Theology and the Social Consciousness: A Study of the Relations of the Social Consciousness to Theology (2nd ed.)King, Henry Churchill
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Theology and the Social Consciousness: A Study of the Relations of the Social Consciousness to Theology (2nd ed.)
King, Henry Churchill
Christian sociology; Theology, Doctrinal -- History -- 20th century
Social consciousness, definition, 9 ff;
elements in, 9 ff;
meaning of, for theology, 5 ff;
analogy of organism, inadequate for, 24 ff;
analogy, tested, 26 ff;
necessity of its facts for ideal interests, 29 ff;
the question, 29;
else, no moral world, 30 ff, 32 ff;
ultimate explanation and ground of, 35 ff;
metaphysical ground, 35 ff:
not due to physical race-connection, 35 ff;
nor primarily to heredity, 37 ff;
nor to mystical solidarity, 37 ff;
but to immanence of God, 40 ff;
ethical basis, 44 ff;
supporting will of God, 44;
Nash on, 45;
Paulsen on, 46;
God's sharing in our life, 48 ff;
consequent transfiguration of, 49 ff.
its influence upon religion, 53 ff;
opposed to the falsely mystical, 57 ff;
emphasizes personal relation in religion, and so the truly mystical,
66 ff;
demands the ethicizing of religion, 86 ff;
needs historical justification, 102 ff;
its influence upon theological doctrine, 105 ff:
general results, 105 ff;
influence of like-mindedness of men, 115 ff;
of mutual influence of men, 136 ff;
of sense of value of person, 179 ff.
"Social mind," real meaning of, 138;
Giddings on, 138.
"Social Trinity," 222 ff.
Solidarity, a mystical, not to be pressed, 39.
Solidarity of race, often falsely conceived, 16, 35, 39, 137 ff.
Stevenson, R. L., on the poetical and ideal in men, 122;
referred to, 123, 124.
Subjectivism, tendency to, in mysticism, 72.
Substitution, ethical meaning of, 150 ff, 158 ff.
Sully, J., on immortality, 50.
Supra-personal, the, in God, 209.
Symbolism, strong tendency to, in mysticism, 76.
Sympathy with men, increased by sense of likeness, 127.
Tennyson, his self-hypnotism, 74.
Theme of the book, 1 ff.
Theologian, the, an interpreter, 5;
a believer in the supremacy of spiritual interests, 6;
assumes the fact of religion, 6;
assumes a personal God, 7;
takes point of view of Christ, 7.
Theologian's, the, point of view, 5 ff.
Theology, and religion, 6, 113;
in personal terms, 106 ff;
Fatherhood of God, determining principle in, 109;
as influenced by social consciousness, 105 ff;
general results in, 105 ff;
influence of likeness of men on, 115 ff;
influence of mutual influence of men on, 136 ff;
influence of value of person on, 179 ff.
Thomist position as to God, 223.
Trinity, doctrine of, 222 ff;
biblical, 224, 225.
"Trinity, Social," 222 ff.
Tritheism, involved in a real social trinity, 222 ff.
Triunity of God, doctrine of, 223 ff.
"Truths, eternal," God's relation to, 212 ff.
Unchangeableness of God, 216 ff.
Unconscious Christianity, 130.
Uniqueness, a double, in Christ, 201 ff;
metaphysical, 203, 204;
ethical, 204, 205.
Value and sacredness of person, 16 ff;
sense of, element in social consciousness, 16, 50.
Weismann, referred to, 37.
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