Religious Education in the Family

by Henry Frederick Cope

In addition to the titles mentioned below, the the references at the end of each chapter in this book will furnish a list of other sources of valuable material.

I. the Institution of the Family

C. F. and C. B. Thwing, The Family. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, $1.60. A historical survey of the family with a special study of its modern dangers and needs.

P. T. Forsyth, Marriage, Its Ethics and Religion. Hodder & Stoughton, $1.25. An important, popular statement of the ethics of marriage as the foundation of family life.

*W. F. Lofthouse, Ethics and the Family. Hodder & Stoughton, $2.50 net. The most important recent book on the family; traces its historical development, the ethical ideals involved in the institution, and discusses its present problems and perplexities.

Katherine G. Busby, Home Life in America. Macmillan, $2.00 net. A popular statement of the outstanding characteristics of life in American homes; entertaining and informing.

*Clyde W. Votaw, Progress of Moral and Religious Education in the American Home. Religious Education Association, $0.25. A careful and comprehensive survey, of great value.

Charles A. L. Reed, Marriage and Genetics. Galton Press, Cincinnati, Ohio, $1.00. A surgeon's message on eugenics, especially on the aspects indicated in the title. A study of the laws of human breeding.

II. Child Nature

*E. P. St. John, Child Nature and Child Nurture. Pilgrim Press, $0.50. A textbook dealing with the nature of the child and with problems of his training in the home.