Preface |
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I INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS |
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1. Scope, Method and Purpose of the Inquiry |
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2. A First Look Around |
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II ABSOLUTE IDEALISM |
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3. Idealism in the English-speaking Countries |
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4. British Neo-Hegelianism (E. Caird, H. Jones) |
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5. British Absolutism and Suprarationalism (F. H. Bradley, B. Bosanquet, C. A. Campbell) |
28 |
6. American Absolute Idealism (J. Royce) |
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7. Absolute Idealism in Theological and Religious Writers (J. R. Illingworth, R. J. Campbell, R. W. Trine) |
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8. Summary and Criticism of Absolute Idealism |
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III PERSONAL IDEALISM |
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9. The Status of Persons |
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10. Moderate Personal Idealism (A. S. Pringle-Pattison, W. E. |
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Hocking) |
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11. Pluralistic Personal Idealism (G. H. Howison, J. M. E. McTaggart) |
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12. Personal Idealism in Theology (H. Rashdall, C. C. J. Webb) |
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13. Summary and Criticism of Personal Idealism |
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IV PHILOSOPHIES OF SPIRIT |
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14. Reality as Spiritual |
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15. Continental Philosophies of Spirit (R. Eucken, B. Varisco, E. Boutroux) |
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16. Anglo-American Philosophies of Spirit (J.Ward, B. P. Bowne, E. S. Brightman) |
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17. The Ethical Approach to Theism (W. R. Sorley, A. E. Taylor, W. G. de Burgh) |
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18. Ethical Theism and Theology (F. R. Tennant) |
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19. Assessment of Philosophies of Spirit |
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V THE IDEA OF VALUE IN PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY |
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20. Neo-Kantianism and Ritschlianism |
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21. Some Neo-Kantian Philosophers (W. Windelband, H. Cohen,H. Vaihinger, H. Haffding) |
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22. Some Ritschlian Theologians (W. Herrmann, T. Haering, J. Kaftan, A. Harnack) |
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23. Ritschlianism in the United States (H. C. King) |
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24. Critical Remarks on Neo-Kantianism and Ritschlianism |
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VI POSITIVISM AND NATURALISM |
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25. The Claims of Natural Science |
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26. Scientific Positivism (E. Mach, K. Pearson) |
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27. Evolutionary Naturalism (E. Haeckel) |
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28. Anthropology and Religion (E. B. Tylor, J. G. Frazer, S.Reinach) |
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29. Psychology and Religion (J. H. Leuba, S. Freud, C. G. Jung) |
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30. Criticism of Naturalistic Interpretations of Religion |
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VII SOME COMMENTS BY THE WAY |
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31. From the First to the Second Phase |
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32. Some Characteristics of the Second Phase |
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VIII PHILOSOPHIES OF HISTORY AND CULTURE |
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33. Man as the Theme of Philosophy |
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34. Some German Philosophers of History and Culture (W. Dilthey, O. Spengler, E. Cassirer) |
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35. Italian Historical Idealism (B. Croce, G. Gentile) |
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36. English-speaking Philosophers of History and Culture (R. G. Collingwood, A. J. Toynbee, W. M. Urban, C. Dawson) |
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37. Summary of Historical and Cultural Interpretations of Religion |
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IX CHRISTIANITY, HISTORY AND CULTURE |
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38. History and Theology |
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39. The Historical Interpretation of Christianity (O. Pfleiderer, E. Troeltsch) |
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40. Problems about the Jesus of History (J. Weiss, A. Schweitzer, A. Drews) |
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41. Some Independent Thinkers on Theology, History and Culture (W. R. Inge, F. von Hügel, F. Heiler) |
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42. Remarks on the Historical and Cultural Approaches to Religion |
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X SOCIOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS OF RELIGION |
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43. Religion and Society |
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44. The Social Origins of Religion (E. Durkheim) |
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45. Religion and Capitalism (M. Weber) |
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46. Religion and Communism (4. Kalthoff, K. Kautsky, V. I. Lenin) |
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47. The Social Gospel in America (W. Gladden, W. Rauschen busch, S. Mathews) |
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48. Critical Remarks on the Sociological Interpretations of Religion |
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XI PRAGMATISM AND ALLIED VIEWS |
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49. Thought and Action |
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50. Vitalism (H. Bergson) |
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51. Activism (M. Blondel) |
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52. Pragmatism (C. S. Peirce, W. James, J. Dewey) |
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53. Catholic Modernism (A. F. Loisy, L. Laberthonnière, E. Le Roy, G. Tyrrell) |
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54. Protestant Empirical Modernism (H. N. Wieman, H. E. Fosdick) |
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55. Critical Remarks on the Pragmatic View of Religion |
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XII PHILOSOPHIES OF PERSONAL BEING |
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56. Precursors of Existentialism |
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57. The Life of Dialogue (M. Buber, K. Heim) |
