1849 Anglican priest rejects Christianity, suggests a new more reasonable faith

Foxton, Frederick J. Popular Christianity: its Transition State, and Probable Development. London: John Chapman, 1849. [10568] Blue publisher's cloth, old ex library matter including a paper label on the spine, several bookplates & discard stamps within, as well as a faint oval ink stamp on the tp. Binding is worn, intact, frayed at the top of the spine, 8 x 5 inches. Lacks the front free end papers (blanks). [xii], 226 clean pp. Publisher's 32 pp. catalogue dated September 20th, 1852 at end. Good. Hardcover. Chapters: Condition of the Churches, Inspiration of the Scriptures, Miracles and Prophecy, The Divinity of Christ, Doctrines and Articles, Prospects and Conclusion. The writer everywhere rejects traditional or creedal Christian doctrine and practice, and points to a new, enlightened, reasonable Christianity. "I have strongly protested against the finality so generally conceded to the Reformation of the sixteenth century, and the shallow (so called) 'evangelical' Christianity t