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Aesthetics of Renewal: Martin Buber’s Early Representation of Hasidism as Kulturkritik by Marina Urban (Chicago, 2008)

Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies by David Bentley Hart (Yale, 2009)

Authenticity in Culture, Self, and Society ed. by Phillip Vannini (Ashgate, 2009)

Buddhism and Postmodernity: Zen, Huayan and the Possibility of Postmodern Ethics by Jin Y. Park (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

The Consolations of Theology ed. by Brian S. Rosner (Eerdmans, 2008)

Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation by James K. A. Smith (Baker Academic, 2009)

Dialogues About God, by Charles Taliaferro (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

The Existential Jesus by John Carroll (Scribe, 2009)

The Indiscrete Image: Infinitude and Death by Thomas A. Carlson (Chicago, 2008)

Is Goodness without God Good Enough?  A Debate on Faith, Secularism and Ethics (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

Kierkegaard: Thinking Christianity in an Existential Mode by Sylvia Walsh (Oxford, 2009)

The Legend of the Middle Ages: Philosophical Explorations of Medieval Christianity, Judaism and Islam by Remi Brague (Chicago, forthcoming in Spring 2009)

Life Explained by Michel Morange (Yale, 2008)

Life in the Flesh: An Anti-Gnostic Spiritual Philosophy by Adam G. Cooper (Oxford, 2008)

Living Up to Death by Paul Ricoeur (Chicago, Forthcoming in Spring 2009)

The Logic of the Heart: Augustine, Pascal, and the Rationality of Faith by James Peters (Baker Academic, 2009)

The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction by Terry Eagleton (Oxford, 2008)

The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic? by Slavoj Zizek, John Milbank, and Creston Davis (MIT Press, 2009)

Naturalism by Stewart Goetz, Charles Taliaferro (Eerdmans, 2008)

Nobility of Spirit: A Forgotten Ideal by Rob Riemen (Yale, 2008)

Phenomenology of Religion by Archana Barua (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

The Philosophers' Quarrel: Rousseau, Hume, and the Limits of Human Understanding by Robert Zaretsky and John T. Scott (Yale, 2009)

Process-Relational Philosophy: An Introduction to Alfred North Whitehead by C. Robert Mesle (Templeton Press, 2008)

Putting on Virtue: The Legacy of the Splendid Vices by Jennifer A. Herdt (Chicago, 2008)

Pyrrhonism: How the Ancient Greeks Reinvented Buddhism by Adrian Kuzminski (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

Reality, Religion and Passion: Indian and Western Approaches in Hans-Georg Gadamer and Rupa Gosvami (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

Religion of the Gods: Ritual, Paradox and Reflexivity by Kimberley Christine Patton (Oxford, 2009)

Sacred Attunement: A Jewish Theology by Michael Fishbane (Chicago, 2008)

The Theological Origins of Modernity by Michael Allen Gillespie (Chicago, 2008)

Why There Almost Certainly Is a God: Doubting Dawkins by Keith Ward (Lion-Hudson, 2009)

William James at the Boundaries: Philosophy, Science, and the Geography of Knowledge by Francesca Bordogna (Chicago, 2008)

A World for Us: The Case for Phenomenological Idealism by John Foster (Oxford, 2008)

Zizek: A (Very) Critical Introduction by Marcus Pound (Eerdmans, 2008)

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Aesthetics of Renewal: Martin Buber’s Early Representation of Hasidism as Kulturkritik by Marina Urban (Chicago, 2008)

Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies by David Bentley Hart (Yale, 2009)

Augustine and Liberal Education ed. by Kim Paffenroth and Kevin L. Hughes (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

Authenticity in Culture, Self, and Society ed. by Phillip Vannini (Ashgate, 2009)

Beauty by Roger Scruton (Oxford, 2009)

Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire by William T. Cavanaugh (Eerdmans, 2008)

Body, Soul and Human Life: The Nature of Humanity in the Bible by Joel B. Green (Baker Academic, 2008)

