This text asserts that it is the role of the Church to provide the teaching and enunciation of principle upon which the moral foundations of society rests. It is for people of goodwill, inspired by these ideals, to formulate practical policies to carry them into effect.
“Its arguments are just as relevant today; we can only regret that we have made so little progress in the directions Temple prophetically indicated.” —Third Way
“A key piece of writing in Christianity this century, no book has yet replaced it.” —Professor Ronald Preston
William Templewas Archbishop of Canterbury from 1942 until his death in 1944. He was a philosopher of religion, an interpreter of Christianity for the general public, and one who argued from Christian principles to find solutions to contemporary problems.
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