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The Victoria InstituteJournal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute was first published in 1867 and continued through to 1957 when its name was changed to Faith and Thought. Articles appear here by permission of the Committee of the Victoria Institute.

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Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute
Vols. 1 - 19 (1865-1887)
Vols. 20 - 39 (1888-1907)
Vols. 40 - 59 (1908-1927)
Vols. 60 - 79 (1928-1947)
Vols. 80 - 89 (1948-1957)

Faith and Thought

Vols. 90 - 99 (1958-1971)
Vols. 100 - 109 (1972-1982)
Vols. 110 - 114 (1983-1988)

Faith and Thought Newsletter / Faith and Thought Bulletin / Faith & Thought

No.'s. 1-25 (1985-1999)
No.'s 26-50 (1999-2011)
No.'s. 51- (2011-)

Volume 90.1 (1958) - Download Complete Volume View in PDF format pdf

On-line Resource John Stafford Wright, "An Examination of Evidence For Religious Beliefs of Palaeolithic Man," Faith and Thought 90.1 (1958): 4-15. View in PDF format pdf [ © 1940 The Estate of John Stafford Wright. Reproduced by kind permission of Christopher Stafford Wright.]
On-line Resource Michael Foster, "Contemporary British Philosophy and Christian Belief," Faith and Thought 90.1 (1958): 16-34. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource James I. Packer, "The Fundamentalism Controversy: Restrospect and Prospect," Faith and Thought 90.1 (1958): 35-45. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource A. Garfield Curnow, "A Consideration of the Teaching of the Bible on Human Freedom," Faith and Thought 90.1 (1958): 46-61. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Edward John Goodall Titterington [1885-1957], "The Gift of Tongues," Faith and Thought 90.1 (1958): 62-81. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]

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On-line Resource F.F. Bruce, "Qumran and the New Testament," Faith and Thought 90.2 (1958): 92-102.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource D.M. McKay, "Brain and Will," Faith and Thought 90.2 (1958): 103-115. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]

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On-line Resource Henry W.F. Saggs, "Some Ancient Semitic Ideas of the Afterlife," Faith and Thought 90.3 (1958): 157-182.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Gordon E. Barnes, "The Concepts of Randomness and Progress in Evolution," Faith and Thought 90.3 (1958): 183-204. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Ernest White, "Sigmund Freud, Life and Work (Ernest Jones)," Faith and Thought 90.3 (1958): 205-209. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]

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On-line Resource F.F. Bruce, "Qumran and the Old Testament," Faith and Thought 91.1 (1959): 9-27.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource T.C. Mitchell, "Archaeology and Genesis I - XI," Faith and Thought 91.1 (1959): 28-49. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]

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On-line Resource D.M. MacKay,"Divine Authority in a Scientific World," Faith and Thought 91.2 (Winter 1959): 75-96. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource A.H. Boulton, "Thoughts on a Problem," Faith and Thought 91.2 (Winter 1959): 97-102. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource A. Garfield Curnow, "Faith's Debt to Scepticism," Faith and Thought 91.2 (Winter 1959): 103-119. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]

Volume 91.3 (Summer 1960) - Download Complete Volume View in PDF format pdf

On-line Resource Ernest White, "Modern Trends in Psychiatry," Faith and Thought 91.3 (Summer 1960): 135-144. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource D.M. McKay, "Man as a Mechanism," Faith and Thought 91.3 (Summer 1960): 145-157. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Gordon E. Barnes, "Some Reflections on the Evolution Controversy," Faith and Thought 91.3 (Summer 1960): 158-176. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Kenneth A. Kitchen, "Egypt and the Bible: Some Recent Advances," Faith and Thought 91.3 (Summer 1960): 177-197.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource H.L. Ellison, "The Wisdom Literature of the Old Testament," Faith and Thought 91.3 (Summer 1960): 198-207.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]

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On-line Resource F.F. Bruce, "The Gospel of Thomas: Presidential Address 14 May 1960," Faith and Thought 92.1 (1961): 3-23.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Thomas MacPherson, "Ayer on Religion," Faith and Thought 92.1 (1961): 24-38. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource A. Skevington Wood [1916-1993], "Dr. Sargant and Mr. Wesley," Faith and Thought 92.1 (1961): 39-46. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource F.F. Bruce, "The New English Bible," Faith and Thought 92.1 (1961): 47-53.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]

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On-line Resource A. Garfield Curnow, "Religion: Fancy or Fact? Gunning Prize Essay - 1960," Faith and Thought 92.2 (1961): 58-76. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource R.J. Berry, "The Nature of Man: Genetical Aspects," Faith and Thought 92.2 (1961): 77-85. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Ian Lodge Patch, "The Nature of Man: Evidence From Psychology and Psychiatry," Faith and Thought 92.2 (1961): 86-94. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource C.E.A. Turner, "Puritans and the Royal Society," Faith and Thought 92.2 (1961): 95-104. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Robert E.D. Clark [1906-1984], "The Design Argument and the Limits of Science," Faith and Thought 92.2 (1961): 105-111. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]

