Word: religion
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...your issue of Dec. 10 there is an article on religion in which that able and distinguished theologian, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, in his discourse on the subject speaks disparagingly of its powers-"For it lifts up its voice, but only to protest. It cannot command." . . . It is quite evident that Dr. Schweitzer is not cognizant of recent religious activities in the U. S. I refer, in particular, to the Legion of Decency recently organized by the Catholic Church...
...patronage. This group was speaking for the Catholics of the U. S., 20,000,000 strong. And as a proof of the power of the church, over 75% of that number, or approximately 16,000,000 Catholics immediately pledged allegiance and obedience to this edict. What greater proof of religion's power of command could one desire...
Pastor Bradley, who believes there is "a definite trend toward use of the dance in worship," was the first minister to try it in Boston. In Manhattan where religion ferments more vigorously, pious mummery was introduced long ago, notably by Rev. Dr. William Norman Guthrie. Currently Manhattan's religious dancing is provided not in Dr. Guthrie's church of St. Mark's-in-the-Bouwerie but in those which are welcoming stately, white-haired Dancer Ruth St. Denis, 54, good Christian Scientist. Three years ago Miss St. Denis founded a Society for the Spiritual Arts whose...
...There is still religion in the world," declared Lecturer Schweitzer. "There is much religion in the church; there are many pious people among us. Christianity can still point to works of love. . . . And yet we must hold to the fact that religion is not a force. The proof? The War! ... In the War religion lost its purity and lost its authority. It joined forces with the spirit of the world. The one victim of defeat was religion. And that religion was defeated is apparent in our time. For it lifts up its voice, but only to protest. It cannot command...
Likening present-day religion to the trickling remains of a once mighty African river, Dr. Schweitzer said that idealism has given way to realism: "What is characteristic of our age is that we no longer really believe in social or spiritual progress, but face reality powerless." Identifying idealism with ethics and with "thinking religion," he recalled that this spirit flourished in the 18th Century, that it gave impetus to such reforms as the abolition of slavery, that its great desire was "to make the kingdom of God a reality on earth." But in the 19th Century Napoleon Bonaparte and philosophers...