Nineteenth-Century Religion, Literature and Society
Disbelief and New Beliefs
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Nineteenth-Century Religion, Literature and Society
Disbelief and New Beliefs
About This Book
This four-volume historical resource provides new opportunities for investigating the relationship between religion, literature and society in Britain and its imperial territories by making accessible a diverse selection of harder-to-find primary sources. These include religious fiction, poetry, essays, memoirs, sermons, travel writing, religious ephemera, unpublished notebooks and pamphlet literature. Spanning the long nineteenth century (c.1789â1914), the resource departs from older models of 'the Victorian crisis of faith' in order to open up new ways of conceptualising religion. Volume four on 'Disbelief and New Beliefs' explores the transformation of the religious landscape of Britain and its imperial territories during the nineteenth century as a result of key cultural and intellectual forces.
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Part 1
BIBLICAL Criticism
1.1
Hebrew Bible Criticism
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Notes
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JAMES HEYWOOD (ED.), INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF GENESIS WITH A COMMENTARY ON THE OPENING PORTION, FROM THE GERMAN OF DR PETER VON BOHLEN
(London: John Chapman, 1855), vol. 1, pp. 1â8; vol. 2, pp. 107â121
Extract from the Introduction: General Remarks on Mythology and Legendary History
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Editorsâ acknowledgements
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction to Volume IV: Disbelief and New Beliefs
- Part 1 Biblical Criticism
- 1.1 Hebrew Bible Criticism
- 1 Extracts from James Heywood (ed.), Introduction to the Book of Genesis with a Commentary on the Opening Portion, from the German by Dr Peter von Bohlen (1855)
- 2 Extracts from Claude Goldsmid Montefiore, The Bible for Home Reading with Comments and Reflections for The Use of Jewish Parents and Children (1896)
- 3 Extract from Thomas Scott, The English Life of Jesus (1872)
- 4 Extracts from [Edwin A. Abbott], Philochristus: Memoirs of a Disciple of the Lord (1878)
- 5 Extracts from Samuel Sharpe, Egyptian Mythology and Egyptian Christianity with their Influence on the Opinions of Modern Christendom (1863)
- 6 Extracts from Harriet Martineau, Eastern Life Past and Present (1848)
- Part 2 Scientific Approaches
- 2.1 The Secularisation of Wonder
- 7 Extracts from Robert Lewins, Humanism versus Theism; or Solipsism (Egoism) = Atheism. In a Series of Letters by Robert Lewins M.D. (1887)
- 8 Extracts from Constance C. W. Naden, Untitled Notebook (1878â1879)
- 9 Constance C. W. Naden, âStarlight. Iâ and âStarlight. IIâ (1881)
- 10 Extract from Constance C. W. Naden, âThe Brain Theory of Mind and Matterâ (1883)
- 11 Extract from Edward Clodd, The Story of Creation: A Plain Account of Evolution (1891)
- 12 Extract from Francis Galton, Inquiries into Human Faculty and its Developments (1883)
- 13 James Sully, âA Girlâs Religionâ (1890)
- 14 Extracts from Richard Carlile, An Address to Men of Science (1821)
- 15 Extracts from William Winwood Reade, The Outcast (1875)
- 16 Extract from John W. Overton, Saul of Mitre Court; being extracts from the papers of Mr Gadshill (1879)
- Part 3 Esotericism
- 3.1 Spiritualism
- 17 Extracts from H. [Anna Mary Howitt], Glimpses of a Brighter Land (1871)
- 18 W. T. Stead, âBorderlanders of the Bible: The Prophet Elijahâ (1893)
- 19 Alfred Russel Wallace, âThe âJournal of Scienceâ on Spiritualismâ (1885)
- 20 Frederick F. Cook, âThe Harmony of Spiritualism and Science: A Rejoinder to Mr. Alfred Russel Wallace, LL.D.â (1885)
- 21 Extract from H. P. Blavatsky, The Key To Theosophy: Being a Clear Exposition, in the Form of Question and Answer, of the Ethics, Science, and Philosophy For The Study of Which The Theosophical Society Has Been Founded (1889)
- 22 Libra [Susan E. Gay], âWomanhood from the Theosophical Point of Viewâ (1891â1892)
- 23 Mohini M. Chatterji, âOn the Higher Aspect of Theosophic Studiesâ (1885)
- 24 Extract from Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland, The Perfect Way; or, The Finding of Christ (1882)
- 25 Extracts from Alice Oliphant and Laurence Oliphant, Sympneumata, or Evolutionary Forces Now Active in Man (1885)
- 26 Extract from Marie Corelli [Mary Mackay], The Romance of Two Worlds (1886)
- 27 Extract from Frances Lord, Science Healing: Its Principles and Practice (1888)
- 28 Extract from Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Dawn of a To-morrow (1907)
- Part 4 Comparative and Universal Religion
- 4.1 AnagÄrika DharmapÄla and Modern Buddhism
- 29 T.W. Rhys Davids, âWhat Has Buddhism Derived from Christianity?â (1877)
- 30 AnagÄrika DharmapÄla, âPoints of Resemblance and Difference Between Christianity and Buddhismâ (1893)
- 31 Sophia Dobson Collet, Indian Theism and its Relation to Christianity (1870)
- 32 Keshub Chunder Sen, We the Apostles of the New Dispensation (1881)
- 33 Oswald John Simon, âThe Mission of Judaismâ (1896)
- 34 H. Adler, Sylvie dâAvigdor, C[laude] G[oldsmid] Montefiore, James Martineau, Anna Swanick and Charles Voysey, responses to âThe Mission of Judaismâ (1897)
- Part 5 Freethought
- 5.1 New Theistic Directions
- 35 Anon., Deism and Christianity Contrasted (c. 1820)
- 36 Extracts from Sara S. Hennell, Present Religion: As a Faith Owning Fellowship with Thought (1865)
- 37 Extracts from F. H. J., Spiritual Pantheism (1872)
- 38 Anon., âThe Religion of the Millenniumâ (1835)
- 39 Extracts from Emma Martin, Religion Superseded, or the Moral Code of Nature Sufficient for the Guidance of Man (c. 1844)
- 40 Extracts from Thomas Frost, Forty Yearsâ Recollections: Literary and Political (1880)
- 41 T. H. Huxley, G. M. McC[Rie], Saladin [William Stewart Ross], P. A. Taylor, Charles Watts, F. W. Newman, Ignotus [Albert Simmons], W. B. McTaggart, Ernst Haeckel, W. Sadler (Baldr) and J. Beal, âAgnosticism: A Symposiumâ (1884)
- 42 Harriet Law, âA Few Words to Freethinkersâ (1876)
- 43 Extract from Saladin [W. Stewart Ross], God and His Book (1887)
- 44 Daniel Chatterton, âWhere are you going to when you die?â (1892)
- 45 Extracts from Alexander J. Ellis, Speculation: A Discourse, preceded by Absolute Relativity: A Meditation, delivered at South Place Chapel, Sunday, 16th January, 1876. With the Readings and the Authorâs Hymn used on that Occasion
- 46 Extract from Edward Beesly, âThe Worship of the Dead. Address Delivered at Newton Hall on the Day of all the Dead, 31 December, 1890â
- 47 Phi Delta, âSecular Organisationâ (1882)
- Bibliography