JESUS OR CHRISTIANITY A STUDY IN CONTRASTS BY KIRBY PAGE Editor, THE WOIUD TOMORROW GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, DORAN W COMPANY, INC. 1929 COPYRIGHT, 1939 3Y DOUBLEDAY, DOSMS 4c COMPANY, ISC ALL RIGHTS RESE VID PRINTED HT THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY LIFE IfRESS GARPEJ CITY, K, T. CONTENTS E ACS WHAT Is THE RELIGION OF JESUS i 1. The Social Background 3 2. The Teaching of Jesus 14 3. Why Was Jesus Killed 23 4 The Meaning of the Cross. 31 IL CAUSES OF THE RAPID EXPANSION OF CHRISTIANITY 53 1. The Conviction That Jesus Had Risen and the Expectation of His Early Bodily Return 54 2. The Preaching of a Gospel of Salvation in a Decaying World. 55 3. The Practice of Love and Sharing 01 4. Personal Purity and Family Loyalty 64 5. Rejection of Violence and War 68 o The Exhibition of Unbounded Courage and Sacrificial Devotion 7 7. The Solidarity and Discipline of the Christian Fellowship 77 8. Compromise with Prevailing Beliefs and Practices 80 IIL CONTRASTS BETWEEN HISTORICAL CHRISTIAN mr AND THE RELIGION OF JESUS 87 1. Christianity ami W r 87 1 Cbnstantine the Christian Warrior 87 2 The Crasacies 90 3 Wars of Religion 95 4 Secular Wars TOS CONTENTS WGl 2. Persecution by Christians 115 1 Early Theological Controversies 113 2 The Inquisition 120 3 Use of Violence by Protestants 128 4 Massacre of the Jews 136 5 Torture of Witches 139 6 Conflict with Science 143 3. Personal Habits and Beliefs of Christians 150 1 Asceticism 150 2 Immorality of the Clergy 159 3 Superstition and Magic 164 4 Beliefs Concerning God 171 4. Property and Power in Christian History 177 1 Ecclesiastical Corruption 177 2 Feudalism . 185 3 Divine Right of Kings 191 4 Industrial Revolution 196 5 Slavery 207 IV.CONTRASTS BETWEEN CONTEMPORARY CHRIS TIANITY AND THE RELIGION OF JESUS 223 1. The War System 224 2. Capital Punishment 237 3. Racial Discrimination and Lynching 240 4. Economic Injustice and Strife 249 5. Ecclesiasticism and Denominationalism 268 V. Is THE RELIGION OF JESUS PRACTICABLE 275 I If Our Good Will Is Intelligent 278 2. If We Create Adequate Social Organization 283 3. If We Abandon the Doctrine That the End Justifies the Means 291 4, If We Are Willing to Take the Consequences 296 5, If We Discover and Utilize Spiritual Re sources 305 INDEX JESUS OR CHRISTIANITY CHAPTER I IS OF JESUS THIS is a study in contrasts divergencies between the religion of Jesus and organized Christian ity. No Is made in these pages to write a comprehensive history of the latter nor to summarize its Incalculable contribution to human welfare. Our libraries are now filled with eulogies of Christian ity. Innumerable writers have already told the story of how, In countless ways, It has blessed mankind, 1 My purpose, instead, Is to emphasize the fact that, In spite of the Immeasurable good accomplished by Christianity, It has accumulated so many alien and hostile elements as to make It a different religion from the simple faith of its founder. The religion of Jesus can best be described In terms of the home God Is Father, men are brothers, all life Is a domestic affair. Love God and love your fellow man Is Its all-embracing injunction. To build the Family of God, where all members of society will dwell in right relations with the Father with each other, Is the supreme objective. Attitudes and prac tices which are alien and disruptive to the home should never be Indulged in while the virtues of the ee C L.Braa OfsUt Christi also C D. Eidridge, Christianity Contribution to 2 JESUS OR CHRISTIANITY family should always abound. Each member of the household must run the risks inherent in the aban donment of retaliation and revenge and the reliance upon good will and sacrifice. To live every day as a good member of Gods home this is the religion of Jesus. It is imperative that the contrasts between Christianity and Jesus be clearly revealed and strongly emphasized...

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