Soundings
Essays Concerning Christian Understanding

These essays deal with the philosophical, scientific, psychological and ethical implications of Christian belief and practice, as well as with directly theological questions.

A.R. Vidler (Edited by)

9780521093736, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 January 1966

284 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.6 cm, 0.36 kg

Soundings made by a group imply two assumptions: first, that every one is in the same ship; and secondly, that there is a bottom to the sea. The group of Anglican theologians gathered by Dr Vidler for this 1962 text writes from a conviction that there is a dangerous complacency in the religious world. Fundamental and perplexing questions are not being faced, nor is the difficulty of meeting them candidly acknowledged. The writers of these essays provoke thought and reflection, not to propound a new system of orthodoxy. They deal with the philosophical, scientific, psychological and ethical implications of Christian belief and practice, as well as with directly theological questions. They have not been able to persuade themselves that the time is ripe for major works of theological construction. their object is to fix attention on some of the principal subjects of debate which they believe should be engaging minds.

Introduction Alexander Roper Vidler
1. Beginning all over again Howard Eugene Root
2. The uneasy truce between science and theology John Stapylton Habgood
3. The idea of the transcendent George Frederick Woods
4. Theology and self-awareness Harry Abbott Williams
5. The relation between Christianity and the other great religions Roderick Ninian Smart
6. The meaning and authority of the new testament with an appended note on 'authority' and 'liberty' in the church Joseph Newbould Sanders and A.R. Vidler
7. Towards a Christology for today Hugh William Montefiore
8. The atonement: law and love Geoffrey William Hugo Lampe
9. The grounds of Christian moral judgements G. G. Woods
10. Christian prayer John Burnaby
11. Religion and the National Church A. R. Vidler
Index.

Subject Areas: Religion: general [HRA]