AND EXPERIENCE AN ANALYSIS OF THE FACTORS OF BY ARTHUR CHANDLER BISHOP OF BLOEMFONTEIN THIRD EDITION METHUEN & CO., LTD. LONDON a I' PREFACE T is a characteristic of our time that many rival and exclusive theories of religious knowledge are always making their appearance. Each theory tacitly or explicitly claims to occupy the whole ground, and to be the doctrine of Christian epistemology. And great is the confusion and perplexity which results. A man who has been living for years in the tranquil profession and practice of his religion wakes up one morning to hear himself, to his dismay, described as "charcoal-burner," with the obvious implication that his faith is irrational and worthless. If he alleges in defence that he tries to listen to God's voice, and I believes that he hears it speaking in his heart, and that therein he finds a justification for his religion, he finds himself labelled, either approvingly or contemptuously, as a Mystic and a Quietist. If he pleads that his faith verifies itself for him in the practical help which it gives him in times of trouble and perSplexity, he learns that, without knowing it, he has been a Pragmatist and a Modernist all his life, and is doubtful whether this is to his credit or not. If त 5715 249 (RECAP) ANEX 481324 |