This page: December 1954 - December 1959
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 21 No 4 | NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1959 |
| Religion In Schools | JAMES O HANLON? |
| The Way to the Stars | D F LAWDEN |
| St Francis Bids You a Temporary Adieu | F M PRICE (?) |
| The Need for Rationalism | JAMES O HANLON |
| Our Lady of Fatima | A W FELTON |
| A Secular View of the Origin of Life | JACK BEGGS |
| Truth-Seeking Caesars Prefer Blondes | ALAN TAYLOR |
| The Evolution of Man | ALAN TAYLOR |
| Does Christianity Exist? | OWEN GAGER |
| H Q Reports | ODO STREWE |
| Nobel Prize Winner: Linus Pauling | |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 21 No 2 | OCTOBER 1959 |
| Do Mutations Give Monstrosities? | JAMES O HANLON (?) |
| A Darwin Centenary | JAMES O HANLON |
| Science Front | JACK BEGGS |
| A Great Freethinker: Marie S Curie | M R WILSON |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| The Way to the Stars (Part 1) | D F LAWDEN |
| History Begins at Summer | P G ROY |
| The Work of the Lord | ALAN TAYLOR |
| H Q Reports | |
| Book Review: The University Libertarian (edt. Mayes) | |
| On the Air; Correspondence | |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 21 No 1 | SEPTEMBER 1959 |
| Religious Education? | OWEN GAGER |
| The Anglican Feather Beds | J TROWER |
| Social Foundation Attacked | |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| By Airmail From England | F A HORNIBROOK |
| A Great American Freethinler: Anne Sullivan Macy | M R WILSON |
| The Earth’s Shrinking Crust | H N TAYLOR |
| H Q Reports; On The Air; Correspondence | |
| Book Review: Science and Christian Belief (Coulson) | "W R S" |
| Early Medieval Asceticism | ALLAN TAYLOR |
| Views on the News | |
| Bertrand Russell on Survival | |
| The Atom Clock | |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 20 No 9 | AUGUST 1959 |
| All-Black Issue (South Africa) | OWEN GAGER |
| The Limits of Science | H L MALTBY |
| The Failure of Christianity | JAMES O HANLON |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| The Evolution of the World (Pamphlet) | |
| H Q Reports | ODO STREWE |
| Clerical Fascism and Protestant Naivete | ODO STREWE |
| God Works in Mysterious Ways | HAROLD 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 9 | JULY 1959 |
| My Road To Rationalism | NWOYE ODUCHE |
| The Natural and the Supernatural | SIR THOMAS HUNTER |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Mystique of Modern Monarchy | ODO STREWE |
| Greetings To International Freethought Conference | |
| Evangelism Examined | JACK BEGGS |
| Conform! (Henderson High School haircuts) | |
| Rationalism and Politics Today | KEN MADDOCK |
| On The Air; Correspondence | |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 20 No 8 | JUNE 1959 |
| Vice-Regal Wisdom | DAVID WALSH |
| Should I Become A Rationalist | D J CAMERON |
| The Tree Has Its Roots | JOHN GRAHAM |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Sex in the Western World and USSR | GLEN NASH |
| Schopenhauer on Religioon | KEN J MADDOCK |
| Lord Russell’s Plan For World Peace | H 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 7 | MAY 1959 |
| Out of Wedlock | HECTOR HAWTON |
| Are We Being Bullied By Christians? | M J WILSIE |
| Our Debt To Lucretius | |
| What Is Freedom? | "H T" |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Christian Tolerance (Odo Strewe-Betty Chicken Correspondence) | |
| Billy Graham in Retrospect | ELIZABETH A MILES |
| A Rose By Any Other Name | MARSHALL J GAUVIN [TS] |
| Speculation on the Origin of Life | EDWARD ROUX [F] |
| The Holy Trinity | HERBERT CUTNER |
| On The Air; Correspondence | |
| Rationalist Association Building Fund | H F WOOD |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 20 No 6 | APRIL 1959 |
| Can We Be Non-Political? | DAVID WALSH |
| Ecclesiastical Vandalism | DAVID WALSH |
| Man In the Modern World | C V BOLLINGER |
| There Must Be A Way | MAURICE J WILSIE |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Fear and Hate | ELIZABETH A MILES |
| Open Forum; Christians Cannot Be Socialists | |
