And those whose religion is so heavenly pure that it is of no earthly good will soon discover that somebody else has filled the spiritual vacuum. The bankruptcy of secularism has forced the questions out of the closet, and religious conservatives have given them a new and strident urgency. They have asked the right questions, but we dare not be content with their answers. The spiritual values of the republic and their relation to citizenship are too important to be left to the special interests of religious partisans. A religious education is an education that incorporates duty and reverence.
Education is instruction in the art of life.
It is not too late to recover that sense of education, and the future life of the republic, religious and political, may depend upon our doing so. The Reverend Peter J. Gomes, B.D. '68, is Plummer professor of Christian morals and minister in the Memorial Church.