Keith Ward 
Religion in the Modern World 
Celebrating Pluralism and Diversity

Robert Saler examines the small but influential Death to the World movement in US Eastern Orthodox Christianity . Presenting a case study in theological aesthetics, Saler demonstrates how a relativel …

This book explores the unique challenges of disenfranchisement faced by Christian chaplains working within the secular and pluralistic context of contemporary healthcare. The case study focuses on pr …

Park investigates the unexpected success of early Korean creationists, who were mostly scientists, and argues that creationism is not a product of the lack of intelligence or proper scientific …

The Q-Hypothesis has functioned as a mainstay of study of the synoptic gospels for many years. Increasingly it comes under fire. In this volume leading proponents of Q, as well as of the case against …

Late-modern theology is marked by persistent and widespread uncertainty as to how the wrath of God can be taken up as a legitimate theme within dogmatics. Rather than engage the most fundamental task …

This book examines science fiction”s relationship to religion and the sacred through the lens of significant books, films and television shows. It provides a clear account of the larger cultural and …

This is the first volume to provide a wide range of postcolonial interpretations of and commentaries upon significant texts in the Hebrew Bible. The volume intersects with the work of the key …

Racism and sectarianism makes an important contribution to the discussion on the ’crisis of anti-racism’ in the United Kingdom. The book looks at two phenomena that are rarely examined together – …

This volume argues that the notion of “affections” discussed by Jonathan Edwards (and Christian theologians before him) means something very different from what contemporary English speakers now call …

This is the first book to provide an introduction to contemporary cultural approaches to the study of religion. This book makes sophisticated ideas accessible at an introductory level, and examines …