The Evolution of Christianity: Volume 1 (Cambridge Library Collection - Religion) - Couverture souple

Abbott, Lyman

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108000193 ISBN 13 : 9781108000192

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

A late nineteenth-century American theologian argues for harmonious coexistence between religion and evolutionary theory.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Lyman Abbott was an American liberal theologian and a confidant of Theodore Roosevelt. He was a moderate man who sought to re-establish Christian faith among the American people in a period of change. This book, first published in 1893, argued that spiritual experience is always new and therefore every age requires a new expression for it. A believer in the possibility of harmonious coexistence between the Church and evolutionary theory, Abbott proposed a 'more intelligible and credible' religion that endeavoured to sustain faith by expressing it in contemporary terms. He maintained that science and faith were compatible and that both natural and spiritual elements belonged to a shared kingdom governed by the law of progress. Blending faith in historical Christianity with belief in progress and evolutionary theory, Abbott aimed to provide a bridge between religious life and late nineteenth-century philosophical thought.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108000193
• ISBN 13: 9781108000192
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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