Final reports of the Committee on the War and the Religious Outlook.

Committee on the War and the Religious Outlook. Chair: William Adams Brown; vice-chairs: Henry Churchill King, Charles W.Gilkey

Published by New York: 1920-23., Association Press,

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5 vols.; 22 cm. (vol. 3, 19 cm.) [A volume, The effect of the War on the local church,was announced in 1920 but not published] `The Committee was constituted, while the war was still in progress, by the joint action of the Federal Council ofthe Churches of Christ in America and the General War-Time Commission of the Churches and was an expression of the conviction that the war had laid upon the Churches the duty of the most thorough self-examination. "to consider the state of religion as revealed or affected by the war, with special reference to the duty and opportunnity of the Churches, and to prepare these findings for submission to the Churches."' (v. 2, p. 287) -- Contents -- [1] Religion among American men, as revealed by a study of conditions in the Army, 1920. xvi, [1], 155 p. Foreword by Charles H. Brent, Paul D. Moody -- [2] The missionary outlook in the light of the War, 1920. xx, 329 p. Contributors include Samuel McCrea Cavert, E. C. Richardson, Samuel M. Zwemer -- [3] The church and industrial reconstruction, 1920. viii, 296 p. Contributors include F. Ernest Johnson (industrial democracy), Florence Simms (problems of women in industry), William Ernest Hocking (analysis of the section on competition), Frank M. Crouch (historical attitude of the church toward economic questions) -- [4] Christian unity : its principles and possibilities, 1921. xiv, 386 p. Contributors include Peter Ainslie, W.A. Brown, S.M. Cavert, William Pierson Merrill, George W. Richards, Robert E. Speer, Williston Walker, Herbert L. Willett -- [5] The teaching work of the church, 1923. ix, 309 p. Chapters were drafted by Luther A. Weigle, Benjamin S. Winchester, W.A. Brown, S.M. Cavert, Erwin L. Shaver, Robert L. Kelly. Good lightly spotted set in orig. green cloth.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Final reports of the Committee on the War and the Religious Outlook.
• Publisher: New York: 1920-23., Association Press,
• Binding: Hardcover