THE NEW ZEALAND RATIONALIST

CONTENTS OF BACK ISSUES

This page: December 1954 - December 1959

New Zealand Rationalist Vol 21 No 4NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1959
Religion In SchoolsJAMES O HANLON?
The Way to the StarsD F LAWDEN
St Francis Bids You a Temporary AdieuF M PRICE (?)
The Need for RationalismJAMES O HANLON
Our Lady of FatimaA W FELTON
A Secular View of the Origin of LifeJACK BEGGS
Truth-Seeking Caesars Prefer BlondesALAN TAYLOR
The Evolution of ManALAN TAYLOR
Does Christianity Exist?OWEN GAGER
H Q ReportsODO STREWE
Nobel Prize Winner: Linus Pauling 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 21 No 2OCTOBER 1959
Do Mutations Give Monstrosities?JAMES O HANLON (?)
A Darwin CentenaryJAMES O HANLON
Science FrontJACK BEGGS
A Great Freethinker: Marie S CurieM R WILSON
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
The Way to the Stars (Part 1)D F LAWDEN
History Begins at SummerP G ROY
The Work of the LordALAN TAYLOR
H Q Reports 
Book Review: The University Libertarian (edt. Mayes) 
On the Air; Correspondence 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 21 No 1SEPTEMBER 1959
Religious Education?OWEN GAGER
The Anglican Feather BedsJ TROWER
Social Foundation Attacked 
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
By Airmail From EnglandF A HORNIBROOK
A Great American Freethinler: Anne Sullivan MacyM R WILSON
The Earth’s Shrinking CrustH N TAYLOR
H Q Reports; On The Air; Correspondence 
Book Review: Science and Christian Belief (Coulson)"W R S"
Early Medieval AsceticismALLAN TAYLOR
Views on the News 
Bertrand Russell on Survival 
The Atom Clock 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 20 No 9AUGUST 1959
All-Black Issue (South Africa)OWEN GAGER
The Limits of ScienceH L MALTBY
The Failure of ChristianityJAMES O HANLON
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
The Evolution of the World (Pamphlet) 
H Q ReportsODO STREWE
Clerical Fascism and Protestant NaiveteODO STREWE
God Works in Mysterious WaysHAROLD TAYLOR
Roman Catholic Ethics 
Short Hair Good - Long Hair Bad (Henderson High School) 
Obituaries: Thomas W Sim; John Wood; Herbert Flint;
James A Ritchie; Charles E Comerford
 
On The Air; Correspondence 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 20 No 9JULY 1959
My Road To RationalismNWOYE ODUCHE
The Natural and the SupernaturalSIR THOMAS HUNTER
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Mystique of Modern MonarchyODO STREWE
Greetings To International Freethought Conference 
Evangelism ExaminedJACK BEGGS
Conform! (Henderson High School haircuts) 
Rationalism and Politics TodayKEN MADDOCK
On The Air; Correspondence 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 20 No 8JUNE 1959
Vice-Regal WisdomDAVID WALSH
Should I Become A RationalistD J CAMERON
The Tree Has Its RootsJOHN GRAHAM
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Sex in the Western World and USSRGLEN NASH
Schopenhauer on ReligioonKEN J MADDOCK
Lord Russell’s Plan For World PeaceH L MALTBY
On The Air 
Acting President’s Report 1958-59 
Obituary: H Scott Bennett"A T P" [ARTHUR PARLANE?]
