About the Author
John Frederick Denison Maurice (1805-1872) was an English theologian, writer, and educator. He was a professor of English literature and history at Kings College, Oxford, where he also held the chair of divinity. He was one of the intellectual founders of the Christian Socialist movement. Notable works include a novel, Eustace Conway (1834), and numerous theological texts, among them The Doctrine of Sacrifice (1854) and The Commandments as Instruments of National Reformation (1866).
