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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821377703321

Autore

Bevan Edwyn Robert <1870-1943., >

Titolo

Symbolism and belief / / Edwyn Bevan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-317-68479-6

1-315-77456-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (467 p.)

Collana

Routledge Revivals

Disciplina

291.37

203.7

Soggetti

Symbolism

Belief and doubt

God - Knowableness

Religion - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1938 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Table of Contents; Lecture I. Introductory; Lecture II. Height; Lecture III. Height (continued); Lecture IV. Time; Lecture V. Time (continued); Lecture VI. Light; Lecture VII. Spirit; Lecture VIII. Spirit (continued); Lecture IX. The Wrath of God; Lecture X. The Wrath of God (continued); Lecture XI. Distinction of Literal and Symbolical; Lecture XII. Symbols Without Conceptual Meaning; Lecture XIII. Pragmatism and Analogy; Lecture XIV. Mansel and Pragmatism

Lecture XV. Rationalism and MysticismLecture XVI. The Justification of Belief; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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'; the spiritual efficacy of sacred histories and the images they utilise, in particular those found in the Bible; the ambiguous role of language, not only in



relation to God but also to the world around