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MODERN ATHEISM
UNDER ITS FORMS OF
PANTHEISM, MATERIALISM, SECULARISM,
DEVELOPMENT, AND NATURAL LAWS.
BY
JAMES BUCHANAN, D. D., LL. D.,
DIVINITY PROFESSOR IN "THE NEW COLLEGE," EDINBURGH, AND AUTHOR
OF "THE OFFICE AND WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT," ETC.
BOSTON:
GOULD AND LINCOLN,
59 WASHINGTON STREET.
NEW YORK: SHELDON, BLAKEMAN & CO.,
CINCINNATI: GEORGE S. BLANCHARD.
1857.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by
GOULD AND LINCOLN,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District ofMassachusetts.
Electro-Stereotyped by
G. J. STILES & COMPANY,
23 Congress Street, Boston.
 PREFATORY NOTE.
The contents of this volume originally constituted about one half of awork, entitled "Faith in God and Modern Atheism compared, in theirEssential Nature, Theoretic Grounds, and Practical Influence."Simultaneously with the first issue of that work in Scotland, the fiveprincipal chapters in this volume were published separately, accompaniedwith the announcement that each was complete in itself. The hint thusgiven by the author, has been acted upon by the present publishers. Onexamining the whole work, it was found to be divided into four Sections.Of these, the third was devoted exclusively to "Modern Atheism." Itembraced the five chapters already alluded to, together with a generalintroduction and four shorter chapters. It appeared, in fact, to be acomplete treatise by itself; and it is now presented to the Americanpublic in the conviction that such a work is peculiarly demanded by thepresent state of religious opinion in this country.
The author is one of the most distinguished divines of the Free Churchof Scotland. In 1845, he was appointed Professor of Apologetic Theologyin the New College, Edinburgh; and, on the death of Dr. Chalmers, in1847, he was translated to the Chair of Systematic Theology thus madevacant. In the former position, it became his duty to prepare a completecourse of Lectures on Natural Religion. His work on "Faith in God," &c.,contains, in an altered form, adapted to general readers, the substanceof those Lectures.
Respecting this work, the British press generally has spoken in thehighest terms. The distinguished geologist, Hugh Miller, says, in theEdinburgh Witness: "It is one of, at once, the most readable  andsolid which we have ever perused;" and the News of the Churches, theorgan of the Free Church, describes it as "a work of which nothing lesscan be said than that, both in spirit and sub                        
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