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58. Two Spanish Activists (M. de Unamuno, J. Ortega y Gasset) |
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59. The Russian Tradition (N. Berdyaev, S. Bulgakov) |
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60. The Form of the Personal (J. Macmurray) |
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61. Remarks on the Philosophers of Personal Being |
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XIII THE RELIGIOUS CONSCIOUSNESS AND PHENOMEN OLOGY |
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62. The Exploration of the Religious Consciousness |
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63. The Primitive Religious Consciousness (R. R. Marett) |
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64. The Experience of the Holy (R. Otto, J. W. Oman) |
213 |
65. The Method of Phenomenology (E. Husserl) |
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66. The Phenomenological Investigation of Religion (M. Scheler, G. van der Leeuw, M. Eliade) |
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67. Remarks on the Descriptive Approach to Religion |
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XIV THE NEW REALISM |
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68. The Revolt against Idealism |
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69. Continental Realism (F. Brentano) |
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70. Realism in England (G. E. Moore, B. A. W. Russell, C. D. Broad, H. H. Price) |
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71. Realism in America (R. B. Perry, G. Santayana) |
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72. Remarks on the New Realism |
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XV THE NEW PHYSICS, PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY |
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73. The Changing Scientific Picture |
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74. Some Physicists' Views on Philosophy and Religion (M. Planck, A. Einstein, W. K. Heisenberg, A. S. Eddington) |
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75. The New Physics and Christian Apologetics (B. H. Streeter, E. W. Barnes) |
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76. Remarks on the New Scientific Theories and Religion |
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XVI MORE COMMENTS BY THE WAY |
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77. From the Second to the Third Phase |
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78. Some Characteristics of the Third Phase |
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XVII REALIST METAPHYSICS AND THEOLOGY |
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79. Metaphysics on a Realist Basis |
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80. Realist Metaphysics in the English-speaking Countries (C. L. Morgan, S. Alexander, A. N. Whitehead, C. E. M. Joad) |
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81. Realist Metaphysics in Germany (N. Hartmann) |
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82. Realist Metaphysics in Theological and Religious Writers (W. Temple, L. S. Thornton, P. Teilhard de Chardin) |
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83. Realism, Theism and Christianity (C. Hartshorne, A. C. Garnett) |
273 |
84. Remarks on the Realist Philosophies and Theologies |
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XVIII NEO-THOMISM AND ROMAN CATHOLIC THEOLOGY |
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85. The Revival of Scholastic Studies |
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86. Some Pioneers of Neo-Thomism (D. J. Mercier, M. de Wulf, P. Coffey) |
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87. The Flowering of Neo-Thomism (J. Maritain, E. Gilson, F. C. Copleston, A. M. Farrer) |
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88. Some Roman Catholic Theologians (K. Adam, K. Rahner, H. U. von Balthasar, E. Pryzuara, J. Danielou, F. J. Sheen) |
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89. Remarks on Neo-Thomism and Roman Catholic Theology |
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XIX LOGICAL EMPIRICISM |
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90. Philosophy as Analysis |
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91. The Limits and Functions of Language (L. Wittgenstein) |
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92. The Language of Science as a Norm (R. Carnap, H. Reichenbach, K. R. Popper, A. J. Ayer) |
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93. Functional Analysis of Language and Empiricist Views of Religious Belief (G. Ryle, R. B. Braithwaite, J. Wisdom) |
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94. Critical Remarks on the Ideas of Religion in Logical Empiricism |
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XX THE THEOLOGY OF THE WORD |
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95. The Distinctiveness of Christianity |
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96. The Theology of the Word in Switzerland (K. Barth, E.Brunner, O. Cullmann) |
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97. Two Swedish Theologians (G. Aulén, A. Nygren) |
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98. A German Theologian (D. Bonhoeffer) |
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99. Critical Remarks on the Theology of the Word |
332 |
XXI POST-LIBERAL THEOLOGY IN THE ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES |
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100. The Impact of the Theological Revolution on Britain and America |
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101. Post-liberal Theology in Britain (J. Baillie, D. M. Baillie, H. H. Farmer) |
340 |
102. Post-liberal Theology in the United States (Reinhold Niebuhr, H. R. Niebuhr) |
344 |
103. Remarks on the Post-liberal English-speaking Theologians |
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XXII EXISTENTIALISM AND ONTOLOGY |
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104. Human Existence and Its Problems |
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105. Existentialism in Germany (M. Heidegger, K. Jaspers) |
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106. Existentialism in France (J.-P. Sartre, G. Marcel, L. Lavelle) |
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107. Existentialism and Theology (R. Bultmann, F. Gogarten,F. Buri, P. Tillich) |
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108. Remarks on Existentialist Philosophies and Theologies |
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XXIII CONCLUDING COMMENTS |
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109. Some Findings and Suggestions |
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110. Future Outlook |
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XXIV POSTSCRIPT: 1960-1970 |
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111. A Watershed? |
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112. Continental Protestant Theology, 1960-70 |
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113. Anglo-Saxon Theology, 1960-70 |
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114. Roman Catholic Thought, 1960-70 |
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115. Some Comments on the Decade |
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Index |
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