Pike, James A., — If This Be Heresy.

NY, Harper Row, (1967). 4th ptg. VG in VG DJ. As a defendant in heresy proceedings in the Episcopal Church, Pike became a focus for all Americans of the battle for belief. that rages in the church. He points to the decline of the Church in the U.S. and issues a warning that this decline will accelerate unless the Church awakens to the need for radical reform. Pike was accused by his brother bishops of heretical oversimplification. Here he seeks to clarify what he thinks is still unclear. He had plans to leave the Episcopal Church and in 1969 his body was found on a ledge near the Dead Sea. DJ price clipped.