Buddhism and Postmodernity: Zen, Huayan and the Possibility of Postmodern Ethics by Jin Y. Park (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

Christianity and Social Systems: Historical Constructions and Ethical Challenges by Rosemary Radford Ruether (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

The Comfort of Things by Daniel Miller (Polity, 2008)

Consuming Faith: Integrating Who We Are with What We Buy by Tom Beaudoin (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling by Andy Crouch (InterVarsity Press, 2008)

Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation by James K. A. Smith (Baker Academic, 2009)

The End of Words: The Language of Reconciliation in a Culture of Violence by Richard Lischer (Eerdmans, 2008)

Entering the New Theological Space: Blurred Encounters of Faith, Politics and Community ed. by Edited by John Reader (Ashgate, 2009)

The Evolution of God by Robert Wright (Little, Brown & Co. 2008)

Exploring Religion and the Sacred in a Media Age ed. by Christopher Deacy (Ashgate, 2009)

Faithful Imagination in the Academy: Explorations in Religious Belief and Scholarship ed. by Janel M. Curry and Ronald A. Wells (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

The Future of Love: Essays in Political Theology by John Milbank (Cascade, 2009)

Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition by Robert Pogue Harrison (Chicago, 2008)

The Geography of Religion: Faith, Place and Space by Roger W. Stump (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

God & Money: The Moral Challenge of Capitalism by Charles McDaniel (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007)

I Don't Believe in Atheists by Chris Hedges (Free Press, 2008)

In the Aftermath: Provocations and Laments by David Bentley Hart (Eerdmans, 2008)

Is Goodness without God Good Enough?  A Debate on Faith, Secularism and Ethics (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

Interfaith Dialogue at the Grass Roots ed. by Rebecca Kratz Myers (Ecumenical Press, 2008)

Islam and the West: A Conversation with Jacques Derrida by Mustapha Cherif (Chicago, 2008)

Islam, Friend or Foe? by Emilio Platti (Eerdmans, 2008)

The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction by Terry Eagleton (Oxford, 2008)

The Meaning of Sex: Christian Ethics and the Moral Life by Dennis P. Hollinger (Baker Academic, 2009) 

Nature, Space and the Sacred: Transdisciplinary Perspectives ed. by S. Bergmann, P.M. Scott, M. Jansdotter Samuelson, and H. Bedford-Strohm (Ashgate, 2009)

The Politics of Discipleship:  Becoming Postmaterial Citizens by  Graham Ward (Baker Academic, 2009)

Progressive & Religious: How Christian, Jewish , Muslim and Buddhist Leaders are Moving Beyond the Culture Wars and Transforming American Public Life byRobert P. Jones (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation by Tariq Ramadan (Oxford, 2008)

Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate by Terry Eagleton (Yale, 2009)

Religious America, Secular Europe? A Theme and Variations by Peter Berger et al. (Ashgate, 2008)

A Report on the Afterlife of Culture by Stephen Henighan (Northwestern, 2008)

Rose Lore: Essays in Semiotics and Cultural History by Frankie Hutton (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

Saint Francis and the Sultan: The Curious History of a Christian-Muslim Encounter by John V. Tolan (Oxford, 2009)

The State of the University: Academic Knowledges and the Knowledge of God by Stanley Hauerwas (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007)

The Theological Origins of Modernity by Michael Allen Gillespie (Chicago, 2008)

Understanding Fundamentalism: Christian, Islamic and Jewish Movements by Richard T. Antoun (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

Zizek: A (Very) Critical Introduction by Marcus Pound (Eerdmans, 2008)

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Back to Darwin: A Richer Account of Evolution ed. by John B. Cobb Jr. (Eerdmans, 2008)

The Beginning of All Things by Hans Küng (Eerdmans, 2008)

The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics by Steven E. Landsburg (Free Press, 2009)

Buddhism and Science: A Guide for the Perplexed by Donald S. Lopez, Jr. (Chicago, 2008)

Buddhist-Christian Dialogue in an Age of Science by Paul O. Ingram (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007)

The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering by Michael J. Sandel (Harvard, 2007)

