Thoughts on Religious Experience

by Archibald Alexander

Publisher:

Presbyterian Board of Publication

, 1841

Overview

There are two kinds of religious knowledge, says Archibald Alexander: truth revealed in Scripture and the impression truth makes on individuals—the experience of truth. In Thoughts on Religious Experience, Alexander explains that the truth of God constitutes more than mere religious sentiment, and cautions against overestimating the capabilities of the human mind to identify and determine truth. He also writes at length on aspects of piety, religious conversion, backsliding, and the effects of sanctification in our efforts to identify religious truth.

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Key Features

• Exploration of the aspects of piety
• Analysis of the effects of sanctification
• Concluding prayer

Product Details

• Title: Thoughts on Religious Experience
• Author: Archibald Alexander
• Publisher: Presbyterian Board of Publication
• Publication Date: 1841
• Pages: 311

About Archibald Alexander

Archibald Alexander (1772–1851) an American educator and theologian, he was President of Hampton-Sydney College (Virginia) from 1797 to 1806. In 1807 he became pastor of Pine Street Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. He received the Doctor of Divinity in 1810 from the College of New Jersey. He is most noted as founder and first principal of Princeton Seminary serving there from 1812 to 1840. As principal and professor of theology, he is considered the first of the great “Princeton theologians.” He continued as professor at Princeton until his death in 1851. He was buried in Princeton Cemetery.