on, let me say emphatically that no one but myself is
responsible for a single word in this book. Among the many wild and
unjust criticisms which have been published concerning my views, none
is wider of the mark than that I have borrowed from this man or that in
my statement of them. I am not conscious of owing a scintilla of my
theology to any living man. In so far as it coincides with anyone
else's views I am thankful, for it shows that the same eternal Spirit
of Truth is speaking to others than myself. But I hope I may be
permitted to say with due humility that in thinking out my position, "I
conferred not with flesh and blood." Perhaps some people will maintain
that this makes my teaching all the worse, but if so I cannot help it.
It can hardly be denied that in its main bearing, to say no more, it is
seen to be rising spontaneously in every part of the civilised world.
Again, no thinker can ever succeed in completely closing the circle of
his system of thought, and I cannot claim to be an exception. But I
trust it will be seen that what is contained in this book is at least a
self-consistent whole: every arc of the circle implies every other. It
only remains to reiterate my conviction that the movement represented
by the New Theology is only incidentally theological at all; it is
primarily a moral and spiritual movement. It is one symptom of a great
religious awakening which in the end will re-inspire civilisation with
a living faith in God and the spiritual meaning of life. If what I am
trying to do can contribute in any way toward this grand result, I
shall be humbly thankful to the Giver of all good.

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