LIEBESCHUTZ, HANS. Fulgentius Metaforalis. Leipzig: Teubner, 1926. 140 pages. M. 8.60. This Christian treatise of the fourteenth century, dealing with the legendary gods of Greece and Rome, is now published in a new edition of the Latin text accompanied by an elaborate introduction and critical notes. SCHENKEL, G. Die Freimaurerei im Lichte der Religions- und Kirchengeschichte. Gotha: Klotz, 1926. vii+188 pages. M. 4. An informing and suggestive study of the history and the ideals of Freemasonry, with the aim of indicating wherein lies the strength of the movement. The relationship of its cult and its basal beliefs to modern religious ideals is helpfully set forth in a final chapter. The author regards it as a wholesome reinforcement of the main attitudes of liberal Protestantism. DOCTRINAL ANSON, HAROLD. A Practical Faith. New York: Century, 1926. xvii+194 pages. $1.25. A very readable little book, dealing with the practical aspects of Christian faith and life, and skilfully suggesting Christian attitudes without raising any important critical questions. BAIRD, ANDREW CUMMING. Christian Fundamentals. Edinburgh: Clark, 1926. vii+304 pages. $2.75. The book aims to "give a defense of the reasonableness of belief in the fundamentals of the Christian religion as expressed in the [Apostles'] Creed." The result is a strange mixture of academic historical and textual evidence with a somewhat liberal modern theology. The physiological conception of the virgin birth is abandoned, Jesus being frankly regarded as the child of two human parents; yet the article is "defended" as a fundamental. After quoting with approval Flammarion's words, "The body dies. The soul lives on in the infinite and the eternal," the author piously exclaims: "Thus the most recent scientific discovery and research confirm entirely the words of the Creed, 'I believe in the resurrection of the flesh'"! GREENE, GEORGE A. The Phenomena of the Bible. Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1926. 147 pages. $1.75. The author is a doctor of medicine and has given himself to the study of psychic phenomena. He declares that he was once a rank materialist, but is now convinced of the spiritual nature of man and the universe. He accepts the Bible at its face value and then proceeds to explain all its miracles as manifestations of the aberration of psychical laws. The result is, of course, that having become subject to law they cease to be miracles at all, and so lose their apologetic value; but this is apparently not seen by the author. A more rigidly critical attitude of mind would have been much more cautious in statement. JACKSON, MYRTLE STRODE. The Light of the Ages. Boston: Zion Research Foundation, 1926. xxii+499 pages. $2.50. An enthusiastic and extremely sentimental attempt to survey the teachings of some of the chief figures in the history of Christianity, with the purpose of showing that the most profound spiritual discoveries of the ages point forward to the final truth set forth by Mary Baker Eddy. Much is made, e.g., of the frequent use of the words "science" and "health" in Wycliffe's translation, and attention is frequently WARNE, FRANCIS WESLEY. The Sinless Incarnation. New York: Methodist Convinced that Christianity can be made to appeal to people in India better if presented in dramatic story form than if put into abstruse theology, the author wrote this pictorial presentation of the main events narrated in the gospels bearing on the incarnation and work of Christ. It is republished for Western readers in the hope of giving a fresh interest in a doctrine often presented in somewhat hackneyed fashion. WEBB, CLEMENT C. J. A Century of Anglican Theology and Other Lectures. Milwaukee: Morehouse Publishing Co., 1926. 190 pages. $1.25. Lectures dealing with various aspects of theology, gathered into one volume. In addition to the discussion which gives the title to the book, there is a somewhat elaborate definition of the place of morality in Christian theology, and an attempt to indicate the exact meaning of a “scientific" interpretation of theology. SCIENCE AND RELIGION BUSSER, S. E. Monkeys and Myths. Boston: Stratford Publishing Co., 1926. v+238 pages. $2.00. The book lives up to its title. It is a rambling, amateurish plea for an attitude toward the Bible which will not compel us to accept its prescientific conceptions, thus opening the way for a deeper appreciation of its true spiritual value. RUSSELL, C. F. Religion and Natural Law. Milwaukee: Morehouse Publishing Co., 1926. xi+186 pages. $1.25. The Hulsean Lectures delivered before the University of Cambridge in the winter of 1922-23. The lecturer insists that our modern conception of the universe as organized in an orderly fashion must be incorporated into our religious interpretations. He then shows how some of the primary doctrines of traditional Christianity may be so interpreted as to be in harmony with this conception. TITIUS, ARTHUR. Natur und Gott. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1926. x+851 pages. M. 24. A very important study of the problems occasioned for religion by the rise of modern science. A good survey of current scientific interpretations is followed by a careful analysis of religious ideals, with suggestions as to the ways in which inherited theological ideas must be modified. WYER, SAMUEL S. Authoritative Statements on Science, Evolution, Religion, and the Bible. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University, 1926. 30 pages. Citations from forty-one books, most of them recent modernist volumes, or popular scientific books. The quotations are arranged under appropriate captions. FOR EDIFICATION ADAMS, JOHN. The Christian Good of Scotland. New York: Scribner, 1926. 