| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988. |
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| NUMBER: | 4237 |
| AUTHOR: | Reinhold Niebuhr |
| QUOTATION: | The final test of religious faith … is whether it will enable men to endure insecurity without complacency or despair, whether it can so interpret the ancient verities that they will not become mere escape hatches from responsibilities but instruments of insights into what civilization means. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Saturday Evening Post 23 Jul 60 |
| SUBJECTS: | Humankind: Religion: Spirituality |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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