salient themes in both Catholic and Protestant ethics.

    February 2014 188 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-3875-5 55.00 $99.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-3876-2ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-0050-5www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409438755

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    SERIES www.ashgate.com/ASPTLAASHGATE STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY IN LATE ANTIQUITYSeries Editors: Mark Edwards, Christ Church, University of Oxford, UK and Lewis Ayres, Durham University, UK

    The Ashgate Studies in Philosophy and Theology in Late Antiquity series focuses on major theologians, not as representatives of a tradition, whether Christian or classical, but as individuals immersed in the intellectual culture of their day. Each book concentrates on the arguments, not merely the opinions, of a single Christian writer or group of writers from the period AD 100600 and compares and contrasts these arguments with those of pagan contemporaries who addressed similar questions. By study of the political, cultural and social milieu, contributors to the series show what external factors led to the convergence or divergence of Christianity and pagan thought in particular localities or periods. Pagan and Christian teachings are set out in a clear and systematic form making it possible to bring to light the true originality of the authors thought and to estimate the value of his work for modern times. This high profile research series offers an important contribution to areas of contemporary research in the patristic period, as well as providing new links into later periods, particularly the medieval and reformation.

    Divination and Theurgy in Neoplatonism Oracles of the Gods Crystal Addey, University of St. Andrews, UK

    A very interesting exploration of the importance of oracles, divination and other religious practices to the philosophers of Late Antiquity, viewed against the general religious background of the period.

    Dominic OMeara, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

    This book explores the extensive links between oracles and philosophy in Late Antiquity, particularly focusing on the roles of oracles and other forms of divination in third and fourth century CE Neoplatonism. Examining some of the most significant debates between pagan philosophers and Christian intellectuals on the nature of oracles as a central yet contested element of religious tradition, Addey focuses particularly on Porphyrys Philosophy from Oracles and Iamblichus De Mysteriis.

    October 2014 352 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-5152-5 75.00 $134.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-5153-2ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-0402-2www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409451525

    Image, Word and God in the Early Christian Centuries Mark Edwards, University of Oxford, UK

    This book investigates the concept of Logos in pagan, Jewish and Christian thought, with a view to elucidating the polyphonic functions which the word acquired when used in theological discourse. Edwards presents a survey of theological applications of the term Logos in Greek, Jewish and Christian thought from Plato to Augustine and Proclus. Bringing together materials which are rarely synthesized in modern study, this book shows how Greek and biblical thought part company in their appraisal of the capacity of reason to grasp the nature of God, and how in consequence verbal revelation plays a more significant role in biblical teaching.

    January 2013 228 pagesPaperback 978-1-4094-0671-6 19.99 $39.95Hardback 978-1-4094-0645-7 60.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-0646-4ebook ePUB 978-1-4094-7352-7www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409406716

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    Individuality in Late Antiquity Edited by Johannes Zachhuber, Trinity College, University of Oxford, UK and Alexis Torrance, Princeton University, USA

    This valuable book forms part of a growing emphasis on the history of individuality and the self in late antiquity. It provides a corrective to Foucaults Care of the Self, and shows that the western narrative that takes Augustine as its starting point is not the only game in town. Developing the discussion in Aristotles Categories, late antique Neoplatonists and Christians alike debated the philosophical basis of individuality. In the fourth century, Trinitarian theology presented a special challenge, and other aspects of the problem came to the fore with the growing ascetic theory of the self and the difficulties surrounding the Christian doctrine of bodily resurrection. The editors have drawn on the best scholarship in philosophy, theology, and the history of Christian thought to show the centrality of these issues and the intensity of the discussion. Anyone interested in the roots of modern theories of the individual will find this book crucial reading.

    Averil Cameron, University of Oxford, UK

    Late antiquity is increasingly recognised as a period of important cultural transformation. One of its crucial aspects is the emergence of a new awareness of human individuality. In this book, the authors assess the influence of seminal thinkers, including the Gnostics, Plotinus, and Augustine, but also of cultural and religious practices such as astrology and monasticism, as well as, more generally, the role played by intellectual disciplines such as grammar and Christian theology. The volume serves as a comprehensive introduction to late antique understandings of human individuality.

