2006 Religion & Theology Catalogue General Interest 2 Religion in America 4 Study of Religion 5 NEW BOOKS KEY BACKLIST Reference 6 BESTSELLERS KEY REFERENCE Theology 10 JOURNALS Biblical Studies 19 World Religions 21 Islamic Studies 22 History of Religion 23 Sociology of Religion 26 How to use this interactive catalogue: Anthropology of Religion 27 Clicking on the page numbers in the contents list will take you straight to that Science and Religion 28 section. Ethics 29 Click on a book or journal title, cover image or URL to take you to the Philosophy of Religion 33 corresponding page on the Blackwell Publishing website. Index 35 Blackwell Publishing is not responsible for the content of external websites. GENERAL INTEREST God Dawkins’@’DnOsTwaC1:ik God deilCol hstWhen@WOiTaFC1:hen Faiths Collide Genes, Memes, and the EMN ARTIA:RTY,nrdexMARTIN@IOTC1 E. MARTY Meaning of Life University of Chicago Divinity School RTESMAILC:G nrRdeAxALISTER@TH,IOTC1 McGRATH University of Oxford “This is a marvellous accomplishment.” SCOTT APPLEBY,UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME “McGrath has written a brilliant book, and it is difficult Collisions of faiths are among the most threatening conflicts around the world at the beginning of the twenty-first century. In the face of these to think that the exposition of conflicts, this manifesto is a call to embrace religious pluralism. Dawkins’ writings and their religious implications, will Tackling people’s fears of religious pluralism, Marty demonstrates that ever be better stated, citizens, religions, and identities can in fact survive in radically pluralist settings.The book deals with conflicts that affect or occur within those explored and criticised... at nations whose polities can be called republican, open, democratic, liberal, once dispassionate, robust and readable.” or free, particularly the UK, the US, and Western Europe. TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT SERIES: BLACKWELL MANIFESTOS This is the first book-length response to Richard Dawkins, author 208 PAGES / 1-4051-1222-0 HB / 1-4051-1223-9 PB / NOVEMBER 2004 of some of the most popular scientific works, such as The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker. 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Head-to-head, it takes on some of Dawkins’ central assumptions, including the “A playful, interdisciplinary rumination upon the myriad ways the conflict between science and religion, the ‘selfish gene’ theory of desert has shaped and continues to shape… the religions imagination.” evolution, the role of science in explaining the world, and CHOICE brilliantly exposes their unsustainability. 232 PAGES / 1-4051-1974-8 HB / 1-4051-1975-6 PB / MAY 2004 208 PAGES / 1-4051-2539-X HB / 1-4051-2538-1 PB / OCTOBER 2004 Science & Religion section on page 28 ALSO OF INTEREST Th FayentuC,iosti ehr fir The Future of Christianity ongiiRelu e@TruerTOC1: Religion RTESMAILC:G nrRdeAx@ALISTERTHI,OTC1 McGRATH hmaGr Wd,:ranredx@GRAHAMIOTC1 WARD Ruet ToavhuSl in1pretl:,i The Spiritual Revolution SERIES: BLACKWELL MANIFESTOS SERIES: BLACKWELL MANIFESTOS Why Religion is Giving Way to Spirituality 184 PAGES / 0-631-22815-2 PB / 2001 184 PAGES / 0-631-22173-5 HB / 0-631-22174-3 PB / 2002 PAUL HEELAS & LINDA WOODHEAD SZnaEmR BSKZinO aYr;N niS,LgASKi,TIWuts ; BENJAMIN SEEL, BRONISLAW SZERSZYNSKI & KARIN TUSTING All Lancaster University “This is an important book that should be read by anyone JOURNALS concerned with the future of religion in this country.” Teaching Theology and Religion CHURCH TIMES Edited by LUCINDA A. HUFFAKER Are we living through a ‘spiritual revolution’ in which traditional Published on behalf of the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion,in association with the American Academy of Religion, forms of religion are giving way to new forms of spirituality? Are the Society of Biblical Literature,and the Association of Theological Schools yoga, reiki and other forms of holistic practice set to become www.blackwellpublishing.com/TTR more popular than churchgoing? This book addresses these questions by presenting findings from a major research project NEW TO BLACKWELL FOR 2006 designed to chart the state of religion and spirituality today. Religious Studies Review SERIES: RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY IN THE MODERN WORLD Edited by RICHARD E. DeMARIS 224 PAGES / 1-4051-1958-6 HB / 1-4051-1959-4 PB / NOVEMBER 2004 Published on behalf of the Council of Societies for the Study of Religion 2 www.blackwellpublishing.com/RSR GENERAL INTEREST NEW IN 2006 