
The The Vision of God
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Although Kirk published an expanded 'complete edition' of The Vision of God in 1931, he notes in the preface to the shorter text presented here that 'what remains approximates to, though it is not quite identical with, the actual lectures as originally delivered.' The reader therefore has in their hands the essence of Kirk's thesis, which continues to prompt debate today.
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"We have never read any theological work which has a more direct bearing on practical problems of ecclesiastical statesmanship and religious policy." \i Times Literary Supplement\i0 \par
"A great book." \i Expository Times\i0 \par
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This classic 1931 book, praised by Bishop Stephen Platten in Theology (January 2021) as 'the single most significant essay by an Anglican in the twentieth century', has now been republished as an affordable paperback.
Short Notice by Robin Gill, In Theology, 2023, Volume 126, Issue 4.
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Preface
Lecture I. The Vision of God in Pre-Christian Thought
1. The Vision of God
2. Formalism and Rigorism
3. Jewish Anticipations
4. Pagan Anticipations
5. Philo of Alexandria
Lecture II. The New Testament
1. Rigorism and Eschatology in the Teaching of Jesus
2. New Testament Variations
3. The Origin of New Testament Rigorism
4. The Vision of God in the New Testament
Lecture III. Formalism
1. The Beginnings of Codification
2. Codification in the New Testament
3. The Dangers of Formalism
4. The Motive of Reward in the Gospels
Lecture IV. Rigorism
1. The Beginnings of Monasticism
2. Monasticism and The Vision of God
3. The Gnostics
Lecture V. The Reply to Rigorism (I. - Discipline)
1. Rigorists & Humanists
2. The Two Lives
3. The Reform of Monasticism
Lecture VI. The Reply to Rigorism (II. - Doctrine)
1. Naturalism and Christianity
2. St Clement of Alexandria
3. St Augustine
4. St Bernard of Clairvaux
Lecture VII. Confusion and Order
1. The Twelfth Century
2. The School of St Victor
3. St Thomas Aquinas
4. St Ignatius of Loyola
5. St Francis de Sales
Lecture VIII. Law and Promise
1. The Reversal of Tradition
2. 'Worship' and 'Service'
3. Disinterestedness and Pure Love
4. Conclusion
Index
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