    March 2014 204 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-4056-7 60.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-4057-4ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-0052-9www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409440567

    Porphyry in Fragments Reception of an Anti-Christian Text in Late AntiquityAriane Magny, Thompson Rivers University, Canada

    The Greek philosopher Porphyry of Tyre had a reputation as the fiercest critic of Christianity. It was well-deserved: he composed fifteen discourses against the Christians, so offensive that Christian emperors ordered them to be burnt. We thus rely on the testimonies of three prominent Christian writers to know what Porphyry wrote. Porphyry in Fragments argues that Porphyrys actual thoughts became mixed with the thoughts of the Christians who preserved his ideas, as well as those of other Christian opponents.

    August 2014 202 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-4115-1 60.00 $104.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-4116-8ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-0150-2www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409441151

    Key Theological Thinkers From Modern to PostmodernEdited by Staale Johannes Kristiansen, University of Bergen, Norway and Svein Rise, NLA University College, Norway

    This unique anthology presents contributions from leading contemporary theologians including Rowan Williams, Fergus Kerr, Aidan Nichols, G.R. Evans and Tracey Rowland who offer portraits of more than fifty key theological thinkers in the modern and postmodern era. This anthology spans arguably one of the most creative periods in the history of Christian theology and includes thinkers from all three Christian traditions: protestant, catholic and orthodox. Each portrait in this anthology includes a biographical introduction, an overview of theological or philosophical writing, presentation of key thoughts, and contextual placing of the thinker within Twentieth-Century religious discourse.

    Includes 15 b&w illustrations

    May 2013 800 pagesPaperback 978-1-4094-3763-5 25.00 $44.95Hardback 978-1-4094-3762-8 100.00 $180.00ebook PDF 978-1-4094-3764-2ebook ePUB 978-1-4094-7468-5www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409437635

    A Kryptic Model of the Incarnation Andrew Ter Ern Loke, Hong Kong UniversityASHGATE NEW CRITICAL THINKING IN RELIGION, THEOLOGY AND BIBLICAL STUDIES

    Well organised and comprehensive, contributing new material to a debate that is complex and philosophically challenging.

    Anna Marmodoro, University of Oxford, UK

    Being divine seems to entail being omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent, but the New Testament portrays Jesus as having human characteristics. It seems logically impossible that any single individual could possess such mutually exclusive sets of properties. A Kryptic Model of the Incarnation aims to provide a critical reflection of these challenges and to offer a compelling response integrating aspects from analytic philosophy of religion, systematic theology, and historical-critical studies.

    December 2014 200 pagesHardback 978-1-4724-4573-5 60.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4724-4574-2ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-4575-9www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781472445735

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    Love, Drugs, Art, Religion The Pains and Consolations of ExistenceBrian R. Clack, University of San Diego, USA

    A sensitive and wide-ranging exploration of the human condition. Clacks sustained philosophical reflection on human transience is rich in reference and informed by powerful literary and psychoanalytic insights.

    John Cottingham, Heythrop College, University of London and University of Reading, UK

    In this genuinely interdisciplinary work, Clack breaks new ground by using detailed explorations of the phenomena of drug-use, romantic love and the enjoyment of art in order to throw light on the meaning and nature of religion. This book will be vital reading for anyone concerned with the fundamental questions of religious belief, the psychoanalytic approach to culture, or simply the unavoidable existential problems lying at the very heart of human life.

    April 2014 206 pagesPaperback 978-1-4094-0676-1 19.99 $39.95Hardback 978-1-4094-0675-4 65.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-0677-8ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-0509-8www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409406761

    Pannenberg on Evil, Love and God The Realisation of Divine LoveMark Hocknull, University of Lincoln, UKASHGATE NEW CRITICAL THINKING IN RELIGION, THEOLOGY AND BIBLICAL STUDIES

    Pannenberg on Evil, Love and God examines a much-neglected aspect of the theological thought of one of the most original contemporary German theologians, Wolfhart Pannenberg, his theological and philosophical understanding of evil and its relationship to the love of God. The book seeks to correct a widely held misconception that in his theology, Pannenberg has neglected the darker side of the world, concentrating instead on an optimistic picture of the future.

