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Adams, Pattison, & Ward, The Oxford Handbook of Theology and Modern European...
Next month Oxford University Press will publish The Oxford Handbook of Theology and Modern European Thought edited by Nicholas Adams (University of Edinburgh), George Pattison (University of Oxford),...
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Niemeyer, “The Loss and Recovery of Truth”
I first encountered the writing of the political theorist Gerhart Niemeyer in a college course in post-War intellectual history. Together with Eric Voegelin, Niemeyer was an important and interesting...
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Jean Bethke Elshtain and “Legal Moralism”
Via First Things and Mirror of Justice, I learn of the passing of Professor Jean Bethke Elshtain. I was fortunate to get to know Jean a little bit in the last few years. She was an incisive...
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Tocqueville on Protestantism and Natural Religion: Part I
To this point, we have seen that Tocqueville believes that religion is necessary to the well-being of society, and especially to market democracies. Since the religious sentiment is natural to human...
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Tocqueville on Protestantism and Natural Religion: Part II
Rousseau: “The Savoyard Vicar” In my last post, I introduced the subject of Tocqueville’s views on natural religion. As we shall see, Tocqueville believed that Protestantism had an inherent tendency to...
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Troy, “Religion and the Realist Tradition: From Political Theology to...
On September 6, Routledge will publish Religion and the Realist Tradition: From Political Theology to International Relations Theory and Back by Jodok Troy (University of Innsbruck). The publisher’s...
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“Just War: Authority, Tradition, and Practice” (Lang et al., eds.)
This July, Georgetown University Press published Just Law: Authority, Tradition, and Practice edited by Anthony F. Lang Jr. (University of St. Andrews), Cian O’Driscoll (University of Glasgow), and...
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Tocqueville and Habermas
After their decisive victory over a larger Austrian force in the Battle of Leuthen (1757), the soldiers of the Prussian Army broke out spontaneously in the great Lutheran hymn, Nun danket alle Gott –...
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Roberts, “Encountering Religion: Responsibility and Criticism After Secularism”
This month, Columbia University Press publishes Encountering Religion: Responsibility and Criticism After Secularism by Tyler Roberts (Grinnell College). The publisher’s description follows. Tyler...
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Religion without God
Religion without God is the late Ronald Dworkin’s last work, published posthumously in September. It’s a short book; a publisher’s note explains that Dworkin planned to expand the work greatly before...
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“The Original Atheists” (S.T. Joshi, ed.)
Next month, Random House publishes The Original Atheists, an anthology of 18th-century writings edited by S.T. Joshi. (Did atheism really originate in the 18th Century?). The publisher’s description...
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Godlove, “Kant and the Meaning of Religion”
This month, Columbia University Press publishes “Kant and the Meaning of Religion” by Terry Godlove (Hofstra University). The publisher’s description follows: Terry F. Godlove discovers in Immanuel...
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“The Future of Continental Philosophy of Religion” (Crockett, et al., eds.)
In June, Indiana University Press published “The Future of Continental Philosophy of Religion” edited by Clayton Crockett (University of Central Arkansas), B. Keith Putt (Samford University), and...
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Hart, “Kingdoms of God”
This October, Indiana University Press will release “Kingdoms of God” by Kevin Hart (University of Virginia). The publisher’s description follows: What did Jesus mean by the expression, the Kingdom of...
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Cross, “Constitutions and Religious Freedom”
In January, Cambridge University Press will release “Constitutions and Religious Freedom” by Frank B. Cross (University of Texas, Austin). The publisher’s description follows: Many of us take for...
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“Rawls and Religion” (Bailey & Gentile, eds.)
In January, Columbia University Press will release “Rawls and Religion” edited by Tom Bailey (John Cabot University, Rome) and Valentina Gentile (LUISS University, Rome). The publisher’s description...
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Novak, “Zionism and Judaism: A New Theory”
In February, Cambridge University Press will release “Zionism and Judaism: A New Theory” by David Novak (University of Toronto). The publisher’s description follows: Why should anyone be a Zionist, a...
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Hashkes, “Rabbinic Discourse as a System of Knowledge”
In March, Brill will release “Rabbinic Discourse as a System of Knowledge” by Hannah E. Hashkes. The publisher’s description follows: In Rabbinic Discourse as a System of Knowledge Hannah Hashkes...
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Macklem, “Law and Life in Common”
Several years ago, I stumbled on the philosopher Timothy Macklem’s book, Independence of Mind, one of whose chapters concerned the distinction between trust and faith in explaining the good of...
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Adamson, “Studies on Early Arabic Philosophy”
In May, Ashgate released “Studies on Early Arabic Philosophy” by Peter Adamson (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Germany). The publisher’s description follows: Philosophy in the Islamic world from the...
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