Word: christianized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...suggested that all religions be treated withthe "same uniform, benign neglect under whichnon-Christian faiths have always grinded...
...Sunday, Dec. 6, and as reported in The Crimson on Monday, Dec. 7, anonymous flyers appeared in freshman dormitories stating, "Chris King wants Global Youth Connect to come organize student life at Harvard. Is this what you want?" The flyers then proceeded with quotes from a Christian organization that aims to "reach non-believing students...
...faiths, years, concentrations and interests to make Harvard feel more inclusive rather than exclusive. These aims are reflected in the diversity of people their campaign has attracted. Religion has never been mentioned as part of the King-Driskell campaign, nor are either King or Driskell members of the specific Christian organization, Christian Fellowship, to which an e-mail including a prayer request for the team was recently sent...
Since religion or connection with Christian organizations is in no way part of the King-Driskell platform, the intimation made in today's editorial must refer not to platform but to private faith. To imply that having religious beliefs as a candidate should "raise concern" among students is to characterize private faith as dangerous and unwanted. To call "values-driven leadership"--something one would hope all candidates would strive to embody--"troubling" due to private faith, which has been completely unmentioned by the candidates themselves, is to stigmatize those who hold to religious beliefs and to prejudge and misrepresent their...
...Crimson editors, in implying a Christian bent on the King-Driskell campaign, reveal their failure to examine the platform for its specific, nonpartisan and progressive goals. They have fallen prey to the very slander that was an attempt to divert the message of the campaign-making it that much clearer that Harvard lacks the attributes of the true community King and Driskell wish to build. SARA NAYEEM...