    February 2014 210 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-6338-2 60.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-6339-9ebook ePUB 978-1-4094-6340-5www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409463382

    Platos Gods Gerd Van Riel, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BelgiumASHGATE STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHICAL THEOLOGY

    This book presents a comprehensive study into Platos theological doctrines, offering an important re-valuation of the status of Platos gods and the relation between metaphysics and theology according to Plato. Starting from an examination of Platos views of religion and the relation between religion and morality, Gerd Van Riel investigates Platos innovative ways of speaking about the gods. This book is invaluable to readers interested in philosophical theology and intellectual history.

    August 2013 146 pagesPaperback 978-0-7546-0701-4 19.99 $39.95Hardback 978-0-7546-0700-7 55.00 $99.95ebook PDF 978-1-4724-0973-7ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-0974-4www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754607014

    Poetry and the Religious Imagination The Power of the WordEdited by Francesca Bugliani Knox and David Lonsdale, both at Heythrop College, University of London, UK

    For the authors in this rich volume, poetry is not merely an artful form of discourse; it exemplifies a way of thinking. Poetic imagination underlies and overlaps with the minds quest for the metaphysical and the religious. In a mixture of theoretical considerations and case studies, these essays offer a valuable summary of the state of the question of the relation of theology and literature, and they provide enticing and often delightful insights into different styles of poetic imagination as it opens on to the transcendent.

    Richard Viladesau, Fordham University, USA

    What is the role of spiritual experience in poetry? How do poetic imagination and religious beliefs interact? Exploring such questions through the concept of the religious imagination, this book integrates interdisciplinary research in the area of poetry on the one hand, and theology, philosophy and Christian spirituality on the other. Established theologians, philosophers, literary critics and creative writers explain the primary role of imagination in the writing and reading of poetry.

    January 2015 240 pagesHardback 978-1-4724-2624-6 60.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4724-2625-3ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-2626-0www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781472426246

    Relating God and the Self Dynamic InterplayJan-Olav Henriksen, Norwegian School of Theology

    By discussing critically different ways the symbol of God functions in the formation of the self, this book develops a nuanced and original approach to the interplay between God and the self. It suggests that play is actually an important metaphor in order to develop a dynamic understanding of religions way of relating God and the Self. This approach challenges understandings of religion focussing only its cognitive claims, as well as those who emphasize doctrinal orthodoxy as the most important element in religion.

    August 2013 214 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-6548-5 60.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-6549-2ebook ePUB 978-1-4094-6550-8www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409465485

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    SERIES www.ashgate.com/DISATDIALOGUES IN SOUTH ASIAN TRADITIONS: RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY, LITERATURE AND HISTORYSeries Editors: Laurie Patton, Duke University, USA and Brian Black, Lancaster University, UK

    This series examines the use of the dialogical genre in South Asian religious and cultural traditions. Historical inquiries into the plurality of religious identity in South Asia, particularly when constructed by the dialogical genre, are crucial in an age when, as Amartya Sen has recently observed, singular identities seem to hold more destructive sway than multiple ones. This series approaches dialogue in its widest sense, including discussion, debate, argument, conversation, communication, confrontation, and negotiation. Opening up a dynamic historical and literary mode of analysis, which assumes the plural dimensions of religious identities and communities from the start, this series challenges many outdated assumptions and representations of South Asian religions.

    Categorisation in Indian Philosophy Thinking Inside the BoxEdited by Jessica Frazier, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and University of Kent, UK

    This wonderful book about classification in Indian philosophy goes to the heart of questions about how we understand the world and the nature of rationality itself. The book is truly interdisciplinary with contributions from philosophers and philologists; it breaks new ground in understanding the concerns of Indian philosophy and their contemporary relevance.

    Gavin Flood, University of Oxford, UK

    Shedding light on the way in which Indian philosophical traditions crafted an elaborate picture of the world, this book brings Indian thinkers into dialogue with modern philosophy and global concerns. For those interested in philosophical traditions in general, this book will establish a foundation for further comparative perspectives on philosophy. For those concerned with the understanding of Indic culture, it will provide a platform for the continued renaissance of research into Indias rich philosophical traditions.

    September 2014 206 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-4690-3 60.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-4691-0ebook ePUB 978-1-4094-7455-5www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409446903

    The Ethics of akara and ntideva A Selfless Response to an Illusory WorldWarren Lee Todd, University of South Wales, UK

    Comparing the metaphysics and ethics of two of the most influential Indian masters, akara and ntideva, Todd shows that the methodologies and aims of these Buddhist and Hindu masters trace remarkably similar cross-cutting paths. Treating Buddhism and Hinduism with equal respect, this book compares and reinterprets the Indian material so as to engage with contemporary Western debates on self and to show that Indian philosophy is indeed a philosophy of dialogue.

