Philosophy

The multidimensional nature of human existence, characterized by freedom, ambivalence and the pursuit of meaning, requires both technical and ethical criteria of judgment. Elisabeth Gräb-Schmidt illuminates this conflict in the context of the Creator-creature relationship and recognizes creatureliness as the basis of human freedom.

In this volume, leading experts examine the life and thought of Bardaisan († 222) through a newly prepared bilingual Syriac-English edition of, and commentary on, the Book of the Law of Countries alongside the extant Greek fragments. These sources showcase Bardaisan's arguments on human intellect, free will, fate, astrology, cosmology, eschatology, and the concept of universal restoration.

The speeches, essays and newspaper articles of Marianne Weber (1870-1954) gathered here allow her to step out from her famous husband Max's shadow to reveal a campaigner who fought tirelessly for the education of women and their equal rights and pay during the transition from the German Empire to the Weimar Republic. As this volume amplifies, it is time for her voice to be heard.

What is religion? In an age of religious pluralism, syncretism and new forms of spirituality, Hanna von Lingen embarks on a search for a Christian concept of religion, drawing on the myth theories of Ernst Cassirer and Hans Blumenberg which shed new light on religion in its function for postmodern man.