Theism: The Witness of Reason and Nature

About this book

A mid-nineteenth-century argument for belief in God by the Scottish theologian John Tulloch, published in 1855. Tulloch presents the witness of reason and of the natural world to a personal Creator, answering the skepticism of his age. A representative work of Victorian natural theology, written in an accessible, reflective style.

Contents

1. Dedication.
2. Preface.
3. Introduction.
4. § I.—Chapter I. Principles of Evidence.
5. § I.—Chapter II. Doctrine of Causation.
6. § I.—Chapter III. Doctrine of Final Causes. 🔒
7. § I.—Chapter IV. Theistic Conclusion.—(General Laws.) 🔒
8. Supplementary Chapter. Special (Geological Evidence of a Creator. 🔒
9. § II.—Chapter I. Cosmical Arranagements. 🔒
10. § II.—Chapter II. Structure of the Earth. 🔒
11. § II.—Chapter III. Cosmical and Terrestrial Magnitudes—Divine Power. 🔒
12. § II.—Chapter IV. Elementary Combinations—Crystallisation. 🔒
13. § II.—Chapter V. Organisation—Design. 🔒
14. § II.—Chapter VI. Special Organic Phenomena—Vegetable. 🔒
15. § II.—Chapter VII. Special Organic Phenomena Continued—Animal. 🔒
16. § II.—Chapter VIII. Typical Forms—Divine Wisdom. 🔒
17. § II.—Chapter IX. Mental Order. 🔒
18. § II.—Chapter X. Sensation—Divine Goodness. 🔒
19. § II.—Chapter XI. Instinct. 🔒
20. § II.—Chapter XII. Cognitive Structure in Man. 🔒
21. § II.—Chapter XIII. Emotive Structure in Man. 🔒
22. § III.—Chapter I. Moral Intuitive Evidence. 🔒
23. § III.—Chapter II. Freedom—Divine Personality. 🔒
24. § III.—Chapter III. Conscience—Divine Righteousness. 🔒
25. § III.—Chapter IV. Reason—Infinity. (À Priori Argument.) 🔒
26. § IV.—Chapter I. Statement of Difficulties, Etc. 🔒
27. § IV.—Chapter II. General Considerations. 🔒
28. § IV.—Chapter III. Special Examination of Difficulties—Physical Pain and Death. 🔒
29. § IV.—Chapter IV. Special Examination Continued—Sorrow. 🔒
30. § IV.—Chapter V. Special Examination Continued—Social Evils. 🔒
31. § IV.—Chapter VI. Special Examination Continued—Sin. 🔒
32. § IV.—Chapter VII. Considerations, Etc.—Derived from “Written Revelation.” 🔒
33. § IV.—Chapter VIII. The Divine Man—Incarnate Wisdom and Love. 🔒
34. § IV.—Chapter IX. The Gospel a Divine Power of Moral Elevation and Consolation. 🔒
35. § IV.—Chapter X. Limited Reception of the Gospel—Millennial Prospect. 🔒
36. Conclusion. 🔒