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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? The author argues that we cannot know reality on the basis of naturalism.

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 organizations. This book examines different forms of religion in Brazil.

Moral thinking finds itself stranded between the particular and the universal. This work on narrative aims to undo the perceived damage done by the Enlightenment by returning to narrative and abandoning the illusion of a disembodied reason that claims to be able give a coherent explanation for everything.

Reveals that phenomenology and eschatology are fundamentally inter-related. This book argues that without eschatology, phenomenology would not have developed the ethical and temporal aspects that characterize it; and without phenomenology, eschatology would remain relegated to the sidelines of serious theological discourse.

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.

Brings together a discussion of feminist theological methodology with a critical exploration of the doctrine of the Trinity. Focussing on what's right with the Trinity as opposed to what's wrong with the Trinity, this book considers the usefulness of this doctrine for feminist theology.

The question of why or how it is rational to trust anyone has been the typical focus of philosophers, with an underlying assumption that trust must be justified. In most cases, trust is portrayed as irrational. The author argues that a grammatical investigation of the concept of trust can help rectify this mistreatment.

By embracing the possibilities opened up by Ricoeurian hermeneutics, the author explains how concepts such as revelation, tradition, orthodoxy and moral conscience may be understood in a hermeneutical way without being deemed sectarian or unorthodox.

Using philosophical debates about knowledge and truth, the author seeks to understand the significance of Christ. Building on the work of Hegel, he argues that Christ has made possible the developments in human consciousness that restore humanity's relationship to the surrounding world.

Explores the epiclesis or invocation of the Holy Spirit in the Eucharistic Prayer, using the Anglican tradition as an historical model of a communion of churches in conscious theological and liturgical dialogue with Christian antiquity.

Explores the connection between the source event of the Church's life and the transformative encounter with Christ in the Eucharist, the effects of which are seen in social/ethical/political action and the Church's mission.

Presents an evangelical approach for theological conversation with postmodern thinkers. This work draws upon insights from radical postmodern thought and seeks to advance an apologetic approach to the Christian faith that acknowledges a mosaic of human sources including experience, literature, and the imagination.

To claim to believe in God without accepting that God exists independently of human minds would mean reducing God to merely a human construct, thus not real enough for being the object of religious worship. This book sets out to challenge this common view on existence and religious belief.

Investigates the intersection of theology and social theory in the work of Jurgen Moltmann. This book examines the way in which his concept of the 'Exodus Church' can illuminate the importance of the idea of civil society for a Christian public theology.

This book explores recent developments in South African Pentecostalism, focusing on new prophetic churches.

This book focuses on recognition and its relation to religion and theology, in both systematic and historical dimensions. Exploring early Christian and Medieval sources on recognition and religion, it also offers contemporary applications of this underexplored combination.

This volume tests and contests the claim that the Global Ethic¿s ethical directives can be found in the world¿s religious, spiritual, and cultural traditions.

This book identifies both the consistencies and disparities between Catholic Social Teaching and the United Nation's (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This book is a pneumatological reflection on the use and abuse of Spirit in light of the abuse of religion within South African Pentecostalism.

Demonstrating that in late modernity, parallel to rising nationalisms, there is a shift towards religious communities becoming the central axis for cultural organization and progressive thinking, this book presents Greece as a case study based on empirical field data from contemporary theology and religious education.

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.