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 20 No 7MAY 1959
Out of WedlockHECTOR HAWTON
Are We Being Bullied By Christians?M J WILSIE
Our Debt To Lucretius 
What Is Freedom?"H T"
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Christian Tolerance (Odo Strewe-Betty Chicken Correspondence) 
Billy Graham in RetrospectELIZABETH A MILES
A Rose By Any Other NameMARSHALL J GAUVIN [TS]
Speculation on the Origin of LifeEDWARD ROUX [F]
The Holy TrinityHERBERT CUTNER
On The Air; Correspondence 
Rationalist Association Building FundH F WOOD
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 20 No 6APRIL 1959
Can We Be Non-Political?DAVID WALSH
Ecclesiastical VandalismDAVID WALSH
Man In the Modern WorldC V BOLLINGER
There Must Be A WayMAURICE J WILSIE
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Fear and HateELIZABETH A MILES
Open Forum; Christians Cannot Be Socialists 
Christ and CapitalODO STREWE
On The Air; Correspondence 
We Need Your Help 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 20 No 5MARCH 1959
Ready To Meet God?ELIZABETH A MILES
Billy Graham’s ChristianityOWEN GAGER
Compund HypocrisyJAMES HERVEY JOHNSON [L]
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
The Making of New ReligionsF A RIDLEY [F]
Rationalism in PracticeELIZABETH A MILES
On the Death of a BoyM J WILSIE
Book Review: A Piece of My Mind (Wilson)ODO STREWE
Common Sense and Billy GrahamBERNARD T ROCCA [HWD]
Hill-Billy Graham Hits AustraliaKEVIN IRELAND
Letter the Star Did Not PrintODO STREWE
On The Air 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 20 No 4 FEBRUARY 1959
Primitive ReligionALLAN TAYLOR
Science and SocietyDAVID WALSH
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
The Ethics of Birth ControlELIZABETH A MILES
The Jesus of SchweitzerG I BENNETT [F]
Why I Am A RationalistH LEVY & LORD SNELL
Mirror For Man 
The Danger of Atomic WarfareROBIN I ODELL
Successful Social Evening in AucklandELIZABETH MILES
Freedom of PressPHILIP WATT
On The Air; Correspondence 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 29 No 3DECEMBER 1958
Christian SlaveryM J WILSIE
The Christian Way of LifeELIZABETH A MILES
International ReportDAVE SHIPPER
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
The Stars Shall Fall From HeavenB ANDREWS
In The Shadow of the CrossODO STREWE
Open Forum; On the Air; Correspondence 
The YardstickJOHN FAVICCHIO [L]
Book Review: Search For a Purpose (Morgan)ELIZABETH A MILES
The Celibate PriestRAMALHO ORTIGAO
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 10 No 2NOVEMBER 1958
Editorial: The Christian DilemmaMAURICE WILSIE
The Myth of Christian MoralityDAVID WALSH
Theory and Practice; On The Air 
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
What Is A Good Home?ELIZABETH A MILES
Secular Education ThreatenedJAMES O HANLON
Religion and Morality: An Anthropological ViewRALPH BULMER
A Parent’s ViewNEIL SMITH
Our Answers to Rev. Gamlen 
Why I Am a RationalistBERTRAND RUSSELL
& J B S HALDANE
Einstein Said … [NYT]
The Big LieODO STREWE
A Call To ActionFLORENCE M POSHA
Education or IndoctrinationDAVE WALSH
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 20 No 1 OCTOBER 1958
Hiroshima PanelsDAVID WALSH
Editorial: Fear In the Modern WorldELIZABETH A MILES
Atheism and the Scientific MethodJOHN TODD [L]
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
President Sukarnoe and the H-Bomb[NS]
Open Forum; On the Air 
The Bodgie: A Study In Abnormal PsychologyMAURICE J WILSIE
Nuclear Energy: Progress of Peril?ODO STREWE
Office Notes; Executive Notes 
Expert Help or Church Charlatanry 
Religion and PoliticsF A RIDLEY [F]
Church and Fascism: Portugal Today - NZ Tomorrow?KINGSLEY MARTIN
Essay Competition; New Format For Journal; Correspondence 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 19 No 12SEPTEMBER 1958
Christian Missions Fail In ChinaD J ALLEY
Space DistancesF M PRICE
Editorial:: A Cleric on Bible Teaching 
Charles Southwell in Australia and NZHARRY HASTING PEARCE
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Correspondence 
Obituaries: Dr Robert Noble-Adams; Henry M Partington 
An Appeal For Honest Thought"RESTA OF IDLEAWHILE"
Science and MoralsHECTOR HAWTON [MR]
The Problem of AlcoholismW W KING
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 19 No 11AUGUST 1958
What is the Church For?MARSHALL J GAUVIN [TS]
Editorial: The Danger To EducationJAMES O HANLON (?)
Charles Southwell in Australia and NZHARRY HASTING PEARCE
Rationalist Associations Executive Council Meetings 
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Correspondence 
Religious Education in Schools: Report on Conference 
In God We Trust?[AR]
Book Review: People’s Padre (McLoughlin)"A R R"
Chronology of British Secularism (Taylor)"D S"
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 19 No 10JULY 1958
Does Science Prove the BibleHERBERT CUTNER [F]
Written In Sorrow - and HopeROYSTON PIKE
Editorial: The Gods Do NothingJAMES O HANLON (?)
