Religion: Echoes of Malvern

Malvern's call (TIME, Jan. 20, 1941) to Britain's Christians to reconcile their economic and social world with their religious principles has been all but muffled by the guns of war. But now & again the ringing note still echoes, to the well-bred annoyance of political and religious Tories.

Said Malvern's godfather, William Temple, who is also Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England: "Our function is to watch the politicians, spurring them on by criticism of the existing order in the light of our principles. . . .

"We have got to find a way to effect the real marriage of state...

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