Show r k o Brilliant Study S tu d y l jv I i J J of Religion Made S 'S by b Y Dr H H. M M. K a 11 en i. i Origin Pr Present sent Day Tendencies Tendencies Ten Ten- Ten dences Future y vj tance Dis Discussed 1 j J r By J J. J HOWARD McGIBBENY 1 In all al probability no greater benefit bene- bene r 4 J fit has derived from the World war than the tIme unusual stimulation of interest interest In Interest in- in terest among la lay readers In in themore themore the themore more purely Intellectual problems of human existence At no time In literary history has there been demonstrated dem- dem J so much of ot eager curos- curos curios curios- Y t J life and I Ity Iy concerning the why of jj the b processes of development by which we have arrived at our pr pre present pres- pres ot 2 ent state of ot Intelligent inquiry J l lI o oIt It I Is inconceivable that prior to to- to v H the war treatises on abstract su subjects subjects sub sub- as philosophy the philosophy and psychology of ot religion anthropology anthro- anthro J and the exact sciences s could i l j hav have attained a popularity of such y I proportions as to place them in the class as of best sellers seler In competition J tion with the works of popular novelists lon Yet this this' Is the condition 3 The demand for as It exists today for V knowledge in lay form Is drawing to the assistance of the the- publishers I some of the best minds of Europe and America Aeria yet even so supply r cannot keep pace with demand NJ SERIOUS TREATISE t Dr Horace M. M Kallen Kanen In his re j 1 cent work Why Religion has en endeavored r to present for popular consumption a complete and unprejudiced unprejudiced un unprejudiced un- un prejudiced review v of the more Important important Im im- phases of religious doctrine and history However while written written writ writ- A ten with definite appeal to the wih a m 1 i ilay lay reader leader Dr D. D Kallen's Kallens Kalens Kalen's book is in fn inno i no sense light reading to be glanced at after the manner usually employed em em- e- e played in browsing through a superficial super super- fic fickal al work of ot fiction fiton The subject Is too too ponderous for any but the most thoroughly academic treatment treatment treatment treat treat- ment and must be approached by bythe the reader with a spirit of ot- conscientious conscientious con con- desire to examine without without with with- wih- wih out bias the evidence submitted The writer is an ardent disciple of ot William Wilam James and after ater producing producing pro pro- 1 4 evidence to substantiate s the J views of that distinguished psychologist I ogist passes on to a discussion of what constitute th the really realy important nt v challenges of religious thought of today He has as he points out in hl his preface set down a series of f ren reflections upon what religions ar are what they do how they are born and grow up and grow old J and do- do cay cy or are renewed what place the they 1 hold and what hat they signify In In th the fr story of mankind I i J X k 4 IS WITHOUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE PREJUDICE Without prejudice Dr Kallen Kalen presents religion and religious experience ex ex- ex l for what they are seek- seek i lug ing ng neither ither to judge to vindicate nor nor to assault He lie presents his observations ob observations ob- ob for the consideration of ot I time the sincere student of ot man and N man mans s complex processes offering i neither justification to the anti- anti religionist npr championship to the tho dogmatic f. f i While somewhat pedagogic in the time earlier earler chapters Dr Kallens Kallen's Kalens Kalen's book j soon arouses the interest of the careful reader amply repaying him i j for any tedium experienced and sustaining his attention to the final page It constitutes a thorough discussion of religion as a complex institution of humanity tracing its ita origins to their sources outlining lg Its bearing on present-day present k tion ton and prophesying Its relative A importance in the development nt ot of life values of the future As a notable not not- not not v able contribution to time the field of r re- re rd J i psychology it i is truly worthy t J of the Intelligent Interest of student fand f v an and general reader alike Boni fc k ca t f Liveright New Nev York i I 1 |