Religion In Schools: President’s Submission 
Charles Southwell in Australia and NZH H PEARCE
Formation of Drama Group; Annual General Meeting 
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Open Forum Meetings: Teenage Clubs 
Centuries of PrayingT J SCHREIBER [L]
This Believing World[F]
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 19 No 9JUNE 1958
The Value of FreethoughtG I BENNETT [F]
President’s Report 1957-58JAMES O HANLON
Editorial: Rationalism - A Dynamic Enterprise 
Charles Southwell in Australia and NZH H PEARCE
Our Young People: Open Forum Discussion 
The Sense of Values (Part 2)DR J V DUHIG
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Book Review: Go Spin, You Jade (Hobman)ELIZABETH A MILES (?)
Correspondence 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 19 No 8MAY 1958
Rationalising About ManROBIN I ODELL
The Sense of Values (Part 1)DR J V DUHIG
Obituaries: George Royle; Frank E Powell 
Editorial: Should Rationalists Be Christians?JAMES O HANLON (?)
Correspondence; Books donated by S M Udjur 
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Charles Southwell in Australia and NZH H PEARCE
The Story of Easter: Open Forum Meeting 
Community MealsP C ROY
Free Men AriseANDRE LORULOT [F]
Tomorrow We’ll All Be GeniusesGORDON CAULFEILD
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 19 No 7 APRIL 1958
The Arrogance of Rome"JACOBUS"
Omar Khayyam - The Sage of PersiaMARSHALL J GAUVIN [TS]
A Pleasant Day’s Outing - Rationalist PicnicE A MILES
Editorial: State Aid and Religion in SchoolsJAMES O HANLON (?)
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Catholics and the Radio 
Charles Southwell in Australia and NZH H PEARCE
Easter and the Death PsychosisMARIE HARLOWE [PW]
Correspondence; Office Notes 
Holy RelicsGEORGE DUNNE [L]
Vanity vs VitalityGORDON CAULFEILD
Rationalist Open Forum: Brains Trust Evening 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 19 No 6 MARCH 1958
Religion and Science (Riddle of the Universe)ERNST HAECKEL
The Victorious PigR READER [F]
Editorial: Nothing To LoseJAMES O HANLON (?)
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Correspondence 
Charles Southwell in Australia and NZH H PEARCE
Relevant QuotationsGREGORY SMELTERS [compiler]
The Faith of A RationalistOSCAR MCBRINE
Obituary: Harry R Huntly 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 19 No 5FEBRUARY 1958
Mexico Enforces Church-State SeparationJAMES H JOHNSON [AR]
These False ProphetsNWOYE ODUCHE
Common Anxieties of Mothers 
Editorial: Warning - We Are Not ImpressedJAMES O HANLON (?)
The BibleWILLIAM MCCARTHY [PW]
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Correspondence; Office Notes 
Charles Southwell in Australia and NZH H PEARCE
What Is Rationalism? (Part 2)G W BLAMIRES
Book Review: Seeds of Life(Langdon-Davies)"M N"
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 19 No 4DECEMBER 1957 -JANUARY 1958
The World’s Most Exclusive ClubF A RIDLEY [F]
What Is Rationalism? (Part 1)G W BLAMIRES
Editorial: The Myth of ChristmasJAMES O HANLON (?)
The Magnificent AdventureGORDON CAULFEILD
Correspondence 
Charles Southwell in Australia and NZH H PEARCE
Where Are the WitnessesHERBERT CUTNER [TS]
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Thoughts on RealityJ MALTON MURRAY
The Harm of Roman Catholicism 
Fluoridation Or Not: Open Forum Debate 
The Wonder That Shall BeGORDON CAULFEILD
‘Twasn’t a Cock DovePERCY G ROY
What I Want For ChristmasROBERT G INGERSOLL
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 19 No 3NOVEMBER 1957
The National Press and SpiritualismHERBERT CUTNER [F]
A Nonagenarian’s ViewsARTHUR WRIGHT
Editorial: Taranaki "Blows The Gaff"JAMES O HANLON (?)