| Christ and Capital | ODO STREWE |
| On The Air; Correspondence | |
| We Need Your Help | |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 20 No 5 | MARCH 1959 |
| Ready To Meet God? | ELIZABETH A MILES |
| Billy Graham’s Christianity | OWEN GAGER |
| Compund Hypocrisy | JAMES HERVEY JOHNSON [L] |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| The Making of New Religions | F A RIDLEY [F] |
| Rationalism in Practice | ELIZABETH A MILES |
| On the Death of a Boy | M J WILSIE |
| Book Review: A Piece of My Mind (Wilson) | ODO STREWE |
| Common Sense and Billy Graham | BERNARD T ROCCA [HWD] |
| Hill-Billy Graham Hits Australia | KEVIN IRELAND |
| Letter the Star Did Not Print | ODO STREWE |
| On The Air | |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 20 No 4 | FEBRUARY 1959 |
| Primitive Religion | ALLAN TAYLOR |
| Science and Society | DAVID WALSH |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| The Ethics of Birth Control | ELIZABETH A MILES |
| The Jesus of Schweitzer | G I BENNETT [F] |
| Why I Am A Rationalist | H LEVY & LORD SNELL |
| Mirror For Man | |
| The Danger of Atomic Warfare | ROBIN I ODELL |
| Successful Social Evening in Auckland | ELIZABETH MILES |
| Freedom of Press | PHILIP WATT |
| On The Air; Correspondence | |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 29 No 3 | DECEMBER 1958 |
| Christian Slavery | M J WILSIE |
| The Christian Way of Life | ELIZABETH A MILES |
| International Report | DAVE SHIPPER |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| The Stars Shall Fall From Heaven | B ANDREWS |
| In The Shadow of the Cross | ODO STREWE |
| Open Forum; On the Air; Correspondence | |
| The Yardstick | JOHN FAVICCHIO [L] |
| Book Review: Search For a Purpose (Morgan) | ELIZABETH A MILES |
| The Celibate Priest | RAMALHO ORTIGAO |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 10 No 2 | NOVEMBER 1958 |
| Editorial: The Christian Dilemma | MAURICE WILSIE |
| The Myth of Christian Morality | DAVID WALSH |
| Theory and Practice; On The Air | |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| What Is A Good Home? | ELIZABETH A MILES |
| Secular Education Threatened | JAMES O HANLON |
| Religion and Morality: An Anthropological View | RALPH BULMER |
| A Parent’s View | NEIL SMITH |
| Our Answers to Rev. Gamlen | |
| Why I Am a Rationalist | BERTRAND RUSSELL & J B S HALDANE |
| Einstein Said … | [NYT] |
| The Big Lie | ODO STREWE |
| A Call To Action | FLORENCE M POSHA |
| Education or Indoctrination | DAVE WALSH |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 20 No 1 | OCTOBER 1958 |
| Hiroshima Panels | DAVID WALSH |
| Editorial: Fear In the Modern World | ELIZABETH A MILES |
| Atheism and the Scientific Method | JOHN TODD [L] |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| President Sukarnoe and the H-Bomb | [NS] |
| Open Forum; On the Air | |
| The Bodgie: A Study In Abnormal Psychology | MAURICE J WILSIE |
| Nuclear Energy: Progress of Peril? | ODO STREWE |
| Office Notes; Executive Notes | |
| Expert Help or Church Charlatanry | |
| Religion and Politics | F 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 12 | SEPTEMBER 1958 |
| Christian Missions Fail In China | D J ALLEY |
| Space Distances | F M PRICE |
| Editorial:: A Cleric on Bible Teaching | |
| Charles Southwell in Australia and NZ | HARRY HASTING PEARCE |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Correspondence | |
| Obituaries: Dr Robert Noble-Adams; Henry M Partington | |
| An Appeal For Honest Thought | "RESTA OF IDLEAWHILE" |
| Science and Morals | HECTOR HAWTON [MR] |
| The Problem of Alcoholism | W W KING |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 19 No 11 | AUGUST 1958 |
| What is the Church For? | MARSHALL J GAUVIN [TS] |
| Editorial: The Danger To Education | JAMES O HANLON (?) |
| Charles Southwell in Australia and NZ | HARRY HASTING PEARCE |
| Rationalist Associations Executive Council Meetings | |
| Current Comments | ST 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 10 | JULY 1958 |
| Does Science Prove the Bible | HERBERT CUTNER [F] |