    October 2013 232 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-6681-9 60.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-6682-6ebook ePUB 978-1-4094-6683-3www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409466819

    Dialogue in Early South Asian Religions Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain TraditionsEdited by Brian Black, Lancaster University, UK and Laurie Patton, Duke University, USA

    Covering a broad range of texts and presenting theoretically sophisticated engagements with them, this volume should be a must read for those working in Indian religion and literature.

    Patrick Olivelle, University of Texas, USA

    Including some of the most established scholars of South Asian religious texts, this book examines the use of dialogue in early South Asian texts with an interdisciplinary approach that crosses traditional boundaries between religious traditions. The contributors shed new light on the cultural ideas and practices within religious traditions, as well presenting an understanding of a range of dynamics from hostile and competitive to engaged and collaborative. This book is the first to explore the literary dimensions of dialogue in South Asian religious sources, helping to reframe the study of other literary traditions around the world.

    April 2015 256 pagesPaperback 978-1-4094-4013-0 22.00 $39.95Hardback 978-1-4094-4012-3 70.00 $119.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-4014-7ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-0051-2www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409440130

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    Religion in the Thought of Mikhail Bakhtin Reason and FaithHilary B.P. Bagshaw, University of Sheffield, UKASHGATE NEW CRITICAL THINKING IN RELIGION, THEOLOGY AND BIBLICAL STUDIES

    This book examines the significance of religion in the work of the twentieth-century philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin. Exploring Bakhtins contribution to debates on methodology in the study of religion, this book argues that his use of religious terminology is derived from his source material in philosophy of religion and not from his confessional commitment to Russian Orthodox Christianity. Critiquing Gavin Floods important work, Beyond Phenomenology, Bagshaw explains how Bakhtins work on outsideness presents invaluable insights for scholars of religion, particularly pertinent to the contemporary insider/outsider debate.

    February 2013 176 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-6240-8 60.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-6241-5ebook ePUB 978-1-4094-6242-2www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409462408

    The Ashgate Research Companion to Theological Anthropology Edited by Joshua R. Farris, Houston Baptist University and Trinity School of Theology, USA and Charles Taliaferro, St. Olaf College, USA

    This Ashgate volume, brilliantly crafted by first-rate scholars from multiple disciplines, is a paragon of excellence for research companions. Rigorous, well informed, and refreshingly insightful, it is a tour de force of theological anthropology!

    Chad Meister, Bethel College, USA

    The companion presents contributions spanning across major topics within theological anthropology, with an aim toward furnishing the foundations for a constructive systematic theology of human persons. Addressing in five parts topics such as the Imago dei, freedom of the will, sin and salvation, and Christology, the collection provides both philosophers and theologians with a resource for thoughtful exploration in the variety of doctrinal loci intersecting with and informing theological anthropology and vice versa.

    March 2015 384 pagesHardback 978-1-4724-1093-1 90.00 $149.95ebook PDF 978-1-4724-1095-5ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-1096-2www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781472410948

    SERIESCONTEMPORARY THEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS IN CHRISTIAN MYSTICISMSeries Editors: Patricia Z. Beckman, St Olaf College, USA, Oliver Davies, Kings College London, UK, Mark McIntosh, Durham University UK and George Pattison, University of Glasgow, UK

    This series facilitates new points of synergy and fresh theological engagements with Christian mystical traditions. Reflecting the plurality of theological approaches to Christian mystical theology, books in the series cover historical, literary, practical, and systematic perspectives as well as philosophical, psychological, and phenomenological methods.

    Christian Mysticism and Incarnational Theology Between Transcendence and ImmanenceEdited by Louise Nelstrop, Sarum College, UK and Simon D. Podmore, Liverpool Hope University, UK

    This collection of essays re-examines works from such canonical figures as Eckhart, Augustine, Plotinus, Pseudo-Dionysius, Nicolas of Cusa, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Julian of Norwich, along with the philosophical thought of Iris Murdoch, Jacques Lacan, and Martin Heidegger, and the contemporary phenomena of the Emerging Church. Presenting new readings of key ideas in mystical theology, and renewed engagement with the visionary and the everyday, the therapeutic and the transformative, these essays question how we might think about what may lie between transcendence and immanence.