Open Forum 
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Charles Southwell in Australia and NZH H PEARCE
Correspondence 
The Dead Sea Scrolls and ChristianityMARSHALL J GAUVIN [TS]
Book Review: Background of Astronomy (King) 
Culture of the Abdomen (Hornibrook)JAMES O HANLON
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 18 No 13OCTOBER 1957
The Scope of Rationalism"J T"
Religion and EvilROBERT KUTTNER [TS]
Editorial: Church Lead Not Wanted Today 
Auckland Activities; "Holy Smoke" 
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Charles Southwell in Australia and NZH H PEARCE
Religion and SocialismPERCY G ROY
Correspondence 
Let’s Listen to ShelleyROYSTON PIKE
Fred Hornibrook: Author, Healer, and IconoclastARTHUR T PARLANE
A Means To An EndR I ODELL
In the Beginning: Being The True Story of CreationELMER S NEWMAN
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 18 No 12SEPTEMBER 1957
Freethought and the ChildH F WOOD
Auckland Activities; Whangarei Activities 
Editorial: Social Basis of Morality 
Shelley: A Genuine HumanistJOHN HAMPSON
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Charles Southwell in Australia and NZH H PEARCE
The Association’s NameH H PEARCE
Correspondence 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 18 No 11AUGUST 1957
How Religion Fosters Bad GovernmentJAMES H JOHNSON [AOR]
Editorial: A Fantastic ClaimJAMES O HANLON (?)
Correspondence 
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
What’s In A Name 
Office Notes 
Charles Southwell in Australia and NZH H PEARCE
Protecting the Unorthodox 
Aspects of the Jesus Build-UpE H GROUT [F]
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 18 No 10JULY 1957
The Dollar and the VaticanAVRO MANHATTAN [F]
Editorial: Bible ContradictionsJAMES O HANLON (?)
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Obituaries: Patrick Roonan; William G Cooper 
Office Notes; Annual General Meeting; Correspondence 
Charles Southwell in Australia and NZH H PEARCE
This Believing World[F]
A Four-Hour Nightmare (Ten Commandments Movie)JOSEPH LEWIS [AOR]
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 18 No 9JUNE 1957
Reason in EducationJOHN HAMPSON 
Editorial: The Purpose of Rationalism JAMES O HANLON (?)
Charles Southwell in Australia and NZH H PEARCE
Work of Past YearJAMES O HANLON
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
The Pope’s GeneralPERCY G ROY
What Is Humanism?ELIZABETH A MILES
Correspondence 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 18 No 8MAY 1957
Charles Southwell in Australia and NZHARRY HASTINGS PEARCE
Editorial: The Nelson System 
Office Notes 
Hydrogen Bomb Tests 
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
The Bible As History (Part 2)JOHN BOWDEN
Freethought Congress Report 
The Expanding UniverseG H TAYLOR [F]
Restatement of the ObviousANTONY STEEL
Prayer: Activities of the DeludedF G MACFARLANE [F]
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 18 No 7APRIL 1957
A Religion of AtheistsROYSTON PIKE
The Passing Show; Church Statistics in USSR 
Editorial: Freedom’s Foe - The Vatican 
Annual General Meeting 
The Bible as History (Part 1)JOHN BOWDEN
G W Foote on "Hell"[F]
Humanist Congress; Conference and Dinner 
Office Notes; Correspondence; Notes and News 
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Book Review: Eleven Plus And All That (Campbell)"M N"
Rationalist Annual 1957"P C" [PATRICK CAMPBELL?]
