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Essays and Reviews
Essays and Reviews, a collection of essays on religious subjects from a Broad Church standpoint, published 1860. The essayists were the Revd H. B. Wilson (editor), M. Pattison, Jowett, Frederick Temple, Rowland Williams, Baden Powell, and C. W. Goodwin. A meeting of the bishops, urged on by Samuel Wilberforce, in 1861 denounced the book for its liberalism. Williams and Wilson were condemned to deprivation for a year, but were acquitted on appeal. The Essays were finally synodically condemned in 1864.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Essays and Reviews." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Essays and Reviews." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-EssaysandReviews.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Essays and Reviews." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-EssaysandReviews.html |
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Essays and Reviews
Essays and Reviews (1860). A collection of essays by seven Anglican authors who believed in the necessity of free inquiry in religious matters. The liberalism of the book was denounced by S. Wilberforce; it was condemned by a meeting of bishops in 1861 and synodically condemned in 1864.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Essays and Reviews." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Essays and Reviews." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-EssaysandReviews.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Essays and Reviews." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-EssaysandReviews.html |
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