"Faith, Rationality and the Passions" presents a fresh and original examination of the relation of religious faith, philosophical rationality and the passions. Contributions see leading scholars refute the widely-held belief that religious Enlightenment forced passion and reason apart.Leading Philos[...]
The thought of Gregory of Nyssa, the youngest of the fourth--cenrtury a Cappadociana Fathers, is currently at the centre of a number of important theological debates. This collection of specially commissioned essays calls the long--accepted interpretation of Gregorya s trinitarianism into radical q[...]
A creative new venture in systematic theology which tackles the intrinsic relation of God and 'sexuality'.[...]
A creative new venture in systematic theology which tackles the intrinsic relation of God and 'sexuality'.[...]
In this book Sarah Coakley confronts a central paradox of theological feminism -- what she terms a the paradox of power and vulnerabilitya . * Confronts a central paradox of theological feminism -- what Coakley terms a paradox of power and vulnerabilitya . * Explores this issue through the perspect[...]
Sarah Coakley is one of the most exciting and creative figures in contemporary theology. Her far-reaching systematic vision of the Christian faith has integrated insights from systematic theology, gender studies, sociology, patristics, analytic phiIosophy of religion, and evolutionary biology. This [...]
Is it possible to see, hear, touch, smell and taste God? How do we understand the biblical promise that the 'pure in heart' will 'see God'? Christian thinkers as diverse as Origen of Alexandria, Bonaventure, Jonathan Edwards and Hans Urs von Balthasar have all approached these questions in distincti[...]