Word: christiane
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...yesterday’s meeting came to a close with Petersen, his hand tensing on the top of a bottle of champagne even as the final legislation was concluded, popping the cork so that it landed several rows deep in the council chamber. —Staff writer Christian B. Flow can be reached at cflow@fas.harvard.edu
Jerry Falwell stood apart from other fundamentalist Christian leaders in the last quarter of the 20th century as the man who dragged his strongly conservative faith fully - and many said recklessly - into the public square. American politics and, in many ways, American religion have not been the same since...
...during the Reagan years that Falwell seemed to most flex his political muscles, pushing the newly minted Republican Administration to tighten laws regulating abortion, preaching against homosexuality and pornography and pushing for looser tax treatment of, and more generous federal grants to, parochial and Christian schools. Falwell also dabbled in foreign policy, supporting Israeli sovereignty against the Palestinians and opposing the Reagan Administration when it announced plans to sell early warning planes to Saudi Arabia. The Moral Majority lasted only a decade, until l989. But Falwell remained a controversial figure - and a go-to source for politicians and reporters seeking...
...Staff writer Christian B. Flow can be reached at cflow@fas.harvard.edu...
...director of Caritas, the worldwide Catholic charity, says Benedict's message is a subtle departure from the Church's tradition of social teaching, which has been about changing unjust social structures. MacLaren told TIME: "The Pope is saying that there is something inside us, that there should be a Christian transformation within the process of people serving others." But it remains to be seen whether Benedict's emphasis on a personal spiritual response to poverty and inequality will satisfy those in his church who emphasize the fight for social justice outside of its walls...