1st Edition

Symbolism and Belief (Routledge Revivals) Gifford Lectures

By Edwyn Bevan Copyright 2014
394 Pages
by Routledge

394 Pages
by Routledge

394 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1938, this title presents the greater part of the 1933 Gifford Lectures in natural theology, given by Edwyn Bevan. The questions raised regarding the element of symbolism in religious conceptions takes the reader to the very heart of the religious problem, and addresses some of the most fundamental questions posed by theology and comparative religion: the nature of ‘Spirit’;... Read more

Preface  1. Introductory  2. Height  3. Height (continued)  4. Time  5. Time (continued)  6. Light  7. Spirit  8. Spirit (continued)  9. The Wrath of God  10. The Wrath of God (continued)  11. Distinction of Literal and Symbolical  12. Symbols Without Conceptual Meaning  13. Pragmatism and Analogy  14. Mansel and Pragmatism  15. Rationalism and Mysticism  16. The Justification of Belief;  Index

Biography

Bevan, Edwyn