Center on Religion & the Professions

Improving religious literacy among professionals.

Classics and classical history: Books

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  • Introducing New Gods: The Politics of Athenian Religion. Robert Garland. Cornell University Press, 2009.
  • Measuring Heaven: Pythagoras and His Influence on Thought and Art in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier. Cornell University Press, 2007.
  • The making of a Christian Empire: Lactantius and Rome. Elizabeth DePalma Digeser. Cornell University Press, 1999.
  • The Natural History of Religion. David Hume. NuVision Publications, 2007.
  • Greek religion: Archaic and Classical. Walter Burkert and John Raffan. Wiley-Blackwell, 1987.
  • Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual. Walter Burkert. Wiley-Blackwell, 1982.
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion. Simon Price. Oxford University Press, 2004.
  • Ten Essential Texts in the Philosophy of Religion: Classics and Contemporary Issues. Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2004.
  • Philosophy of Religion: An Introduction. William L. Rowe. Wadsworth Publishing, 2006.
  • Reason and Religious Belief: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion. Michael Peterson , William Hasker, Bruce Reichenbach and David Basinger. Oxford University Press, USA, 2008.
  • Divinity and History: The Religion of Herodotus (Oxford Classical Monographs). Thomas Harrison. Oxford University Press, USA, 2002.
  • Augustine and the Making of a Christian Literature: Classical Tradition and Augustinian Aesthetics (Texts and Studies in Religion). Robert J. Forman. Edwin Mellen Press, 1996.

Chemistry: Books

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  • Recent Themes in the History of Science and Religion: Historians in Conversation. Donald A. Yerxa (ed.). The University of South Carolina Press, 2010.
  • Chemistry, as Exemplifying the Wisdom and Beneficence of God. George Fownes, London: John Churchill, 1844.
  • The Chemical Catechism, with Notes, Illustrations and Experiments. Samuel Parkes, London: Lackington Allen, 1808.
  • Religio Chemici: Essays. George Wilson. London: Macmillan, 1862.
  • Reconstructing Nature: the Engagement of Science and Religion. John H. Brooke and Geoffrey Cantor. Edinburgh, UK: T&T Clark, 1998.
  • Chemistry, Meteorology, and the Function of Digestion, Considered With Reference to Natural Theology. William Prout. London: William Pickering, 1834.
  • The Chemistry of Common Life. James F. W. Johnston. Edinburgh, Scotland: Blackwood, 1855.
  • Religion And Chemistry; Or, Proofs Of God’s Plan In The Atmosphere And Its Elements. Josiah Parsons Cooke. BiblioLife, 2009.
  • Science and Religion: A Critical Survey. Holmes Rolston. New York: Random House, 1987.
  • Science and Religion: From Conflict to Conversation. John Haught. Paulist, 1995.
  • Religion and chemistry: A re-statement of an old argument. Josiah Parsons Cooke C. Scribner’s sons, 1886.
  • LSD, Spirituality, and the Creative Process: Based on the Groundbreaking Research of Oscar Janiger, M.D. Marlene Dobkin de Rios Ph.D. and Oscar Janiger M.D. Park Street Press, 2003.
  • Magic Mushrooms in Religion and Alchemy. Clark Heinrich. Park Street Press, 2002.
  • A Science and Religion Primer. Heidi A. Campbell and Heather Looy (eds.) Supported by a grant from the Templeton Publishing Subsidy. BakerAcademic, 2009.
  • Science and religion: some historical perspectives. John Hedley Brooke. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
  • Why the Science and Religion Dialogue Matters: Voices from the International Society for Science and Religion. Fraser Watts and Kevin Dutton. International Society for Science and Religion. Published by Templeton Foundation Press, 2006
  • Reinventing the Sacred. Stuart Kauffman. Basic Books, 2008.

Business: Books

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  • The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Max Weber and Stephen Kalberg. Revised ed. Oxford University Press, USA, 2010.
  • To Serve God and Wal-Mart: The Making of Christian Free Enterprise. Bethany Moreton. Harvard University Press, 2010.
  • Faith, Morals and Money: What the World’s Religions Tell Us About Ethics in the Marketplace. Edward D. Zinbarg. Continuum International Publishing Group, 2005.
  • Business And Religion: A Clash of Civilizations? (Conflicts and Trends in Business Ethics). M&M Scrivener Press, 2005.
  • Business, Religion, and Spirituality: A New Synthesis. Oliver F. Williams (ed.). John W. Houck Notre Dame Series in Business Ethics. University of Notre Dame Press, 2003.
  • The Gods of Business. Todd Albertson. Trinity Alumi Association, 2007.
  • Marketplace Christianity: Discovering the Kingdom Purpose of the Marketplace. Robert E. Fraser. Oasis House, 2004.
  • God at Work: The History and Promise of the Faith at Work Movement. David W. Miller. Oxford University Press, 2006.
  • Just Business: Christian Ethics for the Marketplace. Alexander Hill. IVP Academic; Revised edition, 2008.
  • Selling Spirituality: The Silent Takeover of Religion. J. Carrette and Richard King. Routledge, 2004.
  • Jewish Wisdom for Business Success: Lessons from the Torah and Other Ancient Texts. Levi Brackman and Sam Jaffe. AMACOM, 2008.

