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Title; Contents; Preface; Lecture I -- The Kingdom of Freedom; Lecture II -- Church and State; Lecture III -- Justice and Liberty in the State; Lecture IV -- Holiness and Catholicity in the Church; Lecture V -- The Citizenship of Heaven; Lecture VI -- God in History; Appendix I -- On the Apocalyptic Consciousness; Appendix II -- On Moral and Spiritual Authority; Appendix III -- On Justice and Education; Appendix IV -- On Orders and Catholicity; Appendix V -- On Providence in History; Endnotes.

The unprecedented global conflicts of the early twentieth century posed a profound ethical dilemma for the theologians of the era. In this collection, drawn from a series of talks delivered in 1914 and 1915, Church of England Bishop William Temple lays out his beliefs about the relationship between Christian doctrine and geopolitical turmoil and defends his position that England had a moral obligation to enter the fray of World War I.