Oxford University Press

Thirteen specially written essays discuss topics from the work of the leading philosopher of science Bas van Fraassen. The unifying theme is empiricism. Included is an extensive and intriguing reply by van Fraassen, in which he develops his views further, and offers new insights into the nature of science, empiricism, and philosophy itself....

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It is commonly accepted that the way to build church growth is to target specific ethnic or racial groups. People prefer to worship with their own, the theory goes, and if growth is what you want you have to accept that fact. Kathleen Garces-Foley challenges the accepted wisdom and puts forth an alternative hypothesis. Through the story of one...

Can non-Muslims be saved? And can those who are damned to Hell ever be redeemed?        In Islam and the Fate of Others, Mohammad Hassan Khalil examines the writings of        influential medieval and modern Muslim scholars on the controversial and        consequential question of non-Muslim salvation.This is an illuminating study of four        of...

In the post-communist era democracies in Eastern Europe will be determined by many factors. The Orthodox and Roman and Greek Catholic churches have imposed their views through political engagement and the Romanian Orthodox has sought to consolidate its position of national Church, the book examines the relationship between church and state....

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