10 Good Questions about Life and Death
An informal and clearly written book addressing some central questions: Is Life Sacred? Is it Bad to Die? Might I Live On? Should I Take…… Read More »
Category: Philosophy Spirituality
The Challenge of Islam
Written by a New Zealand philosopher, this book is a timely contribution to interfaith dialogue. It falls into three parts which deal with understanding Islam…… Read More »
The Thoughtful Guide to Science & Religion
Subtitled 'using science, experience and religion to discover your own destiny', this is a rich book that weaves these three themes together with significant experiences…… Read More »
Holy Terror
The title of this book highlights the paradox at its heart, namely that the sacred is a Janus-faced power, 'at once life-giving and death-dealing' which…… Read More »
Truth
A book emerging from the author's Gifford Lectures in Glasgow in 2004, its central theme is the tension between absolute and relative viewpoints, especially in…… Read More »
Jesus in the World's Faiths
A unique book giving perspectives on Jesus from five religious traditions: Buddhism, Christianity itself, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism. The format is a lead essay with…… Read More »
The Kabbalah Experience
This book is true to its subtitle - it is indeed a comprehensive practical guide to the Kabbalah, bringing it into a contemporary idiom corresponding…… Read More »
Providence in the Book of Job
A scholarly work addressing the problem of theodicy - the search for God's mind as the author puts it - through an analysis of the…… Read More »
God's Advocates
Rupert Shortt is Religion Editor of the Times Literary Supplement and author of books on Rowan Williams and Benedict XVI - hence he is well…… Read More »
On the Nature of Significance of the Crafts
Three short essays on the architect W. R. Lethaby, the calligrapher Edward Johnston and the writer Ananda Coomaraswamy, with an introduction by Keith Critchlow. The…… Read More »