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Throughout his life Dickinson Miller was concerned with the experience and interpretation of religion, specifically Christianity. His concern was such that he was ordained in the Episcopal Church, taught Christian Apologetics at General Theological Seminary from 1911 to 1924, and served as a ‘supply’ clergyman over many years. Like James, Miller saw religion as a reinforcement of life directed to human welfare, but he departed from James in regard to theism and the meaning of religious ideas. Above all, for Miller religion was centered on human welfare. This was the focus of its symbolical terms and statements, a focus apparent in his writings to follow on the defense of the faith, Matthew Arnold, conscience and morality.
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Miller, D.S. (1975). What Religion has to do with it. In: Philosophical Analysis and Human Welfare. Philosophical Studies Series in Philosophy, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1792-3_15
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