Item #62070 Spiritism and Religion. "Can You Talk to the Dead" including A Study of the Most Remarkable Cases of Spirit Control. Eminent Maurice Francis Egan, J. Card. Gibbons.

Spiritism and Religion. "Can You Talk to the Dead" including A Study of the Most Remarkable Cases of Spirit Control.

New York, NY: The Devin-Adair Co., ND [ 1918 ]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large octavo, viii + 296pp. Maroon cloth w/ gilt title, etc, to spine, and gilt title and author to upper board, bibliography and index. Submitted by the author in partial fulfillment of the requirements for his Doctorate in Theology at the Catholic University of America. In his prefatory comments J. Card Gibbons says: "This book on Spiritism is scholarly; it is sound in its thinking. I consider it a real advance in the literature of Spiritism". "Spiritism and Religion" includes the following chapters: History of Modern Spiritism, Physical Phenomena, Genuine and Spurious Phenomena, Spiritism and Psychology, Spirit Identity, Spiritism as a Religion and the Moral Aspects as Spiritism. From the collection of Dr. M. H. Coleman, although not marked as such. Light chafing to all edges and extremities, spine ends bruised and rubbed, owner's name of front pastedown, page edges a bit darkened. Overall a tight clean VG+ copy (no dust jacket). Item #62070

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