The Church and Social Reform
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article32369
- Author
- Church of England in Canada. Council for Social Service
- Peck, William George, 1883-1962
- Temple, William, 1881-1944
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Bulletin [Council for Social Service]
- Date
- 1942 December 21
- Author
- Church of England in Canada. Council for Social Service
- Peck, William George, 1883-1962
- Temple, William, 1881-1944
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Date
- 1942 December 21
- Issue
- 109
- Page
- 1-16 p.
- Notes
- "Christian people in all Communion, in most countries, are keenly aware of changing social and economic conditions. This fact is signalized by pronouncements of Church leaders. Such statements flow from a proper understanding of the gospel and of Christian doctrine. That is the reason and justification for Christian concern. Christianity is intended to affect life and the conditions of life. Sometimes, and in some places, the Church has not been keenly enough interested. Today, in revulsion against pagan revolutionary movements, the Church is forced to think of these matters. As well, too, she is interested in the good life for all, as part of the pattern of the Kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven. .... We have been asked to publish the most relevant sections of our recent Annual Report in Bulletin form, this making them available for study group purposes. .... Perhaps the most useful booklet in this field published during 1942 was `Christianity and Social Order' by the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is obtainable from the G.B.R.E. Department, 604 Jarvis Street, Toronto, at 25 cents. It should be noted that this document below does not place the Church on the side of any particular economic system. Nor do the `Statements' by Archbishops, Popes or Church courts or Church Commissions do so. .... The great need today is that the mass of people, not merely a few leaders, may come to understand these problems and come to a common will upon their solution. The greater need, however, is that they view them in the light of a Christian truth. Then only is the common will likely to be directed towards true ends. This is the people's day. We hope it will be a Christian people's day. Extremely pertinent to the social scene today is the Statement on Church and Labour. Church people should understand more of the aspirations and aims of Organized Labour and should be able to read those aims intelligently into the needs of Industry as a whole and into the needs of the workers and consumers of the world, organized or unorganized, as a whole". -- Editor's Note, p. [1].
- Contents: Editor's Note / W.W. Judd -- Part 1 : Church and Social Order -- Part 2 : Church and Labour -- Part 3 : The Church and the World of Affairs -- Pertinent New Books in Council's Library.
- Part 3 consists of two parts: The Special Task of the Church / William Temple [Text of an address delivered in Albert Hall, 26 September 1942] -- The Archbishop and The Banks / W.G. Peck (From The Malvern Torch, November 1942)
- Subjects
- Church and social problems - Canada
- Social justice - Anglican Church of Canada
- Social justice - Church of England
- Economic justice - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Economic justice - Religious aspects - Christianity
- Economic justice - Canada
- Economic justice - Religious aspects - Church of England
- Banks and banking - Religious aspects - Church of England
- Church and labor - Anglican Church of Canada
- Church and labor - Canada
- Temple, William, 1881-1944
- Location
- General Synod Archives