Catholic Quotes[PW]
Auckland Activities; Whangarei Activities 
Poems: "Ode to An Amoeba" and "Heathen’s Prayer" 
Obituaries: Bruce G E Ward; Mrs C Arnott; T E Wakelin 
Armageddon 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 18 No 6MARCH 1957
The Positive GameLEONARD C RAUGHLEY [AOR]
Obituary: Walter H Duncan 
President James Hanlon on Tour 
Editorial: Man and His Future 
2500 ADF A RIDLEY [F]
Benjamin Franklin 
Religion In Schools: (5) Secondary Schools; ConclusionF A DE LA MARE
Christianity Must GoR HISSHION
Faith-Conditioned ImmoralityTOM HILL
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Bible Anachronisms (3)JOHN BOWDEN
If Christ Was GodROBERT G INGERSOLL
A Fighter For Rationalism: George Smith 
Office Notes 
Book Review: Government & Politics in Tribal Societies (Schopera)"O McB"
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 18 No 5FEBRUARY 1957
Moral Law as Proof of GodERNEST BUSENBANK [TS]
Religion In Schools: (4) The Nelson SystemF A DE LA MARE
Office Notes; Correspondence 
Editorial: A Dean on Rationalism 
Capital Punishment is BiblicalALLAN TAYLOR
London Calling: Puritans on the ProwlF A HORNIBROOK
Bible Anachronisms (2)JOHN BOWDEN
The Lady of the River[SS]
A Radical Humanist: Dickens and Little DorrittT DOBSON [AUR]
How The Bible Rates WomenKENNETH BOTH [L]
Freedom of the Air; Dry Rot in Church; Christchurch Activities 
Delinquency and Religion[L]
Book Review: The Dollar and the Vatican (Manhattan)F A HORNIBROOK
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol "12" [17] No 4DECEMBER 1956-JANUARY 1957
Bible Anachronisms (1)JOHN BOWDEN
The Birthplace of Burns 
Editorial Aid for Schools Claim Rejected 
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
State-Aided SchoolsF A DE LA MARE
This I BelieveOSCAR WILDE
Correspondence 
Religious Half-way HousesO WOLFGANG
The Faith of a RationalistOSCAR MCBRINE
Science: On A World Where the Ice SankG W LEEPER [R]
What Does "God" Mean?G I BENNETT [F]
Dynamic AtheismJOHN TODD [RI]
Religious AtrocitiesIRA D CARDIFF [RI]
Auckland Activities 
Obituary: Nils E R Nilsen; Charles W Ansell 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 17 No 3NOVEMBER 1956
Are You Really There, New Zealand?ROYSTON PIKE
Visit of Auckland Panel to Whangarei Branch 
What Is Sacred?IRA D CARDIFF [TS]
Editorial: Positive Side of Rationalism 
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
State Aid For Church Schools 
Reply To A Catholic CriticJOHN BOWDEN
Correspondence 
Religion In SchoolsF A DE LA MARE
Why I Disbelieve the BibleF E POWELL
What The Saints Looked LikeA TAYLOR
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol "17 No 23" [Vol 18 No 2]OCTOBER 1956
Ecclesiastical RepresentationIRA D CARDIFF [L]
Religion In SchoolsF A DE LA MARE
Editorial: Sunday Recreation 
Religious Teaching in Our SchoolsOSCAR McBRINE
Rationalism in the USA 
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Reincarnation Hits The HeadlinesJOHN BOWDEN
Can A Scientist Believe in God?GREGORY S SMELTERS
Non-Catholics Welcome!"E A M"
Lecture on Drainage 
Office Notes; Whangarei Activities; Quiz Section 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 18 No 1SEPTEMBER 1956
State Aid To Schools 
Rationalism: Negative and PositiveOSCAR MCBRINE
About Asceticism[VF]
Editorial: A Sign of the Times 
Can We Afford Nuclear Reactions? 
Office Notes; Whangarei Activities; Correspondence 
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Mexico Enforces Strict Separation: The Positive ApproachARTHUR B HEWSON [AR]
A Visit To Rome (Arthur Parlane) 
Obituaries: James Alexander; Harry L Kidson 
God’s HeavenROBERT RIPLEY
How Archeology "Proves" the Truth of the BibleJOHN BOWDEN
Mexico Enforces Separation of Church and StateJAMES HERVEY JOHNSON [AR]
Quiz Section; Well Done, Philadelphia 
Christ’s Visit With the PopeCULBERT L OLSON [PW]
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 17 No 21AUGUST 1956
A Council At PrayerOSCAR MCBRINE
How Archaeology "Proves" the Bible (cont’d)JOHN BOWDEN
Editorial: Forward Rationalism! 
