Word: catholicism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
In reading David B. Lat's column "Imposing Morality Is Fun" (Nov. 28, 1995) I was struck not so much by the supposition that "all laws rely on certain assumptions that are distinctly moral in nature," but rather by the morality of absolutism which his support for a ban on...
On Wednesday night, members of Harvard's Hillel and the Catholic Students Association (CSA) gathered to discuss the one thing of which Jews and Catholics alike are expert purveyors--guilt.
Naomi S. Stern '97, the organizer of the event, explained that the forum was a result of collaboration between the Catholic Students Association (CSA) and Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel. Representatives of Secular Humanism, Catholicism, Judaism and Zen Buddhism accepted the invitation to address students on the philosophy of their respective religions...
"Most people associate guilt with Catholic teachings on sexuality," Landry said lightheartedly. "But most of our conceptions of guilt are morally implied--a feeling in your gut, a sense of breaking laws or rules. And in large part how we look at guilt is determined by what generation we're...
"There is a high sense of right and wrong in the Catholic community. There is an accountability to the sins of omission--a sense of guilt and failing for not living up to something," Landry said. "It's very touchy.