Religion in N.Z.

The isolation of religion from everyday life in, New Zealand was deplored by the Rev. Malcolm Wilson of Knox Church, Christchurch. He felt that the time had come for religion to be more integrated into our society and suggested that objective teaching of religion in schools by trained teachers and chairs of comparative religion and Old and New Testament studies at the Universities would be one step along the way.

Knowledge, in itself, was not enough, of course. Equally if not more important was for each New Zealander to examine the claims of, the Church and to live Christianity within it, he stressed. No nation can achieve a depth or greatness without faith and without religion, he said. The inference, for New Zealand, is appallingly clear.