“Altogether, one must account the book exceedingly readable, earnest and useful.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 664. O. 7, ‘05. 550w. |
“Dr. Chapin’s book is a valuable help to the thoughtful living which is the proper basis both of the simple and the strenuous life.”
| + | Outlook. 81: 580. N. 4, ‘05. 180w. |
Chapman, Edward Mortimer. Dynamic of Christianity. [**]$1.25. Houghton.
This study of the vital and permanent elements in the Christian religion takes the stand that an effort to reconcile science and religion would be “like an attempt to harmonize the fact of sunrise with the joy of walking and working in the light.” “The inevitable conclusion of his study is the conviction of the truth and value of Christ’s own doctrine of the spirit as the imminent and resident force in the universe, the ground of phenomena, physical and spiritual.” (Pub. Opin.)
“In the first place, its style is excellent, possessing the easy dignity of true culture, and the simple directness of a finished instrument of English expression; in the second place, the book shows wide reading in the modern literature of religious experience and criticism. Mr. Chapman’s philosophy is not solid enough, and his history is totally inadequate.”
| + + — | Cath. World. 80: 541. Ja. ‘05. 780w. |
“Is a valuable addition to current religious thinking.”
| + | Pub. Opin. 38: 58. Ja. 12, ‘05. 160w. |