Principles of Christianity. By James Stuart, M.A. (Williams and Norgate.)—Mr.
Stuart begins by telling his readers that his object is to eliminate—(why use this technical term P)—the "theory or doctrine of imputation" from Christian theology. It is evident, therefore, that he proposes to make a radical change in accepted standards of belief. The dogma of "original sin," and the ordinary theory of the relation of Christ to the Christian, follow the theory of imputation. A special polemic is directed against the teaching of the Epistle to the Hebrews. We cannot pretend to follow Mr. Stuart in his argument ; this would be to enter into a quite unmanageable theological discussion. We must content ourselves with these brief indications of his aims, and a general approval of the temper in which he writes.—The author of Bigotry and Progress (R. D. Dickinson) is anxious to free our conceptions of Christianity from the theological dogmatism which "pertinaciously clings to it." He attempts to do so in this volume, in which there is much argument connected by a thread of story.
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