ISBN: 9781150354427

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: .of the soul. The consciousness of imperfection, failure, and sin, is rightly treated as a "feeling after God," and the aspect of life as a warfare is rightly emphasised; but the "practice of holiness "-that is, of duty regarded as obedience to God's will-appears simply as the This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: .of the soul. The consciousness of imperfection, failure, and sin, is rightly treated as a "feeling after God," and the aspect of life as a warfare is rightly emphasised; but the "practice of holiness "-that is, of duty regarded as obedience to God's will-appears simply as the cultivation of "personal excellences" and "duties to others." These general views of God and of man remain the same in the later compilation, Hymns of Praise and Prayer, with two important additional sections which introduce the idea of God revealing himself positively in the individual soul and in the constitution and history of humanity. But the range given to these ideas is extremely narrow. There is no recognition of Humanity as a concrete spiritual form of life, and of man's social nature; there is no recognition of any inborn tendencies in men to good or evil. Man is treated as being so independent of his fellow-creatures, so "master of himself," as to exclude any real spiritual influence of one or another, for good or evil; and there is much celebration of the awfulness of his individual responsibility, but no hint of any collective responsibility of Society for its members. Thus, on the whole, it would seem that the future gathering together of Christians into a "city of God" cannot be on the basis of the religious principles here suggested. "Orthodox" Christianity of course takes the same abstract view of God; but it has the great advantage of being able to hold up the concrete historical personality of Christ as a source of divine power. Hence it can make a far more effective appeal to the feelings and imagination, and so to conduct and character, than is possible through dwelling on an abstract God who c. Books, , Leaders-of-Religious-Thought-in-the-Nineteenth-Century~~Sydney-Herbert-Mellone, 999999999, Leaders of Religious Thought in the Nineteenth Century; Newman, Martineau, Comte, Spencer, Browning, Sydney Herbert Mellone, 1150354429, General Books LLC, , , , , General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781150354427

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: .of the soul. The consciousness of imperfection, failure, and sin, is rightly treated as a "feeling after God," and the aspect of life as a warfare is rightly emphasised; but the "practice of holiness "-that is, of duty regarded as obedience to God's will-appears simply as the cultivation of "personal excellences" and "duties to others." These general views of God and of man remain the same in the later compilation, Hymns of Praise and Prayer, with two important additional sections which introduce the idea of God revealing himself positively in the individual soul and in the constitution and history of humanity. But the range given to these ideas is extremely narrow. There is no recognition of Humanity as a concrete spiritual form of life, and of man's social nature; there is no recognition of any inborn tendencies in men to good or evil. Man is treated as being so independent of his fellow-creatures, so "master of himself," as to exclude any real spiritual influence of one or another, for good or evil; and there is much celebration of the awfulness of his individual responsibility, but no hint of any collective responsibility of Society for its members. Thus, on the whole, it would seem that the future gathering together of Christians into a "city of God" cannot be on the basis of the religious principles here suggested. "Orthodox" Christianity of course takes the same abstract view of God; but it has the great advantage of being able to hold up the concrete historical personality of Christ as a source of divine power. Hence it can make a far more effective appeal to the feelings and imagination, and so to conduct and character, than is possible through dwelling on an abstract God who c. Books Leaders-of-Religious-Thought-in-the-Nineteenth-Century~~Sydney-Herbert-Mellone General Books LLC General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1902 Original Publisher: William Blackwood and sons Description: "The substance of this book was delivered as a course of lectures before ... the Divinity school of Meadville, Pennsylvania."--Pref. Subjects: Religious thought Biography<

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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 122 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=7mm, Gew.=191gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: General Books… More...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 122 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=7mm, Gew.=191gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1902 Original Publisher: William Blackwood and sons Description: "The substance of this book was delivered as a course of lectures before ... the Divinity school of Meadville, Pennsylvania."--Pref. Subjects: Religious thought Biography<