The Question of God and religion

I recently ordered 5 new books on the subject of God and religion. They are:
The Christian World: A global History and Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling: a cultural biography. These two books about religions from a historical and global perspective will help our students who are taking religions of the world (Phil 15) as they write papers on specific religious movements.

We also got three books which consider God from a variety of different (and conflicting) angles. Quest for the Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the Theology of God attempts to explore a variety of cultural explorations of diety including : the God of Fiesta, the god of Love, the God of compassion and God acting Womanly. Chance or Purpose revisits the creation vs. evolution debate using rational thought. The Question of God is an imaginary debate between C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud.

Especially on a campus which teaches philosophy and religion classes, the opportunity for debate and understanding and questions is everywhere. Hopefully these books will help students to add to the debate and understand their own positions and the positions of their neighbors better.