Besides editing the Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity, I also wrote a chapter for it called "Natural Theology after Modernism." The contributors to a volume like this benefit financially even less than the editors do. They each receive a copy of the finished volume, and then $200 worth of books from Blackwell's book list. I just received my shipment of them.
For such an occasion I usually take a few chances on some books or get some things that I wouldn't otherwise pay for. Here's what I got:
World Philosophies: An Historical Introduction, by David E. Cooper. A sweeping overview of the major systems of philosophy throughout world history, including significant representation of non-Western schools of thought.
The Classics of Western Philosophy, edited by Jorge Gracia, Gregory Reichberg, and Bernard Schumacher. I'm a sucker for books like this. It is not an anthology of primary sources, but a collection of original essays about the classic works.
The Meaning of Theism, edited by John Cottingham. A collection of essays from a special edition of the journal Ratio.
A Brief History of Analytic Philosophy from Russell to Rawls, by Stephen P. Schwartz. An aptly named book; it does what it advertises.
A Brief History of Spirituality, by Philip Sheldrake. A survey of Christian spiritual writing from the New Testament through Thomas Merton.
Then I bought two other books this week, and it may seem kind of funny that they were two copies of my own book, Christian Thought: A Historical Introduction. I like to keep a few of these around to peddle to others. As the author, they gave me 10 or so to start with, but now I have to pay 40% of the list price to get additional copies. The bookstore at my institution was having a 50% sale this week because they are expanding the store (and, I guess, trying to get rid of their stock?). So I could get them cheaper there.
Welcome to the family!
For such an occasion I usually take a few chances on some books or get some things that I wouldn't otherwise pay for. Here's what I got:World Philosophies: An Historical Introduction, by David E. Cooper. A sweeping overview of the major systems of philosophy throughout world history, including significant representation of non-Western schools of thought.
The Classics of Western Philosophy, edited by Jorge Gracia, Gregory Reichberg, and Bernard Schumacher. I'm a sucker for books like this. It is not an anthology of primary sources, but a collection of original essays about the classic works.
The Meaning of Theism, edited by John Cottingham. A collection of essays from a special edition of the journal Ratio. A Brief History of Analytic Philosophy from Russell to Rawls, by Stephen P. Schwartz. An aptly named book; it does what it advertises.
A Brief History of Spirituality, by Philip Sheldrake. A survey of Christian spiritual writing from the New Testament through Thomas Merton.
Welcome to the family!
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I recently acquired a copy of Blackwell's Analytic Philosophy: An Anthology, 2nd edition. It seems like this would be a good companion to the analytic philosophy text you received. It has so many great papers in it.
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