There is now renewed and growing interest in post-Hegelian idealism, which was in its heyday at the end of the nineteenth century. This book is concerned with the religious and socio-ethical aspects in the writings of selected idealists. It addresses the question: was post-Hegelian philosophical idealism, in its friendliest guise, more a help than a hindrance to the expression of Christian convictions and the articulation of Christian doctrines? In pursuit of an answer, the author discusses the writings of seven British idealists who, if not in every case entirely doctrinally orthodox, were by no means unkindly disposed towards the Christian faith: T. H. Green, Edward Caird, J. R. Illingworth, Henry Jones, A. S. Pringle-Pattison, C. C. J. Webb, and A. E. Taylor. The book opens with an account of the formative intellectual influences upon the seven idealists and their consequent philosophical positions. There follow chapters on God, ethics and society, and Christian doctrine. The conclusion passes some positive and negative judgments upon post-Hegelian idealism in so far as it bears upon, or expresses, Christian belief. It also broaches the underlying question of the method of Christian thought vis à vis the general intellectual environment.

Philosophical Idealism and Christian Belief

Sell, Alan P.F.

History

st.martins press

The author provides an account of the philosophy of religion in the period 1875-1980, from the point of view of the discipline's objectives and methods as these were pursued in relation to work in the broader philosophical territory.

The philosophy of religion, 1875-1980

Croom Helm

Testimony and Tradition: Studies in Reformed and Dissenting Thought

Internationally recognised for his scholarship in the philosophy of religion and Christian Doctrine, and for his ecclesiastical connections as former Theological Secretary of the Geneva-based World Alliance of Reformed Churches, the Reformed theologian Alan Sell has an established reputation amongst theologians, church and intellectual historians, ecumenists, and ministers of religion. This collection of Alan Sell's work on the Reformed and Dissenting traditions - which includes the Presbyterian, Congregational and United Reformed Church - spans key doctrinal, philosophical, ethical, historical and ecumenical topics. The author illuminates central themes within the history and thought of the Reformed and Dissenting traditions including: the catholicity of the Church and danger of sectarianism, the importance of church meeting, the centrality of the Cross in Christian thought, the need for a viable Christian apologetic. Alan Sell also includes the only modern study of Henry Grove and papers on Andrew Fuller and P. T. Forsyth, in whose work there is currently a revival of interest. With growing interest world wide in the Reformed family, which is the third largest Christian world communion, this book offers an invaluable resource.

Christian Books & Bibles

Ashgate Pub Ltd

The Great Debate: Calvinism, Arminianism and Salvation

Baker Pub Group

Theology in turmoil: The roots, course, and significance of the conservative-liberal debate in modern theology

Baker Book House

Defending and Declaring the Faith : Some Scottish Examples, 1860-1920

Religion & Spirituality

Paternoster Press

The great debate: Calvinism, Arminianism, and salvation (Studies in Christian thought and history)

Walter

Between 1860-1920 a number of distinguished Scottish theologians grappled with the problems of reconciling a biblical faith with current philosophical and theological trends. Alan Sell has selected eight of these: John Kennedy of Dingwall (1819-1884); Robert Flint (1838-1910); John Caird (1820-1898); A. B. Bruce (1831-1899); James Iverach (1839-1922); James Orr (1844-1913); D. W. Forrest (1856-1918); and James Denney (1856-1917).The book is not only of historical interest; many of the issues confronted by these scholars are also of contemporary interest.Professor James Torrance comments: 'This study is invaluable in keeping alive the authentic tradition that Scotland has produced great theologians, . . . but perhaps supremely in the period covered by this eminently readable book.'

Defending and Declaring the Faith: Some Scottish Examples, 1860-1920

Helmers & Howard Pub

Four Philosophical Anglicans

Churches & Church Leadership

Routledge

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