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Little-Known Facts About Jesus[PW]
Correspondence; Office Notes 
A Reluctant RetreatF M PRICE
Great Humanists: James Henry LeubaSHERMAN D WAKEFIELD [H]
The Ice Age and The Flood Stories 
Open Letter To A Christian ProfessorGREGORY S SMELTERS
Book Review: Appointment With Fortune (Hansome)JAMES O HANLON
Sterile or CreativeMARIE HARLOWE [AR]
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 17 No 18JULY 1956
How Archeology "Proves" The BibleJOHN BOWDEN
Annual Meeting 
Editorial: State Aid Issue 
Whangarei Activities; Executive Council; Notes & News 
The Ethics of HuntingF A RIDLEY [F]
Himmler – The Modern HeroF A HORNIBROOK
H L Mencken Speaks 
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
This Believing World 
The Genial Genius: Archie Tech[AOR]
The New ChinaF A RIDLEY [F]
Where Does the Soul Go?ADRIAN TA’BOIS [F]
Promoting RationalismH WOOD
Correspondence 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 17 No 17JUNE 1956
On AgnosticismHERBERT CUTNER
This Believing World 
Editorial: The Power of Imagination 
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Faith or Scepticism in a Day of MagicREV STEPHEN B FRITCHMAN (Unit.)
The Social SideMABEL R WILSON
A Great Humanist: Jeremy BenthamSHERMAN D WAKEFIELD [H]
A Note on St Peter and Rome 
Religion in AustraliaG H TAYLOR [F]
Paul – The Great Enigma (Part 2 of 2)JOHN BOWDEN
Year’s Work Reviewed: Presidential ReportJAMES O HANLON
Christchurch Activities; Office Notes 
Obituaries: Mary Wilson; F E Lynn; Robert Joughin 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 17 No 16MAY 1956
The Gospel WritersHERBERT CUTNER [F]
Modern AstronomyF A RIDLEY [F]
Editorial: Science and Religion 
Paul – The Great Enigma (Part 1 of 2)JOHN BOWDEN
The Benefits of AtheismJAMES HERVEY JOHNSON
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Obituary: Thomas Greig 
The Social SideMABEL R WILSON
En Route to England; Office Notes; Correspondence 
A Rationalist Stalwart: Tom Bloodworth 
Book Reviews: The Day Before Yesterday (Robertson Scott)F A HORNIBROOK
The Rationalist Annual 1956 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 17 No 15"MARCH" [actually APRIL] 1956
A Rationalist Has A Vision"H.H. of H"
Why Did the Romans Persecute?G I BENNETT [F]
Editorial: Religion and the Census 
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
The Mythicisation of Jesus (concluded)JOHN BOWDEN
Obituary: Peter Henkusen 
Correspondence; Branch Notes; Office Notes 
The Classical Disproof of GodGREGORY S SMELTERS
Book Review: Without Fear or Favour (Hornibrook)A O H [ARTHUR O’HALLORAN?]
Annual General Meeting 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 17 No "15""FEBRUARY" [actually MARCH] 1956
An Appeal to Parliament By Rome[N]
Teaching the Christian FaithREV J D GROCOTT
The Rationalist ReplyJAMES O HANLON
Editorial: Tradition Challenge 
"Little Red Riding Hood" HumanismKENNETH S BROWN [HWD]
Branch Activities; Office Notes 
The Mythicisation of JesusJOHN BOWDEN
Remove the Dead Hand!F A RIDLEY [F]
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Rationalist Sunday EveningsMABEL R WILSON
Correspondence 
Fundamental Freethought NotionsGREGORY S SMELTERS
Obituaries: Llewellyn Gwilliam; E McDougall 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 17 No "15"FEBRUARY 1956
The Outlook of Albert EinsteinG I BENNETT [F]
Editorial: The History of Christ 
Magic and ReligionJ RAY SHUTE [PW]
Sex and MoralityG H BHATTACHARKEE [IR]
A Crusader RepliesREV HOWARD W GUINNESS
Correspondence; Office Notes; Branch Activities 
The Madonna Crys [sic]ELIZABETH A MILES
Obituary: Charles Davey 
Book Review: Beginnings of Religion (James)G S S
The Irish and Catholic Power (Blanshard) 
Catholicism and CrimeGREGORY S SMELTERS
