Books by Richard H. Jones

This book discusses the controversy surrounding the constitutionality of the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance by exploring the history of the government's references to God, American "civil religion," the background of the Constitution, the Supreme Court's Establishment Clause rulings, and advocating a new rationale.

In this book, Jones methodically challenges both the claim that theological doctrines are the source of modern science (the Dependency Thesis) and the idea that theology has the right to control the content of all scientific theories (Control Beliefs).

In Mysticism and Morality author Richard Jones explores an often neglected question of religious ethics: Is mysticism moral? Through a discussion of several religious traditions-including Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Tantrism, Daoism, and Christianity-Jones fills a major void in the scholarly literature by considering all relevant points pertaining to mysticism. Rather than looking at mysticism abstractly, the book focuses on such topics as ritual, practice, and the processes of mystical becoming. This work provides new perspectives for those interested in ethics and will prove essential to anyone interested in comparative philosophy and cross-cultural studies of religion.

This book is a philosophical examination of the mysteries surrounding the foundations of science, philosophy, and religion. Much of Western philosophy and science is discussed in order to see our epistemological and metaphysical situation. The love/hate relation philosophers have with mystery is explored and the importance of mystery is reaffirmed.