Will the Returning Soldier Want the Church?
The more we discuss the returning soldier the more we discover that we are really dealing with no mere abstraction. It is easy to generalize, but hard to face concrete realities. There is therefore all the more need of the testimony of those who have been in actual touch with the soldiers. In the st...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
1919
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The biblical world
Year: 1919, Volume: 53, Issue: 3, Pages: 289-294 |
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| Summary: | The more we discuss the returning soldier the more we discover that we are really dealing with no mere abstraction. It is easy to generalize, but hard to face concrete realities. There is therefore all the more need of the testimony of those who have been in actual touch with the soldiers. In the strict sense of the words "the returning soldier" does not exist. What we have is returning soldiers, hundreds of thousands of them. Just what they will be and just what they will do remains to be seen, but in the meantime churches ought to remember that it is easier for middle-aged folks to be content than it is for young people. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The biblical world
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1086/476230 |