HARPER BOOKS
Myths, Dreams and Mysteries
By MIRCEA ELIADE, University of Chicago. In the mystery rites
of primitive tribes, in the folktales of every race, and in the dreams
of 20th-century man, Dr. Eliade uncovers basic human responses
to
the existential situation. "Teeming with original ideas that stir
thought and imagination."-WILL HERBERG.
$5.00
Centuries
By THOMAS TRAHERNE (1637-1674). With an Introduction by
John Farrar. A treasury of meditations by the great English poet ...
"among the greatest literary discoveries of all time . . . his book is
a paean of reassurance that the mercy of God is truly infinite . . .
the beauty of his prose is unparalleled."-The
Times
(London)
Liter<JJrY Supplement.
$3.50
Language, Logic and God
By FREDERICK FERRE, Mount Holyoke College. A brilliant analy–
sis
of
the significance of logical positivism and linguistic philosophy
for modern theology. "Gives a very clear view of the contemporary
discussions of religion among philosophers."--JOHN MACQUARRIE,
Glasgow University. "Excellent."-REINHOLD NIEBUHR.
$3.50
Religion and Mental Health
By
HANS HOFMANN, Harvard University. Thirty-eight carefully
chosen case histories from the files of doctors, ministers, psycholo–
gists/ and from great literature, to show the dynamic interaction of
religIOn and psychology in actual life experience.
$5.00
The Theology of the Gospel According
to
Thomas
By BERTIL GARTNER, University of Uppsala. No discovery since
the Dead Sea Scrolls has stimulated as much interest among Bible
scholars as the unearthing in Egypt of the second-century
Gospel
of Thomas.
Here is the first full introduction and interpretation of
this fascinating document.
$5.00
The Limits of Reason
By GEORGE BOAS, Johns Hopkins University, Emeritus. A wise
and fertile mind reveals-with extraordinary clarity and precision–
the dependence of all human activity (including thinking) Upon non–
rational factors: emotions, customs, beliefs, metaphors, myths, sym–
bols. Lays a new foundation for assessing the importance of religious
affirmation, artistic creativity and poetic expression.
$3.75
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