Excerpt from Christianity and Modern Culture: An Essay in Philosophy of Religion

If a crisis in the history of Christianity has been reached, it can be met only by considering the essence of Christianity, as well as by seeking to fathom the spirit of the age. Christianity must be regarded as giving humanity a new life, not merely an altered view of things; as creating a new form of activity, not as aligning a mere ideal. Modern life must likewise be treated in a conscious and convincing manner. The historical idea, which Christianity itself deduced, now appears in an all-important manner; by arousing us to modern self-consciousness, it leads us further to inquire to what extent and in what manner the age is still Christian. Is there a modern Christianity which is germane to our thinking life and our living thought? To answer such a question, indeed even to ask it, requires a sufficient conception of what an age, with its culture and civilization, with its ideals and duties, can really be. Still more difficult is this task of inquiry made when it is the present which looks us in the face.

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