Christology and Science by F. LeRon Shults (Eerdmans, 2008)

Eco-Theology by Celia Deane-Drummond (Darton, Longman & Todd, 2008)

Einstein's God: Conversations about Science and the Human Spirit by Krista Tippett (Penguin, 2010)

Envisioning Nature, Science, and Religion ed. by James D. Proctor (Templeton Press, 2009)

Evolution and Religion: A Dialogue by Michael Ruse (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

The Evolution of God by Robert Wright (Little, Brown & Co. 2008)

From Galileo to Gell-Mann: The Wonder That Inspired the Greatest Scientists of All Time by Marco Bersanelli & Mario Gargantini (Templeton Press, 2009)

Galileo Goes to Jail: And Other Myths About Science and Religion by Ronald Numbers (Harvard, 2009)

Global Perspectives on Science & Spirituality ed. by Pranab Das (Templeton Press, 2009)

The God of Nature: Incarnation and Contemporary Science by Christopher C. Knight (Fortress, 2007)

The Green Bible by Harper Bibles (HarperOne, 2008)

Horizons of Cosmology: Exploring Worlds Seen and Unseen by Joseph Silk (Templeton Press, 2009)

Jewish Faith and Modern Science: On the Death and Rebirth of Jewish Philosophy by Norbert Samuelson (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

Life Beyond Molecules and Genes: How Our Adaptations Make Us Alive by Stephen Rothman (Templeton Press, 2009)

Life Explained by Michel Morange (Yale, 2008)

The Living Universe: Where Are We? Who Are We? Where Are We Going? by Duane Elgin (Berrett-Koehler, 2009)

Naturalism by Stewart Goetz, Charles Taliaferro (Eerdmans, 2008)

Natural Reflections: Human Cognition at the Nexus of Science and Religion by Barbara Herrnstein Smith (Yale, 2009)

Nature, Space and the Sacred: Transdisciplinary Perspectives ed. by S. Bergmann, P.M. Scott, M. Jansdotter Samuelson, and H. Bedford-Strohm (Ashgate, 2009)

Neuroscience, Psychology, and Religion: Illusions, Delusions, and Realities about Human Nature by Malcolm Jeeves and Warren S. Brown (Templeton Press, 2009)

Oracles of Science: Celebrity Scientists Versus God and Religion by Karl Giberson and Mariano Artigas (Oxford, 2009)

Process-Relational Philosophy: An Introduction to Alfred North Whitehead by C. Robert Mesle (Templeton Press, 2008)

Quantum Physics and Theology: An Unexpected Kinship by John Polkinghorne (Yale, 2008)

Real Scientists, Real Faith ed. by R.J. Berry (Monarch, 2009)

The Religion and Science Debate: Why Does It Continue? ed. by Harold W. Attridge (Yale, 2009)

Saving Creation: Nature and Faith in the Life of Holmes Rolston III by Christopher J. Preston (Trinity University Press, 2009)

Science and Religious Anthropology: A Spiritually Evocative Naturalist Interpretation of Human Life by Wesley J. Wildman (Ashgate, 2009)

Science and Religion: A Very Short Introduction by Thomas Dixon (Oxford, 2008)

A Science and Religion Primer by Heidi A. Campbell, Heather Looy (Baker Academic, 2009)

Scientific Mythologies: How Science and Science Fiction Forge New Religious Beliefs by James A. Herrick (InterVarsity Press, 2008)

The Story of Everything: A Parable of Creation and Evolution by John Kotre (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007)

Subjectivity, Objectivity, and Intersubjectivity: A New Paradigm for Religion and Science by Joseph A. Bracken (Templeton Press, 2009)

Sustainability by Design: A Subversive Strategy for Transforming Our Consumer Culture by John R. Ehrenfeld (Yale, 2009)

Technology and Religion: Remaining Human in a Co-created World by Noreen Herzfeld (Templeton Press, 2009)

Theology in the Context of Science by John Polkinghorne (Yale, 2009)

A Third Window: Natural Life beyond Newton and Darwin by Robert E. Ulanowicz (Templeton Press, 2009)

