Word: christian
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Five religious tendencies today are: a) passing of creeds; b) removal of distinction between natural and supernatural; c) adoption of evolutionary theory; d) a social gospel; e) Christian unity. Each and every one of these tendencies were repudiated, according to Dr. O. M. Norlie's summary of the Eisenach Conference...
...perfect and authoritative in every detail. They hold that the theory of evolution is unphilosophical, unscientific, unbiblical and unworthy of any scholarship. They insist on it that the gospel must first be for the individual before it can be for the group. They maintain that there can be no Christian unity except on the basis of unity of faith. The Lutheran church rejects all the religious tendencies which Dr. Lynch describes as being signs of progress in the reformed churches. The Lutheran church heartily disapproves of all these tendencies and does not want any denomination to come along proselytizing...
Under the auspices of the Christian Science Society William W. Porter, C. S. B., of New York City will lecture at 8 o'clock tonight in Peabody Hall, Phillips Brooks House...
...Porter, who for many years has been a practitioner and a teacher of Christian Science, will discuss briefly the principles of Christian Science and the practical application of the teachings of Jesus to all human problems, including healing the sick. The speaker is also a member of the Board of Lectureship of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston. The lecture is open to all members of the University...
...abstract rationalism of the academic philosophy formerly taught at Heidelberg. The next in popularity is Professor Jaspers. College ethics prevent him from opposing too openly the Heidelberg tradition, but his philosophic system does so for him: it is based on psychology and a peculiar variety of metaphysics." Hear- Christian Herrmann on German universities in general: In 1914."Shortly before the war the disassociation between the university and the people reached a point where the former completely lost contact with the nation's spiritual life. The faculties were hypnotized by research, and carefully abstained from generalizing or taking definite positions...