I played with the thought of dedicating this book TO ALL
WHO KNOW LESS THEOLOGY THAN I. It would have
sounded flippant. But it would have been exact. There are
thousands who know more theology than I, and for them I have
no message: they must teach me. But there are thousands who
know less, and less is not enough: I must try to teach them. This
book contains theology, not the great mass of it that theologians
need, but the indispensable minimum that every man needs in
order that he may be living mentally in the real world -- which is
what the word Sanity means in my title.

Sanity, remember, does not mean living in the same world as
everyone else; it means living in the real world. But some of the
most important elements in the real world can be known only
by the revelation of God which it is theology's business to study.
Lacking this knowledge, the mind must live a half-blind life,
trying to cope with a reality most of which it does not know is
there. This is a wretched state for an immortal spirit, and pretty
certain to lead to disaster. There is a good deal of disaster around
at this moment.

F. J. S.

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