Word: christianized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...might think a minister would have a hard time reconciling his Christian beliefs with, say, stomping on a blocker on his way to mauling a quarterback. "That's aggression," says White, "not violence. Shooting a gun is violence. Playing football to win is not violence. When we're tested, Jesus doesn't ask us to be wimps...
...Scripture, smartly parsed, are perfect fare for the faith starved. Each application of Bainton's doctrine invites a new group into Gomes' revival tent; just as important, each serves as an example of the way the Bible can still speak to even the most liberal or intellectually sophisticated Christian...
...surprising that your otherwise comprehensive article on Mary [RELIGION, Dec. 23] failed to mention a central affirmation of Christian liturgy and belief for countless religious people, namely the Magnificat. To quote from Luke 1: "And Mary said ... For behold, henceforth, all generations will call me blessed; for he who is mighty has done great things for me ... He has put down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of low degree." In a world with a deep chasm between the rich and the poor, this biblical witness of Mary's song of praise becomes ever more important...
...detail concerns 42-year-old Charles Barbee, one of the three: he worked for AT&T in Georgia, Florida and Idaho, and may have held a grudge against the company. In an interview with the Spokane paper in 1995, Barbee claimed AT&T was an immoral company that mistreated Christian white men. The Atlanta bomb went off in the AT&T Global Village. Understandably cautious after the Richard Jewell fiasco, an FBI spokesman cautioned today that it is "entirely premature to link the Spokane bombings to the Olympic Park bombing...
...core of Suma Ching Hai's teachings is what she calls Quan Yin meditation. It involves no chanting, no mantras, but a "contemplation of the inner sound stream," as her disciple and U.S. spokesperson Pamela Millar describes it. The Supreme Master's lectures are laced with Taoist, Buddhist and Christian references (she likes the Bible verse "In the beginning was the Word...and the Word was God.") She denies she is an incarnation of the Chinese goddess of mercy. Still, her publications and Website always capitalize pronouns that refer to her. Suma Ching Hai simply says she is enlightened...