Walter Richard Cassels
1826-1907
Walter Richard Cassels
(4 September 1826 − 10 June 1907)
*Supernatural Religion, etc. London, 1874. 2 vols.; Vol. III in 1877. Many editions. (BCW 1:449).
Author of the anonymously published Supernatural Religion: An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation (1874), expanded and revised in later editions. (BCW 4:638).
English theological critic (1826-1907), formerly a merchant in Bombay. His anonymously published Supernatural Religion (1874, with a third volume in 1877) questioned miracles and the authenticity of the New Testament and provoked a prolonged controversy with J. B. Lightfoot. (BCW 6:430-431).
Bibliographical references include: Supernatural Religion: An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation. London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1874. 2 vols.; published anonymously. Third vol. publ. in 1877. Rev. ed. of complete work publ. in 1879. Vide Vol. VI of present Series, p. 430, for further data (BCW 8:422).
Some links:
- Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
- CTD article in Russian: Касселс, Уолтер Ричард
- Wikipedia: Walter Richard Cassels
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Person's short name: W. R. Cassels; sortable: Cassels, W. R.; for categories: Cassels W.R.
Lifetime: 1826-1907
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- Supernatural Religion, etc. London, 1874. 2 vols.; Vol. III in 1877. Many editions. <span style...