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Visser't Hooft describes the ecumenical movement as "a great effort of the Church to get into a real conversation with the world." By this he does not mean that the churches must change their fundamental tenets; rather, he believes their truth must be proclaimed anew by a church "united in a common divine calling." He recalls that the theme of the Oxford conferences in 1937 was, "Let the Church be the Church." And he admires the German theologian Karl Barth because "Barth felt the church had lost its soul in making adjustments to historical trends. He called the church...
...faculty of the Coast Guard Academy is astounded anew each year at the creative and intellectual productivity of the cadets who rise to the challenge of this program for honor students...
...MUSIC ROOM. A proud old aristocrat loses family and fortune trying to save face, and the resulting film underscores anew the genius of India's Satyajit Ray, creator of the Apu trilogy...
Toward Greater Meaning. The principal act of Roman Catholic worship is the Mass-a re-enactment of Calvary in which the congregation joins with Christ in offering anew the sacrifice of his body and blood under the form of bread and wine. The ritual evolved over many centuries. The "Mass" of the early Christians was a simple commemorative meal, at which worshipers ate bread and drank wine over which a priest had repeated Jesus' words at the Last Supper. Each local church developed its own customs and ceremonies to surround these acts, but in the Middle Ages the rite...
Almost a Man. The main Boer hero, poor and handsome Boete van der Berg, fights alongside each great chieftain in turn, at the end surrenders with Jan Christiaan Smuts. His girl ferrets out military secrets by flirting with British officers. After the war they start life anew, with 500 gold sovereigns saved from the looters by an aged Kaffir retainer. And so it goes in plummy neo-Hemingway prose, with three dozen major characters, 189 speaking parts, thousands of extras, and big-name guest stars playing themselves-War Correspondent Winston Churchill, Army Doctor Arthur Conan Doyle, Stretcher-Bearer Mohandas Gandhi...