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About The Book: In this book different times and for different purposes, are connected by a common thread of thought, which is to explore the essence of Christian civilization and to deliberate on effective ways to uphold and spread it. The author has integrated the substance of three sermons, two of which were delivered before the University of Cambridge, into the discussions on Catholic Experience, Christian Morality, and Christian Policy. About The Author: William Cunningham (1805–1861) was a Scottish theologian and co-founder of the Free Church of Scotland. He was Moderator of the Free Church in 1859. Cunningham specialised in historical theology, and wrote a two volume work on the subject. An open source audio narration of the book is available. He also wrote The Reformers and the Theology of the Reformation. William Garden Blaikie suggested that he was the "ablest defender of Calvinism in his day" and that the "gentleness of his personal character was a striking contrast to his boldness and vehemency in controversy." Cunniingham has been described as a scholar and controversialist. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, "his sympathies combined with his evident desire to be rigidly impartial qualifying him to be an interesting delineator of the more stirring periods of church history, and a skilful disentangler of the knotty points in theological polemics."