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This book is a history of the relationship between the discipline of anthropology and the Christian faith. It explores how leading anthropologists have come to believe that ethnographic findings and evidence made Christianity no longer tenable.
Christabel Pankhurst, a prominent figure in the women's suffrage movement in Britain, transitioned into evangelical preaching after World War I, advocating for the second coming. Larsen explores how her activism for women's rights and her religious beliefs were not in conflict but rather supported each other, revealing a complex intertwining of social and spiritual aspirations.
In this Hansen Lectureship volume, Timothy Larsen considers the legacy of George MacDonald, the Victorian Scottish author and minister who is best known for his pioneering fantasy literature. Larsen explores how MacDonald sought to counteract skepticism, unbelief, naturalism, and materialism and to herald instead the reality of the miraculous, the supernatural, the wondrous, and the realm of the spirit.
Focusing on prominent figures who transitioned from secularism back to Christianity, this study addresses the Victorian 'crisis of doubt'. It highlights their intellectual journeys and the strength of faith during the nineteenth century, offering a corrective perspective to the prevalent discussions about faith and doubt in that era. Through their experiences, the book illustrates a compelling defense of Christianity amidst the challenges of secular thought.
In the nineteenth century the dissenting Christian community fought for the civil rights of Roman Catholics nonChristians and even atheists on an issue of principle which had its flowering in the enthusiastic and undivided support which nonconformity gave to the campaign for Jewish emancipation. This book offers a case study of a theologically conservative group defending religious pluralism in the civic sphere showing that the concept of religious equality was a grand vision at the center of the political philosophy of the dissenters.