The unseen universe : $b or, physical speculations on a future stateStewart, Balfour
Religion
The unseen universe : $b or, physical speculations on a future state
Stewart, Balfour
Immortality; Religion and science
_Objections to the proposed theory of a future state
replied to_—
Religious, 203 202
Theological, 204-207 202
Scientific, 208-212 206
Quasi-scientific, 213 210
_Miracles and the Resurrection of Christ_—
Objections of extreme school stated, 214 211
How these are to be met, 215 212
Development has produced the visible universe, 216 214
Its atoms resemble manufactured articles, 217 215
Development through intelligence, 218-219 215
Idea presented in concrete form, 220 218
Christian theory of the development of the
universe, 221-227 223
Life development—Biogenesis, 228-229 228
Life comes from the Unseen Universe, 230 230
Christian theory of life development, 231 232
Position of life in the universe discussed, 232-238 233
Meteoric hypothesis implies Discontinuity, 239 240
Discussion of the notion that all matter is, in
some simple sense, alive, 240-241 242
Life, as well as matter, comes to us from the
Unseen Universe, 242-243 243
Position reviewed, 244 246
Miracles possible without breach of Continuity, 245 247
Peculiar communication with the unseen in the case of
Christ, 246 248
Apparent breaks are concealed avenues leading to the
unseen, 247 249
Probable nature of present connection between seen and
unseen. Efficacy of Prayer, 248 250
Angelic intelligences, 249 251
Remarks on God’s providential government, 250-252 253
Our argument may be very much detached from all
conceptions of the Divine essence, 253 257
Christian conceptions of Heaven, 254 258
Two ideas in all Christian hymns, 255 259
Possible glimpse into the conditions of the future
life, 256-257 260
Darker side of the future, 258 262
Plato on the markings of the soul, 259 263
Christian Gehenna, 260 264
Mediæval idea of Hell, 261 265
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