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Yale University. Divinity School. Religion and the War
Religion and the War
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PREFACE
I. MORAL AND SPIRITUAL FORCES IN THE WAR. CHARLES REYNOLDS BROWN
II. GOD AND HISTORY. DOUGLAS CLYDE MACINTOSH
III. THE CHRISTIAN HOPE IN TIMES OF WAR. FRANK CHAMBERLIN PORTER
IV. NON-RESISTANCE: CHRISTIAN OR PAGAN? BENJAMIN WISNER BACON
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V. THE MINISTRY AND THE WAR. HENRY HALLAM TWEEDY
VI. THE EFFECT OF THE WAR UPON RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. LUTHER ALLAN WEIGLE
VII. FOREIGN MISSIONS AND THE WAR, TODAY AND TOMORROW. HARLAN P. BEACH
VIII. THE WAR AND SOCIAL WORK. WILLIAM BACON BAILEY
IX. THE WAR AND CHURCH UNITY. WILLISTON WALKER
X. THE RELIGIOUS BASIS OF WORLD RE-ORGANIZATION[1] E. HERSHEY SNEATH
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Yale University. Divinity School
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Most urgent among the religious problems of the day is the question as to the relation of God to the events of current history. As was to be expected, many erroneous notions are prevalent concerning divine providence and the present war. Some of these errors are owing to intellectual confusion; others, however, impress one as due to an almost wilful perversion of the impulses of religious faith. In any case, most conspicuous among the erroneous doctrines of the day with reference to divine providence is that voiced by the German Emperor, in speaking of the Teutonic triumph over disorganized Russia. His words are reported as follows: "The complete victory fills me with gratitude. It permits us to live again one of those great moments in which we can reverently admire God's hand in history. What turn events have taken is by the disposition of God." One could scarcely be blamed for inferring that the Kaiser imagines, or affects to believe, that the Almighty has entered into a favored-nation treaty of some sort with Germany. But even this would seem to fall short of what is claimed. We quote further from the same theological authority. "The year 1917 with its great battles has proved," he asserts, with almost incredible simple-mindedness, "that the German people has in the Lord of Creation above an unconditional and avowed ally on whom it can absolutely rely." This curious reversion to religious tribalism in the case of the German Emperor is not without its parallel in the belief of his subjects. Assiduously taught, as they have been, that they are fighting a justified defensive war, and praying, as they have been, for victory over their enemies, their conviction has come to be, pretty generally, what a German-American in the early days of the war expressed in these words, "If Germany doesn't win this war, there is no God!" Well, in view of what the world knows as to the causation and the conduct of this war on the part of Germany, the only answer so preposterous a doctrine deserves is that given by ex-President Taft, "Germany has mistaken the devil for God!"
