F.D. Maurice is now recognised as the most influential nineteenthcenturyEnglish liberal thinker. <strong>Theological Essays</strong> first published in 1853 is ... » 

F.D. Maurice is now recognised as the most influential nineteenthcenturyEnglish liberal thinker. Theological Essays first published in 1853 is theformal and mature statement of the theological beliefs that underlie his socialthinking. He was more than a man of brilliant intellect he was utterlydedicated and his religious beliefs were ground in the mill of his ownexperience. Maurice was never afraid to look unpleasant facts in the face andhis intellectual honesty challenges modern man no less than it did his owngeneration. His theology remains relevant for he was always painfullyconscious of the stresses and strains failures and anxieties that make up daytoday human experience. «