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No class of works is received with more suspicion, I had almost said derision, than those which deal with Science and Religion. Science is tired of reconciliations between two things which never should have been contrasted; Religion is offended by the patronage of an ally which it professes not to need; and the critics have rightly discovered that, in most cases where Science is either pitted against Religion or fused with it, there is some fatal...
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Eminent cultural critic Lewis Mumford's first book, The Story of Utopias, is a fascinating survey of the development of the concept of "utopia." Mumford examines the major utopias-discussing Plato's Republic and Thomas More's Utopia, among others-concluding with a look at the prospects for utopia as it relates to the realities of urban planning.
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This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. The Pearl of Great Price, first published in 1851, is one of the scriptures of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is an important source of the teachings of Joseph Smith, the founder of the church. It was serialized in Smith's day and its order of matter was revised frequently in its various printings. This edition of Pearl contains works of revelation,...
4) Theosophy: An Introduction to the Supersensible Knowledge of the World and the Destination of Man
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Austrian philosopher and author Rudolph Steiner presents an in-depth analysis on the relationship between humans and the spiritual world in Theosophy, published in 1910. In the book, Steiner introduces and articulates to the reader this central idea: there are three sides to man's nature, and they are body, soul, and spirit. Touching upon themes of reincarnation and the division of the physical from the spiritual world, Steiner provides an overview...
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In this engrossing work, written for a doctorate in theology at the Catholic University of America, George J. Lucas crafts a rebuttal to Herbert Spencer's work The Unknowable, which claims agnostic science and metaphysics render the concept of a deity untenable. Lucas begins his work with a history of agnosticism, believing it a misunderstood philosophy, before launching into his argument that religion and science can work in harmony, one does not...
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This 1890 volume presents a historical and spiritual account of Catholicism. The author sums up his attitude toward his subject in the preface: "The consciousness of authority is doubtless human; but conditional on the source being divine." Sections include "Authority Implied in Religion," "Authority Artificially Misplaced," "Divine Authority Intermixed with Human Things," "Severance of Undivine Elements from Christendom," and "The Divine in the Human."...
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Twenty years of Arthurian scholarship are distilled in this 1913 study of one of the Western world's most enduring symbols. Was the Holy Grail the cup Jesus drank from at the Last Supper? The vessel in which Joseph of Arimethea received the blood of Christ? Or was it something else? Weston argues that the Grail legend is actually nature worship passed on as mystery and tradition.
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In this 1893 treatise Fisher, one of the most popular theological writers of his day, argues that the theory of evolution strengthens rather than weakens arguments for design. He turns a keen eye on topics as diverse as the origin of religion, free will, and the complexity of the human eye and ear as evidence for design.
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This 1916 work on "the science of religion" covers the evolution of religion from an objective point of view, and is concerned with factual history, not with what "ought to" have occurred. The author concerns himself with the value of different religions in comparison with one another. Topics include immortality, magic, fetishism, prayer, sacrifice, morality, and Christianity.
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During his thirty-one years in India, the author, a Catholic missionary, observed and documented the caste system, Brahminical life, and the Hindu religion. In this 1906 English translation, he describes feasts, temples, objects of worship, and the four states of Brahminical life. He also offers prescient observations of the British position in India. A warning: his observations, while quirky and useful, are bigoted.
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This 1905 treatise, subtitled "An Anthropological Study," begins with a discussion of the discipline of comparative religion, then focuses specifically on rituals of purification, and, finally, on the evolution of prayer. The author's aim throughout, as he puts it in his preface, is "to cool and temper the heated atmosphere of dogmatic controversy by presenting religious facts in their true proportion and proper setting."
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Published in 1917, this volume is based on a series of articles published by Butler in the 1870s and revised by him prior to his death. Here Butler sets forth his conception of the divine, as an evolutionary force that encompasses all living things and tends toward ever-greater unity and self-awareness.
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Part of the author's magisterial survey of the beliefs of the East, this 1872 volume on the religion, life, and philosophy of India is the result to twenty years of study. Johnson thoughtfully discusses Hinduism, Buddhism, ethics, Nirvana, hymns, traditions, the role of women, piety, morality, transmigration, incarnation, and more.
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In this 1906 sequel to an 1883 work, The Theories of Darwin, a noted theologian tries to mediate the "loud conflict" between Science and Christianity, or Religion and Culture. In this plea for understanding, the author declares that there really is perfect peace between the two factions.
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Written for young adult and older readers, this primer on the history of religion in Israel is a thorough yet concise, with an invaluable timeline of events and discussion questions for Sunday-school classrooms or book groups. Toy successfully introduces the reader to the Egyptians, Moses, David, Solomon, and many more important figures of Jewish history.
16) The New Theology
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The author, a popular Nonconformist preacher, reimagines traditional Christian beliefs in this 1906 study of the historical Jesus. Attempting to harmonize religion with modern scholarship, he considers the humanity and divinity of Jesus, the nature of evil, the authority of scripture, the doctrine of atonement, and questions of salvation, judgment, and the afterlife.
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Based on a set of lectures delivered at the University of St. Andrews between 1890 and 1892, Caird's aim is to appeal to those "alienated from the ordinary dogmatic system of belief, but who, at the same time, are conscious that they have owed a great part of their spiritual life to the teachings of the Bible and the Christian Church." Volume Two discusses the relationship between objective and subjective religions, goodness and happiness, Judaism...
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This 1897 review covers a history of Christian origins and Jewish and Christian literature to the end of the second century. Witness the rise of Nero, the fall of Jerusalem, the accession of a new faith, the Gnostics, the flight to the catacombs, and more. Gould says of the volume, "I have penetrated the dark chamber [of the fallible authorship of the Old Testament], and at least left the door ajar by which that influential person, the General Reader,...
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Originally published in 1894, The Gospel of the Buddha is one of the earliest translations of Buddhist literature into English. Carus compiles key passages from original texts, presenting an invaluable overview of the life and teachings of the Buddha. Many Westerners got their first introduction to Buddhism through texts such as these.
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This 1894 book explores the basics of Christianity, including the origins of the Church, the earliest views of the Bible and the decline of its authority, the role of ethics, and any other topic that fleshes out the essential character of the religion. Part of the prestigious, nonsectarian Hibbert Lectures-which were established by trust in 1847 and continued to be delivered as late as 2005.
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