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Religion
Wittgenstein on Criteria and Practices
Lars Hertzberg
This Element discusses Wittgenstein’s use of the term ‘criteria’ and the postWittgensteinian debate.
Elements in the Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein
January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108931168 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
Essence
Martin Glazier
This Element examines literature on essence in connection with the traditional question whether essence lies within or without our world.
Elements in Metaphysics
December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108940719 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
Attention and Mental Control
Carolyn Dicey Jennings
The Element provides philosophers with a naturalized account of emergent mental control, along with descriptions of mind wandering and ADHD.
Elements in Philosophy of Mind
December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108987066 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
Kant on Freedom, Nature, and Judgment
The Territory of the Third Critique Kristi Sweet
An in-depth account of Kant’s Critical philosophical system which argues that the third Critique answers the question: for what may I hope?
December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.238pp 9781316511121 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Substance
Donnchadh O’Conaill
This Element focuses on contemporary work on substance, and in particular on contemporary substance ontologies.
Elements in Metaphysics
November 2022 229 x 216 mm c.75pp 9781108940740 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P
Hegel’s Logic and Metaphysics
Jacob McNulty
This book offers a new interpretation of Hegel’s Logic, the foundational work of his philosophical system.
November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.288pp 9781316512562 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Biological Cognition
Bryce Huebner and Jay Schulkin
Biological cognition is a juggling act, which employs numerous chemical and neural systems to navigate various challenges and opportunities.
Elements in Philosophy of Mind
December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781108987059 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
RELIGION
Monotheism in Christian Liturgy
Joris Geldhof
Through the lens of praising and honouring God, the liturgy of Christians sheds a unique light on their monotheistic beliefs.
Elements in Religion and Monotheism
December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009001847 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
Speculative Worlds Maia Kotrosits
The Element addresses the fundamental questions at the intersection of various disciplines through the needle’s eye of theory in the study of religion in late antiquity.
Elements in Religion in Late Antiquity
March 2023 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009012003 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
The Dominicans in the British Isles and Beyond
A New History of the English Province of the Friars Preachers Richard Finn
Eight centuries have passed since the Dominicans first arrived on England’s shores. This is the history of their fascinating story.
January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.450pp 20 b/w illus. 9781009164337 Hardback £90.00 / US$120.00 C
The Gut
A Black Atlantic Alimentary Tract Elizabeth Pérez
This Element traces gut feelings in Black Atlantic traditions to religious ancestors’ strong stomachs and intestinal fortitude.
Elements in Magic
December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009013475 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
The Revelation of the Messiah
The Christological Mystery of Luke 1-2 and Its Unveiling in Luke-Acts Caleb Friedeman
This book presents a new model for understanding the christological relationship between Luke 1–2 and the rest of Luke-Acts.
Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series, 181
October 2022 216 x 140 mm c.275pp 9781009189613 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
From Radical Jesus People to Virtual Religion
The Family International Claire Borowik
This Element highlights the novel challenges alternative religions may face in entering the mainstream and attaining legitimacy.
Elements in New Religious Movements
January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.92pp 9781009017602 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
A Theology of Gratitude
Christian and Muslim Perspectives Edited by Mona Siddiqui Nathanael Vette
This rich interdisciplinary volume is the first to explore diverse theologies of gratitude from both Christian and Muslim perspectives.
December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.256pp 9781009198400 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
Jewish Communities in Modern Asia
Their Rise, Demise and Resurgence Edited by Rotem Kowner
A pioneering exploration of the Jewish communities across the Asian continent and their dramatic rise and fall in modern times
April 2023 229 x 152 mm c.320pp 9781009162586 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
Human Nature in Early Franciscan Thought
Philosophical Background and Theological Significance Lydia Schumacher
A cutting-edge study of human nature in early Franciscan thought which illustrates its extensive use of Islamic and Jewish philosophy.
December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.350pp 9781009201117 Hardback £90.00 / US$120.00 C
Why the Cross?
Divine Friendship and the Power of Justice Ligita Ryliškytė
Explains the justice of the cross as a rightly ordered communication and diffusion of divine friendship.
Current Issues in Theology
January 2023 216 x 140 mm c.350pp 9781009202763 Hardback £105.00 / US$135.00 C
The Unification Church Movement
Michael L. Mickler
This Element recounts the tumultuous history of the Unification Church Movement.
Elements in New Religious Movements
January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009241458 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
The Historical Jesus and the Temple
Memory, Methodology, and the Gospel of Matthew Michael Patrick Barber Foreword by Dale Allison
Investigates Jesus’s teaching about the temple through a fresh methodology, drawing also from new developments in Matthew research.
October 2022 229 x 152 mm c.350pp 9781009210850 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi and the Ends of the Enlightenment
Religion, Philosophy, and Reason at the Crux of Modernity Edited by Alexander J. B. Hampton
Places Friedrich Jacobi as figure at the crux of modernity, showing how he shaped German idealism, Romanticism and existentialism.
March 2023 229 x 152 mm c.350pp 9781009244947 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Reconfiguring Thomistic Christology
Matthew Levering
Unites eschatologically charged biblical Christology with metaphysical and dogmatic Thomistic Christology, by highlighting shared typological Christologies.
