E-SUPPLEMENT TO THE JOURNAL FOR CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS THEORY
Religion Within Reason. Cahn, Steven M. New York: Columbia University Press, 2017. ISBN: 9780231181617. Paperback. 93 pages. It is amazing that a book of less than 100 pages can be simultaneously so brief and so repetitive. The average chapter length of this book is only six pages, in which enormous concepts such as the existence of God, […]
We are looking for authors to review the a variety books in different topic areas related to religious and cultural theory. Current books for which we need reviewers are listed here. If you would like to review one or multiple titles for us, please contact our review editor Rebekah Gordon at rebekahgordon93@gmail.com. If you have not been a […]
Religion and European Philosophy: Key Thinkers from Kant to Zizek. Edited by Philip Goodchild and Hollis Phelps. New York: Routledge, 2017. ISBN 10: 1138188530. Hardcover, Paperback, E-Book. 512 pages. Philosophy of religion, as a sub-discipline within the field of religious studies proper, has been the subject of much contention for some time now. Often accused […]
The best interpretations of Spinoza’s philosophy would lead us to believe that, for Spinoza, religion is superstition. Henry Allison’s account is an excellent example.1 As he proceeds to discuss Spinoza’s views concerning revelation, scripture and religion, the subject matter of the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus, Allison writes: Spinoza’s general attitude to the claims of revealed religion is already […]