Review by Choice Review
With the increased academic interest in the plain sects, a supplement to Smucker's earlier bibliography (CH, Jun'78) became a necessity. The standards of the earlier volume are maintained, but here the scope is expanded to cover materials dealing with the three sects in the US as well as Canada, which means this second volume stands on its own. Another reason it is not necessary to own the 1977 work to get full use of this one is that so much important work has been done on these groups in the past 20 years that the major references are listed here. The bibliography is not comprehensive and does not claim to be. Rather, it is a survey with detailed (in some cases page-length) evaluative annotations, which actually make the book interesting to read. Chapters cover each of the three groups. The subject index might have been more detailed, but as a starting point this bibliography will be useful for advanced undergraduates. Recommended.-D. S. Azzolina, University of Pennsylvania
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