"Few men since Leibnitz and Aristotle have touched so many fields with such originality, precision. and profundity." Thus F. S. C. Northrop wrote at the time of Whitehead's death in 1947, paying tribute to a man who was both moralist and scientist and one of the greatest thinkers of our century. A man of an astonishing range of knowledge, he wrote with freshness and boldness at all times. The central theme of Religion in the Making is the questioning examination of the foundations for religious doctrine. Recognizing the universal disagreement as to the validity of religious beliefs, Whitehead bases his convictions upon an assessment of "unquestioned factors throughout the long stretch of human history." His approach to the factors that form a religion, and religion's bearing on character, conduct, and ultimate reality in the "attainment of life, is more speculative than analytical." Religion in the Making is characterized not only by clarity and precision but also by an unmistakable humanity that steers a serene course between the characteristic dogmatisms of theology and the insistent objections and uncharity of its philosophic critics.