Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-15
Recent Books
On Religion

Books on religious subjects
recently received by The Star
include the following:
What's Special About Jesus?
BY Robert B. McLaren. "a
Keen-Age Reflection Books, AS
ISOLATION Press; SO cents) An
swers to some of the most gen.
eral questions asked about the
life, mission and spiritual sig
nificance of Christ. Especially
geared for those of high school
and college age.
Why Believe in God? BY
Peter A. Bertocci. "a Keen
Age Reflection Book, Associa-
ton Press; so cents.) An at
tempt to answer that question
asked by so many at some
point in their spiritual growth.
Christian Issues in South
ern Asia. BY P. D. Deivanandan.
Friendship Press; $l.75) A
posthumous publication of a
study Of the Christian faith in
India, Pakistan, Ceylon and
Nepal.
NeurOtics in the Church. BY
Robert James st. Clair. IRE
veil; $4.50) A look at the peo-
pie who make UP today's sick
churches"
Second Chance for American
PrOtestantism. BY Martin E
Marty. (Harper g. Row; $500
An assessment of American Pro-
testantism in the post Chris
tan" era in America, written
by the associate editor Of THE
Christian Century"
The Kingship Of Christ. BY
@. K. A. Bell. the Bishop OF
Chichester. "a Penguin Special
IS cents.) The story Of the
World Council of Churches.
Good News: Thoughts on
God and Man. BY j. B. Phillips
Macmillan; $2.95) The trans
lator of THE New Testament
| in Modern English" has COL
lected some of his best work
as presented in sermons, ar.
ticles and broadcasts.
The Orthodox Church. B!
Timothy Ware. "a Pelican
Original; $3.50 An introduc
ton to the Orthodox Church
The first part of the book de
scribes the history Of the East
ern Church with particular
emphasis on its problems il
goth Century Russia. The sec
ond part explains the belief
and worships Of the Orthodox
Church today.
Mysticism in World Religion
BY Sidney Spencer. "a Pelican
Original; $1.65.) For those whit
have found it difficult to un
derstand just what mysticism
is, this book explains the basi,
attitudes of mind common t
mystics and describes TIN
meaning of key concepts and o
various movements such a.
Gnosticism and Sabbationism
Religion and COntempOrar,
Society. Edited by Harold
Stahmer. macmillan; Sass.
Catholics. Protestants and Jew
assess the effect Of religious
pluralism in the United States
Patterns in Comparative Re
ligiOn. BY Mircea Eliadt
Translated by Rosemary Sheec
"a Meridian Book, World Pub
fishing Co.; $2.25O A study o
the element of the sacred in tn
history of religious phenomena
Reprint.)
The SplendOr of Israel. B
Robert Payne. Harper & Row
$500 The splendor of tn
history, the places made hol
by the events of the Gospel
and the Old Testament and tn
splendor Of the people of tn
Holy Land are the subjects o
this handsomely illustrate,
book.
The Problem Of Religion
knowledge. BY William ]
Blackstone. "a Spectrum Book
Prentice-Hall; $3.50 This vol
ume is concerned with 20tl
Century philosophical answer
to the age-old question o
whether there can be true re
ligious knowledge.
The Mission of Israel. Edite'
by Observation-Disclosures (Rob
ert Speller g. Sons; $3.50 TIL,
establishment and mission o
the modern goth Century stat