THE RELIGIOUS LIFE
RELIGION IN HUMAN EXPERIENCE, by John R. Everett; Allen and Unwin. English price, 30/-. A PRODUCT of typical, thorough, American scholarship, this book is yet not too long and detailed to tire the general reader looking for easily assimilated but reliable information. It makes a historical and philosophical study of the place of religion in human life, followed by specific examinations of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Christianity. ' The author sees greatly changed *attitudes to religion in recent years, mainly in emphasis on efforts to solve political and social problems rather than on conflicts between dogmas and’ scientific theories. He notes, too, the resemblance of some totalitarian philosophies to religion: "They have their incontrovertible doctrines, they have their public rituals; in the case of communism there is even a succession of prophets-Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin." Not only Christianity applies its teachings to social problems; Buddhism is doing so as well, and is also engaging in missionary work. The author regards this, though not "a, religious age,’ as an "age of important religious activity."
Walter
Brookes
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 734, 7 August 1953, Page 13
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178THE RELIGIOUS LIFE New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 734, 7 August 1953, Page 13
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