Harvesting Martin Luther's Reflections on Theology, Ethics, and the Church – Edited by Timothy J. Wengert (ed.)

Book reviewed:
Harvesting Martin Luther's Reflections on Theology, Ethics, and the Church , Timothy J. Wengert (ed.), Lutheran Quarterly Books, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company 2004 (8-028-2486-2), xiv + 260 pp., £21.99     

Cinéma Divinité: Religion, Theology, and the Bible in Film – Edited by Eric S. Christianson, Peter Francis and William Telford (eds)

Book reviewed:
Cinéma Divinité: Religion, Theology, and the Bible in Film , Eric S. Christianson, Peter Francis and William Telford (eds), SCM press 2005 (0-334-02988-0), xvii + 373 pp., pb £19.99     

A More Profound Alleluia: Theology and Worship in Harmony – Leanne Van Dyk (ed.)

Book reviewed:
A More Profound Alleluia: Theology and Worship in Harmony , Leanne Van Dyk (ed.), William B. Eerdmans Publishing 2005 (0-8028-2854-X), xx + 155 pp., pb $15.00     

Prayer as a Religious Narrative: The Spiritual Self and the Image of God

Pastoral Psychology - This article examines William James’s study on prayer in The Varieties of Religious Experience by framing prayer as a form of religious narrative that demonstrates the...     

The Theological Philosophy of William Temple: A Desire Argument and a Compassionate Theodicy

Philosophia - In this paper, I will investigate the early work of William Temple (1881–1944). My contention is that Temple’s systematic philosophy contains resources for an interesting...     

Porterfield and Wells on the motions of our eyes

William Porterfield (ca 1969-1771) and William Charles Wells (1757-1817) conducted experimental investigations on eye movements related to accommodation, binocular vision, and vertigo. Porterfield gave a correct interpretation of Scheiner's experiment and invented an optometer to measure the near and far points of distinct vision. He also demonstrated the involvement of the crystalline lens in accommodation by examining vision in an aphakic person. Wells devised an alternative means of measuring the limits of vision and noted his own deterioration of sight with age; he studied the effects of belladonna on pupil size and accommodation. Their analyses of binocular visual direction contrasted Porterfield's view that perceived location was innately determined with Well's argument that visual direction was innate whereas visual distance was learned. Both Porterfield and Wells investigated the involvement of eye movements in binocular vision and in postrotary visual motion. Porterfield maintained that the eyes did not move following body rotation, whereas Wells, using an afterimage as stabilised retinal image, described the characteristics of postrotary nystagmus and their dependence on head orientation. Despite the neglect of Well's work, he should be considered as laying the foundations for the study of vestibular-visual interaction, even though the function of the vestibular system was not known at that time.     

In the Spirit of William James

In this essay, I identify several ways in which James Dittes extended the spirit of William James in his writings on psychology of religion. Like James, Dittes gave minimal attention to psychological theory and God-talk. Both authors located their reflections on religion within a philosophical, as well as a psychological, perspective. Both employed a discourse that was personalist, pluralist, and pragmatist. In the last section, I briefly note some of the ways in which Dittes moved beyond William James in the spirit of William James.     

Activities of the member societies

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The impact and legacy of Karen Horney 1885-1952

The William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology White Institute Elects New Editor

News from the Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis, New York, USA

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Conferences

The Karen Horney Psychoanalytic Institute and Center

The William Alanson White Institute

The VII Scientific Conference of IFPS was held in Munich, August 26-29th 1992. Theme: Psychoanalysis between conformity and opposition.

The V Nordic Conference for members from IFPS Societies in Finland, Norway and Sweden will be held near Stockholm, January 23-24, 1993.     

Wittgenstein and Scepticism Wittgenstein at Work: Method in the PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATIONS

Books reviewed:
Wittgenstein and Scepticism , Denis McManus (ed.). London & New York: Routledge, 2004. xi, 305 pp. $50 hb. Wittgenstein at Work: Method in the PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATIONS , Erich Ammereller and Eugen Fischer (eds.). London & New York: Routledge, 2004. xxix, 263 pp. $50 hb. Reviewed by William H. Brenner, Old Dominion University Philosophy Department Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 23529-0083, USA wbrenner@odu.edu     

Mysticism without concepts

International Journal for Philosophy of Religion - It has often been claimed, e.g. by William James or Aldous Huxley, that mystical experiences across times and cultures exhibit a striking...     

Writing towards Death: William James and Sigmund Freud and Sustaining Objects/Practices

Pastoral Psychology - This article addresses how the practice of writing for William James and Sigmund Freud served as a sustaining object/practice and a testament of faith when they faced illness...     

A new name for some old ways of thinking: pragmatism,radical empiricism,and epistemology in W.E.B. Du Bois’s “Of the Sorrow Songs”

International Journal for Philosophy of Religion - When William James published Pragmatism, he gave it a subtitle: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking. In this article, I argue that pragmatism...     

Fairness and futility

International Journal for Philosophy of Religion - William Lane Craig argues that both God and immortality are required for life to have meaning; life is futile without either of the two. I argue...     

The Marriage of Archaeology and Religion

Book reviewed: Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel , William G. Dever, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company 2005 (0‐8028‐2852‐3), hardcover, xvi + 344 pp., Hb £15.95/$25     

BOOKS Reviews

William James and the Reinstatement of the Vague. By William Joseph Gavin.
Anti-foundationalism Old and New. Edited by Tom Rockmore and Beth Singer.     

剌佛与马礼逊在华传教事业之关系研究

剌佛是英国东印度公司驻广州商馆主席,马礼逊则是公认的基督教新教在中国传播的"开山始祖"。剌佛给予马礼逊在华事业多方帮助。可以说,马礼逊在华事业的开拓,与剌佛对其的鼎力相助是分不开的。但学界研究迄今尚付阙如。本文拟详加探究,祈望能补此方面研究之罅漏。     

On Being a Lone Dissenter

Asch's (1956) research on group pressure to conform implied that it is difficult to be a lone dissenter. Extending this to the analysis of voting patterns in the U.S. Supreme Court's 1953-2001 terms, it was found that of 4,178 decisions, the 8-1 split was the least common (10%). Unanimous decisions were most common (35%), followed by 5-4 splits (21%), 6-3 splits (20%), and 7-2 splits (14%). Large differences were found among the 29 Justices serving during this period as to how often they were lone dissenters, led by Justice William Douglas, who issued lone dissents on about 6% of the decisions on which he voted.     

Books received: Volume 15, Issue 2

Works of William Godwin: Series II, Political and Philosophical Writings. General editor: Mark Philp. Volume editors: Pamela Clemit, Martin Fitzpatrick, Mark Philp. Researcher: Austin Gee. Consulting editor: William St Clair. Seven volumes. William Pickering. London, 1993. £395. ISBN: 1–85196–026–0 set.     

Professor Gasking on mathematics

Book Information Matters of the Mind. Matters of the Mind Lyons William Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2001 xxix + 288 Paperback By Lyons William. Edinburgh University Press. Edinburgh. Pp. xxix + 288. Paperback:,     

George Herbert Mead and the Allen controversy at the University of Wisconsin

This essay uses previously unpublished correspondence of George Herbert Mead to tell the story of his involvement in the aftermath of a political dispute that took place at the University of Wisconsin during the years 1914-1915. It seeks thereby to clarify the historical significance of an article he published on this controversy in late 1915. Taken together with relevant information about the educational activities of William H. Allen of the New York Bureau of Municipal Research, Mead's correspondence and article throw helpful light upon his understanding of how an educational survey of a university should proceed; they also show how he went about the task of evaluating a failed attempt at such a survey.