1893. Fairbairn, British Nonconformist divine, delivered the Muir lectures at Edinburgh University, the Gifford lectures at Aberdeen, the Lyman Beecher lectures at Yale, and the Haskell lectures in India. He was a prolific writer on theological subjects and Religion in History and in Modern Life is among his works. Contents: The Church and the Working Classes; The Lectures: What is Religion?; The Place and Significance of the Old Testament in Religion; The Place and Significance of the New Testament in Religion; The Christian Religion in the First Fifteen Centuries of Its Existence; The Christian Religion in Modern Europe; and The Christian Religion in Modern Life. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

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1894. Contents: Part First. Theism and Science; Man and Religion; Part Second. God and Israel; The Problem of Job; Man and God; Part Third. The Jesus of History and the Christ of Faith; Christ in History; The Riches of Christ's Poverty; Part Fourth. The Quest of the Chief Good; Love of Christ; and The City of God.