Word: accept
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Protestants would accept Murray's notion of the fragility of the individual conscience-to them it is neither poor nor little, but under grace the indomitable center of faith. Yet among Protestants, and others, Murray discerns a sense that the "modern era" is over, and with it man's reliance on modern shibboleths-the inevitability of progress, the perfectibility of man on earth, the relativist idea that morality is determined by little more than regional or historical fashion. What is the "postmodern" era to be like...
...Civil Dialogue. Murray is not guessing which choice will be made, and he is far from sure that the majority of Americans are prepared to accept even the terms in which he states the choice. His expectations, as he says, are minimal: he only hopes to "limit the warfare" of conflicting philosophies and "to enlarge the dialogue." For dialogue, as Murray sees it (and as did St. Thomas), is the very essence of civil society: what makes the multitude civilized is rational, deliberative argument among men ("We hold certain truths; therefore we can argue about them"). Writes Murray: "The cohesiveness...
...different-let alone separate-is a relatively new one. Either the ancient kings were sacred, if not actually gods, or the high priests exercised kingship, as in Israel. Separation began with the concept of an official religion (Plato recommended in his Laws that all citizens who refused to accept the state religion should be imprisoned for five years, each day of which they should listen to a sermon). Christianity became a state religion 347 years after
...SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA returns to Symphony Hall for its regular weekend concerts. This afternoon at 2:15 (if you get in line about two hours early you may be able to get 60 rush seats), and to- stance, leads one to believe that the Soviet rulers could be brought to accept an agreement to suspend nuclear weapons tests and to accept a system of inspection and control for that purpose...
...editorial, the CRIMSON charged that Operation Abolltion presented "a grossly distorted picture" of the student demonstrations against the House Un-American Activities Committee in San Francisco last May. "For a department of the University both to present such a film uncritically, and to accept blithely (and print in the University Gazette) the description 'communist-inspired student riots,' is to use dangerous and irrelevant government propaganda in the guise of education," it said...