Word: christian
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Flashman and the Dragon, eighth in the series of Flashman adventures and one of the saltiest, immerses him in the Taiping Rebellion, a nominally Christian uprising that lasted 14 years and resulted in some 20 million deaths. Based on a reputation for valor, acquired by stumbling into dangerous places at well-publicized times, the intrepid Flashman becomes Britain's semiofficial envoy to the revolutionaries. His escapades, both military and carnal, bring verve and wit to a carefully footnoted tale. Young Tom Brown was certainly more the gentleman, but he could not possibly have grown up to be so much...
...junta. Yet far from smoothing the ! transition to democracy, Pinochet seems intent on proving at whatever cost that the lessons of the Philippines do not apply to Chile. In the process, critics charge, he is further polarizing Chilean society. Says Gabriel Valdes, leader of the moderate Christian Democratic Party: "Pinochet is a good machine for producing Communists...
MOST PEOPLE in my experience harbor a suspicion that God does not approve of their sexuality. Despite the earnest efforts of clergy and religious educators in both the Jewish and Christian traditions to suggest otherwise, the opinion subsists, fed, no doubt on the remnants of a preadolescent identification of the Divinity with one's own parents. In consequence, discussions that mix religion and sexual values tend to be particularly loaded...
...most important church documents in recent years, Pope Paul VI wrote that the preaching and teaching of the Christian message always entails a twofold fidelity: "fidelity to the human person, and fidelity to the word of God." I find this principle helpful in offering this article on the Catholic Church's teaching on homosexuality...
...this insight into sexuality, is one that some people find difficult to accept or understand. Most of us who strive to accept and embrace it admit that it is not an easy truth to integrate into our personal lives or explain to the world around us. Consistent with the Christian command "to love in truth and in deed," we struggle as single and married people, as heterosexual and homosexual people, to find ways to help one another and those beyond our community of faith to discover the meaning and value of sexuality in ways that are sensitive and yet true...