Word: atheism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seemed to me to stand out the most. Suki Taylor is a remarkably winning Grusha. Neal Solomon dominates things whenever he's on stage, as the profane and bribe-demanding judge whose tenure is remembered as a brief golden age of justice because he's willing to fine for atheism the rich farmers who don't like miraculous explanations for their provisions' presence in a poor peasant's larder--"I ask Your Honor," the woman, a bit overplayed by someone the program lists as Alison C., explains, "was there ever a time when a poor old woman could...
Within the University are represented Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, the Divine Light Mission, the Process, agnosticism, atheism, and religious apathy. The Committee on the Future of Memorial Church has begun to consider the University's response to that diversity. It is a consideration that deserves far more public attention than it has received...
...stinging words, they are people who would exploit both religion and society "for personal peace and pleasure." They would also "tyrannize man, impose a Utopia, and win heaven by doing the works of the law." Such attitudes, the authors conclude, exemplify what Lutherans have historically feared as "practical atheism...
...AGNOSTIC-Augustine Caffrey, 48, former Jesuit priest. Fairfield University President William Mclnnes declared that a professor at the Catholic institution could not teach theology while questioning the faith. Fairfield's board of trustees rebuffed Mclnnes and supported Caffrey, who is currently teaching Problems of Atheism...
...Soviet citizens-not just Jews -suffer from the Soviet government's policy of militant atheism and its refusal to consider migration as a right rather than a rare privilege," Davies said. He added that Jews were treated worse than other minorities, harassed by "anti-Zionist" campaigns and "deprived of the cultural ingredients needed to preserve their cultural and religious identity." He said that the State Department "deplored" this and was doing what it could to help. At the same time, Davies warned against exaggeration. "Claims that Soviet Jews as a community are living in a state of terror seem...