    October 2013 256 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-5670-4 65.00 $119.95ebook PDF 978-1-4724-1902-6ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-1903-3www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409456704

    Exploring Lost Dimensions in Christian Mysticism Opening to the MysticalEdited by Louise Nelstrop, Sarum College, UK and Simon D. Podmore, Liverpool Hope University, UK

    Mystical theology has developed through a range of meanings, from the hidden dimensions of divine significance in the communitys interpretation of its scriptures to the much later science of the souls ascent into communion with God. Raising fundamental matters of epistemology, representation, metaphysics, and divine reality, contributors approach the mystical from postmodern, feminist, sociological and historical perspectives. Medieval and early modern radical prophetic approaches are also explored.

    October 2013 242 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-5672-8 60.00 $104.95ebook PDF 978-1-4724-1900-2ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-1901-9www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409456728

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    The Roots of Religion Exploring the Cognitive Science of ReligionEdited by Roger Trigg, University of Warwick and University of Oxford, UK and Justin L. Barrett, Fuller Graduate School of Psychology, USAASHGATE SCIENCE AND RELIGION SERIES

    An outstanding set of authoritative essays, essential reading for all who are interested in the nature of religion.

    Keith Ward, Christ Church, University of Oxford, UK

    The cognitive science of religion is a new discipline that looks at the roots of religious belief in the cognitive architecture of the human mind. This book deals with the philosophical and theological implications of the cognitive science of religion which grounds religious belief in human cognitive structures: religious belief is natural, in a way that even scientific thought is not. Philosophers and theologians from North America, UK and Australia, explore the alleged conflict between truth claims and examine the roots of religion in human nature.

    December 2014 242 pagesHardback 978-1-4724-2731-1 60.00 $104.95ebook PDF 978-1-4724-2776-2ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-2777-9www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781472427311

    Seeking Truth: Roger Norths Notes on Newton and Correspondence with Samuel Clarke c.17041713 Jamie C. Kassler, Australian Academy of the Humanities

    Seeking Truth not only adds significantly to our understanding of Roger Norths mindset and work, but it offers a unique perspective on the manner in which an intelligent provincial intellectual, who prided himself on being a discerning critic, attempted to come to terms with the content of Newtonian natural philosophy as well as with its perceived ramifications for theology and moral philosophy.

    Mordechai Feingold, California Institute of Technology, USA

    In the early 1690s Roger North was preparing to remove from London to Rougham, Norfolk, where he planned to continue his search for truth, which for him meant knowledge of nature, including human nature. This was interrupted by his reading of Newtons books on mechanics and optics; his correspondence with Norfolk clergyman Samuel Clarke; and his reading and response to Clarkes publication on the philosophy of the Godhead. Kassler details the challenges that these events presented, and includes editions of Norths notes on Newtons books, as well as what now remains of the 1706 and later correspondence with Clarke.

    August 2014 392 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-4921-8 80.00 $144.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-4922-5ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-0646-0www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409449218

    Sensible Religion Edited by Christopher Lewis, University of Oxford, UK and Dan Cohn-Sherbok, University of Wales, UK

    This valuable book clearly demonstrates that between religious extremism and exclusive secularism, there is indeed the balanced path of sensible religion. Coming from a great variety of faith and personal backgrounds, the contributing writers provide a comprehensive and compelling explanation of the actual and possible good that comes from religion. Whatever your religion, or if you have no religion, reading this book is a brilliant way of understanding the religious motivations (and misrepresentations) which affect the vast majority of humanity.

    HRH Princess Badiya bint El Hassan of Jordan

    The validity of the religious quest is defended across faiths. Yet it is not only the quest, but also the way in which religions have developed which is of central significance. Their committed followers live ordinary lives in the mainstream of the world, working out their faith in relation to life. In Sensible Religion, leading thinkers in world religions explore how religions are in conversation with other disciplines, bringing a transcendent perspective to the discussion. Countering the argument that religion is at root extremist and irrational, Sensible Religion brings together thoughtful reflections by leading thinkers about humanitys spiritual quest.

