Religion: Shape

Gradually extra-creedal Christianity begins to put its substance into shape. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick has long preached the "religion of Jesus" in contrast to the "religion about Jesus," and the public is beginning to acquire a fair idea of what he means.

Last week brought forth the first concrete lesson in Dr. Fosdick's idea of a church. He will accept the pastorate of the Park Avenue Baptist Church, Manhattan, on one major condition: it must be "inclusive." This general idea, translated into specific requirements, meant:

1) That membership must be open to all who profess themselves Christians according to the so-called "evangelical" manner-i.e.,...

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