Word: christiane
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...plagued by bad health. He was an inept organizer, a rambling, self-conscious speaker. He had chilly, blue eyes and a wide mouth that even in repose seemed compressed in grim disapproval. But underneath, De Gasperi had a mountain man's flint-hard resolution and a devout Christian's sense of integrity. These qualities made him the greatest man in postwar Italy and helped him revive a nation that had almost died from an overdose of political bombast...
Main Theme. During the first week 15 discussion groups will consider the main theme, "Christ-the Hope of the World," then gather in plenary session to formulate a message. Agreement will come hard; theologians are roughly divided between orthodox eschatologists (mainly European) who see the Christian hope as Christ's Second Coming at world's end, and the more liberal and activist brand (mainly in the U.S.) who hope for Christ's help in the here...
...Mission of the Church to Those Outside Her Life," which will lay less emphasis than usual on conversion of "the heathen," instead pay more attention to what one churchman called the heathen at home-the unchurched and indifferent masses living in nominally Christian countries...
...Responsible Society in a World Perspective" and "Christians in the Struggle for World Community," which will raise questions of church and state-e.g., is there a specifically Christian attitude toward human rights, the U.N., and "peaceful coexistence" with Communism...
...Christian in His Vocation," a subject new to ecumenical gatherings, which will consider the importance of the layman's witness not only in church, but in his job and the whole of his life...