TENNANT, FREDERICK ROBERT

(1866-1957) Anglican theologian and philosopher; wrote 1. Philosophical Theology and 2. The Concept of Sin ; taught at Cambridge University; empirical epistemology ; ethical emphasized; Philosophy of Spirit ; spirit is ultimate reality but not same as Hegel ian thought; man not only a purely physical being but also a spiritual one; all things (even inanimate things) have a kind of spiritual life of their own; emphasized on spirit as the agent of action, rather than merely thought; strong empirical emphasized