The issue, now so sharply and clearly defined, between a God and no God, has determined a change in the plan of our work, and justifies, we trust, the attempt we have made to restate and defend "The Theistic Conception of the World."
Those who have done me the honor to read "Christianity and Greek Philosophy" will detect in the present volume a radical change of views concerning the concepts Time and Space. This change of position is the result of patient reconsideration of this branch of the discussion, and we allude to it here simply to guard against the charge of unconscious inconsistency. The views presented in this volume must stand or fall on their own merits.
The author has to acknowledge many obligations to his friend, Dr. Bernard Moses, for material aid rendered in getting this work through the press.
University of Michigan, July, 1875.
[CONTENTS.]
| CHAPTER I | ||
| The Problem Stated | [13] | |
| CHAPTER II | ||
| God the Creator | [27] | |
| Chapter III | ||
| The Creation | [56] | |
| CHAPTER IV | ||
| Creation.—the Genesis Or Beginning | [97] | |
| CHAPTER V | ||
| Creation: Its History | [127] | |
| CHAPTER VI | ||
| Conservation.—The Relation of God to the World | [172] | |
| CHAPTER VII | ||
| Conservation.—The Relation of God to the World | [202] | |
| CHAPTER VIII | ||
| Providence of God in Human History.—The Relation Of God to Humanity | [244] | |
| CHAPTER IX | ||
| Special Providence and Prayer | [292] | |
| CHAPTER X | ||
| Moral Government.—Its Grounds, the Correlation between God and Man | [344] | |
| CHAPTER XI | ||
| Moral Government.—Its Nature, Condition, Method, and End | [366] | |
| [INDEX] | ||
| [FOOTNOTES] | ||