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Philosophy, religion, and cultural studies.

The Philosophy section covers Plato through Kant to Habermas, and philosophical movements such as the Scottish Enlightenment and German Idealism. Titles include The Cambridge Companion to Early Greek Philosophy, The Cambridge Companion to Bertrand Russell, and The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy.

The Religion section covers Christian theology, Judaism, and the Qur'an. Titles include The Cambridge Companion to Aquinas, The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation, The Cambridge Companion to American Judaism, and others.

The Culture section covers modern American and European culture and literature.

Online reference works for an inter-disciplinary audience of students ... quick access to a comprehensive compendium of current thinking.

The Cambridge Companions series offers specially-commissioned collections of essays which are intended to serve as reference works for an inter-disciplinary audience of students and non-specialists. Addressing topics and figures ranging from Plato through Kant to Habermas, and philosophical movements such as the Scottish Enlightenment and German Idealism, this online collection contains over 1100 downloadable essays taken from the Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Religion and Culture (as of May 2009 there are 122 titles).

Each volume also includes a substantial bibliography and other elements such as glossaries and timelines.

• Taken from the renowned Cambridge Companions series of authoritative guides, written by leading experts in the field and used by students, scholars and non-specialists for twenty years.
• Updated continuously with new essays and bibliographies, taken from the book series on publication.
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