A Study of the Relations of the Philosophy of Pragmatism and Religious Activism

Abstract

Christianity today embodies an ever increasing programme of activism. The growth of this element in the Christian religion during the past sixty years has been contemporaneous with a similar development in the field of philosophy. Towards the end of the last century, the philosophy of pragmatism became an important and a most popular element within the main body of philosophy. Pragmatism, with its distinctive interest in the practical life of man, had a swift and widespread appeal, and as a result became established in certain schools as the most important element within philosophy.