Religious thought in the nineteenth century: illustrated from writers of the period
Mr Reardon begins with a substantial introduction characterizing the age as a whole, contrasting it with the previous century and assessing its permanent achievements. The book is divided into two parts. The first deals with twelve writers from continental Europe, with an account of the chosen autho...
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Language: | English |
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1966.
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In: | Year: 1966 |
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Religious thought ; 19th century
B Religious thought, 19th century B Religious Thought 19th century |
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Summary: | Mr Reardon begins with a substantial introduction characterizing the age as a whole, contrasting it with the previous century and assessing its permanent achievements. The book is divided into two parts. The first deals with twelve writers from continental Europe, with an account of the chosen author's life, work and opinions. The second deals with British and American writers and again each of the twelve chapters is introduced by an essay of about 1500 words. Mr Reardon gives special attention to the philosophical interpretation of religion and of Christianity in particular. Traditional dogma and ecclesiastical politics, whether Roman Catholic or Protestant, have been avoided and emphasis is given to ideas and interests that are characteristic of the period. Not all the thinkers introduced (e.g. Feuerbach, Comte, J. S. Mill) are themselves Christian. The result is a clear picture of the main currents of Western religious thought in the nineteenth century. It is a century which the student of religion today is likely to find of great interest and to which many will feel a close affinity. Part I: European -- I. Schleiermacher -- What religion is -- Religious language -- II. Hegel -- The absolute religion -- III. Feuerbach -- Man and religion -- IV. D.F. Strauss -- Myth in the New Testament -- Definition and characteristics of the gospel myth -- V. Lotze -- The divine personality -- VI. Ritschl -- God and metaphysics -- The special character of religious knowledge -- Value-judgments -- VII. Harnack -- Jesus' essential teaching -- Protestantism -- VIII. Kierkegaard -- Faith and reason -- IX. Lamennais -- Authority in religion -- X. Auguste Comte -- The law of the three states -- XI. Auguste Sabatier -- What is a dogma? -- XII. Solovyov -- Godmanhood -- Part II: British and American -- I. Coleridge -- Reason and understanding -- Faith -- The authority of scripture -- II. F.D. Maurice -- What is revelation? -- The creeds -- III. Newman -- Faith and reason -- Belief in God -- Development in ideas -- IV. Mansel -- The nature and purpose of theological truths -- V.J.S. Mill -- Theism -- VI. Benjamin Jowett and Essays and Reviews -- The interpretation of scripture -- VII. Matthew Arnold -- Christianity -- VIII. Scott Holland and Lux Mundi -- What is faith? -- Dogma -- IX. The British Hegelians -- John Caird: Religion and philosophy -- Edward Caird: Religion and the human consciousness -- F.H. Bradley: Faith, God and the absolute -- X. Emerson -- The soul and revelation -- XI. Josiah Royce -- Religion as a moral code and as a theory -- XII. William James -- The will to believe |
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Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
ISBN: | 0511554761 |
Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511554766 |