Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies
About the Book Series
The Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies series brings high quality research monograph publishing back into focus for authors, international libraries, and student, academic and research readers. This open-ended monograph series presents cutting-edge research from both established and new authors in the field. With specialist focus yet clear contextual presentation of contemporary research, books in the series take research into important new directions and open the field to new critical debate within the discipline, in areas of related study, and in key areas for contemporary society.
Natural Theology: A Reassessment
1st Edition
By Andrew Ter Ern Loke
September 09, 2025
Natural Theology: A Reassessment offers corrections to widespread misinterpretations of the authoritative sources of Christian theology and shows that these sources affirm a traditional view of natural theology that refers to what can be rationally believed about God without using religious ...
Anglican Confirmation 1945–2000: From ‘The Sacramental Principle’ to ‘The Challenge of Baptismal Unity’
1st Edition
By Phillip Tovey
June 27, 2025
The focus of this book is the theology, liturgy and practice of Anglican Confirmation from 1945 to 2000. It is the third book in a series on Anglican Confirmation. The first chapters look at confirmation on a global and ecumenical level. How have questions about the place and performance of ...
The Music of Theology: Language – Space – Silence
1st Edition
By Andrew Hass, Mattias Martinson, Laurens ten Kate
June 27, 2025
This book reconceives theology as a musical endeavour in critical tension with language, space and silence. An Overture first moves us from music to religion, and then from theology back to music – a circularity that, drawing upon history, sociology, phenomenology, and philosophy, disclaims any ...
The Origin of the Soul: A Conversation
1st Edition
Edited
By Joshua Farris, Joanna Leidenhag
June 27, 2025
The Origin of the Soul is a contemporary retrieval of an important theological discussion throughout history. The origin of the soul is thought by many to be an outdated discussion that is theologically antiquated. And, yet, in recent years, there has been a renewed and growing interest not only in...
Eating God: A History of the Eucharist
1st Edition
By Matteo Al Kalak
May 06, 2025
Eating God examines the history of the Eucharist as a means for understanding transformations in society from the late Middle Ages onwards. After an introduction on the sacrament from its origins to the Protestant Reformation, this book considers how it changed the customs and habits of society, on...
Ecoflourishing and Virtue: Christian Perspectives Across the Disciplines
1st Edition
Edited
By Steven Bouma-Prediger, Nathan Carson
April 14, 2025
This book brings together the interdisciplinary reflections of Christian scholars and poets, to explore how ecological virtues can foster the flourishing of our home planet in the face of unprecedented environmental change and devastation. Its central questions are: What virtues are needed for us ...
Desire and Mental Health in Christianity and the Arts
1st Edition
By David Torevell
December 18, 2024
This book considers the connection between the world of mental health in the twenty-first century and the traditional concept of desire in Christianity and the Arts. It draws parallels between the desire for rest from anxiety among mental health sufferers with the longing for peace and happiness in...
Theological Fringes of Phenomenology
1st Edition
Edited
By Joseph Rivera, Joseph O'Leary
December 18, 2024
This book focuses on the relationships between phenomenology and theology, which have been varied and complex but seem currently in an inconclusive and loosely defined state. Methodological rigor is not much in evidence, and the two disciplines continue to defy any authoritative synthesis. While ...
Seventh-Day Adventism in Africa: A Historical Survey of The Interaction Between Religion, Traditions, and Culture
1st Edition
By Gabriel Masfa
November 28, 2024
This book examines the complex history of Adventism in Africa, situating it within the context of African traditions and culture. From a small movement with origins in the United States, the Seventh-day Adventist Church has grown worldwide. It is one of several Christian denominations present in ...
The Fall of Humankind and Social Progress: Engagements with Emil Brunner
1st Edition
By Arttu Mäkipää
November 28, 2024
This book investigates the link between human capabilities and the preconditions for social progress through an engagement with the theological anthropology of Swiss theologian Emil Brunner (1889–1966). It places Brunner’s thought in dialogue with selected contributors from the contemporary social ...
Dalit Theology and Christian Anarchism
1st Edition
By Keith Hebden
October 14, 2024
A second generation of emerging Dalit theology texts is re-shaping the way we think of Indian theology and liberation theology. This book is a vital part of that conversation. Taking post-colonial criticism to its logical end of criticism of statism, Keith Hebden looks at the way the emergence of ...
Transhumanism, Ethics and the Therapeutic Revolution: Agents of Change
1st Edition
By Stephen Goundrey-Smith
October 09, 2024
This book explores the impact of developments in pharmaceutical medicine in the twentieth century on a Christian ethical evaluation of transhumanism and future "hi-tech" medical enhancement technologies. It suggests that the Christian ethical assessment of proposed future radical transhumanist ...