Jaina Gazette 1936 02

SR No.: 034892
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ajitprasad, C S Mallinath
Publisher: Jaina Gazettee Office
Publication Year: 1936
Total Pages: 38
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 5 MB

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Reviews. World Fellowship
World Fellowship, a collection of the addresses and messages by and from various taiihs, races, countries and notabilities.
This fat volume of 986 pages is truly a wonderful collection of the messages and speeches received and delivered at the second Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in the year 1933. A copy of this wonderful book has been sent to me for review, probably because I hap. pened to be one of the speakers at several meetings of the gatherings, and also probably because of my familiarity with Comparative Religion and because I represented the oldest religion of the world, namely Jainism, at the said gatherings.
I am pleased to receive the book, to whick I have already referred as a wonderful work. The subjects represent the speeches delivered at 83 meetings of the world fellowship of faiths, and scores of messages recei. ved from leading men in various communities, creeds and faiths. The getup of the book is what it should be. Our friends in America know how to publish nicely got-up books, and this fat volume is no exception. It certainly maintains their reputation in that regard. It would be difficult to beat this bcok as a record of the diversity of human thoughi on religion; and it will be a long time before another such collection is presented to the world. Those who love diversity of opinion cannot do better than purchase immediately a copy of this book and read it.
One speaker, Dr. Preston Bradley, indeed, goes so far as to say that he would not care to live in a world where