BOOK NOTES

 

J. H. Bavinck’s The Church Between the Temple and Mosque is a study of Christianity’s relation with other world religions. Highly readable and informative. 2.65 in paperback.

The Greatest of These Is Love is a treatment of 1 Cor. 13. You will delight in his comment on “Then I shall know even as also I am known.” Only 1.45 in soft cover.

If you would like to dip into some philosophy within the context of Christian faith, we suggest The Creative Advance by Eugene Peters. We predict you’ll find this new and exciting, opening windows that you did not know were there. 2.45.

For only 2.00 you can get Disciples and the Church Universal. It touches on the question of unity and our relation to other communions, with articles by Robert Fife, of Christian Church background, Ronald Osborn, a Disciple, and David Edwin Harrell, Jr., conservative Church of Christ.

John Macquarrie’s God and Secularity is one of a series on “New Directions in Theology Today,” which we commend to those who want to know what theologians are saying and who are aware of the breach that exists between theologians and the church. Macquarrie gives five doctrines about God that he believes will preserve the centrality of the Christian faith and yet deal with the problem of secularity. He defines the secularist as one who affirms the temporal, this-worldly character of existence. He believes only in this world, and his only concern is in making it a better world. The point of the book is to determine the extent to which one who is “other-worldly” can relate himself to secularity. The chapters on “God in the World” and “Religionless Christianity” are most informative. Only 1.95 in soft cover.

On Course to the Stars is the story of Roger Chaffee, one of the astronauts who died in the spacecraft fire. It starts with a little boy interested in airplanes and ends with a man on the threshold of space. Written by the astronaut’s pastor, it is a story of faith. Buy a copy for that young man or woman in high school or college that should be taking the issues of life more seriously. This deeply moving book is a spiritual experience for anyone. Congressman Gerald Ford of Michigan writes the foreword. It is a colorful volume, and priced right at 3.95 in hard cover.

Faith and Philosophy is edited by Alvin Plantinga and consists of several essays by philosophers who believe that faith and philosophy can and should go together. One deals with mysticism, another with ethics, and one with reason. The most important is probably the one by William Frankena, professor of philosophy at University of Michigan, entitled “Love and Principle in Christian Ethics.” He says: “The function of reason and philosophy for the Christian is not simply to serve as an instrument for refuting or otherwise disposing of gentiles, pagans, and unbelievers, but also and especially to serve as a colleague in helping him to understand and deepen the faith that is in him.” If you’ll really get with this book, it will say much to you. 4.95 in hard cover.

You may now order for only 3.00 the bound volume of Restoration Review for 1967. It will have an introduction and a table of contents, and will be bound in bright colors, with dust jacket—all to match the 1966 volume, also available for 3.00. The volume is entitled “Things That Matter Most.” Order now. Please help us add more readers for this new volume, so they may share the important series on “The Quest of God.” Only 1.00 per year, but why not send a list of six names or more at only 50 cents each? RESTORATION REVIEW, *1201 Windsor Dr., Denton, Texas 76201.

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