CHRISTIANS AND HUMANISTS
SIR,—As a Cambridge graduate and a Christian I was delighted by the series of articles you recently offered us. Mr. P. G. 3' Pulzer, to judge from his letter, was not so pleased. He couples the names of Billy Graham and C. S. Lewis, and condemns them for lack- ing a social gospel. Billy Graham comes from the 'Bible Belt' of America, and many Christians, in England and America, would regard his presentation of the Gospel as deficient in various respects. But it is only fair to point out that his widely circu- lated confessio fidei, Peace with God, coo' tains a chapter on 'Social Obligations of the. Christian' in which Graham says: 'Christians, above all others, should be concerned with social problems and social injustices.'
Dr. C. S. Lewis, need one say, is quite a different sort of person. Indeed he now quail' lies as a 'Cambridge Christian,' and there are other reasons for defending him. Many in the war-time generation, of undergraduates, to which I belonged, owe an immeasurable debt to Dr. Lewis's writings. In them we found a rational approach to the Faith, a clear ideal of Christian conduct, and some useful hints on devotional discipline. These greatly ca. couragcd us and gave us more stability than we might otherwise have achieved.
Of course, I do not know what Dr. Lewis has to say about the hydrogen bomb. One wonders what Mr. Pulzer has to say about this latest manifestation of man's 'potentialities., After glancing again at your series of articles on the bomb published in February, I can only say : 'Lprd have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to do Thy will.'—Yours faithfully,
PETER BARRACLOUGII
Cranford, 26 Park Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
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