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ds of the soul of which religion has always been the expression, or fall as they fail to meet them. But since some limitation or other in the types of Christianity which are dominant amongst us has given them their opportunity they must also be approached through some consideration of the Christianity against which they have reacted. Unsatisfied needs of the inner life have unlocked the doors through which they have made their abundant entry. Since they also reflect, as religion always reflects, contemporaneous movements in Philosophy, Science, Ethics and Social Relationship, they cannot be understood without some consideration of the forces under whose strong impact inherited faiths have, during the last half century, been slowly breaking down, and in answer to whose suggestions faith has been taking a new form. A rewarding approach, then, to Modern Religious Cults and Movements must necessarily move along a wide front, and a certain amount of patience and faith is asked of the reader in the opening chapters of this book: patience enough to follow through the discussion of general principles, and faith enough to believe that such a discussion will in the end contribute to the practical understanding of movements with which we are all more or less familiar, and by which we are all more or less affected. G.G.A. _Detroit, Michigan._ Contents I. FORMS AND BACKGROUNDS OF INHERITED CHRISTIANITY 13 Certain Qualities Common to All Religions--Christianity Historically Organized Around a Transcendent God and a Fallen Humanity--The Incarnation; the Cross the Supreme Symbol of Western Theology--The Catholic Belief in the Authority of an Inerrant Church--The Protestant Church Made Faith the Key to Salvation--Protestantism and an Infallibly Inspired Bible--The Strength and Weakness of This Position--Evangelical Protestantism the Outcome--Individual Experience of the Believer the Keystone of Evangelical Protestantism--Readjustment of Both Catholic and Protestant Systems Inevitable. II. NEW FORCES AND OLD FAITHS 46 The Far-reaching Readjustments of Christian Faith in the Last Fifty Years--The Reaction of Evolution Upon Religion--The Reaction of Biblical Criticism Upon Faith--The Average Man Loses His Bearings--The New Psychology--The Influence of Philosophy and the Social Situation--An Age of Confusion--The Lure of the Short Cut--Popular Edu
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