From advertising and merchandising, to Bratz and Voodoo Dolls, to the images of Bill Henson, Getting Real puts the spotlight on the sexualisation a...

There are several ways of envisioning creationism. Some believers will see the mark of God in this struggle of his faithful to defend the truth of ...

The task given to the authors of these essays-three scholars from three different continents-was to examine the phenomenon of intelligence. We unde...

Freedom of religion or belief implies that people have the right to embrace a full range of thoughts and beliefs, including those that others might...

In 1990 the Worldwatch Institute in Washington estimated that humankind had forty years to make the transition to an environmentally stable society...

It seems that people often have trouble getting along together. Families argue, neighbors come to blows, countries lob weapons at each other. Is th...

This book of essays, is a result of the Science and Religion Course programs (SRCP) workshop held in Adelaide Australia during January 2001. The es...

This timely book examines ethical issues from the beginning of life, right through to the end of life. It deals with matters surrounding conception...

Towards the end of the 1190s a Norwegian canon -- his name is unknown -- composed a dramatic account of the Danish-Norwegian expedition drawing upo...

Kosher Jesus is a project of more than six years research and writing. The book seeks to offer to Jews and Christians the real story of Jesus, a wh...

Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’ is a game-changing document for the life of the Church and the ecological health of this planet. A Catholic vision is def...

Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’ is a game-changing document for the life of the Church and the ecological health of this planet. A Catholic vision is def...

It was rare, if not impossible, to find in the 1980's and 90's a Muslim cleric who spoke in favor of democracy, integration with the Western world,...

To date, little has been published about the place of spirituality in working with survivors of intimate partner violence. Overcoming Conflicting L...

The theme of this volume is the question of value-perception. It is discussed from different philosophical, psychiatric, theological, and anthropol...

Athol Gill--teacher, community-builder, advocate of justice, peacemaker, Christian gadfly! When he died a decade ago, the Australian church lost a ...

The book is aimed at senior high school and college students as a textbook, a book to be used in a classroom setting in course in science and relig...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of women and religion, ethics, and the science of religion. Topics discussed includ...

There is compelling evidence that religious involvement and spiritual attitudes are beneficial to health. Religious involvement has been associated...

Religion and magic have often played important roles in Baltic, Eastern European, and post- USSR societies like those in Russia, Romania, Serbia, L...

Religion and science in the context of Chinese culture is indeed a complex and multi-faceted dialogue, The approaches to the dialogue of each of th...

The end of the 20th century and the start of the the 21st century have brought too many questions concerning religion and violence in a new and urg...

The 2010s saw an introduction of legislative acts about religion, sexuality, and culture in Russia, which caused an uproar of protests. They politi...

The book is a collection of scholarly essays about the interrelationships between religion and religious institutions, nations and nation building,...