First published in 1959, Our Experience of God examines the relationship between philosophy and religion. The author argues that, we cannot construct a religion for ourselves out of merely philosophical elements, and that the attempt to provide some philosophical or similar substitute for religion, as it normally presents itself, is misconceived. It brings themes like religion and belief; belief and mystery; religion and transcendence; history and dogma; material factors in religion; symbolism and tradition; art and religion; religion and morality; and encounter and immediacy, to show that the place of philosophy in religion is not to provide proofs for beliefs but to make more explicit for us what is the nature and status of the beliefs we do hold and commend to others. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of religion, philosophy, and theology.
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Our Experience of God
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Topic
PhilosophySubtopic
World HistoryINDEX OF PROPER NAMES
Achilles, 40
Aristotle, 29
Aurobindo, 51
Babylon, 235
Bacon, Francis, 258
Baillie, J., 273–4
Barth, K., 49, 75, 95
Bell, R., 95
Berkeley, Bishop, 143
Bible, 46, 51, 90, 92, 100, 132, 135, 136, 166, 167, 187, 189, 191–2, 235, 278–9
Braithwaite, R. B., 33, 100
Brunner, E., 49
Buber, M., 52
Buddha, 180
Buddhism, 66, 96, 249
Buddhist, 174
Campbell, C. A., 16–18, 38, 270
Catholics, 234
Chinese, the, 97
Christianity, 24–6, 33, 46, 51, 53, 56–7, 66, 85, 91, 128, 155–6, 182, 197, 233, 249, 263, 293
Coleridge, 242
Confucianism, 96–7
Cox, D., 33
Crombie, I., 57, 60
Dali, S., 194–5
David, 149
Descartes, 41–2
Durkheim, 87
Egypt, 240
Eisenhower, D., 51
Eklund, H., 16
Ewing, A. C., 18, 33
Ezekiel, 229
Farrer, A., 60, 132–6, 138, 204–9
Field, G. C., 29
Findlay, J. N., 30–1
Flew, A., 16, 31–2, 34, 50
Flugel, J. C., 97
Frazer, J., 86
Freud, S., 141, 143
Fromm, E., 98
Gibson, J., 13
Greeks, the, 154, 254, 281
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Original Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- I Religion and Belief
- II Belief and Mystery
- III Religion and Transcendence
- IV Religion and Idolatry
- V Religious Experience
- VI Patterns of Experience
- VII Experience and Images
- VIII History and Dogma
- IX Abuses of Dogma
- X Material Factors in Religion
- XI Instruments of Worship
- XII Symbolism and Tradition
- XIII Art and Religion
- XIV Religion and the Preternatural
- XV Religion and the Preternatural
- XVI Miracle and Prayer
- XVII Petitionary Prayer
- XVIII Religion and Morality
- XIX Encounter and Immediacy
- Index
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