The Christian Basis for a New World Order.

The article focuses on the issue of nationalism and internationalism. Nationalism is one of the dominant social forces of the world today. Economic and political nationalisms have oriented many of the modern states away from the fundamental basis of international natural law. For the ardent nationalist, the majesty of the State is the summum bonum. The State being sovereign, there are no rights which the state must respect against its own will. The extreme internationalist, on the other hand, would have the nation, or state wither more and more, until finally the superstate or world commonwealth alone remain. The consciousness of universal brotherhood, generated by the Spirit of Christian teaching, correlates perfectly with natural love and devotion to one's nation. The major phases of the world economic problem, unequal distribution of raw materials and restraint of international trade, are the questions of colonies and emigration. The unequal distribution of the world population has undoubtedly been greatly aggravated by the inequitable distribution of wealth and the inaccessibleness of raw materials created through artificial controls, national and international.