Word: atheism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...shocking enough coming from someone like Jean-Paul Sartre. As it happens, they were written not by a moody French existentialist but by Thomas J. J. Altizer, 38, associate professor of religion at Atlanta's Emory University, a Methodist school. Moreover, Altizer is not alone in proclaiming his "atheism." Today, one of the most hotly debated trends in U.S. Protestant seminaries is a radical new brand of Christian thinking that takes as its starting point Nietzsche's 19th century rallying cry: "God is dead...
...course of discussing Schema 13 on the church in the modern world, the fathers of the Second Vatican Council last week got around to a touchy question: What should be the Catholic attitude toward atheism...
...Crusade. To counteract the great conspiracy of the godless, Arrupe urged the council to draw up a basic plan for "worldwide coordinated action," to be followed by Catholics in a crusade against atheism, under "absolute obedience to the Pope." The Supreme Pontiff would then "assign various fields of labor to everyone, in order that the entire people of God may give itself vigorously to this task...
Concession to Atheism. The first item for debate on the fourth session's agenda, the declaration had been sharply attacked by prelates from Spain, Italy and the Roman Curia, who charged that it was a concession to atheism and a denial of the Catholic Church's claim to speak God's truth exclusively. Shortly before the vote, more than 100 conservative bishops petitioned the Pope to take the declaration away from the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity and give it to a new commission of theologians for rewriting. A majority of the council presidents, moderators and members...
...Combat Atheism. How much reform the convention will accomplish before it ends-probably in July-is a matter of conjecture. Many older Jesuits, who control the centers of power, are reluctant to tamper with what they call the "substantials" of the society. Much depends upon how radical a reform Pope Paul will tolerate. Although last year he urged a convention of religious superiors to keep abreast of the Council, his address to the delegates was a quite traditional plea to combat atheism and avoid "indulging to excess in the novelties...