| Written In Sorrow - and Hope | ROYSTON PIKE |
| Editorial: The Gods Do Nothing | JAMES O HANLON (?) |
| Religion In Schools: President’s Submission | |
| Charles Southwell in Australia and NZ | H H PEARCE |
| Formation of Drama Group; Annual General Meeting | |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Open Forum Meetings: Teenage Clubs | |
| Centuries of Praying | T J SCHREIBER [L] |
| This Believing World | [F] |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 19 No 9 | JUNE 1958 |
| The Value of Freethought | G I BENNETT [F] |
| President’s Report 1957-58 | JAMES O HANLON |
| Editorial: Rationalism - A Dynamic Enterprise | |
| Charles Southwell in Australia and NZ | H H PEARCE |
| Our Young People: Open Forum Discussion | |
| The Sense of Values (Part 2) | DR J V DUHIG |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Book Review: Go Spin, You Jade (Hobman) | ELIZABETH A MILES (?) |
| Correspondence | |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 19 No 8 | MAY 1958 |
| Rationalising About Man | ROBIN 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 Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Charles Southwell in Australia and NZ | H H PEARCE |
| The Story of Easter: Open Forum Meeting | |
| Community Meals | P C ROY |
| Free Men Arise | ANDRE LORULOT [F] |
| Tomorrow We’ll All Be Geniuses | GORDON CAULFEILD |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 19 No 7 | APRIL 1958 |
| The Arrogance of Rome | "JACOBUS" |
| Omar Khayyam - The Sage of Persia | MARSHALL J GAUVIN [TS] |
| A Pleasant Day’s Outing - Rationalist Picnic | E A MILES |
| Editorial: State Aid and Religion in Schools | JAMES O HANLON (?) |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Catholics and the Radio | |
| Charles Southwell in Australia and NZ | H H PEARCE |
| Easter and the Death Psychosis | MARIE HARLOWE [PW] |
| Correspondence; Office Notes | |
| Holy Relics | GEORGE DUNNE [L] |
| Vanity vs Vitality | GORDON 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 Pig | R READER [F] |
| Editorial: Nothing To Lose | JAMES O HANLON (?) |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Correspondence | |
| Charles Southwell in Australia and NZ | H H PEARCE |
| Relevant Quotations | GREGORY SMELTERS [compiler] |
| The Faith of A Rationalist | OSCAR MCBRINE |
| Obituary: Harry R Huntly | |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 19 No 5 | FEBRUARY 1958 |
| Mexico Enforces Church-State Separation | JAMES H JOHNSON [AR] |
| These False Prophets | NWOYE ODUCHE |
| Common Anxieties of Mothers | |
| Editorial: Warning - We Are Not Impressed | JAMES O HANLON (?) |
| The Bible | WILLIAM MCCARTHY [PW] |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Correspondence; Office Notes | |
| Charles Southwell in Australia and NZ | H 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 4 | DECEMBER 1957 -JANUARY 1958 |
| The World’s Most Exclusive Club | F A RIDLEY [F] |
| What Is Rationalism? (Part 1) | G W BLAMIRES |
| Editorial: The Myth of Christmas | JAMES O HANLON (?) |
| The Magnificent Adventure | GORDON CAULFEILD |
| Correspondence | |
| Charles Southwell in Australia and NZ | H H PEARCE |
| Where Are the Witnesses | HERBERT CUTNER [TS] |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Thoughts on Reality | J MALTON MURRAY |
| The Harm of Roman Catholicism | |
| Fluoridation Or Not: Open Forum Debate | |
| The Wonder That Shall Be | GORDON CAULFEILD |
| ‘Twasn’t a Cock Dove | PERCY G ROY |
| What I Want For Christmas | ROBERT G INGERSOLL |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 19 No 3 | NOVEMBER 1957 |
| The National Press and Spiritualism | HERBERT CUTNER [F] |
| A Nonagenarian’s Views | ARTHUR WRIGHT |
| Editorial: Taranaki "Blows The Gaff" | JAMES O HANLON (?) |
| Open Forum | |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Charles Southwell in Australia and NZ | H H PEARCE |
| Correspondence | |
| The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christianity | MARSHALL J GAUVIN [TS] |
| Book Review: Background of Astronomy (King) | |
