CONTENTS 



. , FACE 



must be skeptical — Life characterized by a cease- 

 less urge — The biped mammal who specializes ia 

 mentality — Man, at best, an afterthought of na- 

 ture Increasingly efficient types of life have 



made their appearance on earth — The record in 

 the rocks indicates the gradual emergence of the 

 spirit of cooperation — The geologist can tell ap- 

 proximately when mother love was born on earth — 

 Social comity, lately emerged, a highly valuable 

 ideal — Why we may look into the future with opti- 

 mism — The task of enlightened religion: to tell 

 men how to move upward as well as onward. . . . 

 The responsibility resting to-day on mankind the 

 greatest ever placed on an offspring of Mother 

 Earth — Attempt to evolve a fine social order made 

 several times in the past — Man continues the at- 

 tempt — Will he win? — The past promises victory — 

 Man may choose whether he will cooperate or not 

 with these better forces of nature — Religion may 

 paint a picture of the world that ought to be. . . . 

 Man one of the most plastic of all animals — Hu- 

 man nature may and will change — How? — Science 

 seeks a religion determined by the experiences of 

 thoughtful^ men — Research helps religion by giv- 

 ing it an insight into the nature of the world and 

 of man — We look to Jesus to determine values — 

 Apply the practical test to Christianity, as to a 

 scientific assumption — Is the Christian way of life 

 scientific? 



II Christianity and Science by Robert 

 A. Millikan ..... 



The teachings of Christianity have exerted a tre- 

 mendous influence — Their significance entirely in- 

 dependent of the historicity of Jesus — His char- 

 acter, rather than historical events, gave him his 

 credentials — Essentials of religion are concern for 

 the common good, and high conception of duty — 

 Religion's important task — What is for the com- 

 mon good is the whole problem of science. . . . 

 Only two kinds of moral conduct: careless living, 

 and refusal to follow the light when seen — Discov- 

 ery of these ideals exercised far-reaching influ- 

 ence — In fact, they are the most significant ele- 

 ments in the western religions — No man need 

 withdraw from religious groups — The Christian 

 church to-day controls ninety-five per cent of the 

 world's altruism — Withdraw the influence of 

 American churches and democracy would become 

 so corrupt it could not endure. . . . The religion 

 of the future— Civilization dependent on the re- 



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