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The Limits of Religious Thought Examined in Eight Lectures

The Limits of Religious Thought Examined in Eight Lectures

Mansel, Henry Longueville

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Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Religion

General ChristianityGeneral Political ScienceGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 1108000576
ISBN13: 9781108000574
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jul 20 2009
Pages: 404
Weight: 1.13
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The Bampton lectures at Oxford, founded by the bequest of John Bampton in order to examine ideas from Christian theology, have taken place regularly since 1780. In 1858 the philosopher Henry Longueville Mansel delivered the set of eight lectures reissued in this volume. Mansel expresses the view - influenced by Kant and Hamilton - that the human mind is 'conditioned' and that human knowledge is strictly limited to the finite. Humans cannot attain any positive conception of the nature of the 'Absolute and Infinite Being' with certainty. We only have an imperfect representation of God and the divine through their analogy to finite things. And yet, God exists. Mansel asserts that God cannot be understood by reason but should be accepted by faith. His book ignited a bitter controversy with the Christian socialist theologian Frederick Maurice, and remains of interest to historians of philosophy and theology to this day.

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