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On-line Resource Leon Morris, "History and Theology in the Fourth Gospel," Faith and Thought 92.3 (1962): 117-129. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Leon & Mildred Morris Foundation]
On-line Resource Robert E.D. Clark [1906-1984], "The Christianity a Vested Interest in the Outcome of Experiemental Research?" Faith and Thought 92.3 (1962): 130-137. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource J.W. Sweetman, "The Christian Mission, With Special Reference to Islam," Faith and Thought 92.3 (1962): 138-148. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource F.F. Bruce, "The Gospels and Some Recent Discoveries," Faith and Thought 92.3 (1962): 149-67. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute] [The First Rendle-Short Memorial Lecture. Delivered in the University of Bristol on 2 March 1962.]

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On-line Resource Lord Denning, The Master of the Rolls, "The Influence of Religion on Law," Faith and Thought 93.1 (1963): 3-11. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Gordon Haddon Clark [1902-1985], "Capital Punishment," Faith and Thought 93.1 (1963): 12-18. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource H.L. Ellison, "Evaluating the Qumran Manuscripts," Faith and Thought 93.1 (1963): 19-22. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource R.L.F. Boyd, "Faith in the Space Age," Faith and Thought 93.1 (1963): 23-37. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute] [The Second Rendle Short Memorial Lecture - 1 March 1963]
On-line Resource C.W. Hume, "What Rights Have Animals," Faith and Thought 93.1 (1963): 38-47. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]

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On-line Resource Samuel J. Mikolaski, "'Of and About'," Faith and Thought 93.2 (1963): 55-63.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource David F. Payne, "The Purpose and Methods of the Chronicler," Faith and Thought 93.2 (1963): 64-73.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Edward J. Young, "Some Thoughts on Old Testament Scholarship," Faith and Thought 93.2 (1963): 74-87.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Robert E.D. Clark [1906-1984], "Men as Trees Walking," Faith and Thought 93.2 (1963): 88-94. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]

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On-line Resource F.F. Bruce, "History and the Gospel," Faith and Thought 93.3 (1964): 121-145.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource J.M. Clark, "Genesis and its Underlying Realities," Faith and Thought 93.3 (1964): 146-158. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource H. Dermot McDonald, "The Apologetic For Miracles in Contemporary Thought," Faith and Thought 93.3 (1964): 159-174. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource E.M. Blaiklock, "The Areopagus Address," Faith and Thought 93.3 (1964): 175-191. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder] [Third Rendle Short Memorial Lecture - 5 June 1964]

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On-line Resource Carl F.H. Henry, "European Theology Today," Faith and Thought 94.1 (1965): 9-91.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Douglas C. Spanner, "Thermodynamics and the Christian View of Life," Faith and Thought 94.1 (1965): 92-104. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource E.L. Tavener, "Dilemma in Israel," Faith and Thought 94.1 (1965): 105-112. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Roy A. Stewart, "The Parable Form in the Old Testament and the Rabbinic Literature," Faith and Thought 94.1 (1965): 113-127. = Evangelical Quarterly 36.3 (1964): 113-127. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]

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On-line Resource T.C.F. Stunt, "The Victoria Institute: The First Hundred Years," Faith and Thought 94.3 (1965): 162-181. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource F.F. Bruce, "John the Forerunner," Faith and Thought 94.3 (1965): 182-90.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Robert L.F. Boyd, "Some Lessons and Landmarks of a Century," Faith and Thought 94.3 (1965): 191-203. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Donald M. McKay, "The Recovery of Harmony," Faith and Thought 94.3 (1965): 204-212. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]

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On-line Resource Gordon E. Barnes, "Causality and the Causal Nexus," Faith and Thought 95.1 (1966): 4-16.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Alan E. Willingale, "The Development of the Doctrine of the NT," Faith and Thought 95.1 (1966): 17-48. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Peter E. Cousins, "Modern Educational Trends," Faith and Thought 95.1 (1966): 49-68. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]

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On-line Resource O.R. Johnston, "Morality and Society Today," Faith and Thought 95.2 (1966): 6-31. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource H.D. McDonald, "The Concept of Authority," Faith and Thought 95.2 (1966): 33-52. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Brian S. Mawhinney, "Man - His Origin, His Nature and His God," Faith and Thought 95.2 (1966): 54-71. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]

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On-line Resource James R. Cameron, "The Christian Perspective and the Teaching of Political Science," Faith and Thought 95.3 (1967): 2-18. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource J. Stafford Wright, "The Virgin Birth as a Biological Necessity," Faith and Thought 95.3 (1967): 19-29. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource John S. Freeman, "Christianity in Modern Educational Trends?" Faith and Thought 95.3 (1967): 31-46. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]

