Henry Longueville Mansel : : Victorian theology, philosophy, and politics / / by Francesca Norman.

• VerfasserIn: Norman, Francesca,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : Brill,, 2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Anglican-Episcopal Theology and History Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

"Henry Longueville Mansel (1820-1871), Anglican theologian and philosopher, has wrongly been remembered as a Kantian agnostic whose ideas led to those of Herbert Spencer. Francesca Norman's book provides a thorough revisioning of Mansel's theology in context and reveals the personal b...

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• 1 Context
• 2 Methodology
• 3 Structure
• Chapter 2 Mansel's Theological and Philosophical Ideas in Context: Biographical Account of Mansel's Life and Work
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Family Background
• 3 Herbert Spencer and Katherine Mansel
• 4 Life at Oxford
• 5 Dean of St Paul's
• 6 Conclusion
• Chapter 3 Mansel's Theological and Philosophical Ideas in Context: The Historical Roots of Mansel's Thought
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Bishop Peter Browne (c.1665-1735)
• 3 Bishop Joseph Butler (1692-1752)
• 4 Thomas Reid (1710-1796)
• 5 Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743-1819)
• 6 Sir William Hamilton (1788-1856)
• 7 Conclusion
• Chapter 4 The Content of Mansel's Philosophical Theology
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Theistic Personalism
• 3 'I-Thou'
• 4 Free Will
• 5 Negative Theology and Analogy
• 6 Prayer
• 7 Personal Relation
• 8 Theory of Relativity
• 9 Rejection of the Absolute
• 10 Limits of Ethical Knowledge
• 11 Conclusion
• Chapter 5 Mansel's Theological and Philosophical Ideas in Context: Initial Reception
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Positive Responses (Oxford Tories and Alexander Campbell Fraser)
• 3 Post-Tractarian and Roman Catholic Responses (William George Ward and John Henry Newman)
• 4 Reception by 'Agnostics' (Herbert Spencer and Thomas Henry Huxley)
• 5 Metaphysical and Idealist Reactions to Mansel
• 6 Conclusion
• Chapter 6 Mansel, Political Networks and Personalities
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Victorian Politics
• 3 Mansel's Religious Politics: Anglican Toryism
• 4 Lord Carnarvon
• 5 The Wider Tory Network: Disraeli
• 6 Gathorne Hardy
• 7 Salisbury
• 8 Conclusion
• Chapter 7 The 1859 Election and the Maurice Controversy
• 1 Introduction
• 2 The Context of the 1859 Election
• 3 The Mansel-Maurice Controversy in Political Context.
• 4 Outline of a Controversy
• 5 Maurice and the Carlylean Doctrine of Certainty
• 6 Conclusion
• Chapter 8 The 1865 Election and the Mill Controversy
• 1 Introduction
• 2 After 1859: Gladstone and the Liberal Party
• 3 The Mansel-Mill Controversy in Political Context
• 4 Outline of a Controversy
• 5 Mill and the Comtean Religion of Humanity
• 6 Conclusion
• Chapter 9 Conclusion
• 1 Key Findings
• 2 A Reputation Sidelined
• 3 St Peter's and St Paul's, Cosgrove
• Apppendix Literature Survey
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Victorian Biographical Studies
• 3 Literature on Mansel and the Agnostic Tradition
• 4 Mansel, Kierkegaard and Barth
• 5 Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Unpublished Primary Sources
• Mansel's Works
• Published Primary Sources (pre-1914)
• Secondary Sources
• Index.