Philosophy of Religion

An Introduction

Aleksandar Uskokov, Yale University, USA The Brahma-sutra, attributed to Badaraya (ca. 400 CE), is the canonical book of Vedanta, the philosophical tradition which became the doctrinal backbone of modern Hinduism. This is the first introduction to concentrate on the text and its ideas, rather than its reception and interpretation in the different schools of Vedanta. Covering the epistemology, ontology, theory of causality and psychology of the Brahma-sutra and its characteristic theodicy, it also provides a comprehensive account of its doctrine of meditation, draws the contours of Brahma-sutra’s intellectual biography and contextualises its teachings against the background of its main collocutors.

UK October 2022 • US October 2022 • 240 pages PB 9781350150003 • £17.99 / $24.95 • HB 9781350150010 • £55.00 / $75.00 ePub 9781350150034 • £16.19 / $23.34 ePdf 9781350150027 • £16.19 / $23.34 Series: Bloomsbury Introductions to World Philosophies • Bloomsbury Academic

On Paul Holmer

A Philosophy and Theology

Edited by Tim Labron, Concordia University of Edmonton, Canada Paul Holmer’s writings on Kierkegaard and Wittgenstein have inspired a generation of subsequent thinkers, yet his work remains underexplored. Rectifying this, this book provides an in-depth and rigorous examination of the work of a key 20th-century American thinker in both theology and philosophy. On Paul Holmer identifies what is singular and significant about Holmer's work and celebrates his capacity to cut through conventional classifications and categories. This book introduces readers to his thought through discussions of key issues, such as faith and reason, the church, society, science, culture, scripture and education.

UK December 2022 • US December 2022 • 256 pages HB 9781472592606 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781472592613 • £76.50 / $105.78 ePdf 9781472592620 • £76.50 / $105.78 Bloomsbury Academic Timothy Knepper, Drake University, USA This global introduction of philosophy of religion begins not with a single tradition, but with religious philosophies from East Asia, South Asia, West Africa, and Native North Americans. Matching this diversity of traditions, chapters are organised around questions that acknowledge there is no single understanding of god. The reader approaches Abrahamic, Yoruba, Lakota, and academic-contemporary philosophy of religion by asking: where do I come from? Where am I going? Where did the cosmos come from? Accompanied by an introduction, epilogue, and glossary, each chapter includes learning objectives, questions for discussion, and suggested primary and secondary sources.

UK December 2022 • US December 2022 • 464 pages PB 9781350262966 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350262959 • £75.00 / $100.00 ePub 9781350262980 • £22.49 / $31.59 ePdf 9781350262973 • £22.49 / $31.59 Series: Expanding Philosophy of Religion • Bloomsbury Academic

God's Action in the World

A New Philosophical Analysis

Marek Slomka, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland This book identifies essential aspects from various branches of theism, starting with traditional Thomistic approaches, through to their modified forms such as Molinism and contemporary varieties such as free-will theism and probabilistic theism. Analysing crucial elements of God’s nature including omnipotence, omniscience, his relation to time and the tension between immanence and transcendence, Slomka reveals the difficulties in proposing a single conception of God through one theistic tradition. As such, the book highlights the value of pluralistic insights that also draw on important scientific theories.

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Political Theologies

Ward Blanton, University of Kent, UK; Arthur Bradley, Lancaster University, UK; Michael Dillon, King's College London, UK; Yvonne Sherwood, University of Glasgow, UK

The Phenomenology of Religious Belief

Media, Philosophy, and the Arts

Michael J. Shapiro, University of Hawai'i, Manoa, USA Michael J. Shapiro investigates how art, literature and film can impact upon traditional interpretations and critical studies of religious beliefs and experiences. He examines the work of award-winning writers such as Toni Morrison and Robert Coover. By placing their work in conjunction with critical analyses of Ingmar Bergman and Pier Paolo Pasolini and combining it with the thought of Georges Canguilhem and Slavoj Žižek, Shapiro takes an interdisciplinary approach to the question of how life should be lived.

Theological Poverty in Continental Philosophy

After Christian Theology

Colby Dickinson, Loyola University Chicago, USA Colby Dickinson proposes a new political theology rooted in the intersections between continental philosophy, heterodox theology, and orthodox theology. Situating the virtue of theological poverty within a poststructuralist, postmodern world, Dickinson universalizes theological poverty through core and uniting concepts like grace, negation, violence, and paradox to reveal the theory’s transmutable strength. By joining up critical theology and the philosophy of religion in this way, this book broadens the possibility of a critical dialogue both between and within the respective disciplines.

UK December 2022 • US December 2022 • 224 pages • 10 bw illus PB 9781350243989 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350164307 ePub 9781350164321 • £76.50 / $105.78 ePdf 9781350164314 • £76.50 / $105.78 Series: Political Theologies • Bloomsbury Academic UK October 2022 • US October 2022 • 208 pages PB 9781350230644 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350177505 ePub 9781350177536 • £76.50 / $105.78 ePdf 9781350177512 • £76.50 / $105.78 Series: Political Theologies • Bloomsbury Academic