Christianity Books

New and Published Books

1. Christianity and Critical Realism

   Ambiguity, Truth and Theological Literacy

   By Andrew Wright

   Series: New Studies in Critical Realism and Spirituality

   One of the key achievements of critical realism has been to expose the modernist myth of universal reason, which holds that authentic knowledge claims must be objectively ‘pure’, uncontaminated by the subjectivity of local place, specific time and particular culture. Wright aims to address...

   Published September 17th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Politics of Moral Sin

   Abortion and Divorce in Spain, Chile and Argentina

   By Merike Blofield

   Series: Latin American Studies

   This book analyzes the problems that arise when women's rights conflict with the views of conservative organized religion. Specifically, it addresses the legalization – or lack thereof – of divorce and abortion in three recently democratized Catholic countries: Spain, Chile, and...

   Published May 7th 2012 by Routledge
3. Palestinian Christians in Israel

   State Attitudes towards Non-Muslims in a Jewish State

   By Una McGahern

   Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series

   Although Christians form a significant proportion of the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel, very little research has, until now, been undertaken to examine their complicated position within Israel. This book demonstrates the limits of analyses which characterise state-minority relations in Israel...

   Published July 26th 2011 by Routledge
4. Continuity, Change and Crisis in Contemporary Ireland

   Edited by Brian Girvin, Gary Murphy

   The focus of this book is to analyse from a number of perspectives the politics of change in Ireland north and south since 1969. The emergence of the troubles in Northern Ireland, the final push to gain entry to the EEC, changing social mores and severe economic difficulties all begin to appear on...

   Published February 23rd 2010 by Routledge
5. Queer Inclusion in the United Methodist Church

   By Amanda Udis-Kessler

   Series: New Approaches in Sociology

   The United Methodist Church has been in conflict over lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender inclusion issues since 1972. That year, in response to the gay liberation and gay rights movements, wording was added to the UMC Book of Discipline (the compilation of denominational policies and doctrines)...

   Published May 12th 2008 by Routledge
6. One Nation Under God?

   Religion and American Culture

   Edited by Marjorie Garber, Rebecca Walkowitz

   Series: CultureWork: A Book Series from the Center for Literacy and Cultural Studies at Harvard

   One Nation Under God? is a remarkable consideration of how religion manifests itself in America today....

   Published August 17th 1999 by Routledge