Although still unpublished when Edith Stein was killed in Auschwitz, Stein's philosophical magnum opus was finally published in a complete form in 2009 and recently re-translated into English. This guide provides a sure-footed introduction to Stein's vision of the meaning of being, including contextual essays and a detailed synopsis.
Yoga is a popular and beneficial evidence-based health practice. This book addresses the origins, explores yoga's evolution, and outlines current scientific research as well as contemporary discussions related to the possibilities as well as the politicization of this ancient Indian practice.
This book explores Caputo's proposal for a radical theology of our time. Philosophers and theologians from within Europe respond to Caputo's attempt to configure a less rigid, less dogmatic form of religion. These scholars, in turn, receive responses by Caputo, therebystrengthening the development of radical theology in Europe and abroad.
Though nominalism is a major presupposition in academia and western society, R. Scott Smith shows that nominalism undermines all knowledge whatsoever. In light of the many clear examples of knowledge that we do have, nominalism should be replaced by a realist view of properties.
Lonergan's Approach for Pastoral and Spiritual Counseling
How to improve your spiritual growth? The author, creator of the Speed Method, presents a theoretical-practical training manual which becomes an opportunity and a concrete support for the counselors in view of a new spiritual springtime for the Church and human care.
Unearthing the Unknown Whitehead argues that the previously unpublished materials appearing in the recent volumes of the Critical Edition of Whitehead call for a complete reconsideration of Whitehead's philosophical corpus and stand to turn some of what readers think they know about Alfred North Whitehead on its head.
The question of whether the existence of evil in the world is compatible with the existence of an all-knowing, all-powerful, all-good God has been debated for centuries. Many have addressed classical arguments from evil, and while recent scholarship in analytic philosophy of religion has produced newer formulations of the problem, most of these ......
Creation as Participation in Augustine and Aquinas
Ge argues that by transforming participatory ontology in light of creatio ex nihilo, Augustine and Aquinas have developed a distinctively Christian metaphysics that offers a promising solution to the modern dialectic of the One and the Many.