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 17 No 14DECEMBER-JANUARY 1956
Materialism and History[L]
Buddha: A Man or a Myth?MARSHALL J GAUVIN [TS]
Current Comments ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Editorial: The Christmas Legend 
Fitting Rejoinder – Sequel to Religious Appeal 
What is a Rationalist?H SCOTT BENNETT
Open Forum: W W Freer on China 
What is Morality?ARCHIBALD ROBINSON
Book Reviews: Pools and the Punter (Phillips)J B T
Darwin Revalued(Keith)JAMES O HANLON
Branch Activities; Office Notes 
What is an Atheist?GREGORY S SMELTERS
The Capacity for Self-DelusionB I BENNETT [F]
Julian Huxley and GodF A DE LA MARE
Obituary: J E Lamb 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 17 No 14NOVEMBER 1955
Rationalism and the Popular PressBRIAN BELL
Joy and LightE A M [ELIZABETH A MILES]
Rationalism and ReligionJOHN BOWDEN
Editorial: The Purpose of Rationalism 
The Death Penalty ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Correspondence 
Spiritualism – Is It True? (Escott – Hanlon debate) 
Types of FallaciesGREGORY S SMELTERS
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 17 No 13OCTOBER 1955
Mutual Aid (concluded)JOHN BOWDEN
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Editorial: Exit God 
Self-Discipline and Self-MasteryE I DWIGHT TURNER [L]
Correspondence 
Prediction vs ProphecyF M PRICE
Freethought TacticsGREGORY S SMELTERS
An Editor on His DefenceS RAMANATHAN [IR]
Education in Burma[IR]
The Bible in SchoolsP J ALLEY
President in Whangarei 
Obituary: Clarence Fournier 
Office Notes; Branch Activities 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 17 No 12SEPTEMBER 1956
A Proper View of ManHOMER W SMITH [AUR]
The Metalinguistic Basis of Western FreethoughtJOHN TODD [PW]
Secular WeddingsMABEL R WILSON
Editorial: Secular Education Threatened 
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Philosophical Basis of MoralityJ T CORNELIUS
The Spiritual AppendixP G ROY
Correspondence 
Peron vs the Church[F]
The End of PaganismF A RIDLEY [F]
Inhuman Rights; Bernard Shaw on the Great Impostor 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 17 No 11AUGUST 1955
The Evolution of ManG H TAYLOR [F]
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Editorial: Points For Crusaders 
A Factor in Evolution - Mutual AidJOHN BOWDEN
Office Notes; Correspondence 
A Rationalist Approach to DelinquencyELIZABETH A MILES
Can Science Save Us? The Nuclear Fission of ChristianityODO STREWE
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 16 No 10JULY 1955
Christianity and FreemasonryF A RIDLEY [F]
Atheist and AgnosticMAUDE C KEATOR [PW]
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Editorial: Two Great Americans 
Life and Religion JOSEPH LEWIS [AOR]
The Mechanism of Evolution (concluded)JOHN BOWDEN
Science Front: Piltdown ManFRANK VOLKMANN [PW]
"Exists": Somewhere or Nowhere At All?GREGORY S SMELTERS
Correspondence; Reply from Dr Blaiklock 
G W Foote on Rain Doctors 
Book Review: An Atheist Manifesto (Lewis)ARTHUR O’HALLORAN
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 16 No 9JUNE 1955
Open Letter to E M Blaiklock: Religion and MoralityJAMES O HANLON
Pandit Nehru and Cow Slaughter[IR]
Obituary: R E Baxter 
The Illusion of Life HereafterG I BENNETT
Editorial: The Danger of Ignorance 
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
ResurrectionF P WORTMAN
A Criticism: The Word of GodJOHN BOWDEN
News From the Branches; A Doctor’s Creed 
Correspondence 
Pandit nehru , Kumbh-Mela Festival and GoaOTTO KILIAN [IR]
Prayer Chain; Office Notes 
The Faith of a HumanistKENNETH L PATTON [H]
A New Kind of PrayerIRA D CARDIFF [AOR]
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 16 No 8MAY 1955
A Visit With Thomas EdisonJOSEPH LEWIS [AOR]
Materialism and Morality 
Book Review: The Story of South Place (Ratcliffe)JAMES O HANLON
