Theology and the Social Consciousness

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Author

King, Henry Churchill, 1858-1934

Title

Theology and the Social Consciousness A Study of the Relations of the Social Consciousness to Theology (2nd ed.)

Credits

Produced by Barbara Tozier, Chris Pinfield, Bill Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

BR: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity

Subject

Theology, Doctrinal -- History -- 20th century

Category

Text

eBook-No.

37531

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37531

Release Date

September 25, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PREFACE — CONTENTS — THEOLOGY AND THE SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS — INTRODUCTION THE THEME
2. 2.THE REAL MEANING OF THE SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS FOR THEOLOGY — INTRODUCTION THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE THEOLOGIAN — CHAPTER I THE DEFINITION OF SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS — I. THE SENSE OF THE LIKE-MINDEDNESS OF MEN [1] — II. THE SENSE OF THE MUTUAL INFLUENCE OF MEN — III. THE SENSE OF THE VALUE AND SACREDNESS OF THE PERSON — IV. THE SENSE OF OBLIGATION — V. THE SENSE OF LOVE — CHAPTER II THE INADEQUACY OF THE ANALOGY OF THE ORGANISM AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS [12] — I. THE VALUE OF THE ANALOGY — II. THE INEVITABLE INADEQUACY OF THE ANALOGY — III. THE ANALOGY TESTED BY THE DEFINITION OF THE SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS — CHAPTER III THE NECESSITY OF THE FACTS, OF WHICH THE SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS IS THE REFLECTION, IF IDEAL INTERESTS ARE TO BE SUPREME — I. THE QUESTION — II. OTHERWISE NO MORAL WORLD AT ALL — CHAPTER IV THE ULTIMATE EXPLANATION AND GROUND OF THE SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS — I. HOW CAN IT BE, METAPHYSICALLY, THAT WE DO INFLUENCE ONE ANOTHER? — II. WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE FINAL POSITIVE JUSTIFICATION OF THE SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS AS ETHICAL?
3. 3.THE INFLUENCE OF THE SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS UPON THE CONCEPTION OF RELIGION — INTRODUCTION — CHAPTER V THE OPPOSITION OF THE SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS TO THE FALSELY MYSTICAL — I. WHAT IS THE FALSELY MYSTICAL? — II. THE OBJECTIONS OF THE SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS TO THE FALSELY MYSTICAL — CHAPTER VI THE EMPHASIS OF THE SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS UPON THE PERSONAL RELATION IN RELIGION, AND SO UPON THE TRULY MYSTICAL — I. THE SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS TENDS POSITIVELY TO EMPHASIZE THE PERSONAL RELATION IN RELIGION — II. THE SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS THUS KEEPS THE TRULY MYSTICAL — CHAPTER VII THE THOROUGH ETHICIZING OF RELIGION — I. THE PRESSURE OF THE PROBLEM — II. THE STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM — III. THE ANSWER — CHAPTER VIII THE EMPHASIS OF THE SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS UPON THE HISTORICALLY CHRISTIAN IN RELIGION — I. THE SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS NEEDS HISTORICAL JUSTIFICATION — II. CHRISTIANITY'S RESPONSE TO THIS NEED
4. 4.THE INFLUENCE OF THE SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS UPON THEOLOGICAL DOCTRINE — CHAPTER IX GENERAL RESULTS — I. THE CONCEPTION OF THEOLOGY IN PERSONAL TERMS — II. THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD, AS THE DETERMINING PRINCIPLE IN THEOLOGY — III. CHRIST'S OWN SOCIAL EMPHASES — IV. THE REFLECTION IN THEOLOGY OF THE CHANGES IN THE CONCEPTION OF RELIGION — CHAPTER X THE INFLUENCE OF THE DEEPENING SENSE OF THE LIKE-MINDEDNESS OF MEN UPON THEOLOGY — I. NO PRIME FAVORITES WITH GOD — II. THE GREAT UNIVERSAL QUALITIES AND INTERESTS, THE MOST VALUABLE — III. ESSENTIAL LIKENESS UNDER VERY DIVERSE FORMS — IV. AS APPLIED TO THE QUESTION OF IMMORTALITY — V. CONSEQUENT LARGER SYMPATHY WITH MEN, FAITH IN MEN, AND HOPE FOR MEN — VI. JUDGMENT ACCORDING TO LIGHT, AND THE MORAL REALITY OF THE FUTURE LIFE — CHAPTER XI THE INFLUENCE OF THE DEEPENING SENSE OF THE MUTUAL INFLUENCE OF MEN UPON THEOLOGY — I. THE REAL UNITY OF THE RACE — II. DEEPENING THE SENSE OF SIN — III. MUTUAL INFLUENCE FOR GOOD IN THE ATTAINMENT OF CHARACTER — IV. MUTUAL INFLUENCE FOR GOOD IN OUR PERSONAL RELATION TO GOD — V. MUTUAL INFLUENCE FOR GOOD IN CONFESSIONS OF FAITH — VI. THE CONSEQUENT IMPORTANCE OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH — CHAPTER XII THE INFLUENCE OF THE DEEPENING SENSE OF THE VALUE AND SACREDNESS OF THE PERSON UPON THEOLOGY — I. THE RECOGNITION OF THE PERSONAL IN MAN — II. THE RECOGNITION OF THE PERSONAL IN CHRIST — III. THE RECOGNITION OF THE PERSONAL IN GOD — INDEX

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