| Culture of the Abdomen (Hornibrook) | JAMES O HANLON |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 18 No 13 | OCTOBER 1957 |
| The Scope of Rationalism | "J T" |
| Religion and Evil | ROBERT KUTTNER [TS] |
| Editorial: Church Lead Not Wanted Today | |
| Auckland Activities; "Holy Smoke" | |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Charles Southwell in Australia and NZ | H H PEARCE |
| Religion and Socialism | PERCY G ROY |
| Correspondence | |
| Let’s Listen to Shelley | ROYSTON PIKE |
| Fred Hornibrook: Author, Healer, and Iconoclast | ARTHUR T PARLANE |
| A Means To An End | R I ODELL |
| In the Beginning: Being The True Story of Creation | ELMER S NEWMAN |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 18 No 12 | SEPTEMBER 1957 |
| Freethought and the Child | H F WOOD |
| Auckland Activities; Whangarei Activities | |
| Editorial: Social Basis of Morality | |
| Shelley: A Genuine Humanist | JOHN HAMPSON |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Charles Southwell in Australia and NZ | H H PEARCE |
| The Association’s Name | H H PEARCE |
| Correspondence | |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 18 No 11 | AUGUST 1957 |
| How Religion Fosters Bad Government | JAMES H JOHNSON [AOR] |
| Editorial: A Fantastic Claim | JAMES O HANLON (?) |
| Correspondence | |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| What’s In A Name | |
| Office Notes | |
| Charles Southwell in Australia and NZ | H H PEARCE |
| Protecting the Unorthodox | |
| Aspects of the Jesus Build-Up | E H GROUT [F] |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 18 No 10 | JULY 1957 |
| The Dollar and the Vatican | AVRO MANHATTAN [F] |
| Editorial: Bible Contradictions | JAMES O HANLON (?) |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Obituaries: Patrick Roonan; William G Cooper | |
| Office Notes; Annual General Meeting; Correspondence | |
| Charles Southwell in Australia and NZ | H H PEARCE |
| This Believing World | [F] |
| A Four-Hour Nightmare (Ten Commandments Movie) | JOSEPH LEWIS [AOR] |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 18 No 9 | JUNE 1957 |
| Reason in Education | JOHN HAMPSON |
| Editorial: The Purpose of Rationalism | JAMES O HANLON (?) |
| Charles Southwell in Australia and NZ | H H PEARCE |
| Work of Past Year | JAMES O HANLON |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| The Pope’s General | PERCY G ROY |
| What Is Humanism? | ELIZABETH A MILES |
| Correspondence | |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 18 No 8 | MAY 1957 |
| Charles Southwell in Australia and NZ | HARRY HASTINGS PEARCE |
| Editorial: The Nelson System | |
| Office Notes | |
| Hydrogen Bomb Tests | |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| The Bible As History (Part 2) | JOHN BOWDEN |
| Freethought Congress Report | |
| The Expanding Universe | G H TAYLOR [F] |
| Restatement of the Obvious | ANTONY STEEL |
| Prayer: Activities of the Deluded | F G MACFARLANE [F] |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 18 No 7 | APRIL 1957 |
| A Religion of Atheists | ROYSTON 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 Comments | ST 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 6 | MARCH 1957 |
| The Positive Game | LEONARD C RAUGHLEY [AOR] |
| Obituary: Walter H Duncan | |
| President James Hanlon on Tour | |
| Editorial: Man and His Future | |
| 2500 AD | F A RIDLEY [F] |
| Benjamin Franklin | |
| Religion In Schools: (5) Secondary Schools; Conclusion | F A DE LA MARE |
| Christianity Must Go | R HISSHION |
| Faith-Conditioned Immorality | TOM HILL |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Bible Anachronisms (3) | JOHN BOWDEN |
| If Christ Was God | ROBERT 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 5 | FEBRUARY 1957 |
| Moral Law as Proof of God | ERNEST BUSENBANK [TS] |
| Religion In Schools: (4) The Nelson System | F A DE LA MARE |
| Office Notes; Correspondence | |
| Editorial: A Dean on Rationalism | |
| Capital Punishment is Biblical | ALLAN TAYLOR |
| London Calling: Puritans on the Prowl | F A HORNIBROOK |
| Bible Anachronisms (2) | JOHN BOWDEN |
