Word: christly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...chief negotiators in the establishment of a sovereign Vatican state in 1929, since that date the papal nuncio to Italy, author (1952) of The Seventy Weeks of Daniel and the Messianic Date, in which he used the cryptographic prophecies in the book of Daniel to establish the date of Christ's crucifixion as April 7, A.D. 30; of a heart ailment; in Rome...
...Religion," preached Methodist Pastor Ralph W. Sockman to his Christ Church congregation on Manhattan's Park Avenue, "seems to have become the vogue in America. Church attendance is up. Church membership is growing faster than our population. Church finances are nourishing." But, he warned, this can lead to the exploitation of religion by politics, business and other interests. "Even the pulpit could be used to exploit religion rather than to explore it and expound it. We must be on guard against the tendency to use godly labels for products that are not really...
...role the play offers, it demands a superior ability, providing most of the plot's impetus and interest. Plisko gives a thoughtful performance, creating a character whose stature merits the two hour attention of an audience. Actually, he fills a slight gap left by Thomas Whedon, who plays a Christ-like figure (not unnaturally named Chris), described as one whose mere presence fills his friends with noble sentiments. Since this is a pretty hard role to fill, especially when limited to the generally false sounding lines that Miller provides, Whedon deserves much credit for making Chris extremely natural and likeable...
...more explicit. In an article written for a special section of Art News Annual (out next month), Wittgens recalls the highlights of the cleaning: "It was found when the restorations were removed that Judas' tunic was bright blue with traces of gold around the collar and that Christ's garment turned out to be flame red, a symbol of His sacrifice. [Before the cleaning job, it was a dirty lime.] In the landscape some bright blue water came to light [and] now the glossy pewter utensils reflect the most subtle gradations of color in the robes...
Buechler, unlike most of those who have struggled with the Fable, takes the book neither as an opportunity to grovel before the master nor to throw dirt in his face. Nor is he mesmerized by the Christ analogies, but instead considers the equally important Faulknerian themes of sacrifice and human dignity as they appear in the book. My only quarrel with the review, in fact, is its conclusion, wherein Buechler, after making what seemed like a good analysis of a bad book, urges it upon the unsuspecting reader: "Any book of Faulkner's deserves to be read and considered simply...