Abstract
The problem of a Christian witness to changing America is the subject of Dr. Herberg's remarks. We are very conscious of the changes in our material life in the United States, but there are far more subtle and significant changes occurring in our ways of evaluating life, men, and events. The motives which drove our founding fathers are not our motives to the same degree. Dr. Herberg does not like some of the trends, and he feels that the Christian witness must come to grips with them. “Preachers are always too prone to preach yesterday's sermon to today's people.” Once more the Christian's answer lies in being at once in the world, and at the same time over against it.
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