is, in essence, abiding experiences that are expressed in changing categories. Accordingly, we need not believe in, say, the second coming of Christ. That is merely a temporary category that was used to express confidence in the ultimate triumph of God. Is there a modern-day category that will adequately express or evoke the same experience of confidence in ultimate triumph? Fosdick believes that there is—namely, the concept of progress. He does not necessarily mean automatic or invariable progress,