H. G. Wells and the World StateYale University Press, 1961 - 301 pages |
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... Invisible King . Wells ' God was a finite , emergent deity , the evolving will and mind of humanity , a direct translation of his humanism into the language of theology . God the Invisible King had the appearance of a volte - face ; but ...
... Invisible King . Wells ' God was a finite , emergent deity , the evolving will and mind of humanity , a direct translation of his humanism into the language of theology . God the Invisible King had the appearance of a volte - face ; but ...
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... Invisible King , " to suppose the Veiled Being either benevolent or malignant towards men . " 23 In short , it did not care . Yet in a sense it commanded absolute obedience of man . " There is order in the universe , " Wells ' hero ...
... Invisible King , " to suppose the Veiled Being either benevolent or malignant towards men . " 23 In short , it did not care . Yet in a sense it commanded absolute obedience of man . " There is order in the universe , " Wells ' hero ...
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... Invisible King , he set out to translate his idea of a racial being and a racial mind into Christian terms , in order — as he explained later — to appeal to well - meaning souls who could not dispense with at least the simulacrum of a ...
... Invisible King , he set out to translate his idea of a racial being and a racial mind into Christian terms , in order — as he explained later — to appeal to well - meaning souls who could not dispense with at least the simulacrum of a ...
Contents
Acknowledgments vii | 1 |
The Prophetic Office | 12 |
Fundamental Assumptions | 60 |
Copyright | |
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