Religion
Paul Ricoeur and the Poetic Imperative
Looks at Ricoeur’s writings on love and justice, prominent toward the end of his life, and how these serve as an interpretive key to his thought as a whole.
Religion without Belief
Shows there is a strong religious impulse in postmodern literature and film.
The Socially Involved Renunciate
A translation and analysis of Guru Nanak’s description of the Sikh path to spiritual liberation.
Dreamworlds of Shamanism and Tibetan Buddhism
Explores shamanic and Tibetan Buddhist attitudes toward dreams.
The Perfectibility of Human Nature in Eastern and Western Thought
Explores the issue of the perfectibility of nature in philosophy, psychology, and a variety of world religions.
Dante and Derrida
Discusses Derrida as a religious thinker, reading Dante’s Commedia and Derrida’s religious writings together.
Environmental Values in Christian Art
Discusses the expression of environmental values in Christian art as it displaced pagan aesthetics from the third century to the Reformation.
Sacred Kōyasan
Takes the reader on a pilgrimage to Mount Kōya, the holy Buddhist mountain in Japan.
A Survey of Hinduism
The third edition of this well-regarded introduction to Hinduism adds new material on the religion’s origins, on its relations with rival traditions, and on Hindu science.
The History of al-Ṭabarī Volume XL
The index to the 39-volume History of al-Tabari.
The Prince and the Monk
How Shinran, a seminal figure in Pure Land Buddhism, was guided by a vision of Shōtoku, the imperial prince who was both a political and religious figure..
On Buddhism
Six lectures by eminent Buddhist thinker Keiji Nishitani reflecting on Buddhism for the modern world.
Cosmology and Architecture in Premodern Islam
A fascinating exploration of how the transcendent is expressed in the spatial sensibility of premodern Islam.
Religious Studies and Comparative Methodology
A contribution to the methodology of religious studies, this work discusses using comparison to provide mutual illumination among religious traditions while avoiding the problem of assimilating one tradition to another.
Gods after God
An erudite but eminently readable guide to contemporary radical theologies.
Access to God in Augustine's Confessions
Continuing his groundbreaking reappraisal of the Confessions, Carl G. Vaught shows how Augustine's solutions to philosophical and theological problems emerge and discusses the longstanding question of the work's unity.
Alternative Krishnas
Going beyond the standard depictions of Krishna in the epics, this book uses regional and vernacular sources to present a wide range of Krishna traditions.
The Broken Whole
Considers the problem of pluralism and offers a vision of human solidarity for the postmodern era.
Progressive Illumination
Remarkable reflection on Cardinal Newman.
A Platonic Philosophy of Religion
Explores the process or neoclassical interpretation of Plato's thought on God.
AIDS and American Apocalypticism
Looks at how both anti-gay and AIDS activists use apocalyptic language to describe the AIDS crisis.
Gandhi's Pilgrimage of Faith
Documents the lifelong journey of faith—full of challenges along the way—that made Gandhi the enlightened spiritual leader we revere.
The Deities Are Many
Provides a theology of polytheism—the belief in many deities—using examples from a wide range of world religions.
Thinking through the Death of God
A critical exploration of the thought of radical theologian Thomas J. J. Altizer, including a response from Altizer and a comprehensive bibliography of his work.
In Deference to the Other
Explores the work of Bernard Lonergan in light of contemporary continental thought.