Books in the Ashgate Contemporary Thinkers on Religion: Collected Works series

Offers studies in three related areas - Indian Christianity with attention to the caste system, contemporary Christian theological ethics, and the distinctive and challenging theological approach that the author has developed in relation to public issues such as prisons and punishment, welfare provision, social justice, and poverty.

Ninian Smart came to public prominence as the founding Professor of the first British university Department of Religious Studies in late 1960s. This text presents a selection of Ninian Smart's writings organised under a set of categories which both comprehend and also illuminate his varied output over a career spanning half a century.

A work on Islamic studies that focuses on the analysis and interpretation of the religious dimensions of ritual action, scriptural piety, textual authority/revelation, tradition, and major concepts, such as grace and transcendence.

Hermeneutics is an interdisciplinary study of how we interpret texts. This volume brings together the thought of a leading contemporary pioneer in this field. This volume collects many of Anthony Thiselton's notable writings from some seven books and 70 articles.

Ninian Smart came to public prominence as the founding Professor of the first British university Department of Religious Studies in the late 1960s. His pioneering views on education in religion proved hugely influential at all levels, from primary schools to academic teaching and research. An unending string of publications, many of them accessible