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THE SHATTERING OF LONELINESS
On Christian RemembranceERIK VARDEN
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You Save: 37%The experience of loneliness is as universal as hunger or thirst. Because it affects us more intimately, we are less inclined to speak of it. But who has not known its gnawing ache? The fear of loneli... Learn More -
ROYAL BOOKS AND HOLY BONES
Essays in Medieval ChristianityEAMON DUFFY
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You Save: 37%In this book, which may be considered a sequel to Duffy’s The Stripping of the Altars, he makes further soundings in late medieval religion, but drills down to the particular and avoids any... Learn More -
FLOURISHING
Why We Need Religion in a Globalized WorldMIROSLAV VOLF
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You Save: 57%Integral to both globalisation and religions are compelling, overlapping and sometimes competing visions of what it means to live well. This perceptive book sheds light on how religions and globalisat... Learn More -
EXPLORING REALITY
The Intertwining of Science and ReligionJOHN POLKINGHORNE
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You Save: 45%This book continues the exploration of Christian theology through the prism of scientific enquiry, examining in particular the human reality of god in Jesus Christ, the diversity of human perspectives... Learn More -
PERSONAL IDENTITY AND BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY
Empty PersonsMARK SIDERITS
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You Save: 55%The author is one of the few philosophers equally expert in Buddhist philosophy and contemporary analytic philosophy; and who is as lucid on ethical matters as on metaphysical ones. This book is valua... Learn More -
KARL POPPER’S RESPONSE TO 1938
Edited by PETER MARKL and ERICH KADLEC
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You Save: 53%When Karl Popper received news of the events in Vienna in 1938, he decided to start working on two books which became classics in political philosophy. This volume deals with the lasting significance ... Learn More -
THE HIDDEN GOD
A Study of Tragic Vision in the Pensées of Pascal and the Tragedies of RacineLUCIEN GOLDMANN
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You Save: 51%This landmark text, first published in 1964, fleshes out the similarities between Pascal’s Pensées and Kant’s critical philosophy, contrasting them with the rationalism of Descartes and th... Learn More -
ARCHBISHOP RAMSEY
The Shape of the ChurchPETER WEBSTER
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You Save: 54%Michael Ramsey’s archiepiscopate from 1961 to 1974 saw profound renegotiations of the relationship of the Church of England with its own flock, with the nation more widely, with the Anglican church ... Learn More -
REVERENCE
Renewing a Forgotten VirtuePAUL WOODRUFF
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Drawing on thinking in Greek and Chinese traditions, Woodruff argues that reverence is a virtue that begins in an understanding of human limitations. From this grows the capacity to be in awe of whate... Learn More -
THE BED OF PROCRUSTES
Philosophical and Practical AphorismsNASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB
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You Save: 43%An investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. Its title is from Greek mythology: the story of a man who made his ... Learn More
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