Henry Longueville Mansel

Victorian Theology, Philosophy, and Politics

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Henry Longueville Mansel (1820-1871), Anglican theologian and philosopher, has wrongly been remembered as a Kantian agnostic whose ideas led to those of Herbert Spencer. Francesca Norman’s book provides a thorough revisioning of Mansel’s theology in context and reveals the personal basis of Spencer’s animus towards Mansel. Mansel is revealed as an orthodox Anglican theistic personalist whose ideas inspired Newman to write his Grammar of Assent. Located in context, Mansel’s personal connections with leading Tory figures such as Lord Carnarvon and Benjamin Disraeli are explored. Key controversies with Frederick Denison Maurice and John Stuart Mill are interpreted with reference to the party political elections of 1859 and 1865. Norman offers a vital vision of nineteenth-century theology, philosophy, and politics.
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2023
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Francesca Norman, Ph.D., studied Theology and completed her doctoral thesis on Mansel at Canterbury Christ Church University in 2015. She is an Anglican and has keen interests in the history of the Church of England.
Acknowledgements
Preface

1 Introduction
 1 Context
 2 Methodology
 3 Structure

2 Mansel’s Theological and Philosophical Ideas in Context: Biographical Account of Mansel’s Life and Work
 1 Introduction
 2 Family Background
 3 Herbert Spencer and Katherine Mansel
 4 Life at Oxford
 5 Dean of St Paul’s
 6 Conclusion

3 Mansel’s Theological and Philosophical Ideas in Context: The Historical Roots of Mansel’s Thought
 1 Introduction
 2 Bishop Peter Browne (c.1665–1735)
 3 Bishop Joseph Butler (1692–1752)
 4 Thomas Reid (1710–1796)
 5 Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743–1819)
 6 Sir William Hamilton (1788–1856)
 7 Conclusion

4 The Content of Mansel’s Philosophical Theology
 1 Introduction
 2 Theistic Personalism
 3 ‘I-Thou’
 4 Free Will
 5 Negative Theology and Analogy
 6 Prayer
 7 Personal Relation
 8 Theory of Relativity
 9 Rejection of the Absolute
 10 Limits of Ethical Knowledge
 11 Conclusion

5 Mansel’s Theological and Philosophical Ideas in Context: Initial Reception
 1 Introduction
 2 Positive Responses (Oxford Tories and Alexander Campbell Fraser)
 3 Post-Tractarian and Roman Catholic Responses (William George Ward and John Henry Newman)
 4 Reception by ‘Agnostics’ (Herbert Spencer and Thomas Henry Huxley)
 5 Metaphysical and Idealist Reactions to Mansel
 6 Conclusion

6 Mansel, Political Networks and Personalities
 1 Introduction
 2 Mansel’s Religious Politics: Anglican Toryism
 3 Lord Carnarvon
 4 Gathorne Hardy
 5 Salisbury
 6 Conclusion

7 The 1859 Election and the Maurice Controversy
 1 Introduction
 2 The Context of the 1859 Election
 3 The Mansel-Maurice Controversy in Political Context
 4 Outline of a Controversy
 5 Maurice and the Carlylean Doctrine of Certainty
 6 Conclusion

8 The 1865 Election and the Mill Controversy
 1 Introduction
 2 After 1859: Gladstone and the Liberal Party
 3 The Mansel-Mill Controversy in Political Context
 4 Outline of a Controversy
 5 Mill and the Comtean Religion of Humanity
 6 Conclusion

9 Conclusion
 1 Key Findings
 2 A Reputation Sidelined
 3 St Peter’s and St Paul’s, Cosgrove
Appendix: Literature Survey
 1 Introduction
 2 Victorian Biographical Studies
 3 Literature on Mansel and the Agnostic Tradition
 4 Mansel, Kierkegaard and Barth
 5 Conclusion
Bibliography
All interested in key thinkers such as Herbert Spencer, Frederick Denison Maurice, John Stuart Mill, and John Henry Newman, and anyone interested in Victorian theology, philosophy, and politics.
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