Empirical Tradition in American Liberal Religious Thought, 1860-1960 /

This book introduces the empirical tradition in American liberal religious thought, from 1860 to 1960, by exploring the thought of significant individual contributors. The first section focuses on four participants in the Free Religious Association of 1867, which supported free religion, the scienti...

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Main Author: Peden, W. Creighton (Author)
Corporate Author: Peter Lang Publishing
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers, 2009.
Edition:1st, New ed.
Series:American liberal religious thought ; 10.
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Summary:This book introduces the empirical tradition in American liberal religious thought, from 1860 to 1960, by exploring the thought of significant individual contributors. The first section focuses on four participants in the Free Religious Association of 1867, which supported free religion, the scientific method, and evolution: F. E. Abbot, W. J. Potter, D. A. Wasson, and M. J. Savage. The second section focuses on the empirical tradition as expressed by eight scholars from the eight scholars from the «Chicago School» in American liberal religious thought: S. Mathews, G. B. Foster, E. S. Ames, G. B. Smith, S. J. Case, A. E. Haydon, H. N. Wieman, and B. E. Meland.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9781453904794