Word: christiane
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...life. That which holds true in defense of one's life also holds true in the case of un just aggression against the purity of a woman ... I would say that the girl in voked a right and fulfilled a duty. I would add that Christian morality certainly would have condemned her had she re lented and allowed herself to be carried into the woods...
...first rescuers penetrated into Peking. The Boxers melted away, and next day the main force followed. The siege cost the lives of 66 foreigners and six babies. The rest were saved largely by the incompetence of the Chinese besiegers and the bravery of 2,000 Chinese Christian converts, who dug ditches and erected barricades...
...their apostasy, none received a significant majority. These non-believers are, however, generally willing to recognize the value of religion for other students; only 10 per cent felt any need to "enlighten others by persuading them to abandon their faith." Compare this with the 75 per cent of present Christians who supported Christian missionary activity--the aspect of their religion accepted by the largest number of believing Christians...
Probably no one has been more concerned with the role of religion in a secular university than President Pusey. In his Divinity School address in 1953 and his Baccalaureate sermons, Pusey has stressed that the twentieth century has destroyed earlier illusions about man's nature, that the Christian psychology provides better comprehension of the nature of man than did nineteenth century liberalism. President Pusey is evidently a sincerely devout man; and with the issue of faith so important in his own thinking, resolving the tensions between the role of a secular university embracing diverse beliefs and what he believes...
Another common alteration of traditional Protestant belief also results from the intellectual atmosphere of the College. This approach to Protestantism steps lightly over the rational incongruities of many doctrines and concentrates instead of upon their "symbolic" aspects. Modelled upon Tillich's conception of Christian myth and symbol, this approach views Protestant theology as a convenient device to teach moral lessons. Such intellectual Protestants, certainly the majority at Harvard, reject transubstantiation, physical resurrection, or even the divinity of Christ, concntrating instead upon the symbolic significance of these beliefs. Intellectualism, however, leaves out the element of faith, a thread inextricably woven...