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Bruce Publishing Company, Milwaukee, Published date: 1939. Hardcover; xv, 163 pp; 23 cm. First edition.
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In very good condition / no dust jacket. Original green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover; light shelf wear and mild surface soiling and scuffing to edges. Binding sound. Interior pages lightly toned with age but clean and unmarked. Catholic philosophical and apologetic study examining rationalist and secular belief systems as functional substitutes for religion. Andre Bremond, a Jesuit philosopher, critiques modern unbelief through analyses of Greek rationalism, Spinoza, Bertrand Russell, H. G. Wells, and scientific materialism, arguing that the rejection of divine revelation leads to the creation of alternative forms of worship and moral authority. Issued as part of the Science and Culture Series. Contents include: Preface by the General Editor; Introduction; Was Greek Thought Rationalistic?; The Religion of Spinoza; Bertrand Russell's Religion Without God; Wells' Invisible King; Religion and the Scientific Age; God and History; Religion, Personal Salvation, and History; Conclusion: Give Us God!; Appendix: Meaning of the Word "Religion"; Index.