“Whatever be one’s opinion of the proposition on which Harnack lays chiefest stress, the value of the book as a contribution to the history of the fixing of the evangelic tradition cannot be questioned.”
| + + | Nation. 85: 163. Ag. 22, ’07. 340w. | |
| Outlook. 86: 792. Ag. 10, ’07. 170w. | ||
| + + | Spec. 99: 252. Ag. 24, ’07. 1950w. |
Harnack, Adolf, and Herrmann, Wilhelm. Essays on the social gospel; tr. by G. M. Craik. *$1.25. Putnam.
Containing “The evangelical history of the church,” and “The moral and social significance of modern education,” by Dr. Harnack, and “The moral teachings of Jesus,” by Dr. Herrmann. “Dr. Harnack insists that the chief task of the church is still the preaching of the message of redemption and of eternal life, and insists, too, that the church has a social mission.” (Ath.)
“The essay by Herrmann will be the most welcome part of the book.” Gerald Birney Smith.
| + | Am. J. Theol. 11: 708. O. ’07. 340w. | |
| Ath. 1907. 1: 695. Je. 8. 470w. |
“The essay is not light reading, but the reader who takes the pains to work his way into its spirit will be rewarded.”
| + | Ind. 63: 457. Ag. 22, ’07. 350w. |
“These essays by distinguished German theologians throw instructive side-lights upon the social problem of the modern church.”