FAITH AND REASON, by James Deotis Roberts. The Christopher Publ. House, Boston. 98 pp. $3.00.
The thesis of this overpriced book
is that Bergson to a small degree and
William James to a greater degree
made some progress toward the more
satisfactory faith of Pascal. Although
the two were not Christians, their
intentions were good, and all three
were in basic agreement (pp. 62, 73).
The author seems to depend too
heavily on secondary material, especially the work of G. M. Patrick and
Dorothy Eastwood. One is also left
to wonder whether Pascal's wager
works with the Koran as well as
with the God of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob. Detailed argument on several
such subjects would have been a great
help to the reader.
- Gordon H. Clark, Ph.D.
Indianapolis, Ind.
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