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On-line Resource James O. Buswell, "Genesis, the Neolithic Age, and the Antiquity of Adam," Faith and Thought 96.1 (1967): 3-23. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Alan E. Willingale, "Time in the Bible," Faith and Thought 96.1 (1967): 25-53. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource D. Gareth Jones, "The Phenomenon of Teilhard de Chardin," Faith and Thought 96.1 (1967): 55-74. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]

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On-line Resource Robert E.D. Clark [1906-1984], "Maxwell's Demon," Faith and Thought 96.2 (1967): 3-11. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource D. Gareth Jones, "Some Byways of Creation," Faith and Thought 96.2 (1967): 13-26. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource David J. Ellis, "Biblical Apocalyptic and Prophecy," Faith and Thought 96.2 (1967): 27-40. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]

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On-line Resource F.F. Bruce, "Edward J. Young: Obituary," Faith and Thought 97.1 (Spring 1968): 3-5.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource Donald M. MacKay, "What Makes a Contradiction?" Faith and Thought 97.1 (1968): 7-14. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource F.F. Bruce, "The Literary Background of the New Testament," Faith and Thought 97.1 (1968): 15-40.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource A.G. Curnow, "Some Thoughts on Religion and Science," Faith and Thought 97.1 (1968): 41-57. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]

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On-line Resource Samuel J. Mikolaski, "On the Nature of Man," Faith and Thought 97.2 (1968): 3-33.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource Robert E.D. Clark [1906-1984], "The Origin of Life," Faith and Thought 97.2 (1968): 35-40. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource William Barclay [1907-1978], "Why Theology?" Faith and Thought 97.2 (1968): 41-51. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Alan Willingale, "Can We Recognize a Miracle?" Faith and Thought 97.2 (1968): 52-58. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Lewis A. Drummond, "Idealism Still Speaks," Faith and Thought 97.2 (1968): 59-75. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]

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On-line Resource Gordon E. Barnes, "The Nature of Explanation in Biology," Faith and Thought 97.3 (1969): 3-15. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Ronald Markillie, "Explanation in Psychology," Faith and Thought 97.3 (1969): 17-36. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource J.H.Y. Briggs, "The Nature of Explanation in History," Faith and Thought 97.3 (1969): 37-50. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Paul Helm, "Faith, Scepticism and Experiencing-As," Faith and Thought 97.3 (1969): 51-64. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]

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On-line Resource J.R. van De Fliert, "Fundamentalism and the Fundamentals of Geology," Faith and Thought 98.1 (1970): 11-42. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Robert E.D. Clark [1906-1984], "A Double Standard?" Faith and Thought 98.1 (1970): 43-53. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Lewis A. Drummond, "God's Existence and Nature," Faith and Thought 98.1 (1970): 55-62. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource J.K. Howard, "The Concept of Soul in Psychology and Religion," Faith and Thought 98.1 (1970): 63-84. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute] [Schofield Prize Essay 1968]

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On-line Resource Richard J.P. Acworth, "Creation and Evolution," Faith and Thought 98.2, 3 (1970): 5-24. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Arthur Jones, "The Dogma of Evolution," Faith and Thought 98.2, 3 (1970): 25-41.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource D.C. Spanner, "Creation, Nature and Scripture," Faith and Thought 98.2, 3 (1970): 43-60. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource G.S. Cansdale, "A Universal Flood: Some Practical Difficulties," Faith and Thought 98.2, 3 (1970): 61-68. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]

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On-line Resource A.C. Adcock, "The 'Soul'. Some Reflections," Faith and Thought 99.1 (1971): 17-24. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource C.T. Crellin, "The Psychology of Moral Development," Faith and Thought 99.1 (1971): 25-41. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource P.H. Hirst, "Christian Education: A Contradiction in Terms?" Faith and Thought 99.1 (1971): 43-54. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource C.W. Robson, "Christian Education is Meaningful: a Reply to the Previous Paper," Faith and Thought 99.1 (1971): 55-60. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]

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On-line Resource D.D. Brodeur, "Israel and the Sovereignty of Jerusalem," Faith and Thought 99.2 (1971): 93-116. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource F.H. Hilliard, "'Moral, Education' or 'Education of Character'," Faith and Thought 99.2 (1971): 117-130. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource P. Cousins, "Comparative Religion in the School," Faith and Thought 99.2 (1971): 131-140. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource J.T. Aitken, "Malthus, Medicine and Mercy," Faith and Thought 99.2 (1971): 141-152. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]

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On-line Resource Colin Brown, "Presuppositions in Christendom: Anglicanism," Faith and Thought 99.3 (1971): 199-214. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Michael Simpson, SJ, "Presuppositions in Christendom: Catholicism," Faith and Thought 99.3 (1971): 215-222. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]
On-line Resource Lewis Drummond, "Presuppositions in Christendom: Free Churches," Faith and Thought 99.3 (1971): 223-234. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the Victoria Institute]

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