Current Issues in Theology
November 2022 216 x 140 mm c.300pp 9781009221450 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
The Book of Amos and its Audiences
Prophecy, Poetry, and Rhetoric Andrew R. Davis
Analyses the poetic audiences of the book of Amos by distinguishing the textual addressee from its actual audiences.
Society for Old Testament Study Monographs
April 2023 216 x 140 mm c.350pp 9781009255875 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
Modern Jewish Philosophy and the Politics of Divine Violence
Daniel Weiss
Uncovers connections between modern Jewish philosophers and classical rabbinic thought, arguing for rethinking of Judaism, politics, and violence.
February 2023 229 x 152 mm c.350pp 9781009221658 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Healthcare Funding and Christian Ethics
Stephen Duckett
This book outlines a Christian ethical basis for how decisions about health care funding and priority-setting ought to be made.
New Studies in Christian Ethics
November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.350pp 9781009260664 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
Lying and Truthfulness
A Thomistic Perspective Stewart Clem
Draws on the thought of Thomas Aquinas to provide an innovative approach to the ethics of lying and truthfulness.
January 2023 229 x 152 mm c.350pp 9781009261401 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
Orthodoxy and Heresy
Steven Nemes
This Element proposes a formal, historical, and theological/ philosophical analysis and critique of the role of ‘orthodoxy’ and ‘heresy’ in Christian theology.
Elements in the Problems of God
November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009268172 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
The Suffering Son of David in Matthew’s Passion Narrative
Nathan C. Johnson
Drawing on David texts, Matthew makes the narrative case for an unexpected messiah—one who does not kill but is instead killed by the Romans.
Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series, 183
April 2023 216 x 140 mm c.325pp 9781009261647 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
Evolution and Christianity
Michael Ruse
This Element discusses the relationship between Christianity and evolutionary theory.
Elements in the Problems of God
November 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009268967 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
Isaac Kalimi
Explores different traditions and usage of Esther in Judaism and Christianity, without neglecting the fundamental questions in scholarship.
April 2023 229 x 152 mm c.350pp 9781009266123 Hardback £100.00 / US$130.00 C
God and Political Theory
Tyler Dalton McNabb
How is God related to the state? Could political authority be evidence for God? This Element explores these questions and more.
Elements in the Problems of God
December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009269100 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
Islam and Science
Past, Present, and Future Debates Nidhal Guessoum Stefano Bigliardi
Covers areas of debate (theological, ethical) in Islam and Science, including evolution, free will, randomness, transsexual issues.
Elements in Islam and Science
March 2023 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009266512 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
Sarcasm in Paul’s Letters
Matthew Pawlak
Provides an extensive analysis of sarcasm in Paul’s letters, illuminated by case studies on Septuagint Job, the prophets, and Lucian of Samosata.
Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series
December 2022 216 x 140 mm c.300pp 9781009271912 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C
Theories of Doctrinal Development in the Catholic Church
Michael Seewald Translated by David West
Bringing a longue durée perspective to the issue, this book traces different theories of doctrinal development from antiquity to the present day.
February 2023 229 x 152 mm c.240pp 9781009272001 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
Phenomenology of the Icon
Mediating God through the Image Stephanie Rumpza
Interweaving art history, patristics, theology, and aesthetics, this original phenomenological study develops a fresh new approach to the icon.
March 2023 229 x 152 mm c.350pp 9781009317924 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
Resetting the Origins of Christianity
A New Theory of Sources and Beginnings Markus Vinzent
Interrogates standard interpretations of Christian origins handed down over the centuries.
December 2022 229 x 152 mm c.350pp 9781009290487 Hardback £30.00 / US$39.99 P
The Book of Lamentations
Joshua A. Berman
This volume interprets Lamentations as a systematic and carefully structured work, rather than randomly expressed theological positions.
New Cambridge Bible Commentary
March 2023 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 9781108440141 Paperback £22.99 / US$29.99 P
Evil and Theodicy
Laura W. Ekstrom
Provides an authoritative first resource on motivations for the project of theodicy, important theodicies, and connections to meaning in life.
Elements in the Problems of God
March 2023 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 9781009293044 Paperback £17.00 / US$22.00 P
Hosea, Joel, and Amos
Graham R. Hamborg
This commentary enables an appreciation of the books of Hosea, Joel and Amos as literary texts with continuing theological value.
New Cambridge Bible Commentary
February 2023 229 x 152 mm c.350pp 9781108712156 Paperback £26.99 / US$34.99 P
The Babylonian Talmud and Late Antique Book Culture
Monika Amsler
A new theory of the Talmud’s formation based on comparison with late antique intellectual and material standards of book production.
April 2023 229 x 152 mm c.243pp 9781009297332 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C
The Cambridge Companion to the Council of Trent
Edited by Nelson H. Minnich
Companion volume which brings together the latest scholarship on the principal issues treated at the Council of Trent.
Cambridge Companions to Religion
December 2023 229 x 152 mm c.358pp 9781108741392 Paperback £29.99 / US$39.99 P
