The Logic of Religion
Critical review of Francis Bowen’s ‘The Logic of Religion’, challenging his naturalistic account of causality and will, and defending revelation, original sin, and Christian distinctives.
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The Logic of Religion
Lyall’s Mental Philosophy
Review of Lyall’s Intellect, the Emotions, and the Moral Nature: examines psychology, metaphysics, consciousness, causation, and their bearings on theology and moral responsibility.
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Mill’s System of Logic
Review of Mill’s System of Logic criticizing its positivist tendencies. Argues Mill’s rejection of causation and intuitive truths undermines natural theology and Christian faith.
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Miracles and Their Counterfeits
Analyzes the biblical doctrine of miracles as supernatural, contra‑natural works of God that certify divine commission, distinct from ordinary providence and moral regeneration.
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The Matter of Preaching
Review of liturgical translations and a survey of pulpit eloquence arguing that preaching’s chief end is to glorify God and produce obedient faith; matter and manner interrelate.
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The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Compte
Review critiques Auguste Comte’s Positive Philosophy as materialistic atheism, contrasts it with transcendental pantheism, and outlines Comte’s three stages of thought.
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Ferrier’s Demonstrative Idealism
Review of Ferrier’s Demonstrative Idealism: outlines his argument that matter depends on mind and critiques its radical, faith-undermining consequences.
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Moral Insanity
Critiques the expanding use of ‘moral insanity’ to excuse heinous crime, arguing most immoral acts reflect depravity and culpable delusion, though rare intellectual lesions may absolve.
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Old Orthodoxy, New Divinity and Unitarianism
Review of George E. Ellis’s history defending Unitarianism in New England, emphasizing its rejection of original sin, the Deity of Christ, and vicarious atonement.
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Butler’s Lectures on Ancient Philosophy
Reviews Hofmann’s defense of biblical prophecy and Butler’s lectures on ancient philosophy, contrasting metaphysical and psychological methods and rejecting skeptical criticism.
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Haven’s Mental Philosophy
Review of Hofmann’s defense of prophecy and Scripture’s integrity, and of J. Haven’s Mental Philosophy on intellect, emotion, will, conscience, and moral agency.
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Jonathan Edwards and the Successive Forms of the New Divinity
Review of Fisher’s discourse on Yale’s church history and the emergence of New Divinity. Maintains Jonathan Edwards upheld classical Calvinism, defending original sin and imputation.
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The Children of the Church, and Sealing Ordinances (1857)
Examines infant baptism and its role as a covenantal sign and seal. Argues baptized children are church members and criticizes extremes that deny or mystify infant baptism.
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Dr. Taylor’s Lectures on the Moral Government of God
Review juxtaposes works on Buddhism with a lengthy critique of Nathaniel W. Taylor’s Lectures on the Moral Government of God, tracing Taylorism’s origins, influences, and decline.
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Religion in Colleges
Argues that colleges—especially Christian institutions—foster moral and religious formation by means of worship, discipline, curriculum, and upright social influence among students.
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Transcendentalism in Political Ethics
Princeton Review (1859) essays: one on doctrines of immediate perception (Arnauld, Reid, Hamilton) and a review of Nash’s Morality and the State, critiquing transcendentalism, abolitionism, and political corruption.
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A Tribute to the Memory of Prof. Hope
Obituary honoring Prof. Matthew B. Hope—missionary and seminary professor at Princeton—celebrated for piety, eloquence, tireless teaching, and steadfast faith amid chronic illness.
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Classification and Mutual Relation of the Mental Faculties
Review and discussion of political science and philosophical psychology, focusing on classifying the mental faculties—intellect, sensibility, will—and their bearing on moral responsibility, sin, and grace.
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Reason and Faith
An 1860 Princeton Review essay on religion and natural science that critiques transcendentalism and Kantian thought, defending the harmony of intuition, faith, and reason.
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Knowledge, Faith, and Feeling, in Their Mutual Relations
1861 Princeton Review essays on the mutual relations of knowledge, faith, and feeling. Argues that faith both presupposes and enables true knowledge and spiritual experience.
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