Gandhi's Philosophy and Quest for Harmony
A remarkable and original study of Gandhi building on his contention that the modern world needed a working harmony between secular and spiritual pursuits, especially…… Read More »
Category: Philosophy Spirituality
What a Piece of Work - on Being Human
Essays by a Christian theologian on what it means to be human. The short chapters take the form of sermon-essays on a variety of themes,…… Read More »
Trading Faith
This is the third book reviewed in this issue written either by a theologian or priest who is seeking to expand the relevance of Christianity…… Read More »
The Enduring Melody
Michael Mayne is Dean emeritus of Westminster and the former head of religious programmes at the BBC. This is an extraordinary book in three parts.…… Read More »
What Islam Did for Us
With its subtitle 'understanding Islam's contribution to Western civilisation', this book actually offers rather more, and one understands why when one reads that the author…… Read More »
Religion Online
An eye-opening and timely volume about finding faith on the Internet. The four parts deal with being religious in cyberspace, mainstream religions in cyberspace, new…… Read More »
Bringing God Back to Earth
John Hunt has spent a lifetime in publishing and is now the managing editor of O Books with its fine list. Highly readable and well-informed,…… Read More »
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Utility
This is the seventh volume in the St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs, and is subtitled 'happiness in philosophical and economic thought.' On…… Read More »
Consciousness and its Place in Nature
This volume, whose title echoes C.D. Broad's 'The Mind and its Place in Nature' of 80 years ago asks if physicalism entails panpsychism. It consists…… Read More »
The Future for Philosophy
The title of this book is unusual in using the conjunction 'for' rather than 'of'. It is a collection of articles that aims to assess…… Read More »