| The Lady of the River | [SS] |
| A Radical Humanist: Dickens and Little Dorritt | T DOBSON [AUR] |
| How The Bible Rates Women | KENNETH 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 4 | DECEMBER 1956-JANUARY 1957 |
| Bible Anachronisms (1) | JOHN BOWDEN |
| The Birthplace of Burns | |
| Editorial Aid for Schools Claim Rejected | |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| State-Aided Schools | F A DE LA MARE |
| This I Believe | OSCAR WILDE |
| Correspondence | |
| Religious Half-way Houses | O WOLFGANG |
| The Faith of a Rationalist | OSCAR MCBRINE |
| Science: On A World Where the Ice Sank | G W LEEPER [R] |
| What Does "God" Mean? | G I BENNETT [F] |
| Dynamic Atheism | JOHN TODD [RI] |
| Religious Atrocities | IRA D CARDIFF [RI] |
| Auckland Activities | |
| Obituary: Nils E R Nilsen; Charles W Ansell | |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 17 No 3 | NOVEMBER 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 Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| State Aid For Church Schools | |
| Reply To A Catholic Critic | JOHN BOWDEN |
| Correspondence | |
| Religion In Schools | F A DE LA MARE |
| Why I Disbelieve the Bible | F E POWELL |
| What The Saints Looked Like | A TAYLOR |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol "17 No 23" [Vol 18 No 2] | OCTOBER 1956 |
| Ecclesiastical Representation | IRA D CARDIFF [L] |
| Religion In Schools | F A DE LA MARE |
| Editorial: Sunday Recreation | |
| Religious Teaching in Our Schools | OSCAR McBRINE |
| Rationalism in the USA | |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Reincarnation Hits The Headlines | JOHN 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 1 | SEPTEMBER 1956 |
| State Aid To Schools | |
| Rationalism: Negative and Positive | OSCAR MCBRINE |
| About Asceticism | [VF] |
| Editorial: A Sign of the Times | |
| Can We Afford Nuclear Reactions? | |
| Office Notes; Whangarei Activities; Correspondence | |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Mexico Enforces Strict Separation: The Positive Approach | ARTHUR B HEWSON [AR] |
| A Visit To Rome (Arthur Parlane) | |
| Obituaries: James Alexander; Harry L Kidson | |
| God’s Heaven | ROBERT RIPLEY |
| How Archeology "Proves" the Truth of the Bible | JOHN BOWDEN |
| Mexico Enforces Separation of Church and State | JAMES HERVEY JOHNSON [AR] |
| Quiz Section; Well Done, Philadelphia | |
| Christ’s Visit With the Pope | CULBERT L OLSON [PW] |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 17 No 21 | AUGUST 1956 |
| A Council At Prayer | OSCAR MCBRINE |
| How Archaeology "Proves" the Bible (cont’d) | JOHN BOWDEN |
| Editorial: Forward Rationalism! | |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Little-Known Facts About Jesus | [PW] |
| Correspondence; Office Notes | |
| A Reluctant Retreat | F M PRICE |
| Great Humanists: James Henry Leuba | SHERMAN D WAKEFIELD [H] |
| The Ice Age and The Flood Stories | |
| Open Letter To A Christian Professor | GREGORY S SMELTERS |
| Book Review: Appointment With Fortune (Hansome) | JAMES O HANLON |
| Sterile or Creative | MARIE HARLOWE [AR] |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 17 No 18 | JULY 1956 |
| How Archeology "Proves" The Bible | JOHN BOWDEN |
| Annual Meeting | |
| Editorial: State Aid Issue | |
| Whangarei Activities; Executive Council; Notes & News | |
| The Ethics of Hunting | F A RIDLEY [F] |
| Himmler – The Modern Hero | F A HORNIBROOK |
| H L Mencken Speaks | |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| This Believing World | |
| The Genial Genius: Archie Tech | [AOR] |
| The New China | F A RIDLEY [F] |
| Where Does the Soul Go? | ADRIAN TA’BOIS [F] |
| Promoting Rationalism | H WOOD |
| Correspondence | |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 17 No 17 | JUNE 1956 |
| On Agnosticism | HERBERT CUTNER |
| This Believing World | |
| Editorial: The Power of Imagination | |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Faith or Scepticism in a Day of Magic | REV STEPHEN B FRITCHMAN (Unit.) |
| The Social Side | MABEL R WILSON |
| A Great Humanist: Jeremy Bentham | SHERMAN D WAKEFIELD [H] |
