The Natural and the Supernatural

This book provides a comprehensive discussion regarding the sacred aspects of human existence in their relationship with the material world.

John Oman (Author)

9781107426948, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 August 2014

522 pages
21.6 x 14 x 3 cm, 0.66 kg

John Wood Oman (1860–1939) was a renowned British theologian who was Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics at Westminster College, Cambridge. In this book, which was first published in 1931, Oman provides a comprehensive discussion regarding the sacred aspects of human existence in their relationship with the material world. Fundamental points are raised in connection with the nature of freedom, knowing and the spiritual aspects of the universe. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the writings of Oman, theology and philosophy.

Part I. Scope and Method: 1. The field of inquiry
2. The seat of religion
3. Theories of religion as illusion
4. Theory and history
5. The religious environment
6. Standpoint
7. Method and problems
Part II. Knowing and Knowledge: 8. Awareness and apprehension
9. The individual and individuality
10. The form of perception
11. Sensation
12. Value and validity
Part III. Necessity and Freedom: 13. Cosmologies of freedom and of necessity
14. Concordats between necessity and freedom
15. Evolution as a process of the natural
16. Evolution as a process of the supernatural
17. Freedom
18. Conscience and conscientiousness
19. The ideal and the real
Part IV. The Evanescent and the Eternal: 20. History and experience
21. Classification of religions
22. The primitive
23. The polytheistic
24. The mystical
25. The ceremonial-legal
26. The prophetic
Appendix A. The holy
Appendix B. Kant and Hegel
Appendix C. The unity of awareness
Appendix D. The origins of modern science
Appendix E. Biological principles
Appendix F. An ethical classification of religions
Appendix G. Some primitive ideas
Appendix H. Primitive monotheism
Appendix I. The primitive in Indian religion
Appendix J. Mysticism
Index.

Subject Areas: Theology [HRLB]