“peter c hodgson”

Peter C. Hodgson engages the speculative reconstruction of Christian theology that is accomplished by Hegel's Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, and provides a close reading of the critical edition of the lectures. He analyzes Hegel's concept of the object and purpose of the philosophy of relig... More

Theology, if it is to be a dynamic force in the world and not a lifeless relic, needs to be a continual process of reinterpretation, says Peter Hodgson. This sweeping reconstruction of theology in the postmodern period is a return to the process of continual theological revisioning through a constru... More

Hodgson asserts that God's wisdom, incarnate in paradigmatic teachers such as Jesus, forms and transforms human beings by evoking critical thinking, heightened imagination, and liberating practice. This groundbreaking book reexamines the place of religion in liberal education and the relationship be... More

Hodgson's sympathetic reading of Eliot's work traces her religious pilgrimage from a strongly evangelical Home, through critical humanism to a profound and novel affirmation of "the mystery beneath the real". It unearths a neglected aspect of 19th-century thought.Pioneering a postmodern religious st... More

A complete chronicle of the literature of the British Isles, from "Beowulf "to the beginning of the third millennium. This classic work of literary history not only provides an encyclopedic survey, but also a personal, chronological interpretation of the English tradition with an emphasis on the con... More

An invaluable sourcebook to E. M. Forster's easily most challenging and provocative work, "A Passage to India" has stirred up debate on such topics as imperialism, modernism, ethnicity, sexuality and symbolism. This "Routledge Literary Sourcebook" introduces not only the novel but also the key issue... More

Pearl Buck was one of the most renowned, interesting and controversial figures ever to influence American and Chinese cultural and literary history--and yet she remains one of the least studied, honored or remembered. This cultural biography of the author of The Good Earth offers a dual portrait of ... More

Private investigator Cliff Hardy is no financial genius, but in this collection of hard-boiled detective stories he pursues white-collar criminals with the same doggedness he applies to his more downmarket villains. A conveniently placed telephone book advertisement leads Hardy to begin investigatin... More

In this book of puzzles and paradoxes, Peter Cave introduces some of life's most important questions with tales and tall stories, reasons and arguments, common sense and bizarre conclusions. From how to get to heaven, to speedy tortoises, paradoxes and puzzles give rise to some of the most exciting ... More