What our view of the effectiveness of religion in history does at once make evident as to its nature is—first, its necessary distinction; second, its necessary supremacy. These characters though external have been so essential to its fruitfulness, as to justify the statement that without them religion is not religion. A merged religion and a negligible or subordinate religion are no religion.


Ch. II : The Work of Religion in History, p. 22 - The Meaning of God in Human Experience (1912)

William Ernest Hocking Quotes

What our view of the effectiveness of religion in history does at once make evident as to its nature is—first, its necessary distinction; second,...

What our view of the effectiveness of religion in history does at once make evident as to its nature is—first, its necessary distinction; second,...

What our view of the effectiveness of religion in history does at once make evident as to its nature is—first, its necessary distinction; second,...

What our view of the effectiveness of religion in history does at once make evident as to its nature is—first, its necessary distinction; second,...