Word: evolutionism
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The basic cause of the Spanish turmoil is that the Catholic hierarchy has been unwilling or unable to achieve the same kind of progressive evolution within the church that has transformed other aspects of Spain. Perhaps the single most conservative group of prelates in the church, the 82 Spanish bishops...
Situated at the crossroads of Occident and Orient, frequently buffeted by the cross winds of Arab nationalism and Moslem dogmatism, A.U.B. has from its beginning been torn by controversy. As early as 1882, 43 years before the Scopes trial in the U.S., A.U.B. Professor Edwin R. Lewis endorsed Darwin'...
The hero's metaphysical underpinnings have been giving way for centuries. Professor George M. Harper of the University of North Carolina points out that "the Greek and Shakespearean concept of the hero as an essentially noble man created in the image of his Creator and sharing his attributes is...
Every half-million years or so, for unknown reasons, the earth's magnetic field suddenly flips. Within a period of 10,000 years-a mere instant on the geological time scale-the north and south magnetic poles exchange places. Scientists have long suspected that the mysterious reversals may produce...
The mark of Cain is on the century. More than 100 million people in the last six decades have been killed in military action alone, and the hairy thumb of violence has not lost its itch. Can man learn, before it is too late, to control the Cain in his...