The idea of God as affected by modern knowledge - Fiske, John. 1842-1901. (Boston : Houghton, Mifflin, 1885)
Difficulty of expressing the idea of God so that it can be readily understood -- The rapid growth of modern knowledge -- Sources of the theistic idea -- Development of monotheism -- The idea of God as immanent in the world -- The idea of God as remote from the world -- Conflict between the two ideas, commonly misunderstood as a conflict between religion and science -- Anthropomorphic conceptions of God -- The argument from design -- Simile of the watch replaced by simile of the flower -- The craving for a final cause -- Symbolic conceptions -- The eternal source of phenomena -- The power that makes for righteousness.
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Keywords: God