Monthly Archives: February, 2010
God Against the Gods:The History of War Between Monotheism and Polytheism by Jonathan Kirsch
God Against the Gods begins at the very beginning of monotheism, not with Judaism but with the Sun God Aton. Not a lot of people know that monotheism began with an Egyptian Pharaoh, called Akhenaton, who decided that everyone should just worship one god which was Aton, the Sun god. Kirsch then moves on to …
Religion Is Not About God: How Spiritual Traditions Nurture Our Biological Nature and What To Expect When They Fail by Loyal Rue
The author, Loyal Rue, is a professor of philosophy and religion at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. His writing style in this book is easy to follow even when he was explaining a complex thought. The basic premise of the book is the idea that religion is not about God or Gods but about us. …
In Gods We Trust: The Evolutionary Landscape of Religion by Scott Atran
Scott Atran is a respected cognitive anthropologist and a psychologist, so I new the book was going to look at religion from that point of view. The author deals with religion from the perspective that it comes from the ordinary workings of the human mind as it deals with emotionally compelling problems of human existence. …
Celtic Religion and Celtic Reconstructionism Resources.
I was going to write an essay on Celtic Religion and then another one on Celtic Reconstructionism but then realized that I had so many resources from people who actually knew and researched more than I ever could. Instead I decided that the best way to do this was to list these resources and as …
A Short Look at Religion
Introduction: It is obvious to anyone who follows the news that religion has a huge impact on our world today. However, ask anyone to define religion and you will probably get a different answer from each person you ask. Each person could have their favorite definition, which they think is the correct one and sometimes, …
The Spiritual Dimension: Religion, Philosophy and Human Value by John Cottingham
The Spiritual Dimension‘s aim is to offer a new way of looking at the philosophy of religion. It brings together emotional and intellectual aspects of human experience and embraces practical as well as theoretical concerns. The book wants to show that a religious world view should be related to spiritual praxis and the search for …
The Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion Edited by Robert E. Segal
The Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion is a book edited by Robert A. Segal, who edited a book on Myths that I had reviewed before. The aim of the book is to give people who are studying religion an idea about the different approaches to the study of religion and the topics that …
Philosophy of Religion: A Contemporary Introduction by Keith Yandell
Philosophy of Religion is written by professor Keith E. Yandell, who is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin. It is part of the Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy series. The series as a whole is aimed at students that have already done an introductory courses in philosophy. However, this book is very …
Religion: The Basics by Malory Nye
Malory Nye who is an Acting Principal and Professor of Multiculturalism at the Al-Maktoum Institute, in Scotland, wrote Religion: The Basics. He is the founder of a journal called “Culture and Religion” and has written many books on religion and multiculturalism. There seems to be three major aims to the book. The first is …
The Big Question – Is Paganism more relevant than Christianity today?
The Pagan relevant section of the `The Big Questions` broadcast on BBC2 31 Jan 2010 – The topical live debate comes from the Bitterne Park School in Southampton. Joining Nicky Campbell are former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey; Druid priestess, Emma Restall Orr; novelist and broadcaster, Anne Atkins; and Oxford science professor, Peter Atkins, who …
