Infidelity: Its Aspects, Causes, And Agenices

by Thomas Pearson

Its Aspects, Causes, And Being The Prize Essay Of The British Organization Of The Evangelical Alliance by Thomas Pearson. This mid-19th-century evangelical polemic argues against contemporary infidelity and defends Christian theism and biblical revelation, mobilizing Christians to confront infidelity across society. It distinguishes atheism, pantheism, and naturalism, arguing for the sufficiency of natural theology when augmented by conscience, design in nature, and Scripture. It critiques modern philosophy (including Spinoza, Hegel, Strauss, Comte, Vestiges, Owen, Emerson, Carlyle, Cousin) as naturalistic or pantheistic, and defends historical Christianity against these currents. It emphasizes the role of culture and institutions—the press, clubs, schools, and pulpit—as engines of infidelity and advocates a renewed Christian influence and unity. The work is a combative, scholarly tract designed for educated Victorian readers and offers concrete a Christianized press, organized evangelical counter-agencies for workers, reform of education, and renewed pastoral fidelity.

644 pages, Paperback

Published August 12, 2021