Religion, new perspective in, 6, 10; of the Hebrews, 27; and magic, 53 f.; in early times, 170; social side of, 190
Salvation, 8 f.; and immortality, 141 f., 201
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With an Appendix on How to Read the Bible
Dr. Moulton's purpose in this book is, as indicated in his title, to present a concise view of the Bible, a view which shall make clear its general character and content and prepare the reader for more detailed study afterward. Dr. Moulton's training and research--he is the author of many books bearing on the Bible and the editor of _The Modern Reader's Bible_--well fit him for the task which he has chosen. This presentation of the broad outlines of the Bible cannot but lead to a more general and clearer appreciation of the content and real spirit of "the greatest book in the world." The appendix offers a course in Bible reading calculated to conserve time and energy and to bring better results than disorganized Bible reading.
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THE EFFECT ON THIS LIFE OF FAITH IN ANOTHER
"Immortality needs to be mortalized and brought home to our daily life without losing its mystic spell. So many have turned it from a practical task into a theoretical problem; from a Gospel to our will into a riddle to our wits; from a matter of conscience and duty to a matter of poetry and speculation, resting it not on the free grace of God but on the dim presumption of man."
The reaction of a belief in immortality, its moral rebound, upon this life--The egoism of Christ and the egoism of the anti-egoists--The egoism of God, the blessing of the world--Immortality, a vocation rather than a problem--Immortality as a crushing crisis, a searching judgment on life's interior--Time's sacramental secret--The Kingdom of God as the real ground of Christian belief in the soul's future--Immortality, not continued but redeemed life--Immortality as behavior in a new dimension.
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Religion, Its Prophets and False Prophets
Professor in the Theological Department of the University of the South.
The object of this book, as its title suggests, is a study of the historic conflict between the two types of religion, which may be designated as the prophetic and the exploiting type. It further seeks to ascertain the theological aspects and implications of the contest, to do justice to the theological permanence, veracity and breadth of vision of prophetism and to show how the theologies or hierarchies and ecclesiasticism were influenced or manipulated in the interests of the will to exploit. Again it may be said that the author seeks in this volume to discover and state just what Christianity is. In order to do this he distinguishes between historic Christianity and the Christianity of its founder. His conclusion is that "The world's greatest need as in the past so today, is to understand and follow the Christianity of Christ."