"The Leadership of the Ministry in Industrial and Social Life"

"The moral and social problems" in modern industrial society are foremost in men's thinking. New emotional attitudes are being created. How are these to be related to religious ideals? 1. If the church exists solely to save the individual for a future life, no social leadership is engendered. 2. If it be held that the regeneration of individuals will automatically lead to social reforms, it becomes evident that mere good will is not sufficient without detailed knowledge. Moreover a person's attitudes are largely determined by the stimulus of his environment. 3. If the minister confines himself to establish general truths, avoiding controversial questions, he will inevitably become a defender of conventional ideals, and will furnish no insight into new problems. 4. The only alternative is a really accurate knowledge of facts and forces in the social struggle. The minister today should have "the best training in the social sciences our universities can provide."

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• https://www.jstor.org/stable/1195094