Editorial: The Importance of Organised Rationalism 
The Church’s Own BibleHERBERT CUTNER [TS]
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Vandals of ChristJOHN TODD [TS]
Mechanics of EvolutionJOHN BOWDEN
The Challenge of the Bomb[LG]
Notes by the President; Science Invades Religious Stronghold 
Sixteen Crucified SavioursGEORGE SMITH 
President’s Report 1955ARTHUR O’HALLORAN
Origin of the DravidiansJ T CORNELIUS
Annual Meeting 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 16 No 7APRIL 1955
Heroic Effort Cannot Save Dying ReligionERNEST BUSENBACK [TS]
Tour by President and Mrs O’HalloranARTHUR O’HALLORAN
Book Review: Man’s Place in the Universe (Harris)ARTHUR O’HALLORAN
A Sick Man Looks on Life (McCabe’s Last Published Article)JOSEPH MCCABE [PW]
The Word of GodOHMAR KENYON
Notes by the President 
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
The Isle of the SaintsF A RIDLEY [F]
Reactions in Australia on Mrs Knight’s Lecture; Pen-Friends[F]
The Priests Forged the Law of MosesMARSHALL J GAUVIN [TS]
Dean Chandler and Rationalism 
State Aid Issue; Astronomically Possible? 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 16 No 6MARCH 1955
HeresyROBERT G INGERSOLL
Was G B Shaw An Atheist? [F]
The Origin of Christianity?P G ROY
Obituaries: Joseph McCabe; Sir Arthur Keith 
The Mechanism of Evolution (Part 2)JOHN BOWDEN
Notes by the President 
Dean Chandler and The Rationalists 
God and Immortality"RESTA"
Scotland’s National Bard: Robert BurnsJAMES HUMPHREY
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Book Review: The Plain View (edt. Blackman)F M PRICE
Joseph McCabe – A Tribute[F]
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 16 No 5FEBRUARY 1955
The Mechanism of Evolution (Part 1)JOHN BOWDEN
Billy (Goat) Graham in EnglandHERBERT CUTNER [F]
Correspondence; Notes By the President 
Book Review: Jehovah’s Witnesses (Pike)ARTHUR O’HALLORAN
Is the Missing Link Still Missing?FRANK VOLKMANN [PW]
Obituaries: Rudolph Schulski; Charles Croall 
The Struggle in Burma[IR]
London Calling: The Eradication of the BeastF A HORNIBROOK
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
Who Is a Freethinker?DAVE BARTHOLOMEW
Book Review: Rationalism in Theory and Practice (Robinson) 
  
New Zealand Rationalist Vol 16 No 4DECEMBER 1954-JANUARY 1955
The Passing of an Atheist Leader: Woolsey TellerJOHN L MANNERS 
MARSHALL J GAUVIN
CHARLES SMITH
HERBERT CUTNER 
Editorial: State Aid and Religion in Schools 
Malthus – Then and NowE I DWIGHT TURNER
Who Makes American Foreign Policy 
Current CommentsST FRANCIS [F M PRICE]
What is Buchmanism?HERBERT CUTNER
Science and GodJOHN TODD [L]
History: True or False?[E]
Life Memberships Granted: Robinson, Parlane; Craig, O’Hallorans; Hanlon; Robarts 
CanadaAVRO MANHATTAN
Freethought News From Abroad 
Serving God and Darwin – The "Up-To-Date" ParsonEDWARD ELDRIDGE [IR]
A Rationalist Looks at Hymns and HymnwritersARTHUR O’HALLORAN
Looking Backward ARTHUR T PARLANE
More About the Piltdown SkullJOHN BOWDEN
The Pope and Evolution [L]; Christianity: American Version 
Correspondence 
Children’s Register; News From Abroad 
Being FiveGEORGES DUHAMEL
Bradlaugh’s MemoryARTHUR O’HALLORAN

REPRINT ABBREVIATIONS
[AOR] Age of Reason (USA)
[AR] American Rationalist
[AUR] Australian Rationalist
[E] The Echo (USA)
[F] The Freethinker (National Secular Society, UK)
[H] The Humanist (USA?)
[HWD] Humanist World Digest
[IR] Indian Rationalist
[L] The Liberal (USA)
[LG] Literary Guide (Rationalist Press Association, UK)
[MR] Monthly Record
[N] The Nation
[NS] New Statesman (UK)
[NYT] New York Times
[PW] Progressive World
[R] The Rationalist (UK)
[RI] Rationalist (India)
[SS] Secular Subjects (USA)
[TS] The Truthseeker (USA)
[VF] Voice of Freedom


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