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1 online resource (280 pages) |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; HISTORICAL CONTEXT; BIOGRAPHICAL; THEOLOGY FROM THE STANDPOINT OF FUNCTIONAL PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE; DIVINITY OF CHRIST; MYSTIC KNOWLEDGE; THE NEW ORTHODOXY; BEYOND PROTESTANTISM; RELIGION IN THE NEW AGE; RELIGION IN TERMS OF SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS; UNSECTARIAN MEMBERSHIP IN THE LOCAL CONGREGATION; THE VALIDITY OF THE IDEA OF GOD; RELIGIOUS VALUES AND THE PRACTICAL ABSOLUTE; LETTER TO ALEXANDER CAMPBELL; WHAT IS RELIGION; THE RELIGION OF IMMANUEL KANT; RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY; WHAT SALVATION CAN THE CHURCH OFFER TODAY?; LOCKE; RELIGION |
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RELIGIOUS VALUES AND PHILOSOPHICAL CRITICISMIMAGERY AND MEANING IN RELIGIOUS IDEAS; LETTERS TO GOD AND THE DEVIL; THREE GREAT WORDS OF RELIGION; CHRISTIANITY AND SCIENTIFIC THINKING; THE RELIGIOUS RESPONSE; MAN LOOKS AT HIMSELF OR PERSONALITY PICTURES; THE PHILOSOPHICAL BACKGROUND OF THE DISCIPLES; A PRAGMATIST'S PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION; LIBERALISM IN RELIGION; THE REASONABLENESS OF CHRISTIANITY; THIS HUMAN LIFE; THE PHILOSOPHICAL BACKGROUND OF THE DISCIPLES; A NEW INTERPRETATION OF THE WILL TO BELIEVE; WHEN SCIENCE COMES TO RELIGION; RELIGIOUS IMPLICATIONS OF JOHN DEWEY'S PHILOSOPHY |
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TRAINING FOR WISDOMENCOMPASSING AMES' PRIMARY IDEAS; EVALUATION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Summary |
Edward Scribner Ames (1870-1958) was raised in the Midwest as the family moved westward after the Civil War. His father was a minister in the Disciples of Christ, which later was changed to the Christian Church. In between serving several small churches in the Iowa area, the father did various odd jobs. Young Ames joined the Church one Sunday when his father was preaching, and was baptized in the river that afternoon. Ames was able to attend Drake College in Des Moines, Iowa, and did a post-g .. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Ames, Edward Scribner, 1870-1958.
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| SUBJECT |
Ames, Edward Scribner, 1870-1958 fast |
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Theologians -- Biography
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Philosophy.
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Philosophy of religion.
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Religion & science.
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RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
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Theologians
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Biographies
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781443832441 |
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1443832448 |
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1283240904 |
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9781283240901 |
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