The idea of God as affected by modern knowledge
By: by John Fiske
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Co.
Published: 1897
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
Copyright date: 1885
Subjects: God; Dieu
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Difficulty of expressing the idea of God so that it can be readily understood; title: The rapid growth of modern knowledge; title: Sources of the theistic idea; title: Development of monotheism; title: The idea of God as immanent in the world; title: The idea of God as remote from the world; title: Conflict between the two ideas, commonly misunderstood as a conflict between religion and science; title: Anthropomorphic conceptions of God; title: The argument from design; title: Simile of the watch replaced by simile of the flower; title: The craving for a final cause; title: Symbolic conceptions; title: The eternal source of phenomena; title: The power that makes for righteousness.