Agnosticism
Contemporary Responses to Spencer and Huxley
Andrew Pyle(Editor)
St Augustine's Press
Published on 1. June 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-1-85506-404-1 (ISBN)
Description
The "Key Issues" series aims to make available the contemporary responses that met important books and debates on their first appearance. These take the form of journal articles, book extracts, public letters, sermons and pamphlets which provides an insight into the historical relevance and the social and political context in which a publication or particular topic emerged. Each volume brings together bring together some of the key responses to the works. Until the 19th century, thinkers who entertained doubts about the existence of God were branded "atheists" and "infidels" and were usually subject to persecution. In late-19th century Britain however, a group of highly respectable thinkers emerged who used widely-accepted premises concerning the limits of human knowledge and the need for intellectual modesty to argue for the radical conclusion that theology is impossible, that we humans cannot know what (if anything) lies behind the veil of appearances. This volume provides extracts from the writings of agnostics such as Spencer, Huxley, Stephen, Clifford and Tyndall, and their theological opponents.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Indiana
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
466 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85506-404-1 (9781855064041)
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