1920's Religion | "Should the Churches Keep Silent?"

Editorial

By: Charles Clayton Morrison

Date: February 7, 1929

Source: Morrison, Charles Clayton. "Should the Churches Keep Silent?" The Christian Century, February 7, 1929, 190–192.

About the Author: Charles Clayton Morrison (1874–1966) was a liberal Protestant who edited the influential journal The Christian Century for almost forty years. In that time, he became involved in a host of social issues, including temperance, civil rights, and pacifism. Under Morrison, The Christian Century was the first national publication to print Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail." Morrison died at the age of ninety-one on March 2, 1966.

Introduction

Charles Clayton Morrison, a member of the Disciples of Christ Church, was a leading liberal Protestant in the early twentieth century. Like Harry Emerson Fosdick and Shailer Mathews, he...