Troubled Waters: Religion, Ethics and the Global Water Crisis by Gary Chamberlain (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007)

Why There Almost Certainly Is a God: Doubting Dawkins by Keith Ward (Lion-Hudson, 2009)

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Beyond the Threshold: Afterlife Beliefs and Experiences in World Religions by Christopher M. Moreman (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

The Crescent and the Couch: Cross-Currents Between Islam and Psychoanalysis by Salman Akhtar (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

Neuroscience, Psychology, and Religion: Illusions, Delusions, and Realities about Human Nature by Malcolm Jeeves and Warren S. Brown (Templeton Press, 2009)

A Psychology of Hope: A Biblical Response to Tragedy and Suicide by Kalman J. Kaplan and Matthew B. Schwartz (Eerdmans, 2008)

Psychotherapy without the Self: A Buddhist Perspective by Mark Epstein (Yale, 2008)

Sacred Desire: Growing in Compassionate Living by Nancy K. Morrison and Sally K. Severino (Templeton Press, 2009)

Theology, Psychology and the Plural Self by Leon Turner (Ashgate, 2008) 

William James at the Boundaries: Philosophy, Science, and the Geography of Knowledge by Francesca Bordogna (Chicago, 2008)

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Apocalyptic Transformation: Apocalypse and the Postmodern Imagination by Elizabeth Rosen (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure and Human Evolution by Denis Dutton (Bloomsbury, 2008)

Cave Paintings and the Human Spirit by David S. Whitley (Prometheus, 2009)

Conversations with American Writers: The Doubt, the Faith, the In-Between by Dale Brown (Eerdmans, 2008)

Discovering World Religions at 24 Frames Per Second by Julien R. Fielding (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

Exploring Religion and the Sacred in a Media Age ed. by Christopher Deacy (Ashgate, 2009)

God in the Gallery: A Christian Embrace of Modern Art by Daniel A. Siedell (Baker Academic, 2008)

Loving Yusuf: Conceptual Travels from Present to Past by Mieke Bal (Chicago, 2008)

Scientific Mythologies: How Science and Science Fiction Forge New Religious Beliefs by James A. Herrick (InterVarsity Press, 2008)

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Acedia & me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life by Kathleen Norris (Riverhead, 2008)

The Book of Samuel: Essays on Poetry and Imagination by Mark Rudman (Northwestern, 2008)

A Book of Silence by Sara Maitland (Counterpoint, 2008)

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Called Out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession by Anne Rice (Knopf, 2008)

Called to Question: A Spiritual Memoir by Joan D. Chittister, OSB (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

Harvest of Blossoms: Poems from a Life Cut Short (Jewish Lives) by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (Northwestern, 2008)

The Heretic by John Murphy (Northwestern, 2008)

Last Rites by John Lukacs (Yale, 2009)

Rags of My Soul: Poems by T. Byram Karasu (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

The Road to Cana: Christ the Lord by Anne Rice (Anchor, forthcoming in 2009)

Stranger’s Notebook: Poems by Nomi Stone (Northwestern, 2008)

Spring, Heat, Rains: A South Indian Diary by David Shulman (Chicago, 2008)

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Augustine and Liberal Education ed. by Kim Paffenroth and Kevin L. Hughes (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

Beauty for Truth's Sake: On the Re-enchantment of Education by Stratford Caldecott (Baker Academic, 2009)

Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation by James K. A. Smith (Baker Academic, 2009)

Education's End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life by Anthony T. Kronman (Yale, 2008)

Faithful Imagination in the Academy: Explorations in Religious Belief and Scholarship ed. by Janel M. Curry and Ronald A. Wells (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)

The State of the University: Academic Knowledges and the Knowledge of God by Stanley Hauerwas (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007)

The World Is Open: How Web Technology Is Revolutionizing Education by Curtis Bonk (Jossey Bass, 2009)

The Wounded Researcher: Research With Soul In Mind by Robert D. Romanyshyn (Spring Journal Books, 2007)

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