Development of English Theology in the 19th Century, 1800-1860 – Vernon F. Storr

Today’s free book is a work on historical theology that charts the development of English Theology during the reigns of George III, George IV, William IV and the start of the reign of Queen Victoria. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation.

Vernon Faithfull Storr [1869-1940], The Development of English Theology in the Nineteenth Century 1800-1860. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1913. Hbk. pp.486. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]

Table of Contents

• Preface

1. Introductory
2. Theology and Development
3. The Legacy of The Eighteenth Century
4. The Early Evangelicals
5. The Early Orthodox
6. The Early Liberals
7. Spiritual Forces of the Century (1)
   The Historical Method-Romanticism
8. Spiritual Forces of the Century (2)
   Physical Science—Philosophical Idealism—The French Revolution and Democracy
9. The Rise of Biblical Criticism in Germany
10. The Rise of Biblical Criticism in England
11. Philosophical Influences in Theology
12. Strauss and the Tübingen School
13. Schleiermacher
14. The Oxford Movement
15. The Philosophy of the Oxford Movement
16. Newman’s Theory of Development
17. Coleridge
18. Hare—Maurice—Erskine—Carlyle
19. The Negative Movement, 1840-1855
20. Broadening Influences, 1845-1860
21. “Essays and Reviews”
    

• Appendix—Theology Outside the Church of England
• Bibliography
• Index

Main image: A composite of portraits of King George III, George IV, William IV and Queen Victoria.