Word: christianized
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Lewis: A Biography by A.N. Wilson. Comic novels, essays and biographies waft from Wilson with Mozartean ease. Each book seems better than the last, or at least different in some incomparable way. Such is the case with his approach to Lewis, the British writer and celebrator of Christian thought who delighted both adults (The Screwtape Letters) and children (The Chronicles of Narnia). Fans should be warned that Wilson's portrait of the saintly don contains some fleshy demons...
...wife of a first cousin of Poland's Catholic Primate. Nonetheless, in 1987 the German hierarchy forced the University of Essen to oust Ranke-Heinemann from her Catholic professorship and give her another teaching post that would not imply any church endorsement. Her sin: in defiance of Christian teaching, Ranke-Heinemann had concluded that Mary was not a virgin when she gave birth to Jesus...
...years of a civil war that has claimed 150,000 lives, Lebanon last week saw what could be the first glimmer of peace. Lebanese Army troops took full control of the capital for the first time since 1975 and dismantled the "green line," which cut the city into Christian and Muslim sectors. Earlier, the last of the Christian forces loyal to Samir Geagea had pulled out of the city and moved north, near the port city of Jounieh, completing the first phase of a Syria-backed Arab League plan to free Beirut of all rival militias...
...campus dining halls are quite as Christian-oriented as the Union. Some houses do have Hannukah decorations in their dining halls. Quincy House displays a cardboard cut-out menorah. Dunster has a real one. The Winthrop House Christmas tree is bedecked with dreidels and Stars of David...
This fact isn't always acknowledged. I've heard of a number of Jewish students who have felt reluctant to participate in Secret Santa events. When Jewish first-year student expressed reservations about joining in a seemingly Christian ritual, his proctor replied, "I hadn't even thought of that...