Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Religious Education Association: Proceedings of the Second Annual Convention, Philadelphia, March 2 4, 1904
This historical point of view has created a new psychology, based upon the actual exhibition of mental processes by living people rather than upon theories of how they ought to think; and a new pedagogy, which seeks to determine the science of instruction by a detailed analy sis and criticism of methods actually in use. These disciplines are advocating changes almost revolutionary in the accepted methods of religious education.
The historical point of view in Bible study is not only making it more valuable than ever for the devotional student or the religious leader, but it is revealing the Scriptures as a veritable mine of values for the student of human nature, of organized society, and of religious thought. In whatever way man comes into relation with God or with his fellow-man, the Bible proves to be his reliable source, not always of specific instruction, but without exception of inspirational suggestion.
The historical renaissance in Bible study has fostered three note worthy developments, each of which has in turn made more necessary such an organization as our own. The first to be mentioned is the widespread introduction of the Bible and of other instrumentalities of religious culture into the regular curricula of our universities, colleges, and private secondary schools, not as a nominal requirement, but as a serious culture study, subject to all the tests given to others.
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