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CONTENTS

IX. THE SOCIAL PRINCIPLES EMBODIED IN THE PRO-

PHETIC CODE OF DEUTERONOMY..

Domestic Relations: Duties of (Husbands to Their Wives.

-Duties of Parents to Children.-Duties of Children to

Parents.-Duties of Masters to Slaves.-Political and Civil

Regulations: Obligations of Rulers.-Duties of Judges.-

Duties of Witnesses.-Public Education in Religion and

Morals.-Economic Regulations: The Ownership of Prop-

erty.-Responsibilities of Employers of Labour.-Measures

for the Prevention of Poverty.-Measures for the Alleviation

of Poverty.-The Characteristics of the Social Citizen.-

The Completeness of the Deuteronomic Social Code,

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PART II-THE SOCIAL IDEALS OF THE EXILIC AND

POST-EXILIC PROPHETS AND SAGES.-

X. ISRAEL'S Mature Political IdealS........

Israel's New Outlook on Life.-The Social Significance of

the Messianic Prophecies.-A Prayer in Behalf of a Benign

Ruler.-The Portrait of the Prince of Peace.-The Ideal

Ruler.-The Ideal State of the Future.

XI. THE GROWTH OF ISRAEL'S MISSIONARY ATTITUDE

TOWARD ALL NATIONS

Influences That Enlarged Israel's Social Consciousness.-The

Recognition of the Rights of Resident Aliens.-The Open

Door to the Heathen World.-Israel's Mission to the

Heathen.-The Universality of Jehovah's Rule.-The

Psalmists' Vision of the Kingdom of God.-Israel's Realisa-

tion of Its Missionary Ideal.

XII. THE SECOND ISAIAH'S IDEAL OF SOCIAL SERVICE.. 127

The Historical Background of the Second Isaiah.-The

Prophet's Aims.-The Prophet's Interpretation of Israel's

Destiny. The Character of the Servant Whom Jehovah

Needed to Realise His Purpose.-The Training of Jehovah's

Loyal Servant.-The Task and Methods of Jehovah's Loyal

Servant.-The Invincible Character of Voluntary Self-

Sacrifice.-The Realisation of the Ideal of the Servant of

Jehovah.-The Service That Is Alone Acceptable to Je-

XIII. THE SOCIAL TEACHINGS OF THE WISE........

The Interest of the Wise in Social Questions.-The Rights

and Duties of Husbands and Wives.-The Duties of Parents

to Children.-The Duties of Children to Parents.-The

Rights and Duties of Masters and Servants.-The Rights

and Duties of Rulers and Citizens.-Man in His Legal Re-

lations.-The Responsibilities and Use of Wealth.-The

Evils and Prevention of Poverty.

XIV. THE GOOD NEIGHBOUR AND CITIZEN ACCORDING

TO THE WISE....

The Characteristics That Make a Bad Neighbour and Citi-

zen.-The Fundamental Social Virtues.-The Psalmists'

Definition of the Qualifications of a Worthy Citizen.-The

Culminating Old Testament Portrait of a Social Citizen.

XV. THE SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY OF HILLEL AND JOHN

The Century of Social Inertia.-The Social Reawakening

Led by Hillel.-Hillel's Social Teachings.-Hillel's Stand-

ards for the Socially Minded Citizen.-The Antecedents of

John the Baptist.-The Social Standards Established by

John.-John's Conception of the New Era That Was Dawn-

ing.-John's Prediction of the Advent of a Greater Spiritual

Reformer.-The Significance of John's Work.

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PART III-THE SOCIAL IDEALS OF JESUS

XVI. JESUS' APPROACH TO THE SOCIAL PROBLEM..... 177

The Master Builder of Nazareth.-The Evidences of Jesus'

Interest in Social Questions.-The Record of Jesus' Social

Teachings.-The Social Problems of Jesus' Day.-The Ex-

periential Basis of Jesus' Social Teachings.-Jesus' Concep-

tion of the Relation of Religion to Social Service.

XVII. JESUS' AIMS AND METHODS AS A SOCIAL TEACHER 186

Jesus' Consciousness of a Social Mission.-Why Jesus Went

to Capernaum.-Jesus' Work at Capernaum.-The Classes

to Which Jesus Appealed.-Reasons Why Jesus' Social Ap-

peal Was to the Individual.-Jesus' Way of Saving Men.-

The Brotherhood Which Jesus Built Up at Capernaum.-

The Breadth of Jesus' Social Plan.

XVIII. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHRISTIAN

Jesus' Estimate of the Value of Personality.-Jesus'

Doctrine of Social Individualism.-The Importance of

Developing a Complete Personality.-The Fundamental

Importance of Socialised Thinking and Feeling.-The

Ultimate Motive That Prompts Social Thinking and

Feeling.-The Fundamental Social Virtues: Sincerity.

Charitable Judgment.-Forgiveness.-Love for En-

emies.-Love for All Men.-The Attitude of Non-Re-

sentment.-Jesus' Illustration of Social Citizenship.

