So these three books are my attempt to persuade myself and others that the religion that Jesus inaugurated, however many mistakes he made, however inappropriate his language in the dramatically different social conditions today, does indeed help one to form all these relationships, because he persuades us that God himself is willing to participate in their formation. That means helping to form the structure of the State, which is the sum total of the people who comprise it, and their relationships with one another. At least the Christian God helps; though I very much fear that the Muslim God might consider it would demean himself to do so.
If the Quakers are right to talk about “that of God in everyman”, if Jung is right that the image of God is deeply written into the unconscious part of the Psyche, then those who turn their backs on religion, are cutting themselves off from what is best in themselves. In our secular society, the Army is probably the best human society within our country; but serving soldiers wisely and understandably resist the temptation to get involved in politics. So in the civilian world, you need something to replace the esprit-de-corps that carries the Army through its difficulties and dangers. A vision of a World Created by God is, in my opinion, the best that you are going to get. And if you have sufficient imagination to look through His eyes, just for a moment, it is hardly surprising that by hook or by crook He should compel men and women to acknowledge his presence?
Although for the individual, a companionship with the Almighty, the Creator, should be a life full of wonder and praise; it should no longer be a solitary journey with Him. It should rather be as a citizen of the State, with its history and traditions, its camaraderie, its humour and its tolerance, but spurning the allurements of evil. And a national church ought to be the focus of these most desirable aspirations.