Some Very Short Intros

At the Roscoe Library

Very short introductions are for anyone wanting a stimulating and accessible way in to a new subject.

The front cover of Paul: A Very Short Introduction

Published by Oxford University Press and written by experts, titles held include:

  • Ancient philosophy;
  • Anglicanism;
  • The apocryphal Gospels;
  • Augustine;
  • The Bible;
  • Biblical archaeology;
  • Buddhism;
  • Buddhist ethics;
  • Catholicism;
  • Christian Ethics;
  • Continental philosophy;
  • The Dead Sea scrolls;
  • Ethics;
  • Existentialism;
  • Free will;
  • Fundamentalism;
  • German philosophy;
  • Hinduism;
  • Islam;
  • Islamic history;
  • Judaism;
  • The Koran;
  • The meaning of life;
  • Paul;
  • Philosophy;
  • Postmodernism;
  • Poststructuralism;
  • Presocratic philosophy;
  • Theology; and
  • Thomas Aquinas.