Benjamin Jowett and the Christian Religion [Hardcover]

This book identifies the religious ideas and traces the theological development of Benjamin Jowett (1817-93), outstanding 19th-century educator and master of Balliol College, Oxford. Although it is commonly believed that Jowett abandoned theology following the publication of the controversial collectionEssays and Reviews, to which he was a contributor, the author argues that Jowett continued to disseminate his theological ideas as master of Balliol College and exerted a substantial influence on theologians of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

This is a valuable study...one that gives greater critical attention to the development, nature, and influence of Jowett's theology and religious mission than have previous studies....The book is a highly instructive mix of biography, critical theological exposition, and analysis, and effort to delineate a Jowettean tradition in English religious thought. --Journal of Religion

An excellent book, one that gives both a balanced assessment of Jowett and an often penetrating assessment of the age in which he lived. --Anglican Theological Review

Will grip anyone interested in intellectual history....This book is the most serious contribution for some years to the history of the development of religious theology in England. --Times Literary Supplement