Religious Experience

William Temple became President of the Oxford Union in 1904, and subsequently a Fellow and Lecturer in Philosophy at Queen's College, Oxford. In 1908 he became a Deacon, and then a Priest in 1909 before becoming the Headmaster of Repton and Rector of St. James's, Piccadilly. He was editor of The Challenge and in 1916 married Frances Anson. He finally acceded to Bishop of Manchester in 1929 before transferring to York and then Canterbury.

• Introduction1. Robert Browning2. Religious Experience3. The Godhead of Jesus4. Symbolism as a Metaphysical Principle5. The Genius of the Church of England6. My Point of View7. Archbishop Lord Davidson8. The Idea of Immortality in Relation to Religion and Ethics9. Christ and the Way to Peace10. Christian Democracy11. Christian Unity12. In the Beginning - God13. The Perils of a Purely Scientific Education14. A Conditional Justification of War15. The Sealed Book16. The Resources and Influence of English Literature17. Social Witness and Evangelism18. The Church in the Bible19. Thomism and Modern Needs20. A Christmas Broadcast21. Varia22. What Christians Stand For in the Secular World23. Christianity as an Interpretation of History