Present Tendencies in Religious ThoughtAbingdon Press, 1924 - 328 páginas |
Palavras e frases frequentes
A. J. Balfour A. W. Benn agnosticism allegorical method apologetic appeal atheism authority basis belief in social Bible biblical infallibility Bowne Chris Christ Christian experience Christian faith church conception deism democracy distinctive divine economic element empirical science empiricism ethical existence expe fact factor hence human mind idea ideal immanent implies important individual interpretation J. B. Bury Jesus knowledge latter ligion logical manifestly materialistic means ment metaphysics miracles modern science modern thought world moral movement mystical nature neces Neo-Rationalism neo-rationalists objective ology philosophy Pietism political positivistic principle Protestant psychology psychology of religion radical rationalism rationalistic reality reason regarded religion religious a priori religious belief religious experience religious faith revelation rience Ritschl Ritschlian says Schleiermacher scientific Scripture sense experience social gospel social progress social utility society sociological soul spirit standpoint stress tendency test of truth theology theory tianity tion to-day traditional Troeltsch true validity
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Página 296 - We survey the past, and see that its history is of blood and tears, of helpless blundering, of wild revolt, of stupid acquiescence, of empty aspirations. We sound the future, and learn that after a period, long compared with the individual life, but short indeed compared with the divisions of time open to our investigation, the energies of our system will decay, the glory of the sun will be dimmed, and the earth, tideless and inert, will no longer tolerate the race which has for a moment disturbed...
Página 296 - ... the energies of our system will decay, the glory of the sun will be dimmed, and the earth tideless and inert will no longer tolerate the race which has for a moment disturbed its solitude. Man will go down into the pit and all his thoughts will perish. The...
Página 284 - The rich man in his castle, The poor man at his gate, God made them, high or lowly, And ordered their estate.
Página 130 - If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it be of God, or whether I speak from myself.
Página 62 - The mode of production in material life determines the general character of the social, political and spiritual processes of life. It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but, on the contrary, their social existence determines their consciousness.
Página 289 - Art Thou He that cometh or look we for another? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Go your way and tell John the things which ye do hear and see : the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up and the poor have good tidings preached to them : and blessed is he whosoever shall find none occasion of stumbling in Me.
Página 113 - consciousness," when once it has evaporated to this estate of pure diaphaneity, is on the point of disappearing altogether. It is the name of a nonentity, and has no right to a place among first principles. Those who still cling to it are clinging to a mere echo, the faint rumor left behind by the disappearing "soul
Página 69 - But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
Página 296 - ... decay, the glory of the sun will be dimmed, and the earth, tideless and inert, will no longer tolerate the race which has for a moment disturbed its solitude. Man will go down into the pit, and all his thoughts will perish. The uneasy consciousness, which in this obscure corner has for a brief space broken the contented silence of the universe, will be at rest. -Matter will know itself no longer. ' Imperishable monuments ' and ' immortal deeds,' death itself, and love stronger than death, will...
Página 111 - Let empiricism once become associated with religion, as hitherto, through some strange misunderstanding, it has been associated with irreligion, and I believe that a new era of religion as well as of philosophy will be ready to begin.