Word: christian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Quebedeaux, a 1968 Divinity School graduate, said his strict upbringing in a Baptist household and his liberal education at UCLA placed him in a unique position to bring together many Christian organizations that were previously hostile to one another...
...opposition to Christ by the powerful." Advocates of the Marxist-influenced "liberation theology" in Latin America thus hope that the Pope will be sympathetic to their program. But knowledgeable observers in Rome expect the opposite. Asked on West German TV last year whether Marxism could be reconciled with Christianity, Wojtyla replied bluntly: "This is a curious question. One cannot be a Christian and a materialist; one cannot be a believer and an atheist...
Italy will of course be the main testing ground, and the Polish Pope brings to Italian politics a new uncertainty, since he has no connections with any political leaders. That fact may accelerate the recent and healthy trend among Christian Democrats to compete as a normal political party...
Krister Stendahl, Dean of the Divinity School, said the establishment of the Center "will have very special importance" for Jewish-Christian relations. The Center will help to make Jewish Studies "a part of our view of history," he said...
...African has been lead to believe that he must wait for the Christian con-science of his oppressor to be pricked before he can be intitled to more than just the crumbs of the cake," Sibeka said. "This struggle must become part and parcel of the people," he added...