Coll-776
MSS BAR. 1.1-23; MSS BAR. 2.1-20
Papers of
Henry Barker (d. 1948)
1899-1935
Edinburgh University Library
circa 410 leaves or sheets, 8 bundles notes, 5
volumes, and miscellaneous.
Access to records in a
fragile condition may be restricted.
Barker, Henry
English.
Henry Barker had been an Assistant and Lecturer in Moral Philosophy at
Edinburgh University, 1898-1934, and Lecturer in Social Ethics 1919-1934. He
held the degrees of MA, from Edinburgh University, 1891, and from Cambridge.
Henry Barker died on 19 December 1948.
The collection is composed of: a dissertation on the problem of
theological method in its bearing on philosophy; items on the connection
between ethical theory and a religious view of the world, and the science of
ethics from the standpoint of realism; material on philosophy and theology,
Ritschlian theology, the religious consciousness, faith, and the nature and
origin of Christian experience; an unpublished article on anthropomorphism;
material on the moral teaching of the Gospels; Kemp Smith material on spiritual
values; material on the Church and state; Balfour's
Foundations of belief; material on contrasts between
philosophy and religion, the duty of religious inquiry, and belief; a lecture
course to theological students
The state in philosophical and Christian ethics 1919-1920;
the seat of authority in religion, the Church, the authority of the Church, and
the basis of the Church's authority; Schism; and, the idela of the Church.
There is also: lecture notes for Summer and Honours ethics, 1919-1926; lecture
notes on the moral standard and its problems; material on Butler; material on
hedonism, the definition of philosophy, Berkeley's theory of vision, psychology
of will, psychology of belief, and St. Paul's view of the Christian life;
material on the difficulties of a teleological conception of the universe,
examination of objections to the teleological argument, difficulties in forming
a system of Christian ethics; and, notes and annotations on Isaiah, factors in
the efficiency of religious belief, and Christian dogmatics.
Check the local Indexes for details of any additions.
Generally open for consultation to bona fide researchers, but please
contact repository for details in advance.
The biographical/administrative history was compiled using the
following material: (1) Obituary
University of Edinburgh journal. Vol. 14. 1946-1949.
p.272. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1949.
Local lists.
The local Indexes of Special Collections Division, Edinburgh
University library, George Square, show various references to Barker related
material (check the Indexes for more details): correspondence with J.B.
Baillie, B. Bosanquet, C.D. Broad, A.C. Fraser, G.D. Hicks, J.H. Muirhead, H.
Sidgwick, G.F. Stout and J. Ward, 1898-1932, at Dc.6.118; Shaw Fellowship
lectures, circa 1897, entitled
The present relations of theology and philosophy. A critical
examination of theological methods, at Dc.6.117, and lectures on Kant
and Hegel, delivered at Edinburgh University 1898-1906. Also some papers on
miscellaneous philosophical topics, circa 1900-1910, at Dk.6.9/1-2.
Ethics
Philosophy
Theology
Barker
Henry
d. 1948
Lecturer in Moral Philosophy