A Religion of Valor
Is Christianity anything more than a means of manicuring morals and massaging out the unhappy lines in a man's character? Most of us believe that it is. If it is only a means of making people respectable-a purveyor of genteel amusement to keep people out of trouble-the church has certainly been...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
1915
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The biblical world
Year: 1915, Volume: 46, Issue: 1, Pages: 41-45 |
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| Summary: | Is Christianity anything more than a means of manicuring morals and massaging out the unhappy lines in a man's character? Most of us believe that it is. If it is only a means of making people respectable-a purveyor of genteel amusement to keep people out of trouble-the church has certainly been mistaken in the past, and is doomed in the future. A religion that will make men hate evil and make them sacrifice for good, will certainly be taken seriously. Anything less will not even be laughed at. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The biblical world
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1086/475320 |