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    • Before, -1902
      • Early Genealogy of the Davis Family
      • Sermons, -1904
        • The Church as a Social Institution, 1901
    • Harvard, 1902-1904
      • Sermons, 1902-1904
        • The Motive Power of Vision, 1903
        • Feed the Whole Man, 1903
        • The Renewal of the Spirit, No Date, probably 1903
        • Labor and Brotherly Love, 1903
        • Education the Means; Religion the Dynamic, 1904
        • Sympathy, 1904
        • The Roots of Victory, 1904
        • The Modern Pioneer, 1904
        • Man’s Responsibility, 1904
        • Simple Religion, No Date
        • Authority in Religious Life, No Date
        • Some Helps by the Way, No Date
        • The World of Fancy, No Date
      • Manuscripts, 1902-04
        • Cotton Mather, No Date
        • John Wise, No Date
        • Charles Chauncy, No Date
        • Charles Chauncy, Continued, No Date
        • Jonathan Edwards, No Date
        • Samuel Hopkins, No Date
    • Pittsfield, Unity Church, 1905-1919
      • Sermons, 1905-1919
        • A Plea for the Principle of a Creedless Church, 1905
        • Abraham Lincoln and the Needs of the Times, 1906
        • The Missionary Spirit, 1906
        • The Place of the Church in the Life of the Individual and in Society, 1908
        • Robert Louis Stevenson, The Man of an Understanding Heart, 1909
        • The New Era, 1914
        • The Great Tradition Becomes The Great Faith, 1918
        • Peace Service Sermon: A Dynamic Peace, 1918
        • Channing, The Apostle of Liberty, 1919
        • Behold: A Man, No Date
        • What Think Ye of Man? No Date
        • The Democratization of Industry, No Date
      • Publications, 1905-1919
        • Socialism: A Reply, 1910
        • The Influence of Democracy on Religious Thought and Practice, 1913
      • Manuscripts, 1905-1919
        • Religion in a Democracy, 1906
        • Address at the Lincoln Celebration Held Under the Auspices of the Colored M.E. Church, 1908
        • Address Given at the Presentation of Diplomas to Members of the Graduating Classes of Grammar Schools in Pittsfield, 1911
        • Robert Burns: The Poet of Common Life, 1912
        • Count Leo Tolstoy: A Tragedy of the Times, undated
        • The Court Jester to King Bourgeois, 1913
        • Review of “The Introduction of Androcles and the Lion” by G. B. Shaw, No Date
        • The Other End of a Shad Dinner, 1916
        • Five Months at Camp Devens, 1919
        • The Strike of the General Electric Company Employees, 1919
        • The Ethical Aspect of Socialism, No Date
        • Industrial Cooperation, No Date
        • Permanent Characteristics of Liberal Religion, No Date
        • Lecture Two, [Late Medieval Period, Frederick II, John Wyclif]
    • Lancaster, Church of Our Father, 1919-1924
      • Sermons, 1919-1924
        • Thanksgiving, Then and Now, 1920
        • An American Sunday, 1921
        • The Power of Understanding: Not Illusion but Truth is Divinity, 1922
        • The Well Fed Mind, 1922
        • The Essential Christ, 1922
        • The Need For A Spirit of Broad Fellowship. What shall we do with the Heretics? 1923
        • Did Christ Have the Power of God, 1923
        • The Land of Promise, 1923
        • Will a Belief in Immortality Survive? No Date
        • The Fact of God in Human Experience, No Date
      • Publications, 1919-1924
        • True Meaning of “the Coming Crisis,” 1920
      • Manuscripts, 1919-1924
        • Letter Exchange between C. E. Haupt and E. C. Davis, January, 1920
        • Letter to the Editor of the Lancaster Public Ledger, 1920
        • The Dilemma Of the Minister, 1921
        • The Lost Stream of Frankness and Freedom, 1923
    • Concord, Unitarian Church, 1924-1933
      • Sermons, 1924-1933
        • Life Has Meaning, 1923
        • The Search for Life, 1923
        • The Great Experiment in Religion: A Church Without a Creed, 1925
        • Into the Great Silences, 1925
      • Publications, 1924-1933
      • Manuscripts, 1924-1933
        • Report to the Second Congregational Society, 1929
        • Abigail Adams Makes a Suggestion & Brooks Adams Asks a Question, 1932
        • Mutual Aid a Factor in Evolution, 1933
    • Petersham, First Congregational Parish Church, 1933-1953
      • Sermons, 1933-1953
        • Remarks at Tenth Anniversary, 1942
        • Service of Commemoration, 1946
        • Not Revelation but Discovery, Not Forms but the Holy Spirit, 1947
      • Publications, 1933-1953
        • A Pilgrimage to Senexet, 1934
        • Norman Hapgood, Editor, 1936
        • A Man in Search of New Saints, 1936
        • Memorial Remarks: Norman Hapgood in Petersham, 1937
        • The Village Church, 1944
        • Channing Day by Day, 1948
      • Manuscripts, 1933-1953
        • Democracy Versus Authority in Church (and State), 1936
    • Undated Materials
      • Sermons, undated
        • The Thirst for a Living God
        • Reformation Without Tarrying for Any
        • From Copernicus to Galileo
        • The Ethical Significance of the Changing Social Order in its Bearing on the Institution of Government
        • The Ethical Significance of the Changing Social Order in its Bearing on the Institution of Education
        • What is the Nature of Worship and Will it Have a Place in the Coming Age?
        • Sermon: Can the Christian Churches Adjust Themselves to the Coming Age?
        • Why Does One Go To Church?
        • What is Christianity? The Letter Killeth but the Spirit Giveth Power
        • The Compelling Power of the Christ Like Life, Sermon Notes
      • Manuscripts, undated
        • Outline of Points on English Bible, No Date
        • Grounds for Faith in Religious Liberty, No Date
    • Funeral, 1953, and After
      • Funeral Service for Earl Clement Davis, May 21, 1953
      • Obituary for Earl Clement Davis, American Unitarian Association Yearbook
      • Obituary for Earl Clement Davis, May 21, 1953

Democracy Versus Authority in Church (and State), 1936

This address, written with Carl Heath Kopf, minister of the Mt. Vernon Church of Boston, was delivered at the Massachusetts Convention of Congregational Ministers in King’s Chapel, Boston.

36DemocracyVsAuthorityInChurchAndState11May1936

36DemocracyVersusAuthorityInChurchAndState11May1936Transcribed

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