RELIGIOUS THOUGHT IN THE LAST QUARTER-CENTURY RELIGIOUS in the LAST QUARTER-CENTURY By J. M. POWIS SMITH, SHIRLEY JACKSON CASE HAROLD R. WILLOUGHBY, JOHN THOMAS McNEILL, GERALD BIRNEY SMITH, EDWARD L. SCHAUB, A. EUSTACE HAYDON, THEODORE GERALD SOARES, OZORA S. DAVIS, ARCHI BALD G. BAKER, AND SHAILER MATHEWS Edited by GERALD BIRNEY SMITH THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS CHICAGO, ILLINOIS PREFATORY NOTE During the year 1926 the Journal of Religion published a series of articles covering some of the important realms of re ...
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RELIGIOUS THOUGHT IN THE LAST QUARTER-CENTURY RELIGIOUS in the LAST QUARTER-CENTURY By J. M. POWIS SMITH, SHIRLEY JACKSON CASE HAROLD R. WILLOUGHBY, JOHN THOMAS McNEILL, GERALD BIRNEY SMITH, EDWARD L. SCHAUB, A. EUSTACE HAYDON, THEODORE GERALD SOARES, OZORA S. DAVIS, ARCHI BALD G. BAKER, AND SHAILER MATHEWS Edited by GERALD BIRNEY SMITH THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS CHICAGO, ILLINOIS PREFATORY NOTE During the year 1926 the Journal of Religion published a series of articles covering some of the important realms of re ligion. In these articles the attempt was made to survey the progress of scholarship during the quarter-century just ended, and to indicate some of the important questions which are now engaging the attention of scholars. These studies are col lected in the present volume. One or two important realms are, unfortunately, not treated, owing largely to the limita tions of space in the Journal. It was thought best to publish the articles in the form in which they originally appeared rather than to delay for such revisions as might take account of literature which has appeared during the past few months. Since it was impossible to present an exhaustive list of the publications during the quarter-century, the authors were asked to cite only what they regarded as the really significant contributions, and to devote their main attention to important achievements in the study of religion in America during the period named. It is hoped that this volume may be of value to students in enabling them to appreciate nearly a generation of fruitful theological scholarship, and that it will help toward the un derstanding of the important questions and tasks which lie before the nextgeneration of scholars. GERALD BIRNEY SMITH, Editor TABLE OF CONTENTS OLD TESTAMENT INTERPRETATION THE LITE OF JESUS THE STUDY OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY THE INTERPRETATION OF PROTESTANTISM THEOLOGICAL THINKING IN AMERICA THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION IN AMERICA HISTORY OF RELIGIONS RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ... AMERICAN PREACHING .... THOUGHT CONCERNING PROTESTANT FOREIGN MISSIONS THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL CHRISTIANITY IN AMERICA . PAGE . M. Powis Smith I . Shirley Jackson Case 26 . Harold R. Willoughby 42 John Thomas McNeill 70 . Gerald Birney Smith 95 Edward L. Schaub 116 A . Eustace Hay don 140 Theodore Gerald Soares 167 Ozora S. Davis 185 Archibald G. Baker 207 Shailer Mathews 228 vii OLD TESTAMENT INTERPRETATION J. M. POWIS SMITH Modern times have seen a revolution taking place in the field of biblical interpretation. Past generations had looked upon the Bible as the literal Word of God. This conception almost eliminated from consideration mans part in the pro duction of the Scriptures. More recent times, however, have insisted upon magnifying the part of man in this connection. The Bible is none the less the record of the working out of the increasing purpose of God, but very much more than hereto fore it is now recognized as the work of man. The realization of this fact has greatly intensified the interest of scholars in the work of its interpretation, the more or less conscious feel ing being that if man produced the Bible, man can understand it. The first quarter of the present century has seen a great deal of activity in the field of Old Testament interpretation. In so far as this has been exercised in connection with the work of excavation and discovery we may refer to an article in theJournal of Religion on that especial subject. 1 New departures have been made in the work of textual criticism in recent years. It has long been held that the Mas soretic text of the Hebrew Bible was fixed at a relatively early date and handed down faithfully from that time till now. But the work of Dr. Paul Kahle has brought out clearly the fact that there was no such uniformity of text as has been supposed 1 See VI 1926, 284-301. 2 THOUGHT IN THE LAST QUARTER-CENTURY until a very much later period...
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