Philosophy

Shows how such a claim entails a 'non-ontology' suspended between rational philosophy and revealed theology, interweaving the two, while denying them any pure autonomy from each other. The author defends the claim by Henri de Lubac that Western...

Offering Christians today an alternative way of believing the Christian faith, this book sets a vision about the future of Christianity. It looks inspirational figures of the 20th Century who embody Christian humanism, who brought together their...

This work addresses the crisis of Christianity in the West and is directed at anyone willing to have a serious look at the issues involved. It offers 95 discussion starters for bemused contemporaries and offers a bold proposal for a viable form of...

A widely-welcomed account of Christian belief which looks in a helpful way at the perplexing questions which thinking people have to face about God, Jesus, the Trinity, salvation, other faiths, the history of the church, morality, evil and death.

Vernon White's refreshing and philosophically nuanced treatment of identity focuses on the notion of change as being fundamental to human life. On the one hand, change resonates with hope, creativity and new life; on the other hand, it reminds...

We live in a world characterised by high-tech capitalism, wide-ranging and frightening inequalities, and challenging but enriching diversities. We have constructed ourselves a demanding performance culture where we are what we do and we are what we...

Briefly: 25 Great Philosophers from Plato to Sartre outlines the lives of 25 of the Great Philosophers from the western tradition, including Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Descartes, Locke, Hume, Kant, Mill, Russell and Sartre, and explores some of their...

Perhaps human beings are animals, driven by the will to survive and reproduce, perhaps responsibility is a useful fiction and religion is the opium of the masses. Perhaps death is the end, life is ultimately meaningless, brutish and short. Perhaps...