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Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy

Posted by Dr Terry Cooke-Davies | Sep 2, 2020 | Books |

Evil threatens human reason, for it challenges our hope that the world makes sense. For eighteenth-century Europeans, the Lisbon earthquake was manifest evil. Today we view evil as a matter of human cruelty, and Auschwitz as its extreme incarnation. Examining our understanding of evil from the Inquisition to contemporary terrorism, Susan Neiman explores who we have become in the three centuries that separate us from the early Enlightenment. In the process, she rewrites the history of modern thought and points philosophy back to the questions that originally animated it.

Ethics: A Very Short Introduction

Posted by Dr Terry Cooke-Davies | Sep 2, 2020 | Books |

Our self-image as moral, well-behaved creatures is dogged by scepticism, relativism, hypocrisy, and nihilism, by the fear that in a Godless world science has unmasked us as creatures fated by our genes to be selfish and tribalistic, or competitive and aggressive. In this ‘sparklingly clear’ (Guardian) introduction to ethics Simon Blackburn tackles the major moral questions surrounding birth, death, happiness, desire and freedom, showing us how we should think about
the meaning of life, and how we should mistrust the soundbite-sized absolutes that often dominate moral debates.

Engaging the Powers

Posted by Dr Terry Cooke-Davies | Sep 2, 2020 | Books |

Wink explores the problem of evil today and how it relates to the New Testament concept of Principalities and Powers. He asks the question “How can we oppose evil without creating new evils and being made evil ourselves?” Winner of the Pax Christi Award, the Academy of Parish Clergy Book of the Year, and the Midwest Book Achievement Award for Best Religious Book.

Ecology and Religion

Posted by Dr Terry Cooke-Davies | Sep 2, 2020 | Books |

From the Psalms in the Bible to the sacred rivers in Hinduism, the natural world has been integral to the world’s religions. John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker contend that today’s growing environmental challenges make the relationship ever more vital.

Discipleship on the Edge

Posted by Dr Terry Cooke-Davies | Sep 1, 2020 | Books |

Revelation is probably the most read, but least understood book of the Bible. History is replete with examples of how not to interpret it, and books featuring end-of-world prophecy claims based on Revelation consistently top the bestseller lists. But how can the message of such an enigmatic book be applied to our lives today?

Subject: Historical and philosophical studies

Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy

Ethics: A Very Short Introduction

Engaging the Powers

Ecology and Religion

Discipleship on the Edge

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