VI. Our Knowledge of God

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xiii
4. Introduction: The Formative Years 1
5. Part One: The Metaphysics of Experience
6. I. The Influence of Royce and James 15
7. II. Dialectic 32
8. III. Thesis and Antithesis: Natural Fact and Personal Will 50
9. IV. Monism, Pluralism, and the Absolute 68
10. V. Selfhood, Nature, and Other Mind 86
11. VI. Our Knowledge of God 103
12. Part Two: Man in Society
13. VII. The Human Individual 127
14. VIII. Remaking Human Nature 153
15. IX. Education 171
16. X. Law and Human Rights 187
17. XI. The State and Democracy 199
18. Part Three: Religion and a World Civilization
19. XII. Art and Destiny 215
20. XIII. Religion, Mysticism, and the Prophetic Consciousness 235
21. XIV. The Christian Ambition 256
22. XV. The Coming World Civilization 287
23. Conclusion: Toward a World Perspective in Philosophy 311
24. Chronology: The Life of William Ernest Hocking 325
25. Selected Bibliography of Hocking’s Works 329
26. Notes 333
27. Index 373