Religion: The Christian Hope

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The bus driver deftly dodged a group of bishops and gave plenty of room to an Indian theologian in a white turban. When the street ahead looked reasonably safe again, the driver turned to a newsman standing next to him. "So what are they going to do?" he grumbled. "Save the world?"

No one could expect salvation from the thousand-odd clerics, prelates and Christian laymen from the world's four corners who had gathered in Evanston, Ill. Yet more and more people expected help—on earth—from Christianity. Every week, in pulpits, editorials, Parliaments and...

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