Guardian, Nov 1, 1968. p.6A

Review of Jean Russell’s God’s Lost Cause by David Mason begins:

‘The most prophetic speech made at Uppsala during the Fourth Assembly of the World Council of Churches was that by James Baldwin, the American Negro writer. Baldwin claimed “that the destruction of the Christian church, as it is presently constituted, may not only be desirable, but may also be necessary.” Dr Jean Russell in her book, God’s Lost Cause, provides the historical evidence that justifies Baldwin’s otherwise paradoxical statement and shows, decisively, the failure of American Protestantism to combat white racialism’.