Wieman Henry Arthur Murphy Gardner (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 177 pp., viii. NAP. Following the Prefatory Note, Contents divided into 7 Essays: [1] Henry N.Wieman, "Neo-Othodoxy and Contemporary Religious Reaction"; [2] Arthur E. Murphy, "Coming to Grips with ' The Nature and Destiny of Man ' "; [3] Gardner Williams, "Humanistic Elements in the Opposition to Liberalism"; [4] Jay William Hudson, "The New Orthodoxy and Human Progress"; [5] M.C. Otto, "Neo-Thomism and the Aggressive Growth of a Religionless Church"; [6] James Bissett Pratt, "The New Supernaturalism: Peril to 20th Century Christianity"; [7] Roy Wood Sellars, "Accept the Universe as a Growing Concern!"; Index, pp. 175-177. Taupe cloth with baby blue lettering on spine and front cover; light age-toning to text, slightly more so on endpapers; spine slightly age-darkened (baby blue lettering slightly darker than on front cover, but all letters sharp and distinct, eminently readable). VG- Dustwrapper, not price-clipped ($2.00), with Baby blue front cover; Title and Subtitle lettering in white letters in a column on right 3/4 front cover, adjacent to column of Contributors' names in small black letters on left 1/4 front cover; white rear cover with column of small black and white photo-portraits of Contributors, with Notes on Contributors in a column down right side of rear cover. Dustwrapper worn along edges and across spine ends with small chips and tears (one thin 3/16" x 1/2" triangular piece missing at bottom right spine corner; 1 1/2" arc-tear at lower left front cover [long repaired with tape]): peccadilloes of edges now backed with archival tape. Dustwrapper Now in Brodart mylar, which graciously forgives all sins. Binding strong (some signatures stiff with distinct separations from other signatures, as you thumb through text, but no harmful cracks to spine itself); Corners square with only micro curls at front cover corners alone; NO rubbing wear (dustwrapper did its job); NO previous owner names. Clean text. Despite dw wear, book looks virtually unread. Unusually fine condition for a book more than 75 years old: The way to read a Classic in Christian Theology and its then Contemporary Philosophy. New York Times BELIEFS column of Peter Steinfels laid in (clipped from July 6, 1991): "An updated statement of faith by Protestants that blends tradition and innovation".

Original Cloth. Condition: Good and Sound. First Edition. Spine faded.