Abstract
Too many vital problems are raised in these small handbooks on religion to dispose of them with a few casual remarks. The general aim of the author, however, deserves a strong support. He wishes to restate in the light of modern knowledge, the ordinary arguments for the existence and nature of God, the nature and types of religious experience and the interpretation of the development of Christianism. To Anglicans and non-Conformists in general, these books should be welcome, in so far as the rational and technical study of these questions has been allowed in recent years to fall into the background, partly on account of the emphasis which has come to be laid upon intuition and direct experience, partly because philosophical criticism has apparently weakened its validity and value. To Catholics, however, though some pronouncements and interpretations of the author will appear highly controversial, these studies will provide an alternative ground of reflection, the more so as they are put forward by a sincere Christian and a genuine scholar.
Modern Handbooks on Religion.
A. C.
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By the Rev.. (1) A Study of the Ordinary Arguments for the Existence and Nature of God. Pp. iii + 63. 2s. 6d. net. (2) Religious Experience: its Nature, Types and Validity. Pp. v + 133. 3s. net. (3) Phases of the Christian Church: a Short View of its History. Pp. v + 150. 4s. net. (Cambridge: W. Heffer and Sons, Ltd.; London: Simpkin Marshall, Ltd., 1932.)
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G, T. Modern Handbooks on Religion. Nature 131, 677 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131677c0
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