The Kernal and the Husk: Letters on Spiritual Chistianity (English Edition)

In The Kernal and the Husk the Rev Edwin Abbott explores many of the key themes of Christian life and thought in letter form. Originally published anonymously the book presents a liberal “natural Christianity” from a Church of England perspective.

Edwin Abbot is best known as the author of the satirical Flatliners

Table of Contents
Introductory
Personal
Knowledge
Ideals
Ideals and Tests
Imagination and Reason
The Culture of Faith
Faith and Demonstration
Satan and Evolution
Illusions
What is Worship?
The Worship of Christ
What is “Nature”?
The Miracles of the Old Testament
The Miracles of the New Testament
The Growth of the Gospels
Christian Illusions
Are the Miracles Inseparable from the Life of Christ?
The Feeding of the Four Thousand and the Five Thousand
The Manifestation of Christ to St Paul
The Development of Imagination and its bearing on the Revelation of Christ’s Return
Christ’s Resurrection regarded naturally
Faith in the spiritual Resurrection is better than so-called knowledge of the material Resurrection
What is a Spirit?
The Incarnation
Prayer, Heaven, Hell
Pauline Theology
Objections
Can Natural Christianity command itself to the masses?
Can a believer in Natural Christianity be a Minister in the Church of England?
What the Bishop’s might do

The Kernal and the Husk: Letters on Spiritual Christianity was first published in 1886.