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The Moot Papers - Faith, Freedom and Society 1938-1944 (Hardcover)
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The Moot Papers - Faith, Freedom and Society 1938-1944 (Hardcover)
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Against the background of impending and then actual war, the
discussions of the Moot focused on the roles of moral choice and
the Christian community. The Moot was the study and discussion
group set up by J.H. Oldham (1874-1969) following the 1937 Oxford
Conference on 'Church, Community and State'. Its purpose was to
continue, in an informal, confidential but serious way, exploration
of the relation between church and society and the realisation of
Christian ethics in the public sphere. The Moot met twice or three
times a year from 1938 to 1947 (21 times in all) and was convened
by Oldham with the conscious intention of responding to the grave
crisis that was felt to be facing western society in Britain no
less than on the continent of Europe. Overall some 35 people
attended the Moot at one time or another, but its core comprised a
small number of regular members who were representative of the
highest levels in theology, social science and public affairs. In
addition to Oldham himself they included John Baillie, T.S. Eliot,
H.A. Hodges, Eleonora Iredale, Adolf Lowe, Karl Mannheim, Walter
Moberly, John Middleton Murry and Alec Vidler. Other participants
included Kathleen Bliss, Fred Clarke, Christopher Dawson, H.H.
Farmer, Hector Hetherington, Walter Oakshott and Gilbert Shaw,
while notables such as Reinhold Niebuhr, Melville Chaning-Pearce,
Donald Mackinnon, Philip Mairet, Lesslie Newbigin, William Paton,
Frank Pakenham (later Lord Longford), Michael Polanyi and Oliver
Tomkins made occasional 'guest appearances'. Against the background
of impending and then actual war, the discussions in the Moot
repeatedly focused on the 'planned' nature of modern society and
therewith the roles (if any) within it of moral choice and the
Christian community.
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