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Dates: during 1950-1959
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In view of all this, Bishop Dibelius decided that toughness was in order. He said, in effect, that East German laws are not valid for Christians.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Higher Powers | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

A minor art form, genre is now largely superseded by photography, a similar and also minor art form. But in the mid-19th century, a host of American journeymen-artists practiced genre painting with extraordinary success. The rising middle class of the period paid well and cheerfully for competent pictures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: THE GOOD & BAD OLD DAYS | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

The short grey beard, the cigar and the fierce twinkle of Berlin's Evangelical Bishop Otto Dibelius, 79, are second only to the face of Chancellor Adenauer himself as a symbol of resolution against the East German Communists. Toughness, as Dibelius well knows, is not all; he must protect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Higher Powers | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

When the church softened its policy to permit "Youth Dedication" to the state, participation in these strictly secular ersatz confirmations hit an 80%-go% high last spring, and some East German congregations celebrated no Christian confirmations at all. Fewer and fewer children are signing up for the voluntary school program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Higher Powers | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

The totalitarian state, wrote Bishop Dibelius, has no claim to the Biblical status of "the powers that be." In a totalitarian system "there is no right in the Christian sense of the word . . . Paul's words are set aside." Encountering a speed-limit sign along a highway in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Higher Powers | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

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