SERIES A e,Dnat of yortsHi fei@BrTOCA1: Brief History of Dante BLACKWELL BRIEF HISTORIES OF RELIGION erPte ,Hnswai:knredx@PETERIOTC1 S. HAWKINS These lively books offer brief and accessible accounts of key topics Boston University that have had a profound effect on religious and cultural life. In this book, Peter S. Hawkins brings the great Italian writer Dante Alighieri to life. Drawing on over 30 years’experience of teaching and writing about Dante, he introduces newcomers to the poet and his masterpiece, the Commedia. KEY TEXTBOOK Hawkins starts by offering a brief account of the poet’s life that demonstrates the central importance of Dante’s personal story to his works. After sotACyair nyhifst,ir A Brief History of Christianity rehearsing the narrative in his own way, he considers the prominence Dante gives to eros as part of spiritual life, and explores the poet’s CANRETD IBRLEG,:nerdxCARTER@IOTC1 LINDBERG idiosyncratic interpretation of Christian theology. Finally, he traces how Dante Boston University has been variously portrayed over the centuries as lover, statesman, proto- Protestant Reformer, Romantic visionary, Byronic hero, father of his country, a ”There is much to praise here. Lindberg theologian in verse, and ‘altissimo poeta’,the consummate poet. manages to explore many key events, issues, 200 PAGES / 1-4051-3051-2 HB / 1-4051-3052-0 PB / JUNE 2006 people and developments in a very concise manner… The book is brief, but the history NEW IN 2005 of Christianity is vividly portrayed here in all of its drama and complexity.” A ,snseHpai of yortsHi fei@BrOTCA1: Brief History of Happiness JEFF TYLER, HOPE COLLEGE sahoclNi ,eWt:hinerdx@NICHOLASITOC1 P.WHITE University of California, Irvine This brief history tells the story of Christianity from its origins Do we really know what happiness is? Should happiness play such a dominant to the present day. It spans over 2,000 years of colorful role in shaping and orienting our lives? And how can we deal with conflicts incident to give an authoritative history of Christianity for between the various things that make us happy? Philosopher Nicholas White both the general reader and the beginning student. reviews 2,500 years of attempts to answer such questions. Ranging from the missionary journeys of the apostles to the 208 PAGES / 1-4051-1519-X HB / 1-4051-1520-3 PB / NOVEMBER 2005 tele-evangelism of the twenty-first century, this concise and compelling book also includes an introduction to the historiography of Christianity, an appendix on theological A h,Dtae of yortsHi fe@iBrOTC1: A Brief History of Death terms, and a bibliography. DOUGLAS J. DAVIES University of Durham SERIES: BLACKWELL BRIEF HISTORIES OF RELIGION 232 PAGES / 1-4051-1078-3 HB / 1-4051-1047-3 PB / OCTOBER 2005 The act of death itself and the rituals surrounding it vary enormously and History of Religion section on pages 23-25 shed a fascinating light on the cultures of which they are a part. In this lively history, Douglas Davies – internationally acknowledged as one of the leading experts in this field – tackles some of the most significant aspects of death and sDaoug l,seDiva:nrdex@weavesIOTC1 them into a compelling story about our changing attitudes to dying. HeoA stSifyn iar fis,t A Brief History of Saints 208 PAGES / 1-4051-0182-2 HB / 1-4051-0183-0 PB / NOVEMBER 2004 weanLcnrgChm auni:,nerdxLAWRENCE@IOTC1 S. CUNNINGHAM University of Notre Dame A BRIEF HISTORY OF SAINTS follows the rise of the cult of saints in Christianity ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE SERIES from its origin in the age of the martyrs down to the present day. Referring HoH styef raiABfvi1er :n, A Brief History of Heaven to both well-known saints such as Joan of Arc and lesser-known figures like RETSMAILC:G nrRdeAx@ALISTERHT,IOTC1 E. 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BRACKNEY Baylor University,Texas an historical overview followed by a thematic structure, making it ideal for course use. Written by a leading authority on Baptist history, this inclusive survey traces the development of the Baptist tradition in North KEY TEXTBOOK America over the past 400 years. It shows how, from a ThATneOC m ahcki B,Cuhlr 1ie:r The Black Church in America handful of churches scattered African American Christian Spirituality along the East Coast in the seventeenth century, the MCHA ILEBA,ELT:nrdexMICHAEL@IOTC1 BATTLE Virginia Theological Seminary Baptist movement spread “I am, because we are; and since across the continent to become we are, therefore I am”, said the largest Protestant denomination in the United States.