Article: The myth of Modern Man. (liberal theology)

ASPECTER is haunting the theological world. It is the ghost of Modern Man. Twenty years ago I attended a conference of theologians at Nijmegen, in the Netherlands, at which Modern Man was assiduously invoked and celebrated. With awful daring I asked one of his devotees how many modern men there actually were. "What?" he cried. "In a percentage?" I was pretty sharply given to understand that Modern Man merely is. He exists de fide.

Ten years ago I was asked by the lively and progressive Vicar of M (or N) if I could devise a Myth for Modern Man such as might go down well in south London. Unfortunately, Modern Man as preached in Nijmegen had no need of myths ...

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