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title: 'Two Significant Books: Review of Henry N. Wieman, Methods of Private Religious Living; and Edgar S. Brightman, Personality and Religion'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Cornelius Van Til'
date: 1936-06-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Apologetical Method'
- 'Theological Method'
- 'Natural Theology'
scriptures:
- 'Hebrews 9'
- 'Matthew 6'
- 'Romans 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/van-til-1936-two-significant-books-review-of-henry-n-wieman-methods-of-private-religious-living-and-edgar-s-brightman-personality-and-religion
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# Two Significant Books: Review of Henry N. Wieman, Methods of Private Religious Living; and Edgar S. Brightman, Personality and Religion

Van Til reviews Wieman and Brightman, criticizing pragmatist and finite‑God philosophies as subversive of historic Christianity and defending biblical theism and substitutionary atonement.

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