John Stuart Mill’s “Religion of Humanity” Revisited
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6251969 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Üner Daglier (0000-0001-6492-8383), Thomas E Schneider, Thomas Schneider (0000-0001-6853-7128) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 577-588 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-3811 • E-ISSN: 1933-8007 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08913810801892937 |
| OpenAlex | W2019484379 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
John Stuart Mill's posthumously published Three Essays on Religion have been seen as standing in a problematical relationship with his better‐known works, especially On Liberty, which emphasize the negative sides of Mill's approach to religion. The Three Essays are less easy to characterize. A careful reading shows Mill's concern to subject religious views to rational scrutiny, but also to acknowledge the important and largely beneficent role religion has played, and presumably will continue to play, in human affairs. This role will not, Mill predicts, continue to be that of keeping selfish impulses in check. Rather, it will be to inspire people to assist a benevolent but, plainly, less‐than‐omniscient deity; and, as well, to spark an imaginative identification with an ongoing process of intellectual and moral perfection that transcends our mortal lives
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2021 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |