Excerpt from Democracy and Christian Doctrine: An Essay in ReinterpretationReady to bless the projects of his patrons, and that of the old Teutonic War God, whom Christ dethroned, but who, decked out in modern guise, seems to be reasserting his prerogatives once more. This is a very significant fact. Just in proportion as it forces men to recognise the essential antagonism between Christianity and autocratic militarism, will it dispose them to recognise how closely it is intertwined with all that is best in the modern democratic move ment. It provides by implication a striking confirmation of the contention that that move ment is not merely compatible with Christian beliefs and standards, but that it is their direct outcome, and cannot maintain itself apart from the intellectual and social background provided by them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.