A Christianity for Those with their Backs Against the Wall

I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times that I have heard a sermon on the meaning of religion, of Christianity, to the man who stands with his back against the wall. It is urgent that my meaning be crystal clear. The masses of men live with their backs constantly against the wall. They are the poor, the disinherited, the dispossessed.

What does our religion say to them? …The search for an answer to this question is perhaps the most important religious quest of modern life. In the fall of 1935 I was…