Word: progressivity
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...change is the symptom of progress. We can define life only as a series of constant changes ending in death, the great change to something beyond. Wordsworth defines progress as a movement of the race toward an unattainable perfection. In progress there is always a tendency to reaction. Conversion is a reaction, a putting away of old associations. The progress in science, which seemed to question some religious beliefs, brought about a reaction in the belief in one absolutely true religion...
...must get rid of the numerous theological distinctions and go back to the kernel of truth. This theory seems to kill progress, but it is the theory held by many great reformers, such as Plato and in our later times Theodore Parker. Religion grows by modifying and drawing together contradictions. The doctrine of eternal punishment was formerly preached most vehemently, and a sect arose who contradicted belief flatly. The two doctrines have been modified and many believe there is truth in both. Every religious belief of the last century or so has had a back-ground of reaction...
Harvard Religious Union. Can Religion Progress? Professor A. V. G. Allen. Holden Chapel...
...special feature of the session will be the attention given to the Labor Question and allied subjects in each of the Departments. In the Department of Economics the relation of Economics to Social Progress will be discussed by leading economists from different universities. In the Departments of Ethics and History of Religion various phases of the Labor Problem in the past and present will be considered by a large corps of able lecturers...
There will be an important Conference of Educators and Teachers, during the week August 5 to 11, inclusive. The relation of various forms of educational activity to ethical and social progress will be considered by leading educators and opportunity will be afforded for free and full discussion...