Abstract
John Macmurray's name is widely known, but his life and work are somewhat neglected. This article introduces Macmurray, emphasizing the important role that Christianity plays in his thinking. Macmurray was brought up an evangelical Christian, but came to believe that Christianity, whilst of enduring importance, needed reforming. Macmurray believed that Christianity, at core, relates to the problem of establishing, reviving and deepening human fellowship and understood the role of doctrine and practice in relation to this function. Fear is that which blights human friendship, and the Christian faith seeks to provide an intellectual and liturgical framework in which fear can be overcome in practice. Macmurray believed, strikingly, that the decline of Christianity as a public religion had contributed to the development of a pragmatic frame of mind, which looks to technique and technology to solve personal dilemmas.
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