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Tables of Contents for Twentieth-Century Religious Thought
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
13
2
I Introductory Comments
Scope, Method and Purpose of the Inquiry
15
3
A First Look Around
18
5
II Absolute Idealism
Idealism in the English-speaking Countries
23
2
British Neo-Hegelianism
25
3
British Absolutism and Suprarationalism
28
7
American Absolute Idealism
35
3
Absolute Idealism in Theological and Religious Writers
38
4
Summary and Criticism of Absolute Idealism
42
3
III Personal Idealism
The Status of Persons
45
1
Moderate Personal Idealism
46
3
Pluralistic Personal Idealism
49
4
Personal Idealism in Theology
53
3
Summary and Criticism of Personal Idealism
56
2
IV Philosophies of Spirit
Reality as Spiritual
58
2
Continental Philosophies of Spirit
60
3
Anglo-American Philosophies of Spirit
63
5
The Ethical Approach to Theism
68
3
Ethical Theism and Theology
71
2
Assessment of Philosophies of Spirit
73
2
V The Idea of Value in Philosophy and Theology
Neo-Kantianism and Ritschlianism
75
2
Some Neo-Kantian Philosophers
77
7
Some Ritschlian Theologians
84
5
Ritschlianism in the United States
89
2
Critical Remarks on Neo-Kantianism and Ritschlianism
91
4
VI Positivism and Naturalism
The Claims of Natural Science
95
2
Scientific Positivism
97
3
Evolutionary Naturalism
100
1
Anthropology and Religion
101
4
Psychology and Religion
105
6
Criticism of Naturalistic Interpretations of Religion
111
5
VII Some Comments by the Way
From the First to the Second Phase
116
2
Some Characteristics of the Second Phase
118
3
VIII Philosophies of History and Culture
Man as the Theme of Philosophy
121
1
Some German Philosophers of History and Culture
122
5
Italian Historical Idealism
127
4
English-speaking Philosophers of History and Culture
131
5
Summary of Historical and Cultural Interpretations of Religion
136
3
IX Christianity, History and Culture
History and Theology
139
1
The Historical Interpretation of Christianity
140
4
Problems about the Jesus of History
144
4
Mysticism, Prayer and Worship
148
4
Remarks on the Historical and Cultural Approaches to Religion
152
3
X Sociological Interpretations of Religion
Religion and Society
155
1
The Social Origins of Religion
156
2
Religion and Capitalism
158
1
Religion and Communism
159
3
The Social Gospel in America
162
4
Critical Remarks on the Sociological Interpretations of Religion
166
3
XI Pragmatism and Allied Views
Thought and Action
169
1
Vitalism
170
3
Activism
173
2
Pragmatism
175
6
Catholic Modernism
181
5
Protestant Empirical Modernism
186
3
Critical Remarks on the Pragmatic View of Religion
189
4
XII Philosophies of Personal Being
Precursors of Existentialism
193
2
The Life of Dialogue
195
4
Two Spanish Activists
199
3
The Russian Tradition
202
4
The Form of the Personal
206
1
Remarks on the Philosophers of Personal Being
207
3
XIII The Religious Consciousness and Phenomenology
The Exploration of the Religious Consciousness
210
1
The Primitive Religious Consciousness
211
2
The Experience of the Holy
213
5
The Method of Phenomenology
218
2
The Phenomenological Investigation of Religion
220
3
Remarks on the Descriptive Approach to Religion
223
3
XIV The New Realism
The Revolt against Idealism
226
1
Continental Realism
227
1
Realism in England
228
7
Realism in America
235
3
Remarks on the New Realism
238
2
XV The New Physics, Philosophy and Theology
The Changing Scientific Picture
240
3
Some Physicists' Views on Philosophy and Religion
243
5
The New Physics and Christian Apologetics
248
2
Remarks on the New Scientific Theories and Religion
250
2
XVI More Comments by the Way
From the Second to the Third Phase
252
1
Some Characteristics of the Third Phase
253
5
XVII Realist Metaphysics and Theology
Metaphysics on a Realist Basis
258
1
Realist Metaphysics in the English-speaking Countries
259
8
Realist Metaphysics in Germany
267
2
Realist Metaphysics in Theological and Religious Writers
269
4
Realism, Theism and Christianity
273
2
Remarks on the Realist Philosophies and Theologies
275
3
XVIII Neo-Thomism and Roman Catholic Theology
The Revival of Scholastic Studies
278
2
Some Pioneers of Neo-Thomism
280
3
The Flowering of Neo-Thomism
283
7
Some Roman Catholic Theologians
290
9
Remarks on Neo-Thomism and Roman Catholic Theology
299
2
XIX Logical Empiricism
Philosophy as Analysis
301
2
The Limits and Functions of Language
303
2
The Language of Science as a Norm
305
5
Functional Analysis of Language and Empiricist Views of Religious Belief
310
5
Critical Remarks on the Ideas of Religion in Logical Empiricism
315
3
XX The Theology of the Word
The Distinctiveness of Christianity
318
3
The Theology of the Word in Switzerland
321
7
Two Swedish Theologians
328
2
A German Theologian
330
2
Critical Remarks on the Theology of the Word
332
7
XXI Post-Liberal Theology in the English-speaking Countries
The Impact of the Theological Revolution on Britain and America
339
1
Post-liberal Theology in Britain
340
4
Post-liberal Theology in the United States
344
5
Remarks on the Post-liberal English-speaking Theologians
349
2
XXII Existentialism and Ontology
Human Existence and Its Problems
351
2
Existentialism in Germany
353
5
Existentialism in France
358
4
Existentialism and Theology
362
7
Remarks on Existentialist Philosophies and Theologies
369
4
XXIII The Fourth Phase
Breakdowns and New Beginnings
373
5
Transcendental Thomism
378
3
The Renewal of Catholic Theology
381
6
Religion in Post-Existentialist Philosophies
387
4
Post-Existentialist Theologies
391
10
Neo-Marxism
401
6
The Liberation Theology of Latin America
407
5
Black Theology in the United States
412
4
Indigenous Theologies and the Principle of Inculturation
416
3
Theology and the Feminine
419
6
Theology in the English-speaking Countries: Theism and Secularism
425
22
XXIV Postmodernism in Religious Thought
The End of the Modern Period?
447
15
Some Postmodern Philosophers
462
8
Some Postmodern Theologians
470
6
How Post is Postmodern?
476
1
XXV Concluding Comments
Some Findings
477
4
Future Outlook
481
2
Index
483