Some Books I Can Recommend

Book recommendations by Howard B. Weeks

Secretary, Bureau of Public Relations

Crisis in Communication, Malcolm Boyd, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 128 pages.

A Christian examination of mass communica­tions, how ministers, churches, and the church can both use and influence mass communications.

The Missionary's Role in Socio-Economic Better­ment, John J. Considine, M.M., Newman Press, Westminster, Maryland, 330 pages, $1.75

A report based on The Fordham-Rural Life Socio-Economic Conference held recently by 40 Roman Catholic specialists in problems confront­ing the less-developed areas of the world. Invalu­able for all interested in how Christian workers can influence peoples and environment in mission lands.

The Story of Religions in America, Hartzell Spence, Look, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa, $14.93 (special rate of $11.95 to Look subscribers)

A compilation of the series on churches in America published in Look over the past two years. A valuable reference work on history, beliefs, practices, of major religious groups. Well illus­trated.

Philosophy for Pleasure, Hector Hawton, Fawcett Publications, Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut, 314 pages, 50 cents.

A paper-back primer in philosophy. A good re­view of the development of philosophy through the centuries and a brief summary of the teachings of some of the most noted philosophers.

 


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