Salem Bland: 5 books

This volume, a survey of the Canadian scene that urged various reforms, appeared shortly after the First World War. It was considered to be extremely radical in its proposals and implications at that time and had the distinction of being one of that rare breed of attempts to survey Canadian developments...

Methodist clergyman and intellectual Salem Goldworth Bland rose to prominence in Canada in the early twentieth century. Rising through the ranks of the church, he began to endorse a progressive take on the tenets of Christian theology, including an anti-capitalism stance and staunch pacifist beliefs. The collection The New Christianity showcases Bland's unique vision.

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The New Christianity - or, The Religion of the New Age. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally...

CONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION PART I. THE NEW SOCIAL ORDER CHAP. 1. THE OVERFLOW OF DEMOCRACY CHAP. 2. THE OVERFLOW OF BROTHERHOOD PART II. THE NEW CHRISTIANITY CHAP. 1. A LABOR CHRISTIANITY CHAP. 2. AN AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY CHAP. 3. THE GREAT CHRISTIANITY CONCLUSION

This little book is only a sketch. Some suggestions of the kind that is too exclusively regarded as practical, I hope, may be found in it. On the whole, its aim is, as from Mt. Nebo, to give a vision of the Promised Land. It does not attempt to minutely describe the roads leading thither. But then, probably,...