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IN THE tradition of evangelistic Christianity, the confession of sin in repentance is the principal spiritual transaction during revival preaching and hence the principal mark of the ongoing Christian life, even as the Lord's Prayer invites us to daily repentance and forgiveness of sins. It is an irony of...
The system is the present Greek government, and the adventure is the extrapolation of an incident in Athens, circa 1963. A Spock-like physician-politician (Yves Montand) addresses an antimilitary rally. As he leaves the assembly hall, he is viciously clubbed by hired assassins as a truck simultaneously brushes past...
If an offender signs the Coop's statement, Zavelle conceded, the Coop is still legally obliged to book him at a police station. However, in the case of Harvard and M. I. T. students, the Coop turns the confession forms over to a dean.
Two weeks ago, Gordon was called before his interrogator. "It was made clear to me," he recalls, "that the case wouldn't be settled until I made certain admissions"-namely, that he had "insulted and slandered Chairman Mao" and that he "was in possession of political information." Two days...
Confession humanizes and invalidates the image game they all played on the street, so that people can get close together. No matter whose tale is being told, all the players pantomime the story, react, peer, gasp or laugh, so the story teller seems still less alone.