Word: christians
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Both traditions were faithfully upheld as Italy last week got its 42nd postFascist government: a three-party minority coalition headed by Christian Democrat Francesco Cossiga, 51, a surprising but respected choice. The formation of the new Cabinet ended what had appeared to be an insoluble political crisis lasting 186 days-a new national record-and dating back to January when Premier Giulio Andreotti was toppled by the Communists' withdrawal of their parliamentary support. It also showed every sign of being a stopgap. "We will have a government of truce," quipped a deputy in a cartoon in Turin...
...service at Mem Church Sunday morning, specially prepared for freshmen and their parents, is nothing special. Peter Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and minister of Mem Church, puffs himself up and then bellows forth from the ornate wooden pulpit in one of the most secular sermons you'll ever hear. Your attention is still bound to wander, though. After all, this is church...
...Christian Fellowship: fundamentalists at Harvard. HRCF meets every Friday night, as well as offering small Bible study groups and an annual retreat in October...
Things Past is Muggeridge in a strange new vein, neither very comic nor very Christian, if Christianity is assumed to include a measure of charity toward one's fellow man. The collection is arranged to show the development of Muggeridge's attitudes over time, and if it establishes that his religious beliefs are longstanding ones, it also shows that the author's store of hope for this imperfect world was exhausted by his disillusionment in Moscow...
...mysticism is not likely to be enlightened by the author's remarks on the subject. But the reader can see what Muggeridge has excluded by turning his face from the world. Things Past is shot through with melancholy, the lashing-out of a wounded man, a Christian who has forgotten how to play God's fool and a humorist who has misplaced the gift of laughter. - John Skow