Shall the Churches Take Psychical Research Seriously?
Thirty years ago if a man had talked seriously about ghosts, he would probably have been set down as simple-minded, or as a spiritualist. It is still difficult for some of us to feel that people can believe in the sobriety of men who investigate ghost stories, attend seances, and write articles on c...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
1914
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The biblical world
Year: 1914, Volume: 43, Issue: 2, Pages: 94-99 |
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| Summary: | Thirty years ago if a man had talked seriously about ghosts, he would probably have been set down as simple-minded, or as a spiritualist. It is still difficult for some of us to feel that people can believe in the sobriety of men who investigate ghost stories, attend seances, and write articles on communications from the dead. It may be, however, that this is only a part of our intellectual provincialism. At any rate, a moment's thought will make it evident that religion is interested in any attempt at understanding immortality. If such an attempt is ill advised it will work harm; if it is really significant it may serve, as many claim, to corroborate the stories of the resurrection. There is no man better able to give this delicate but serious matter a judicial treatment than President Cutten. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The biblical world
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1086/474992 |