Article March 19, 1927 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from H. Scharrelmann, Henry Nelson Wieman, Warren S. Archibald, George Elliot

[From the Los Angeles Times, California]

Rabbi E. F. Magnin preached at Temple B'nai B'rith on "The New Trend in Religion." He spoke in part as follows: "Churches and synagogues are gradually becoming more liberal. The trend is away from theology and toward a greater emphasis upon ethics and right living. The day will come when missionary societies will pay less attention to changing the religious labels of people and more toward making the world better. It makes little difference what creed a man espouses. Most people could not definitely explain the difference between their denomination and those of their neighbors. Theological terms only confuse them. There are good and bad among all groups, and they act according to their moral capacities and intelligence, rather than upon certain beliefs which are contained in catechisms. I have discovered that in all denominations the younger generation of ministers is stressing cooperation between all religious groups, kinder thoughts, better standards of living, and universal peace."

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