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The quest after wisdom ascribed by Paul to the Greeks has its equivalent to-day in the desire of that mental temper which is in search of an intellectual grasp of religious truth and an intelligible interpretation of it. What this temper craves in religion is such a light upon its nature and purport as will alleviate the burden and dissipate the mystery which constitute the so-called intellectual difficulties of Christianity. Evidently it is to this type of mind that the author of Intellectual Religion belongs. He is a Greek in spirit, having not only an intuitive passion for a knowledge of facts, but a discriminating genius for penetrating to the heart of their meaning. To know facts, he observes, is to be learned; to know their meaning is wisdom. He is in search of the latter in this volume, and many sharing with him his mental type will welcome his findings as here set forth. What Paul did for those contemporaries of his who sought after wisdom by directing them to Christ, the power and wisdom of God, that Mr. Ryan does, of course in another way and in language suited to our day, for the perplexed and restive classes now searching wisdom capable of satisfying mind and conscience when face to face with present-day religious difficulties. Mr. Ryan recognizes such quest after wisdom to be perfectly legitimate and just, and thinks that Christianity is fully able to vindicate itself as the supreme fountain of what is wise and true. Two facts unite in giving special significance to this volume: It comes from the pen of a layman, a trained lawyer. It owns what modern science has established, criticism achieved and historical investigation disclosed, and yet concludes that the eternal verities of religion stand secure and that it is the part of true wisdom to think and act in the light of its behests. The author is a logical thinker, in command of a vigorous style, and in possession of philosophic and scientific facts in learned abundance, all of which adds to the interest and value of this discussion. - The Reformed Church Review

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