Word: buber
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Vibrations from Buber. Much of the expanding interest in Judaism can be traced to the ecumenical movement, which has given Christian scholars a greater appreciation not only of one another's denominations but of Christianity's Judaic origins. To be sure, Christian seminarians have traditionally studied Judaism. But in the past, such courses have largely been taught by Christian scholars; now, reports Father William J. Schmitz, dean of sacred theology at Catholic University, there is a new conviction that comparative religious study demands teachers "born, brought up and trained in the religions they talk about...
...surface, Smith seems a cheery soul. From his burly, 6-ft., 205-lb. body, conservatively clad figure, pipes a merry, falsetto voice and a wealth of breezy wit. He is an incorrigible flirt-but friends who know him best compare him to St. Anthony and Martin Buber, calling him a kind of tormented saint. Says one of them, the painter Robert Motherwell: "Like myself and Jackson Pollock, he's a Celt. That partly explains his lyricism, his love of talk and drink -and his sense of being a minority...
...have conscience developed to an unusual degree, but courage as well. Few people can meet the necessary specifications. The world has always needed the few, though, even when they turn out to be wrong. Law and all social institutions need to be questioned and challenged. The great philosopher Martin Buber was fond of pointing out that the Jews of the Old Testament constantly insisted on talking back to God, and that the back-talk was not exclusively verbal either. In the words of Scott Buchanan, "Laws are not dogmas; they are questions to be pursued." It will be a black...
...Struggle," Part 1 in a series that asks: "Can human life be regarded as meaningful?" Host Eugene Roche and four actors dramatize the issue through the use of graphics and readings from Buber, Camus and Teilhard de Chardin...
...Markings, about the time of his reelection to a second term, shows a strong affirmation of the faith he had abandoned while he was still in his 20s: "Yes to God; yes to Fate; yes to yourself." Between his diplomatic chores, Hammarskjold began translating the writings of Martin Buber into Swedish, and the pages of Markings are increasingly strewn with quotes from the Bible...