Common Sense Applied to Religion; or, The Bible and the People. by Catharine E. Beecher

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Author

Beecher, Catharine Esther, 1800-1878

Title

Common Sense Applied to Religion; Or, The Bible and the People

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Produced by Larry B. Harrison, Chris Pinfield and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

BL: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism

Subject

Religion -- Philosophy

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 55531

Release Date

September 12, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.COMMON SENSE APPLIED TO RELIGION; OR, THE BIBLE AND THE PEOPLE.
2. 2.INDEX.
3. 3.INTRODUCTION. — ILLUSTRATIVE MENTAL HISTORY.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. THE GRAND QUESTIONS OF LIFE.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. PRINCIPLES OF REASON, OR INTUITIVE TRUTHS.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. SOURCES OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. OF THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED BY HUMAN EXPERIENCE IN REGARD TO THE NATURE OF MIND AND THE LAWS OF THE SYSTEM OF WHICH IT IS A PART.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. KNOWLEDGE GAINED BY REASON AND EXPERIENCE AS TO A FUTURE STATE.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. KNOWLEDGE GAINED BY REASON AND EXPERIENCE ALONE CONCERNING THE EXISTENCE, CHARACTER, AND DESIGNS OF THE CREATOR.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. DIVERSITIES IN SYSTEMS OF MENTAL PHILOSOPHY.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE MENTAL POWERS. — THE INTELLECTUAL POWERS.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. SENSATION AND PERCEPTION. — Smell. — Taste. — Hearing. — Touch. — Vision.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. CONCEPTION AND MEMORY.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. ATTENTION AND ABSTRACTION.
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. ASSOCIATION.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. IMAGINATION.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. JUDGMENT.
18. 18.CHAPTER XV. THE SUSCEPTIBILITIES.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. THE SUSCEPTIBILITIES. EMOTIONS OF TASTE. — OBJECTS, MOTIONS, AND SOUNDS THAT CAUSE EMOTIONS OF TASTE. — Of Sounds. — Of Color. — Of Forms. — Of Motion. — Emotions of the Ludicrous.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. THE MORAL SUSCEPTIBILITIES.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. THE WILL. — Specific and Generic Volitions. — On Causes of Volition. — On Deciding Causes of Volition. — Causes that regulate the Power of Generic Volitions. — How one Mind causes Volitions in another Mind. — On a Ruling Purpose. — Mode of Controlling the Intellect, Desires, and Emotions.
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. FAITH OR BELIEF.
23. 23.CHAPTER XX. CONSTITUTIONAL VARIETIES OF THE HUMAN MIND.
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. HABIT.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. MIND AS PROOF OF ITS CREATOR'S DESIGNS. — Intellectual Powers. — The Susceptibilities.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. SOCIAL AND MATERIAL PROOFS OF THE CREATOR'S DESIGNS.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. RIGHT MODE OF SECURING THE OBJECT FOR WHICH MIND WAS CREATED.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV. WRONG ACTION OF MIND AND ITS CAUSES.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI. WRONG ACTION OF MIND, AND ITS RESULTS IN THIS LIFE.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII. WRONG ACTION OF MIND, AND ITS RESULTS IN A FUTURE STATE.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII. CHARACTER OF THE CREATOR.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX. ON PERFECT AND IMPERFECT MINDS.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXX. ON THE PROBABLE EXISTENCE AND CHARACTER OF DISEMBODIED SPIRITS.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXI. PROBABILITIES IN REGARD TO A REVELATION FROM THE CREATOR.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXII. INTERPRETATION OF LANGUAGE. — LAWS OF INTERPRETATION.
36. 36.ADDENDA TO VOL. I. — Theological Dogma of a Depraved Mental Constitution. — History of the Dogma.
37. 37.NOTES. — Note A , page 17 . — Note B , page 192 . — Note C , page 314 . — " Subdivision a Source of Weakness and Destitution. — " A Cause of Unwillingness to enter the Ministry. — " A Discouragement and a Weariness. — " Number and Policy of Denominations. — " Waste of Resources. — Statistics. — " Proportion of strong and weak Churches. — " Present Supply of Ministers inadequate. — " Deficiency due to Divisions. — " Divisions unnecessary. — " Proportion of weak Churches at the West. — Note D , page 336 . — CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN WOMAN'S EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION. — BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE AMERICAN WOMAN'S EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION. — FORM OF BEQUEST.

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