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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University / The general purpose of this dissertation is an exposition of the inner logic connecting the theological method of F. D. Maurice with his social ethic. By theological method are intended the assumptions, procedures, and criteria integral to a man's approach toward the affirmations and service of his ultimate concerns. By social ethic are intended the meaning and functions attributed by a man to historic human society, and the import and character of his analysis of and action in its concrete forms and occasions. And by connection in inner logic are inffiended a mutual determination and constitution of the two by each other, initiation varying with persons and contexts. The special purpose of this dissertation is the use of this inner logic to explain and internally to justify a rare, and essentially only apparent, inconsistency in Maurice's social ethic, a conjuction of radicalism and conservatism, of a dogmatic fervor for root principles in the content of human relationships and an accommodating support of existing forms in the structure of those relationships in society. The dissertation suggests an addition to prevalent ethical, sociological, and psychological explanations of this conjunction, of an epistemological one, the more important because, independent of Maurice's personal flavor and context, it affects all who operate on similar methodological foundations.[TRUNCATED]

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1969. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Maurice was a man who solicited both keen support and bitter opposition, both during his life time and after. It is only within the last twenty or thirty years that his true worth has begun to be recognised and appreciated. The aim of the thesis is to show that his contribution to the Christian Socialist Movement was an invaluable one. Chapter two describes the working-class conditions and their causes during the first half of the nineteenth century, as well as the role the Church played in social improvement. Chapter three deals with Chartism and the European Revolutions of 1848, and the effect of the Revolutions on Chartism. Chapter four gives an account of the man F.D. Maurice, as well as some of his thoughts and aims. Chapter five is a detailed account of Maurice's contribution to Christian Socialism, showing that he was not the 'practical' leader, and emphasising the importance of his theological beliefs in governing what to do. Intro. p. 1.

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From Introduction: Frederick Denison Maurice is generally remembered in connection with the rise of Christian Socialism. That his activities in this Movement were the most important aspect of his career is doubtful. ... Maurice's fundamental theological principles were: first, the idea of unity - unity in the Godhead, "Unity in Trinity", and unity among men in the human family; secondly, the Fatherhood of God - a Fatherhood which had at its heart the principle of sacrificial love. The events of Maurice's life proved to be fertile ground for the growth of these convictions. It was these convictions which shaped his whole understanding of the Atonement. Davies (3) points out that, in his teaching on the Atonement, Maurice turned away from the Western and Augustinian insistence that the basis of man's relationship to God was the Fall, and held, with the theolo Gians of the Eastern Church, that Christ's redemption of man is best understood as a restoration of man's relationship to God in Creation.

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