 Though Bosanquet’s analysis of religious belief reflects an understanding that, broadly speaking, was shared by a number of his fellow idealists, it is significantly different from other late 19th century and early 20th century perspectives, such as those of William Clifford, John Henry Newman, and William James, and can be seen as an alternative to them. Given its immanentist character and insistence on separating religion or faith from dogma and theology, it is close to the view of religion that one finds in twentieth-century authors, such as R.B. Braithwaite, R.M. Hare, and W. Cantwell Smith. Bosanquet’s views, like those of these authors, have been challenged (for example, by C.C.J. Webb, François Houang, and Alan P.F. Sell) for not only being inconsistent with any orthodox theism, but as presenting in its stead a non-realist, generic religion (which, some critics hold, is not religion at all). It is, however, important to recognise that Bosanquet is not advancing a non-cognitivist or fideist view of religion, and that he maintains that both religious belief as a whole and particular religious beliefs must meet appropriate rational standards (see Sweet 2000).