Show world RELIGION council to justify the ways of god to man was john milton s expressed purpose tor for writing his monolithic epic poem of the reformation paradise X lost ost academically milton succeeded in providing that justification tor for his own and an unknowable num ber of future generations of christ ians but since the century days lays of milton human society has turned an increasingly cold cheek to the spiritual values preached by every great christian since paul particularly since the outset of the century man s attention has been claimed more and more by the dramatic power of mate realism which has been brought into full play as a result of this technological economy with its as tunes lines power politics and repetitive wars thus the problem now is not so much how to justify god s ways to man as it is how to justify man s society in the eyes of god and if as many churchmen believe no such justification is possible then how to work a reasonable and beneficial change in the society which men have wrought it is that problem which the world council of churches corn posed of protestant and ortho dox churches from 40 nati nations ons will endeavor to meet squarely at its first world assembly in amsterdam august 22 to september 4 four hundred and fifty church leaders laymen and clergymen alike are determined among other things to assess the strengths and weaknesses of pres ent day christendom and to define a basis of common principle upon which christians can cooperate for world order under the conference theme man mans s disorder and god gods s de sign the delegates will attack such questions as how to infuse more spirituality into our led society without advocating the destruction of all mechanization what action can the church take among its members to aid in es of world order and what is the church s answer to the amoral power politics of the pres ent day if these are tough questions the world council of churches is likely to prove itself spiritually tough and realistic ea listic enough to go a long way to ward providing some of the ans aers |