    September 2014 234 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-6808-0 60.00 $104.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-6809-7ebook ePUB 978-1-4094-6810-3www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409468080

    Sociological Theory and the Question of Religion Edited by Andrew McKinnon and Marta Trzebiatowska, both at the University of Aberdeen, UKTHEOLOGY AND RELIGION IN INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE SERIES IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE BSA SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION STUDY GROUP

    This book offers a variety of theoretical perspectives on the study of religion that bridge the gap between mainstream concerns of sociologists and the sociology of religion. Following an assessment of the current state of the field, the authors develop an emerging critical perspective within the sociology of religion with particular focus on the importance of historical background. Re-assessing the themes of aesthetics, listening and different degrees of spiritual self-discipline, the authors draw on ethnographic studies of religious involvement in Norway and the UK.

    December 2014 274 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-6551-5 65.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-6552-2ebook ePUB 978-1-4094-6553-9www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409465515

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    Speaking of God in Thomas Aquinas and Meister Eckhart Beyond AnalogyAnastasia Wendlinder, Gonzaga University, USAASHGATE NEW CRITICAL THINKING IN RELIGION, THEOLOGY AND BIBLICAL STUDIES

    Going beyond ordinary readings of Aquinas and building a foundation for further insights into the works of both theologians, this book draws out the implications of the thought of Eckhart and Aquinas for contemporary issues, including ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue, liturgy and prayer, and religious inclusivity. Reading Aquinas and Eckhart in light of each other reveals the profound depth and orthodoxy of both of these scholars and provides a novel approach to many theological and practical religious issues.

    July 2014 230 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-6916-2 60.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-6917-9ebook ePUB 978-1-4094-6918-6www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409469162

    Thomism in John Owen Christopher Cleveland

    Examining the influence of Thomas Aquinas and his followers upon the seventeenth-century Puritan theologian John Owen, this book breaks new ground in exploring the impact of medieval thought upon Reformed scholasticism. In this book Cleveland fills a significant gap in Owen studies by pursuing a deeper understanding of the role that Thomas Aquinas and the school of thought known as Thomism played in Owens theology, from his works on providence and salvation by the Holy Spirit to his Christological work.

    February 2013 186 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-5579-0 60.00 $104.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-6268-2ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-0711-5www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409455790

    Varieties of Religious Establishment Edited by Winnifred Fallers Sullivan, Indiana University, USA and Lori G. Beaman, University of Ottawa, CanadaASHGATE AHRC/ESRC RELIGION AND SOCIETY SERIES

    In this book leading international scholars from a diverse range of disciplines explore how countries today live with religious difference and consider how considering establishments reveals the limitations of universal, multicultural, and interfaith models of religious freedom. Examining the various forms religion takes in Tunisia, Canada, Taiwan, South Africa, and the USA, amongst others, this book argues that legal protections for religious freedom can only be understood in a context of socially and culturally specific constraints.

    October 2013 244 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-5241-6 60.00 $104.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-5242-3ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-0361-2www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409452416

    Volume 12, Tome IV: Kierkegaards Influence on Literature, Criticism and Art The Anglophone WorldEdited by Jon Stewart, University of Copenhagen, DenmarkKIERKEGAARD RESEARCH: SOURCES, RECEPTION AND RESOURCES

    Tome IV examines Kierkegaards surprisingly extensive influence in the Anglophone world of literature and art, particularly in the United States. His thought appears in the work of the novelists Walker Percy, James Baldwin, Flannery OConnor, William Styron, Don Delillo, and Louise Erdrich. W.H. Auden sought in Kierkegaard ideas for his poetic works, and the contemporary English novelist David Lodge has written a novel Therapy, in which Kierkegaard plays an important role. Cryptic traces of Kierkegaard can also be found in the work of the famous Irish writer James Joyce.

    April 2013 256 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-5763-3 65.00 $119.95www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409457633

    Volume 12, Tome V: Kierkegaards Influence on Literature, Criticism and Art The Romance Languages, Central and Eastern EuropeEdited by Jon Stewart, University of Copenhagen, DenmarkKIERKEGAARD RESEARCH: SOURCES, RECEPTION AND RESOURCES

    Tome V treats the work of a heterogeneous group of writers from the Romance languages and from Central and Eastern Europe. Kierkegaard has been particularly important for Spanish literature: the Argentine writers Jorge Luis Borges, Leonardo Castellani, and Ernesto Sbato, the Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes, and the Spanish essayist and philosopher Mara Zambrano were all inspired to varying degrees by him. The tome examines how Kierkegaards treatment of the story of Abraham and Isaac in Fear and Trembling interested the Polish-born Israeli novelist Pinhas Sadeh.

