The Religion of Power a Study of Christianity in Relation to the Quest for Sal
The Religion of Power a Study of Christianity in Relation to the Quest for Sal
Harris Elliott Kirk
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It was made, not in the in- terests of a philosophy of religion, but in behalf of historfc demonstration. His ultimate aim was to tell the age what Christianity is, but his immedi- ate concern was to show what Christianity can do. The age demanded a test of Christianity; and while it still clung to the ancient obsession that its needs might be met by some philosophic or ethical theory, it was inclined on practical grounds to be suspicious of any religious appeal that resembled the futile method...s with which it was painfully fa- miliar. The age still thought of religion from a speculative point of view, but it was feeling after God because it wanted a dynamic; and this con- fusion in the mind of the age suggests two ways of testing a religion. Mr. Bdfour has reminded us of the double as- pect of all beliefs.^ On the one hand beliefs have * "Theism and Humanism/' pp. 58-59- 186 THE RELIGION OF POWER a position in a cognitive series, and on the other, hand beliefs have a position in a
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