Anglican and Nonconformist theologians,
philosophers, and writers (Thomas Carlyle, John Ruskin, Frederic Dennis Maurice,
Charles Kingsley), especially the Christian Socialists, were interested in the normative aspect
of the problems
of religion and society.15 In the younger generation several
of these trends are blended: William Temple, John MacMurray, Maurice B. Rickett, Vigo A. Demant.16 Max Weber's influence in England never reached as deep as in France or the United States; it remained limited to his theories on economics.
If
Charles Hartshorne has been the leading process
philosopher to articulate the rationalist perspective, Schubert Ogden has been the central thinker to contend for the necessity
of metaphysical analysis for theological reflection through the development
of his notions
of faith,
religion and theology.