"What does it mean to wonder in awe or terror about the world? How do you philosophically understand Judaism? In How to Measure a World?: A Philosophy of Judaism, Martin Shuster provides answers to these questions and more. Emmanuel Levinas suggested that Judaism is best underst…
Experimental philosophy has blossomed into a variety of philosophical fields. But there has been very little experimental philosophical research in the domain of philosophy of religion. This book shows how cognitive science of religion has the methodological and conceptual resou…
George Gemistos Plethon (c. 1360-1454) was a remarkable and influential thinker, active at the time of transition between the Byzantine Middle Ages and the Italian Renaissance. His works cover literary, historical, scientific, but most notably philosophical issues. Plethon is ar…
Philosophy isn't just for the ivory-tower intellectuals, it's a set of tools designed to help people better understand and experience the complexities of their everyday lives. (back cover).
Essentials of Philosophy: The Basic Concepts of the World's Greatest ThinkersIf you've always wanted to learn about philosophy but were too intimidated to get past the first word ending in "ism," Essentials of Philosophy provides simple explanations guaranteed to make philosophi…
Philosophy isn't just for the ivory-tower intellectuals, it's a set of tools designed to help people better understand and experience the complexities of their everyday lives. (back cover).
Paradigms of unity and plurality -- Unity or plurality of religions? -- The healing and poisonous fruits of the unity of religions -- The synthesis and aporia of religious pluralism -- The promise of mysticism -- Polyphilic pluralism -- Negotiations of multiplicity -- Convergenc…
'The Ocean of God'conveys the proposition that the future of religions, if they will not want to contribute to the destruction of humanity, will become transreligious. Based on the assumption that the spiritual impulse of humanity cannot simply be eradicated, religiosity will pe…