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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Hume's reflection on religion	Miguel A Badía Cabrera	xiii, 328 p. ; 24 cm	OL12017153W
Conceiving God	J. David Lewis-Williams	This book is a controversial exploration of the origin of religion in the neurology of the human brain. The author first describes how science developed within the cocoon of religion and then shows h…	OL15422279W
Anarchy Evolution	Greg Graffin	A provocative look at the collision between religion and science-by the founding member of the cult punk band Bad Religion who is also a professor.	OL15488626W
God in pain	Slavoj Žižek	285 p. ; 21 cm	OL16499061W
Ancient models of mind	D. N. Sedley,Andrea Wilson Nightingale	"How does god think? How, ideally, does a human mind function? Must a gap remain between these two paradigms of rationality? Such questions exercised the greatest ancient philosophers, including thos…	OL16941931W
Derrida, myth, and the impossibility of philosophy	Anais Spitzer	In Derrida, Myth and the Impossibility of Philosophy, Anais N. Spitzer shows that philosophy cannot separate itself from myth since myth is an inevitable condition of the possibility of philosophy. B…	OL16977175W
Agamben and theology	Colby Dickinson	Though the work of Italian theorist Giorgio Agamben has been increasing in popularity over the last several years in the English-speaking world, little work has been done directly on the theological …	OL16986400W
The faith instinct	Nicholas Wade	Draws on a broad range of scientific evidence to theorize an evolutionary basis for religion, considering how religion may have served as an essential component of early society survival and that the…	OL18670064W
Introducing religion	Russell T. McCutcheon,Willi Braun,Jonathan Z. Smith	"To mark the contribution of one of the most influential theorists of religion, thirty-one leading scholars of religion from around the world put their minds together to work on problems of introduci…	OL18774290W
Ancient Models of Mind	Andrea Wilson Nightingale	Leading scholars explore the theme of human and divine rationality in ancient cognitive and moral psychology.	OL19826537W
The religion of tomorrow	Ken Wilber	A provocative examination of how the great religious traditions can remain relevant in modern times by incorporating scientific truths learned about human nature over the last century - using Buddhis…	OL20055730W
Jesus and jihad	Robert F. Shedinger	Few words inspire more fear in Americans these days than jihad. Its mere utterance conjures up images of car bombs exploding in crowded markets; Boeing 737s crashing into tall buildings; and flag-bur…	OL20655585W
Philosophical thinking and the religious context	Santiago Sia,Brendan Sweetman	"This new collection covers a wide range of cutting-edge and timely questions in contemporary philosophy of religion from a rich variety of backgrounds and perspectives. The essays in the volume deal…	OL20957387W
The Wisdom of Insecurity	Alan Watts	amazing insight. helps westerners step back and look at their actions and how they relate to the world around them. the mere desire to "be secure" is what actually makes you insecure. all about time…	OL266158W
Thinking about religion	Richard L. Purtill	This introduction to philosophy of religion is aimed at the problems which most interest students. As the author explains in his preface, "Students today have a wide range of perplexities about relig…	OL4117649W
Through Narcissus' glass darkly	David S. Pacini	"Through Narcissus' Glass Darkly presents a genealogy and critique of the ideal of conscience in modern philosophical theology, particularly in the writings of Hobbes, Rousseau, and Kant. It shows wh…	OL5279857W
Faith in a hard ground	Anscombe, G. E. M.	Essays by the celebrated twentieth-century philosopher, G.E.M. Anscombe.	OL5625126W
Breaking the Spell	Daniel C. Dennett	For all the thousands of books that have been written about religion, few until this one have attempted to examine it scientifically: to ask why—and how—it has shaped so many lives so strongly. Is re…	OL7440997W
Levinas and the philosophy of religion	Jeffrey L. Kosky	"For readers who suspect there is no place for religion and morality in postmodern philosophy, Jeffrey L. Kosky suggests otherwise in this interpretation of the ethical and religious dimensions of Le…	OL7797702W
The Serpent's Gift	Jeffrey John Kripal	"Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field." With those words in Genesis, God condemns the serpent for tempting Adam and Eve, and the serpent h…	OL9167845W