    May 2013 222 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-6514-0 60.00 $109.95www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409465140

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    Twentieth Century Christian Responses to Religious Pluralism Difference is EverythingDavid Pitman, University of Queensland, AustraliaASHGATE NEW CRITICAL THINKING IN RELIGION, THEOLOGY AND BIBLICAL STUDIES

    This is a highly competent, well written and very readable survey of the key players in the Christian debate on religious pluralism. It not only provides an important introduction to the field, but makes its own valuable contribution to the Christian theology of religions.

    Philip C. Almond, University of Queensland, Australia

    Presenting an accessible introduction to the contemporary issues and challenges facing all those engaged in the further development of inter-faith relationships, dialogue and partnership between the world religions, Pitman argues that the future of world peace and prosperity depends on the outcome. This is accomplished with particular reference to ten key twentieth-century theologians, each of whom had significant influence in the field of inter-religious studies, both during their lifetime and beyond.

    May 2014 246 pagesHardback 978-1-4724-1090-0 60.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4724-1091-7ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-1092-4www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781472410900

    The Wisdom of the Spirit Gospel, Church and CultureEdited by Martyn Percy, University of Oxford, UK and Pete Ward, Kings College London, UKASHGATE CONTEMPORARY ECCLESIOLOGY

    This is a remarkable set of essays, exploring the varied interests of an outstanding scholar. The result is a powerful vision of the landscape of British Christianity but also of wider questions pertaining to religion in the contemporary world, bringing together sociology, theology, ecclesiology and history in a unique way.

    Simon Coleman, University of Toronto, Canada

    In this ground-breaking book exploring Christianity and contemporary culture, internationally-renowned scholars interface with the legacy of Andrew Walkers work and look forward in their own predictions of trends. Following Walkers special interests in house churches, charismatic renewal, culture and faith, this book picks up on these themes and also looks more broadly at topics such as Pentecostalism, Alpha and post-Evangelicalism.

    September 2014 206 pagesHardback 978-1-4724-3565-1 60.00 $104.95ebook PDF 978-1-4724-3567-5ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-3568-2www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781472435651

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    TRANSCENDING BOUNDARIES IN PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGYSeries Editors: Martin Warner, University of Warwick, UK and Kevin Vanhoozer, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, USA

    Transcending Boundaries in Philosophy and Theology is an interdisciplinary series exploring new opportunities in the dialogue between philosophy and theology that go beyond more traditional faith and reason debates and take account of the contemporary reshaping of intellectual boundaries. This series explores constructively for the 21st century the resources available for engaging with those forms of enquiry, experience and sensibility that theology has historically sought to address. Drawing together new writing and research from leading international scholars in the field, this high profile research series offers an important contribution to contemporary research across the interdisciplinary perspectives relating theology and philosophy.

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    Resurrection and Moral Imagination Sarah Bachelard, Australian Catholic University

    This book explores the significance of the Resurrection for human moral imagination and moral life. It shows that the Resurrection, contemplatively apprehended, shifts our ethically conditioned understanding of what it means to be human. It shifts our relationship to mortality and finitude, and opens up new possibilities and sources for human life and hope. It thereby transforms the picture of human being operative in moral thinking about justice and personal relations, as well as some of our fundamental moral concepts.

    January 2014 220 pagesHardback 978-1-4094-0637-2 60.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-0638-9ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-0507-4www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409406372

    Ways of Meeting and the Theology of Religions David Cheetham, University of Birmingham, UK

    This book presents a contemporary philosophical and theological engagement with key issues of how different faiths might meet, of comparative philosophy of religion, the use of aesthetics, inter-religious ethics and issues relating to the self. Providing a critical evaluation of contemporary liberal, post-liberal and conservative voices, this book highlights the use of the creative imagination and explores new ideas for the meeting of religions.

    April 2013 234 pagesPaperback 978-0-7546-6359-1 19.99 $39.95Hardback 978-0-7546-6357-7 60.00 $109.95ebook PDF 978-1-4094-6507-2ebook ePUB 978-1-4724-0469-5www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754663591

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