223 pages. $2.00. An introductory volume to "The Scottish Layman's Library," by the editor. Taking the words of Dr. Chalmers, spoken in 1845, "Who cares about the Free i Church, compared with the Christian good of the people of Scotland?" the author discusses those aspects of a church program which will issue in the welfare of the nation. This program involves the essential factors that have been incorporated into the conception of the modern church as the servant of the people. These are clearly and fairly stated with the accent of conviction. BERRY, CARRIE ADAMS. Jesus Himself Drew Near. Boston: Stratford Publishing Co., 1926. iv+92 pages. $1.25. This arrangement of the words of Jesus, given in the familiar language of the English Bible, follows a unique and interesting plan. Various situations, representative of religious problems today, are vividly pictured with fine discrimination and reserve. Then the appropriate words of Jesus are given, for the purpose of imparting vividness and meaning to them. The result is a fresh sense of the satisfaction which may be found in the teachings of a master of truth fitted to human questions and problems. HAYES, DOREMUS A. The Heights of Christian Love. New York: Abingdon Press, 1926. 228 pages. $1.50. Professor Hayes, of Garrett Biblical Institute, is a trained exegete and clarifying teacher. This book sets forth with a wealth of interpretation the beauty of I Cor. 13. It is an illuminating study of love as the master-motive of human life. KELLEY, WILLIAM VALENTINE. My Gray Gull and Other Essays. New York: Abingdon Press, 1926. 240 pages. $1.50. We learned long ago to anticipate with eagerness any essay bearing the magic touch of Dr. Kelley. What command of incident, poetry, and the wide range of literature! How has he mastered and remembered so much? And then his own style, like this: "Many a busy man can hear in the pauses of his action the horns of Elfland faintly blowing in some far border of his life." This collection of nine pieces represents his fancy and serious reflection wandering hand in hand through the wide ranges that he knows so well and into which he leads us with fascinating skill. LAMBERTSON, FLOYD W. The Unguarded Gate. New York: Abingdon Press, 1926. 190 pages. $1.25. These sermons for children are planned in view of the particular characteristics of the eleven-twelve period in the life of a child and are designed to bring about a positive acceptance of Christ as Master. The means used are varied and the appeal is admirably adapted to the mind and will. The weakest point lies in the application, which might more often be left to the quick and accurate insight of the young hearers. The sermons can readily be adapted to the purpose of another preacher. The book is a contribution to the literature in its field. SHELDON, CHARLES M. The Life of Jesus. New York: Crowell, 1926. x+ 274 pages. $2.00. Dr. Sheldon gives the Life of Jesus in the language of the American Standard Version of the New Testament. It is beautifully printed, in short paragraphs, illustrated by eight drawings in color by Arthur Twidle. In the midst of a flood of biographical studies of Jesus, this is a welcome volume, with its uniform use of the familiar language of the New Testament. It escapes the confusion of the Harmony of the Gospels and avoids any possible eccentricity of style in the narrative. GAULTIER, JULES DE. Nietzsche. Paris: Editions du Siècle, 1926. xvi+291 pages. A sympathetic interpretation of the important aspects of Nietzsche's anti-Christian philosophy, clearly arranged, and documented by translations of pertinent sections from Nietzsche's writings. STEFFENS, LINCOLN. Moses in Red. Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1926. 144 pages. $1.75. A fanciful rewriting of the story of Moses in terms of a modern revolution. The author has been an observer and student of revolutions and undertakes to present the work of Moses as an early example of such a social upheaval. The book has no value as a valid interpretation, but it is ingenious propaganda. ZYBURA, JOHN S. Present-Day Thinkers and the New Scholasticism. St. Louis: Herder. xviii+543 pages. $3.00. Realizing that in this country scholastic philosophy is almost entirely confined to Roman Catholic circles, the editor of this volume wrote to a number of the leading philosophers in America, Canada, and Great Britain asking why there was so little interchange between the representatives of neo-Scholasticism and the nonscholastic thinkers. He summarizes the interesting replies. A second part of the book contains expositions of aspects of Scholasticism by eminent Catholics. The editor adds three chapters explaining the contribution which neo-Scholasticism has to make to modern life. Abstracts of Theses. Humanistic Series, Vol. II. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1926. xi+507 pages. Brief summaries of seventy-one dissertations presented by candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the University of Chicago. The summary in each case undertakes to explain the nature of the particular investigation and to set forth the findings. INDEX TO VOLUME VI I. AUTHORS AND SUBJECTS ADHIKARY, R. C., The Present Religious Situation in India. AMES, EDWARD SCRIBNER, Review of: PAGE 163 Cooke, Sacraments and Society. 437 Leuba, The Psychology of Mysticism 325 Archaeology and the Old Testament during the First Quarter of the Twentieth Century 284 AUBREY, EDWIN E., The Social Approach to Religion as a Method of College 78 BAILLIE, JOHN, Reviews of: Bell, Sharing in Creation 429 Shaw, The Christian Gospel of the Fatherhood of God. BAKER, ARCHIBALD G., Twenty-Five Years of Thought concerning Protestant 429 384 BENNETT, CHARLES A., Worship in Its Philosophical Meaning BRIGHTMAN, Edgar Sheffield, What Constitutes a Scientific Interpretation of Religion? 250 BROWN, WILLIAM ADAMS, A Century of Theological Education and After. Stange, Die Religionswissenschaft der Gegenwart in Selbstdarstellungen CASE, SHIRLEY JACKSON, The Problem of Teaching the Bible to Undergraduates 154 302 Christianity, Early, The Study of during the Last Quarter-Century 259 Chuan Miao of West China, The 302 Churches and the Theological Seminary, The 586 Coe, George A., What Constitutes a Scientific Interpretation of Religion? 225 472 |