
Essays and Reviews
Cambridge University Press
Published on 18. April 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-1-108-05193-4 (ISBN)
Description
Comprising seven essays by learned contributors and controversially advocating a rationalist Christianity, this work became a sensation upon publication in 1860. Frederick Temple (1821-1902), later Archbishop of Canterbury, wrote on the cultural contributions of non-Christians; Roland Williams (1817-70), Professor of Hebrew at Lampeter, questioned Old Testament prophesies; Baden Powell (1796-1850), Oxford Professor of Geometry, challenged belief in miracles and embraced Darwinism; Henry Bristow Wilson (1803-88) questioned literal biblical history; the only lay contributor, Egyptologist Charles Wycliffe Goodwin (1817-78), embraced geology; Mark Pattison (1813-84), tutor at Lincoln College, wrote on the history of rationalist theology; and Benjamin Jowett (1817-93), Oxford Professor of Greek, advocated a historical reading of the Bible. Wilson and Williams were later found guilty of heresy by a Church court, though this was overturned on appeal. For readers interested in the theological controversies of the Victorian era, these essays remain invaluable.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
628 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-05193-4 (9781108051934)
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Content
The education of the world; Bunsen's biblical researches; On the study of the evidences of Christianity; Seances historiques de Geneve; On the Mosaic cosmogony; Tendencies of religious thought in England, 1688-1750; On the interpretation of scripture; Note on Bunsen's biblical researches.