Bernard Eugene Meland (1899-1993) was a leader in the pragmatic tradition of constructive theology associated with the University of Chicago. This volume contains more than forty-six previously unpublished lectures, reports, and other personal documents that Meland wrote at various times between 1937 and 1979. It is a companion volume to W. Creighton Peden's book, Life and Thought of Bernard Eugene Meland, American Constructive Theologian, 1899-1993, and is intended to give the reader a deeper understanding of Meland's methods and thought.

George Burman Foster (1857-1918) was a key figure among the philosophers and theologians who composed the early Chicago School. This volume makes available the development of Foster's religious thought by exploring his major writings as well as diverse shorter works. Conclusions are provided following each major section of the book. Through this approach we discover that Foster was laying the foundation for the emergence of American humanism.

This volume concludes Dr. Peden's series on the empirical tradition in American Philosophical and Religious Thought.