Reconciling faith and reason: T. H. Green's theory of human agency
The Victorian age was a period in which Christian Orthodoxy was undermined by new and emerging forms of reasoned inquiry. The commonly-held view amongst historians is that the intellectual life in the era was composed of two hostile camps; those who defended Christian Orthodoxy and those who champio...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2018]
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International journal of philosophy and theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 79, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 156-177 |
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Green, Thomas Hill 1836-1882
/ Faith
/ Reason
/ Human being
/ God
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history NBC Doctrine of God NBE Anthropology |
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Victorian crisis of faith
B British Idealism B T. H. Green B Faith B Absolute Idealism B Reason |
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| Summary: | The Victorian age was a period in which Christian Orthodoxy was undermined by new and emerging forms of reasoned inquiry. The commonly-held view amongst historians is that the intellectual life in the era was composed of two hostile camps; those who defended Christian Orthodoxy and those who championed the new sciences. The received view is that, when faced by the new fields of reasoned inquiry, Christianity's prominence within British intellectual life and discourse went into terminal decline. The intention of this article is to demonstrate that there was a middle ground between the two camps. In particular, this article aims to demonstrate that attempts were made to reconcile Christianity with the findings of the emerging forms of reasoned inquiry. This will be achieved through providing an examination of T. H. Green's theory of Human Agency. Green was one of the most prominent philosophers of the Victorian age. Through his theory of human agency, Green consciously engaged in the debate that existed between theistic Christianity and the emerging forms of reason inquiry of the time. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-2335 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of philosophy and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/21692327.2017.1422001 |