The churches and rapid social change
By: Paul Abrecht
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: SCM Press
Published: 1961
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Church and social problems; Christianity and politics
Description: Changing responsibilities of the Christian churches in view of the social and economic revolution now taking place in Asia, Africa and South America, based on a study made by the World Council of Churches.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [208]-216).
Table of contents: title: The problems confronting the church. The involvement of the church ; The irony in the position of church and missions in relation to rapid social change ; Christian social ethics in the period of transition from missions to younger church ; The social mission of the younger church : promise and problem ; New tasks for the churches in the West; title: Christians and changing political life. The Christian responsibility for changing political life ; The church and the conflict of nationalism and colonialism ; The church and the role of the state in areas of rapid social change ; The challenge of communism; title: Economic and social change. Christians and economic development ; The churches and rapid urbanization ; The ethical and spiritual problems of work and workers ; The churches and rural change; title: Conclusion. The church and the search for the moral basis of a new society.