| A Note on St Peter and Rome | |
| Religion in Australia | G H TAYLOR [F] |
| Paul – The Great Enigma (Part 2 of 2) | JOHN BOWDEN |
| Year’s Work Reviewed: Presidential Report | JAMES O HANLON |
| Christchurch Activities; Office Notes | |
| Obituaries: Mary Wilson; F E Lynn; Robert Joughin | |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 17 No 16 | MAY 1956 |
| The Gospel Writers | HERBERT CUTNER [F] |
| Modern Astronomy | F A RIDLEY [F] |
| Editorial: Science and Religion | |
| Paul – The Great Enigma (Part 1 of 2) | JOHN BOWDEN |
| The Benefits of Atheism | JAMES HERVEY JOHNSON |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Obituary: Thomas Greig | |
| The Social Side | MABEL 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 Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| The Mythicisation of Jesus (concluded) | JOHN BOWDEN |
| Obituary: Peter Henkusen | |
| Correspondence; Branch Notes; Office Notes | |
| The Classical Disproof of God | GREGORY 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 Faith | REV J D GROCOTT |
| The Rationalist Reply | JAMES O HANLON |
| Editorial: Tradition Challenge | |
| "Little Red Riding Hood" Humanism | KENNETH S BROWN [HWD] |
| Branch Activities; Office Notes | |
| The Mythicisation of Jesus | JOHN BOWDEN |
| Remove the Dead Hand! | F A RIDLEY [F] |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Rationalist Sunday Evenings | MABEL R WILSON |
| Correspondence | |
| Fundamental Freethought Notions | GREGORY S SMELTERS |
| Obituaries: Llewellyn Gwilliam; E McDougall | |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 17 No "15" | FEBRUARY 1956 |
| The Outlook of Albert Einstein | G I BENNETT [F] |
| Editorial: The History of Christ | |
| Magic and Religion | J RAY SHUTE [PW] |
| Sex and Morality | G H BHATTACHARKEE [IR] |
| A Crusader Replies | REV 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 Crime | GREGORY S SMELTERS |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 17 No 14 | DECEMBER-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-Delusion | B I BENNETT [F] |
| Julian Huxley and God | F A DE LA MARE |
| Obituary: J E Lamb | |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 17 No 14 | NOVEMBER 1955 |
| Rationalism and the Popular Press | BRIAN BELL |
| Joy and Light | E A M [ELIZABETH A MILES] |
| Rationalism and Religion | JOHN BOWDEN |
| Editorial: The Purpose of Rationalism | |
| The Death Penalty | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Correspondence | |
| Spiritualism – Is It True? (Escott – Hanlon debate) | |
| Types of Fallacies | GREGORY S SMELTERS |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 17 No 13 | OCTOBER 1955 |
| Mutual Aid (concluded) | JOHN BOWDEN |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Editorial: Exit God | |
| Self-Discipline and Self-Mastery | E I DWIGHT TURNER [L] |
| Correspondence | |
| Prediction vs Prophecy | F M PRICE |
| Freethought Tactics | GREGORY S SMELTERS |
| An Editor on His Defence | S RAMANATHAN [IR] |
| Education in Burma | [IR] |
| The Bible in Schools | P J ALLEY |
| President in Whangarei | |
| Obituary: Clarence Fournier | |
| Office Notes; Branch Activities | |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 17 No 12 | SEPTEMBER 1956 |
| A Proper View of Man | HOMER W SMITH [AUR] |
| The Metalinguistic Basis of Western Freethought | JOHN TODD [PW] |
| Secular Weddings | MABEL R WILSON |
| Editorial: Secular Education Threatened | |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Philosophical Basis of Morality | J T CORNELIUS |
| The Spiritual Appendix | P G ROY |
| Correspondence | |
| Peron vs the Church | [F] |
| The End of Paganism | F A RIDLEY [F] |
| Inhuman Rights; Bernard Shaw on the Great Impostor | |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 17 No 11 | AUGUST 1955 |
| The Evolution of Man | G H TAYLOR [F] |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Editorial: Points For Crusaders | |
| A Factor in Evolution - Mutual Aid | JOHN BOWDEN |
| Office Notes; Correspondence | |
