Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 14, No. 6. June 7, 1951
For Christians
For Christians
This book is written from the Christian standpoint, and is therefore able to give its first advice to Christians. They have a tremendous responsibility in the university in holding a faith which applies to the whole of life. Moberly sees their function in acting as a "creative minority"; that is not withdrawing into themselves as a clique, nor yet trying to exert any influence by underhand methods of administration as a pressure group; but rather by living their faith in every aspect of their student life, thereby demonstrating that they at least have something to offer to the fundamental purpose of the university. They must be Christians within the university as anywhere. The peculiar type of schizophrenic Christianity which cannot carry its devotional aims into constructive practice but divorces student life from the faith plainly can't offer much to alleviate the needs of the university. Moberly realises that his solution may involve a compromise of Christian ideals, in that Christians will be forced to support sub-Christian proposals which are the best offering in their context. It would be wrong of them to expect the sub-Christian university to act on Christian ideals; they must, while trying to maintain the purity of their faith, in the interests of an honest university fight for ideas which are less than Christian.