Word: christianized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Schaper, a troubled young woman who was fighting depression and rebelling against her devoutly Christian parents, ended up having a six-month relationship with Sergeant Paul Belisle, a married recruiter. By the time it was over, the teenager had contracted herpes and twice attempted suicide. After a six-month probe, the Army washed its hands of the messy affair on April 14, telling the Schapers that it had no legal responsibility for an out-of-control sergeant. But Belisle acknowledges that he brought a formidable weapon to his role as seducer. "I didn't realize how powerful the uniform...
Country music, even in the depths, is essentially Christian: it sees a happy ending, if not in this life, then in eternity. Death is a "sweet bluebonnet spring" ("When we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wings/ And we will fly away to heaven") in the gorgeous remake of her Gulf Coast Highway, a duet with Hootie's Darius Rucker. His gruff baritone and Griffith's twangy soprano soar apart, then join in double rapture. The instrumentation--string quintet, Floyd Cramerish rolling piano, electric slide guitar--makes the song a pretty little anthology of pop's fine...
...Christian minister, I thought author Camille Paglia had the best insight into why Christians who believe in the Bible have a problem with homosexuality [TELEVISION, April 14]. We have a heartfelt conviction that it is wrong. The Bible teaches that wrong is wrong, but it also teaches that some things will result in greater public outcry than others. Sexuality is one of them. The extreme fringes of sexuality will always carry the most severe consequences. (THE REV.) WENDELL RAY First Baptist Church Gulf Breeze, Florida...
...grateful that Paglia, an open lesbian, acknowledged that the objections of conservative Christian ministers to the gay community are not simply bigotry. I am tired of Christians' being portrayed as hatemongers for holding true to deeply held biblical convictions. I am a Christian who opposes the very open gay agenda, but I do not hate homosexual people, and I'm tired of being told I do. MIKE HALL Agana Heights, Guam...
...selection committee included Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes, University Marshal Richard M. Hunt, vocal coach and voice teacher Bonnie Raphael, Quincy House Master Michael Shinagel and Professor of Greek and Latin Richard F. Thomas...