The idea of God as affected by modern knowledge Fiske, John 1842-1901 creator text enk London Macmillan 1901 monographic eng
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173 p. ; 19 cm. Difficulty of expressing the idea of God so that it can be readily understood -- The rapid growth of modern knowledge -- Sources of the Theistic idea -- Development of Monotheism -- The idea of God as immanent in the world -- The idea of God remote from the world -- Conflict between the two ideas, commonly misunderstood as a conflict between religion and science -- Anthropomorphic conceptions of God -- The argument from design -- Simile of the watch replaced by simile of the flower -- The craving for a final cause -- Symbolic conceptions -- The eternal source of phenomena -- The Power that makes for Righteousness God BT101 .F5 AU@ 880105 20230419052046.0 ocn222077597 eng