Word: belief
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Right Rev. James A. Pike has long contended that what Christianity needs is fewer beliefs but more belief. In his previous ventures into pop theology, the resigned Episcopal Bishop of California has been mostly concerned with explaining why he regards such dogmas as the Trinity and the Virgin Birth as beliefs he can do without. Now, in a new book called If This Be Heresy (Harper & Row; $4.95), Pike tries to explain what he does accept and why, summing up his formula for faith in a neat little equation: "data + inference = modest faith-affirmation...
...years ago, the C.O. in good standing had to belong to one of the recognized religious sects-notably the Friends, Mennonites or Church of the Brethren-that are totally opposed to war. However, recent Supreme Court rulings have opened the door to a broader interpretation of religious training and belief. "You can be a conscientious objector today," claims Frank Speltz, 25, a Washington antidraft counselor, "with little semblance of religious training...
...power does Congress have to influence or change the President's conduct of a war? Committee Chairman William Fulbright evangelized for a resolution suggesting that Congress should have greater control over foreign policy. Implicit in the resolution was Fulbright's disapproval of the war and his wishful belief that Congress could do something...
...participated, including temple assistants alert to any deviation from the strict five-hour procedure. Any mistake would have to be corrected before the ceremony could continue. Details of the rites, however, are strictly confidential. "If we made them public," says one Mormon, "people who didn't understand our belief might make a mockery of them; sometimes being secret is the only...
...fact, was the assignment given him in the spring of 1966 with his appointment as director of the John LaFarge Institute. Founded in 1964 by the editors of the Jesuit weekly, America, the institute brings together leaders from many sectors of society and the full spectrum of religious belief for off-the-record discussions of al most any and all subjects-religious liberty, racial discrimination, censorship, abortion, the population explosion, business and political ethics, religion and the arts, war and the anti-war movement...