H. A. Hodges

H. A. Hodges
Born
Herbert Arthur Hodges

(1905-01-04)4 January 1905
Sheffield, UK
Died2 July 1976(1976-07-02) (aged 71)
Reading, England
CitizenshipBritish
EducationOxford University
Occupations
  • philosopher
  • theologian
Spouse
Vera Joan Willis
​
(m. 1939)​
ChildrenWilfrid Hodges, Paul Hodges, Frances Parsons

Herbert Arthur Hodges (4 January 1905 – 2 July 1976) was a British philosopher and theologian. He was Professor of Philosophy at Reading University[1][2] from 1934 to 1969.[3]

He was a member of The Moot, the discussion and study group begun by J. H. Oldham. Its purpose was "to continue, in an informal, confidential but serious way, exploration of the relation between church and society and the realisation of Christian ethics in the public sphere."[4][page needed] Other members included T. S. Eliot, with whom Hodges corresponded. Eliot suggested to Karl Mannheim that Hodges was closer to Mannheim than others in the Moot, in at least some areas of thought.[5]

Hodges represented the Church of England at the first assembly of the World Council of Churches in Amsterdam in Aug-Sept 1948.[6]

Hodges published books on Wilhelm Dilthey, on Welsh hymnody and on Christianity.

  1. ^ "Herbert Arthur Hodges". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  2. ^ Sell, Alan P. F. (2010). "Herbert Arthur Hodges (1905–1976): Christian Philosopher, Believing sceptic". Four Philosophical Anglicans: W.G. De Burgh, W.R. Matthews, O.C. Quick, H.A. Hodges. Ashgate. pp. 203–272. doi:10.4324/9781315255095.
  3. ^ Beacock, Anne (1978) H. A. Hodges: the pattern of atonement in its context, Durham theses, Durham University, p. 1. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/10127/
  4. ^ Clements, Keith (2015). The Moot Papers: Faith, Freedom and Society 1938-1944. A&C Black. ISBN 978-0-567-19831-0.
  5. ^ T. S. Eliot to Karl Mannheim, 20 May 1940, in Valerie Eliot and John Haffenden, eds., The Letters of T. S. Eliot, Vol. 9, p. 528
  6. ^ Eliot, T. S., The Complete Prose of T. S. Eliot: The Critical Edition, Volume 7: A European Society, 1947-1953, edited by Iman Javadi and Ronald Schuchard, The Johns Hopkins University Press and Faber & Faber Ltd., 2018, p. 110 n. 8