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THE
Journal of Religion
Continuing the BIBLICAL WORLD and the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF THEOLOGY
Vol. I NOVEMBER 1921 No. 6
The religious situation in France
By Maurice Goguel
THE UNCONVENTIONAL GOD
By John Edwards Le Bosquet
THE PROPOSED CREEDAL BASIS. OF CHRISTIAN REUNION
By C. J. Cadoux
MYSTICISM AND PERSONALITY
By John Wright Buckham
IDEALISTIC AND PRAGMATIC INTERPRETATIONS OF RELIGION
By Clarence H. Hamilton
THE KINGDOM OF GOD AS A DEMOCRATIC IDEAL
By E. Albert Cook
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY OF CONVERSION IN INDIA
By Angus Stewart Woodburne
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THE JOURNAL OF RELIGION
Vol. I CONTENTS FOR NOVEMBER 1921 No. 6
THE RELIGIOUS SITUATION IN FRANCE 561-577
By Maurice Goguel, Faculty of Protestant Theology, Paris, France
THE UNCONVENTIONAL GOD 578-591
By John Edwards Le Bosquet, Fall River, Massachusetts
THE PROPOSED CREEDAL BASIS OF CHRISTIAN REUNION . . . 592-607
By C. J. Cadoux, Yorkshire United Independent College, Bradford, England
MYSTICISM AND PERSONALITY 608-615
By John Wright Buckham, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California
IDEALISTIC AND PRAGMATIC INTERPRETATIONS OF RELIGION . . 616-625
By Clarence H. Hamilton, University of Nanking, China
THE KINGDOM OF GOD AS A DEMOCRATIC IDEAL 626-640
By E. Albert Cook, Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon
UNSOLVED PROBLEMS
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY OF CONVERSION IN INDIA .... 641-645
By Angus Stewart Woodburne, Madras Christian College, Madras, India
CURRENT EVENTS AND DISCUSSIONS 646-651
BOOK REVIEWS 652-663
THE RELIGIONS OF MANKIND 652
By A. Eustace Haydon, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
ISRAEL AND EGYPT 633
By J. M. Powis Smith, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
A NEW THEORY OF GOSPEL ORIGINS 655
By Clayton R. Bowen, Meadville Theological School, Meadville, Pennsylvania
GEORGE BURMAN FOSTER'S LECTURES ON THEOLOGY .... 657
By George Cross, Rochester Theological Seminary, Rochester, New York
PRINCIPAL GARVIE ON PREACHING 662
By Ozora S. Davis, Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois
BOOKS RECEIVED 664-666
INDEX 667-672
BOOKS REVIEWED IN THIS NUMBER
Foster, Christianity in Its Modern Expression 657
Garvie, The Christian Preacher 662
Knight, Nile and Jordan. An Archaeological History of the Inter-Relations between Egypt
and Palestine from the Earliest Times to the Fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 . . 653
Smith, The Solution of the Synoptic Problem 655
Soper, The Religions of Mankind 652
The Journal of Religion
in 1922
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Religion is one of the strongest forces in human life. How much do we really know
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The November Journal of Religion
MAURICE GOGUEL ("The Religious Situation in France") is
Professor of Exegesis and New Testament Criticism in the
Faculty of Protestant Theology in Paris. He is the author of
various books dealing with New Testament problems.
JOHN EDWARDS LE BOSQUET ("The Unconventional God")
is a successful pastor in Fall River, Mass., and an occasional
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C. J. CADOUX ("The Proposed Creedal Basis of Christian
Reunion") is Professor of New Testament in Yorkshire United
Independent College, at Bradford, England, and author of The
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CLARENCE H. HAMILTON ("Idealistic and Pragmatic Inter-
pretations of Religion") is Professor of Philosophy and
Psychology in the University of Nanking, China.
JOHN WRIGHT BUCKHAM ("Mysticism and Personality") is
Professor of Christian Theology in the Pacific School of Religion,
and author of Mysticism and Modern Life, Progressive Religious
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E. ALBERT COOK ("The Kingdom of God as a Democratic
Ideal") is Professor of Religious Education in Pacific University,
Oregon, and author of Christian Faith for Men of Today.
ANGUS STEWART WOODBURNE ("The Psychological Study
of Conversion in India") is Professor of Philosophy in Madras
Christian College, Madras, India.
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