| A Rationalist Approach to Delinquency | ELIZABETH A MILES |
| Can Science Save Us? The Nuclear Fission of Christianity | ODO STREWE |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 16 No 10 | JULY 1955 |
| Christianity and Freemasonry | F A RIDLEY [F] |
| Atheist and Agnostic | MAUDE C KEATOR [PW] |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Editorial: Two Great Americans | |
| Life and Religion | JOSEPH LEWIS [AOR] |
| The Mechanism of Evolution (concluded) | JOHN BOWDEN |
| Science Front: Piltdown Man | FRANK 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 9 | JUNE 1955 |
| Open Letter to E M Blaiklock: Religion and Morality | JAMES O HANLON |
| Pandit Nehru and Cow Slaughter | [IR] |
| Obituary: R E Baxter | |
| The Illusion of Life Hereafter | G I BENNETT |
| Editorial: The Danger of Ignorance | |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Resurrection | F P WORTMAN |
| A Criticism: The Word of God | JOHN BOWDEN |
| News From the Branches; A Doctor’s Creed | |
| Correspondence | |
| Pandit nehru , Kumbh-Mela Festival and Goa | OTTO KILIAN [IR] |
| Prayer Chain; Office Notes | |
| The Faith of a Humanist | KENNETH L PATTON [H] |
| A New Kind of Prayer | IRA D CARDIFF [AOR] |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 16 No 8 | MAY 1955 |
| A Visit With Thomas Edison | JOSEPH 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 Bible | HERBERT CUTNER [TS] |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Vandals of Christ | JOHN TODD [TS] |
| Mechanics of Evolution | JOHN BOWDEN |
| The Challenge of the Bomb | [LG] |
| Notes by the President; Science Invades Religious Stronghold | |
| Sixteen Crucified Saviours | GEORGE SMITH |
| President’s Report 1955 | ARTHUR O’HALLORAN |
| Origin of the Dravidians | J T CORNELIUS |
| Annual Meeting | |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 16 No 7 | APRIL 1955 |
| Heroic Effort Cannot Save Dying Religion | ERNEST BUSENBACK [TS] |
| Tour by President and Mrs O’Halloran | ARTHUR 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 God | OHMAR KENYON |
| Notes by the President | |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| The Isle of the Saints | F A RIDLEY [F] |
| Reactions in Australia on Mrs Knight’s Lecture; Pen-Friends | [F] |
| The Priests Forged the Law of Moses | MARSHALL J GAUVIN [TS] |
| Dean Chandler and Rationalism | |
| State Aid Issue; Astronomically Possible? | |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 16 No 6 | MARCH 1955 |
| Heresy | ROBERT 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 Burns | JAMES HUMPHREY |
| Current Comments | ST 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 5 | FEBRUARY 1955 |
| The Mechanism of Evolution (Part 1) | JOHN BOWDEN |
| Billy (Goat) Graham in England | HERBERT 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 Beast | F A HORNIBROOK |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| Who Is a Freethinker? | DAVE BARTHOLOMEW |
| Book Review: Rationalism in Theory and Practice (Robinson) | |
| New Zealand Rationalist Vol 16 No 4 | DECEMBER 1954-JANUARY 1955 |
| The Passing of an Atheist Leader: Woolsey Teller | JOHN L MANNERS MARSHALL J GAUVIN CHARLES SMITH HERBERT CUTNER |
| Editorial: State Aid and Religion in Schools | |
| Malthus – Then and Now | E I DWIGHT TURNER |
| Who Makes American Foreign Policy | |
| Current Comments | ST FRANCIS [F M PRICE] |
| What is Buchmanism? | HERBERT CUTNER |
| Science and God | JOHN TODD [L] |
| History: True or False? | [E] |
| Life Memberships Granted: Robinson, Parlane; Craig, O’Hallorans; Hanlon; Robarts | |
| Canada | AVRO MANHATTAN |
| Freethought News From Abroad | |
| Serving God and Darwin – The "Up-To-Date" Parson | EDWARD ELDRIDGE [IR] |
| A Rationalist Looks at Hymns and Hymnwriters | ARTHUR O’HALLORAN |
| Looking Backward | ARTHUR T PARLANE |
| More About the Piltdown Skull | JOHN BOWDEN |
| The Pope and Evolution [L]; Christianity: American Version | |
| Correspondence | |
| Children’s Register; News From Abroad | |
| Being Five | GEORGES DUHAMEL |
| Bradlaugh’s Memory | ARTHUR 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