This is the question asked by our modern age--and the question to which noted scholar and thinker JOHN COGLEY addresses himself in this sharply probing inquiry. Beginning with a survey of the principal faiths--Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and others--he describes traditional functions and attitudes that have proven increasingly inadequate in dealing with the challenge of the new. At the same time, he clearly delineates the growing momentum of change within religious ranks in the face of such pressing issues as social justice, sexual freedom, racism, nationalism and war. Precise, objective, yet deeply committed, the author has written a cogent criticism of outdated forms, and a plea for relevance in a pluralistic, ecumenical world.
THE BRITANNICA PERSPECTIVES, issued in commemoration of Encyclopaedia Britannica's 200th anniversary, took five years of planning and research and $1,000,000 to produce. Each book is written by a leading authority in a major field of modern man's endeavor and is a summary of that field's current status and future aims.