The philosophy of religion in nineteenth-century England and beyond / S.A.M. Adshead.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adshead, Samuel Adrian M. (Samuel Adrian Miles)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity--Philosophy--History--19th century.

Christianity.

Christianity--Philosophy--History--20th century.

Christianity--Philosophy.

History.

England--Intellectual life--19th century.

England.

Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

viii, 274 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Summary:

"This book takes a new look at the history of Christianity from the Tractarian Movement to Vatican II. It argues that, beginning in early nineteenth-century Oxford and ending in late twentieth-century Rome, a major change occurred in the philosophy of religion, which may be named the critical implosion. It was a major change because, while it did not necessarily alter what was believed, it influenced the how and why of belief, the intellectual parameters of religion. Twelve major religious thinkers are examined for their intellectual contexts, personalities and underlying philosophies. Intellectual history is combined with the history of theology in global perspective."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents:

Part I Truth 1

Introduction: From Authority to Method 3

1 Newman: Method and Authority 22

2 Manning: Authority and Method 40

3 Wilberforce: High Authority, Low Method 59

4 Tait: the Implosion Deflated 79

5 Creighton: the Sufficiency of History 98

6 Bradley: from History to Mystery 116

Part II Meaning

7 Teilhard de Chardin: from the Absolute to Omega 137

8 White: the Testimony of Psyche 154

9 Griffiths: Twilights of the Raj 171

10 Florovsky: Critical Tradition 189

11 Lonergan: Critical System 207

12 Ratzinger: Critical Magisterium 225.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-264) and index.

ISBN:

0312224249

OCLC:

41115020