Hungarian Church Press, 1968 (20. évfolyam, 2. szám)

1968-06-01 / 2. szám

HGP Vol XX Special Number — 116 — (07897)

1968 No 2

Science also registers the efforts via ich have been made in the course of the history of the New Age to solre the racial problems and states that three characteristic- types cf these efforts can be distinguished; Integration, pluralism and segregation* Integration lias been the practice, far instance, in South America where we are witnesses to (complete "racial" interbreeding* Pluralism is in evidence in the a. gr cement between the English and Maori element s of the population of New Zealand where the "racial" groups retain their characteristics 'without discriminating against one another* The typical example of segregation is found in the South African situation, as a result of the policy of apartheid, complete separation and, at the same time, the subjugation of one group to the other*

In summing up we emphasize that, in order to deal with this problem, we cannot dispense with the findings of science, and yet, as Christians, we cannot be content with the cool statements of science, but will have to see the real depth of the problem as revealed in faith and, at the same time, we must take the line of practical, action since the racial problem is no theoretical question but a most vital practical problem which affects the life of the whole human race*

d) The Teaching of the Evangelical Churches About the Racial Problem

In dealing with the racial problem, the churches of the Reformation cannot rely on a heritage of the XVIth century since the XVIth century standard of faith do not deal with this question, let, in facing this modern problem today, we must make our approach in the manner of the Reformers, that is, in the light of the Holy Jcripturcs*

The Holy Scriptures do not admit ary substantial difference between the individual races* We believe that God himself recognizes no such difference * This faith cf ours is based on the creative, redeeming and sanctifying work of God, that is, on the work of the Holy Trinity«, We believe that God has made all nations of one bloody and this faith cf ours substantiates, deepens and widens our scientific information cf which we spoke in the previous chapter«, The Creator is the common Father of all "races" ard. every man, regardless the colour of his skin, is God*s child* - Being God,s creatures and children, we must be aware of our r e sp on sib ility s Far God, curt of his love, created man as his responsible partner, and this fact is reflected, albeit in a broken way, in human conscience«. The phenomena of conscience are common to all peoples and races*

We believe that the redeeming work of Jesus Christ is for the salvation of all men* His death on the cross destroyed the walls which separate the peoples fron one another* But to make our approach to the racial problem frem the angle of Christ's redemption« we must first contemplate our tragic heritage, common to all man, which is at the root of the racial