Black Studies: Books

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  • What Is African American Religion? Anthony B. Pinn. Fortress Press, 2011.
  • Encyclopedia of African and African-American religions. Stephen D. Glazier. Taylor & Francis, 2001.
  • Varieties of African American Religious Experience (New Vectors in the Study of Religion and Theology). Anthony Pinn. Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1998.
  • Bound for the promised land: African American religion and the great migration. Milton C. Sernett. Duke University Press, 1997.
  • African American religion and the civil rights movement in Arkansas. Johnny E. Williams. Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2003.
  • The New Black Gods: Arthur Huff Fauset and the Study of African-American Religions. Edward E. Curtis IV and Danielle Brune Sigler (eds.). Indiana University Press, 2009.
  • African-American religion: interpretive essays in history and culture. Timothy Earl Fulop and Albert J. Raboteau. Routledge, 1997.

Biology: Books

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  • Recent Themes in the History of Science and Religion: Historians in Conversation. Donald A. Yerxa (ed.). The University of South Carolina Press, 2010.
  • The New Frontier of Religion and Science: Religious Experience, Neuroscience and the Transcendent. John Hick. Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
  • A Science and Religion Primer. Heidi A. Campbell and Heather Looy (eds.) Supported by a grant from the Templeton Publishing Subsidy. BakerAcademic, 2009.
  • Religious Perspectives On Bioethics. Mark Cherry. Taylor & Francis, 2009.
  • Science in Theistic Contexts: Cognitive Dimensions. John Hedley, Margaret Osler and Jitse M. van der Meer Brooke. University of Chicago Press Journals, 2001.
  • Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation. Robert Chambers and James A. Secord (ed.). University Of Chicago Press, 1994 (original publication, 1844).
  • Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Nautralism. Alvin Plantinga. Oxford University Press, USA, 2011.
  • The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology (Chp. 22, “Biology and Religion”). David L. Hull and Michael Ruse (eds.). New York, 2008.
  • A Companion to Bioethics. Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer (eds.). 2nd ed. Blackwell Publishing, 2009.
  • Why the Science and Religion Dialogue Matters: Voices from the International Society for Science and Religion. Fraser Watts and Kevin Dutton. International Society for Science and Religion. Published by Templeton Foundation Press, 2006.
  • Media Perspectives on Intelligent Design and Evolution by Mark Paxton. Greenwood, 2011.

Art: Books

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  • Graphic Design and Religion. Daniel Kantor. GIA Publications, 2008.
  • Crossroads: Art and Religion in American Life. In collaboration with the Center for Arts and Culture in Washington, D.C. The New Press, 2001.
  • Where Heaven and Earth Meet: The Spiritual in the Art of Kandinsky, Rothko, Warhol, and Kiefer. Wessel Stoker. Rodopi, 2012.
  • Religion and art: A study in the evolution of sculpture, painting and architecture. Alessandro Della Seta. RareBooksClub.com, 2012.
  • Religion and Art in Ancient Greece. Ernest Arthur Gardner, 2007.
  • Reluctant Partners: Art and Religion in Dialogue. Ena Giurescu. Heller Museum Of Biblical Art, 2006.
  • Art, Creativity, and the Sacred. Diane Apostolos-Cappadona (ed.). Continuum International Publishing Group, 1995.
  • Crossroads: Art and Religion in American Life. Alberta Arthurs. Center for Arts and Culture New Press, 2001.
  • Symbolism, the Sacred, and the Arts. Mircea Eliade. Continuum International Publishing Group, 1992.

