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Cutting Jesus Down to Size: What Higher Criticism Has Achieved and Where It Leaves Christianity

G. A. Wells

“G.A. Wells is at his best—thorough, insightful, and engrossing.”

—Joe E. Barnhart, author of In Search of First-Century Christianity

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"All the Argument We Need" and "Is Radiohead the Pink Floyd of the 21st Century?" from Radiohead and Philosophy

Stephen Colbert and Philosophy: I Am America (And So Can You!)

Edited by Aaron Allen Schiller

Vol. 41 in the Popular Culture and Philosophy® series

"This smart and lively crew gets it, which is to say, they are it-getters. They get that Colbert is more than funny, and . . . has much to teach us about the great philosophical debates of our times"

—Geoffrey Baym, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

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Transformers and Philosophy

Edited by John R. Shook and Liz Stillwaggon Swan

Vol. 40 in the Popular Culture and Philosophy® series

"If you like big robots and even bigger ideas, this book is for you."

—Benjamin Stevens, Bard College

Jimmy Buffett and Philosophy

Edited by Erin McKenna and Scott L. Pratt

Vol. 39 in the Popular Culture and Philosophy® series

"each chapter in Jimmy Buffett and Philosophy brings to light new perspectives on the ways in which Buffett does indeed ask and answer some fundamental questions."

—Dawn Bowen, University of Mary Washington

". . . a rich collection of chapters by thinkers whose lives have been touched by Radiohead. Ranging from personal to deeply analytical, these writings provide a rich panorama of responses to the art of this remarkable band."

—Paul Lansky, composer of computer music, a fragment of which was used by Radiohead in 'Idioteque'