Continuum imprint: 595 books
Gender and Religion, 2nd Edition
The Dark Side of Scripture
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
When did patriarchy start and why? What explanation did the major world religions offer for women's inferiority? How have their beliefs and scriptures influenced women's lives in different parts of the world where they are the dominant faith?
Gender and Religion 2nd Edition investigates the statement...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
Ordained Anglican ministry is changing rapidly. Soon the majority of clergy are likely to be volunteers and, especially in rural areas, female. All mainstream Churches recognise that new contexts need new forms of ministry. Ordained Local Ministers (OLMs) are priests specifically called out by their...
by Dr T. J. Mawson
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2011
In everyday life, we often suppose ourselves to be free to choose between several courses of action. But if we examine further, we find that this view seems to rest on metaphysical and meta-ethical presuppositions almost all of which look problematic.
How can we be free if everything is determined...
Violence, Desire, and the Sacred, Volume 1
Girard's Mimetic Theory Across the Disciplines
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
Violence, Desire and the Sacred presents the most up-to-date inter-disciplinary work being developed with the ground-breaking insights of René Girard's mimetic theory. The collection showcases the work of outstanding scholars in mimetic theory and how they are applying and developing Girard's insights...
Free Will and Continental Philosophy
The Death without Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Free Will and Continental Philosophy explores the concepts of free-will and self-determination in the Continental philosophical tradition. David Rose examines the ways in which Continental philosophy offers a viable alternative to the hegemonic scientistic approach taken by analytic philosophy. Rose...
by Professor James Wetzel
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2010
This is a student's guide to the life and work of Augustine; a notoriously challenging thinker, widely read in Philosophy and Christian Theology. The book provides a concise and coherent overview of Augustine, introducing all the key concepts and themes, and is ideal for undergraduates who require more than just a simple introduction to his work and thought.
by Dr Chris Lawn, Niall Keane
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2011
The Gadamer Dictionary is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the world of Hans-Georg Gadamer. Meticulously researched and extensively cross-referenced, this unique book covers all his major works, ideas and influences and provides a firm grounding in the central themes of Gadamer's thought. Students...
A History of Catholic Moral Theology in the Twentieth Century
From Confessing Sins to Liberating Consciences
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2010
This is an historical survey of 20th Century Roman Catholic Theological Ethics (also known as moral theology). The thesis is that only through historical investigation can we really understand how the most conservative and negative field in Catholic theology at the beginning of the 20th could become...
Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations
Universalism, Constructivism and Near-Death Experience
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Gregory Shushan challenges post-modern scholarly attitudes concerning cross-cultural comparisons in the study of religions. In an original and innovative piece of comparative research, he analyses afterlife conceptions in five ancient civilisations (Old and Middle Kingdom Egypt, Sumerian and Old Babylonian...
Studying Judaism
The Critical Issues
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
This volume in the Studying World Religions series is an essential guide to the study of Judaism. Clearly structured to cover all the major areas of study, including historical foundations, scripture, worship, society, material culture, thought and ethics, this is the ideal study aid for those approaching...
From Ricoeur to Action
The Socio-Political Significance of Ricoeur's Thinking
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
From Ricoeur to Action engages with the thinking of the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) in order to propose innovative responses to 21st-century problems actively contributing to global conflict. Ricoeur's ability to draw from a diverse field of philosophers and theologians and to provide...
Supporting Deaf Children and Young People
Strategies for Intervention, Inclusion and Improvement
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2011
The majority of deaf children are taught in the mainstream system, but are much more likely to underachieve at school than their hearing counterparts.
Supporting Deaf Children and Young People is a comprehensive guide to working with deaf and hearing-impaired students in a variety of educational...
by John Cavanagh
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2003
Through a series of interviews with a wide range of people connected to Pink Floyd in their earliest days (including Nick Mason, Peter Jenner, Jenny Fabian, Storm Thorgerson, Duggie Fields and Peter Whitehead), John Cavanagh paints a vivid picture of how this remarkable debut album was created. He...
The Aesthetics of Education
Theatre, Curiosity, and Politics in the Work of Jacques Ranciere and Paulo Freire
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This innovative book examines the aesthetic event of education.  Extending beyond the pedagogy of art or art appreciation, Tyson E. Lewis takes a much broader view of aesthetics and argues that teaching and learning are themselves aesthetic performances. As Jacques Ranciere has recently...