Bücher der Reihe Library of Philosophy and Religion

Hume's Philosophy of Religion brings together for the first time the whole range of Hume's immensely important critique of religion.

The man or woman of faith living in today's pluralist world must have a theology that will do justice to his or her own faith, and also to the neighbours' - and to the differences between them.

The book '... should be assured of the attention of the many on both sides of the Atlantic who are fascinated by this subject.' John Hick

This book analyzes four models of compassion, each representing manifestations of compassion in different cultures and eras: Judeo-Christianity, Buddhism, Modernism, and the author's alternative, a response to neocapitalist postmodernism-radical compassion and its imperative to take action.

The interactions of the Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities through the centuries have often been hostile and sometimes violent. The subjects are the concepts of God in the three traditions, their attitudes to the material world, and their understandings of human life and history.