The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (558 page)

 
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(1772–1834).
Poet and thinker. Born at Ottery St Mary in Devon, he studied (somewhat chaotically) at Cambridge where he met William Wordsworth. With him he published
Lyrical Ballads
in 1798. Already he had, with Robert Southey, attempted to set up a communal society, Pantisocracy, putting into practice the ideals of the French Revolution. In 1798, he went to Germany to study
Kant
, and came under the influence of Schiller and Goethe. On his return he lectured and wrote. In religion he represents the Romantic reaction against both rationalism and dogmatic religious systems, seeing the heart of religion in human religious need. He is sometimes called the ‘father of the
Broad Church
’.

 
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Collating
(appointing to a benefice)
:

see
ADVOWSON
.

 
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Collect
.

A short variable prayer used in W. Christian worship.

 
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Collective representations
.

A theoretical term closely associated with
Durkheim
, referring to forms of knowledge which exist over and above any particular member of society. Religious and moral systems, categories of space, time, and the person, even much scientific knowledge, have
sui generis
characteristics. As traditions, they transcend individuals: people come and go, traditions live on.

 
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Collegiate church
.

A church which is governed by a
chapter
of
canons
, but is not, like a
cathedral
, a bishop's see.

 
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Colossians, Letter to the
.

An epistle of
Paul
and book of the New Testament.

 
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