XIX. JESUS' APPRECIATION OF THE SOCIAL VALUES

OF RECREATION AND POPULAR AMUSEMENTS 212

Jesus' Own Enjoyment of Wholesome Recreation.-

Jesus' Sense of Humour.-The Joyous Life of the Ca-

pernaum Community.-Jesus' Commendation of All

Forms of Wholesome Amusement.-Jesus' Condemna-

tion of the So-Called Amusements That Are Harmful.-

Jesus' Rejection of the Pharisaic Interpretation of the

Sabbath.-Jesus' Example and Teachings Regarding

the Larger Use of the Sabbath.-Jesus' Analysis of the

Sources of Real Happiness.-Conclusions Regarding

Jesus' Philosophy of Living.

XX. JESUS' ECONOMIC TEACHINGS..

Jesus' Interest in Economic Problems.-Jesus' General

Attitude toward Wealth.-Jesus' Teachings Regarding

the Perils of Wealth.-The Wrong Use of Wealth.-The

Reasons Why the Mere Quest of Wealth Is Unsatisfy-

ing. The Right Use of Wealth.-A Living Wage for

All-Relief of Poverty.-A Résumé of Jesus' Economic

XXI. JESUS' TEACHINGS REGARDING THE FAMILY... 241

Jesus' Estimate of the Importance of the Family.-

Jesus' Attitude toward Marriage.-Jesus' Attitude

toward Divorce.-The Duties of Husbands to Wives.-

The Duties of Children to Parents.-Jesus' Evaluation

of the Industrially Dependent Classes in the Home.-

Jesus' Solution of the Servant Problem.-Jesus' Con-

ception of the Ideal Home.

XXII. JESUS' TEACHINGS REGARDING THE STATE.... 252

The Political Situation in Jesus' Day.-Jesus' Point of

Approach to Political Questions.-Jesus' Democracy.-

The Rights and Duties of Rulers.-The Duties of Citi-

zens to the State. The Treatment of Criminals.—

Jesus' Teachings Regarding War.

XXIII. THE RULE OR KINGDOM OF GOD....

Jesus' Use of the Term Kingdom of God.-Popular

Jewish Conceptions of the Kingdom of God.-Jesus'

Own Conception of the Rule or Kingdom of God.-The

Two Corner-Stones of Jesus' Conception of the King-

dom of God.-Entering the Kingdom of God.-The Re-

lation of the Kingdom to Existing Society.-The Reali-

sation of Jesus' Ideal of the Kingdom in Society.

PART IV-THE SOCIAL IDEALS OF JESUS'

XXIV. THE SOCIAL LIFE OF THE EARLY CHRISTIAN

COMMUNITIES......

The Effect of Jesus' Death upon His Followers.-The

Reasons Why Jesus' Followers Returned to Jerusalem

after His Death.-The Personnel and Organisation of

the Jerusalem Community.-The Spirit of Brotherhood

in the Early Christian Communities.-The Economic

Basis of the Early Christian Communities.

XXV. PAUL'S SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC TEACHINGS.... 290

Paul's Interest in Social Questions.-Marriage and Di-

vorce.-The Mutual Responsibilities of Husbands and

Wives.-The Duties of Parents and Children.-The Re-

sponsibilities of Masters and Servants.-The Value and

XXVI. PAUL'S IDEAL OF CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP..... 302

Paul's Two Dominant Social Aims.-The Character-

istics of a Christian Citizen.-The Crowning Virtues of

the Social Citizen.-The Christian's Attitude toward

Civil Authorities.-The Christian Citizen's Obligations

to His Fellow Christians.-The Christian's Duty to

Non-Christians and Enemies.-The Christian Common-

XXVII. THE ADOPTION OF JESUS' SOCIAL PRINCI-

PLES DURING THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CEN-

The Spread of Jesus' Social Leaven.-The Duties

of Wives and Husbands.-The Obligations of Chris-

tian Servants.-Attitude of the Christian toward His

Fellow Christians.-The Democracy of the Epistle of

James.-Responsibility of Wealth.-Social Significance

of the Apocalyptic Visions in the Book of Revelation.-

The Christian Law of Love.-The Realisation of Jesus'

Social Ideals in the Life of the Primitive Church.

XXVIII. THE APPLICATION OF THE SOCIAL TEACHINGS

OF THE PROPHETS AND JESUS.

Christianity's Conquest of and by Rome.-The Effects

of Christianity's Long Contest with Paganism.-The

Trend toward Monasticism and Asceticism.-The The-

ological Interpretation of Christianity.-The Rediscov-

ery of the Social Teachings of the Bible.-The New

Social Awakening.-The Programme of Socialism and

That of the Prophets and Jesus.-A Comparison of the

Methods of Socialism and Christianity.-The Social

Leaven at Work in the Life of the Modern Man.-In

the Life of the Family.-In the Business World.-In

the Christian Church.-In National and International

APPENDIX I. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY.

APPENDIX II. SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION AND INVES-

CLASSIFIED INDEX...

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