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...traditionally associated with the ghettos of Europe, more than a fourth of the delegates were American; mingling with rabbis wearing beards and ankle-length frock coats were clean-shaven men in business suits. Conversation turned on how to preserve religious tradition, but there were also lengthy debates on such present-day problems as how to reach out to the religiously alienated...
Morris dream was doomed by history. As Poet John Betjeman says of present-day England...
Bonhoeffer has had a great influence on modern theological thought, Harvey G. Cox, associate professor of Church and Society in the Divinity School said yesterday, because of his affirmative view of the secular elements of society. He tantalizes present-day theologians because he died before he was able to explain some of his phrases, such as "religionless Christianity...
...considered conservative, the U.S. public is unlikely to swerve from its liberal course no matter how much a solitary Buckley may prod. But the fun is in the prodding, as far as William Buckley is concerned. And if, through fire, flood, earthquake, atomic holocaust or even conservatism, the present-day liberal U.S. should expire, no one stands to lose more than Buckley. For he enjoys the best of both worlds: a society that is especially vulnerable to criticism from the right and equally willing to take...
...spreads his gorgeous tail feathers and erects his ruff for the inconspicuous little brown mate." Other speculation holds that the trend represents a concerted male effort, led by youth, to blur the lines distinguishing the two sexes. This area of thought suggests that the day of the caveman, whose present-day counterpart paraded his virility with such readily identifiable characteristics as the Prussian haircut, is in decline; the day of the womanly man who burns his draft card and lets his hair down is beginning to dawn. Flowing locks were once a symbol of virility, as the story of Samson...