Religion and Philosophy

Swami Vivekananda’s own speeches and writings as well as accounts left by his disciples are many, but a comprehensive, objective and critical study...

In a focused assessment of one of the founding members of the liberal tradition in philosophy and a self-proclaimed “Under-Labourer” working to sup...

An introductory textbook, Logic for Justice covers, in full detail, the language and semantics of both propositional logic and first-order logic. I...

Thoroughly revised and expanded, this bestselling student text provides an authoritative, accessible guide to the three pivotal figures in the clas...

This book presents general readers and specialists alike with a broad survey of Islamic political thought in the six centuries from the rise of Isl...

Michel Foucault holds a central place in the academic landscape, particularly in literature, history, sociology and cultural studies. His groundbre...

The book gives an account of the life of the Hindus, which is largely the result of the worship of their deities. Having lived for many years in In...

This volume presents a comparison of seven major religious reformers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: For Islam, Jamal ad-Din ...

Between 1931 and 1935, Bertrand Russell contributed some 156 essays to the literary pages of the American newspaper New York American. These were o...

Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices offers a survey of Islamic history and thought from the formative period of the religion to the cont...

This study offers a fresh critical perspective on mystical poetry across cultures and faiths from a point of view that balances the Eastern and Wes...

If the Western world knows anything about Zen Buddhism, it is down to the efforts of one remarkable man, D.T. Suzuki. The twenty-seven year-old Jap...

Thought-provoking and with an astonishing range of references, On Being Authentic is a gripping journey into the self. Beginning with Socrates and ...

What is the basis of belief in an era when globalization, multiculturalism and big business are the new religion? Slavoj Zizek, renowned philosophe...

One of the world's most famous philosophers, Jacques Derrida, explores difficult questions in this important and engaging book. Is it still possibl...

What is courage and why is it one of the oldest and most admired virtues? Is courage characteristic of all cultures, or only some, and why is it so...

Does humour make us human, or do the cats and dogs laugh along with us? On Humour is a fascinating, beautifully written and funny book on what humo...

Drawing on examples from a wide range of landscapes from around the world and throughout history, this title considers the ways landscapes can affe...

John D. Caputo explores the very roots of religious thinking in this thought-provoking book. Compelling questions come up along the way: 'What do I...

Can science explain everything? Brian Ridley, a physicist himself, explores this question and more in this compelling exploration of both the scope...