Architecture and engineering: Books

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  • An Illustrated History of Islamic Architecture. Moya Carey. Southwater, 2012.
  • Building a Public Judaism: Synagogues and Jewish Identity in Nineteenth-Century Europe. Saskia Coenen Snyder. Harvard University Press, 2013.
  • Engineering Ethics – International Library of Essays in Public and Professional Ethics. Michael Davis. Ashgate, 2005.
  • Exit Architecture: Design Between War and Peace. Stephan Trüby. Springer, 2008
  • Heavenly Vaults: From Romanesqueto Gothic in European Architecture. David Stephenson. New York, 2009.
  • Intersections of architecture and religion in the medieval Mediterranean: The Cappella Palatina, Palermo, and the Cathedral of St Sophia, Nicosia. Amy Malleck. ProQuest, UMI Dissertation Publishing, 2012.
  • Sacred Buildings: A Design Manual. Rudolf Stegers. Basel, 2008.
  • Worship, Acoustics and Architecture. Cirillo, Ettore and Francesco Martellotta. Essex, 2007.

Anthropology and archaeology: Books

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  • An Archaeology of the Cosmos: Rethinking Agency and Religion in Ancient America. Timothy R. Pauketat. Routledge, 2012.
  • A New Anthropology of Islam. John Richard Bowen. Cambridge University Press, 2012.
  • Anthropology and Religion: What We Know, Think, and Question. Robert L. Winzeler. AltaMira Press, 2007.
  • Belief in the Past: Theoretical Approaches to the Archaeology of Religion. Left Coast Press, 2008.
  • Cave Paintings and the Human Spirit: The Origin of Creativity and Belief. David S. Whitley. Prometheus Books, 2009.
  • Introducing Anthropology of Religion: Culture to the Ultimate. Jack Eller. Routledge, 2007.
  • Old Myths, New Approaches: Interpreting Ancient Religious Sites in Southeast Asia. Alexandra Haendel. Monash University Press, 2012.
  • Religion, Archaeology, and the Material World. Timothy Clack. Ed. Lars Fogelin. Southern Illinois Center for Archaeological Investigations, 2009.
  • Roman Domestic Art and Early House Churches. David L. Balch. Mohr Siebeck, 2008.
  • The Archaeology of Ritual. Evangelos Kyriakidis. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, 2007.
  • The Archaeology of the Holy Land: From the Destruction of Solomon’s Temple to the Muslim Conquest. Jodi Magness. Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Agriculture, food science and environment: Books

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  • Ecology and the Environment: Perspectives from the Humanities. Donald K. Swearer (editor). Center for the Study of World Religions, 2009.
  • Food and Identity in Early Rabbinic Judaism. Jordan D. Rosenblum. Cambridge, 2011.
  • Food, Farming, and Faith (SUNY Series on Religion and the Environment). Gary W. Fick. State University of New York Press, 2008.
  • Foreigners and their Food: Constructing Otherness in Jewish, Christian and Islamic Law. David M. Freidenreich. University of California Press, Aug. 13, 2011.
  • Growing Stories from India: Religion and the Fate of Agriculture (Culture of the Land). A. Whitney Sandford. The University Press of Kentucky, Dec. 30, 2011.
  • Of the Land and the Spirit: The Essential Lord Northbourne on Ecology and Religion. Lord Northbourne World Wisdom, edition 2008.
  • Rebirth of the Sacred: Science, Religion and the New Environmental Ethos. Robert Nadeau. Oxford University Press US, Nov. 2, 2012.
  • Religion and Ecology in India and Southeast Asia. David Gosling. Taylor & Francis, 2002.
  • Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible. Ellen F. Davis. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
  • Stations of the Banquet: Faith Foundations for Food Justice. Cathy C. Campbell. Liturgical Press, 2003.
  • 10 Reasons Christians Should Care About What They Eat. Myrtis Smith. Kindle Edition, June 12, 2012.
  • The Oxford handbook of religion and ecology. Roger S. Gottlieb. Oxford University Press US, 2006.
  • This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, Environment. Roger Gottlieb. Routledge, 2003.
  • Weaving the Cosmos: Science, Religion and Ecology. C. Clarke. Earth Books, 2010.

Advertising and marketing: Books

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  • Brands of Faith: Marketing Religion in a Commercial Age. Mara Einstein. Routledge, 2007.
  • Faith-Based Marketing: The Guide to Reaching 140 Million Christian Customers. Bob Hutchins and Greg Stielstra. Wiley, 2009.
  • Issues in American Advertising: Media, Society, and a Changing World. Tom Reichert, executive editor. The Copy Workshop, a division of Bruce Bendinger Creative Communications Inc. Chicago, Ill, 2008.
  • On Earth As It Is In Advertising?: Moving from Commercial Hype to Gospel Hope. Sam Van Eman. Wipf & Stock Publishers, April 1, 2010.
  • The Religious Dimensions of Advertising. Tricia Sheffield. Palgrave Macmillan, Nov. 14, 2006.
  • Religion, Culture and Advertising: A Pakistani Perspective. Hamza Javed. Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, Aug. 6, 2012.