Word: churches
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Wenceslas Square in Prague, asking the crowds to leave the square to the tanks. A deadly hush fell over the square as the people drifted away, clearly unnerving the Russians. Then the city suddenly exploded in noise as drivers in cars leaned on their horns, factory whistles sounded and church bells rang...
...religion. They won from Rome the right to conduct their religious services in Slavonic in the 9th century. Partially as a result of this independence, the Czechs started the Reformation 100 years before Luther. The revolt was led by Jan Hus, who called for a reform of the Catholic Church and encouraged laymen to participate in the sacrament of the Eucharist...
...cost of salvation is high. While the introductory lesson is only $15, it can cost as much as $5,000 to complete the entire Scientology course. "It's the only church I've ever seen with a cashier's booth," says a secretary from Texas who quit after one session. Those seeking spiritual release must pass through five levels of liberation; in addition to lectures on the glories of Scientology, initiates must answer a long series of questions, often highly personal, while clutching two tin cans wired to an "E-meter," an electrical gadget reputed...
Public attention usually does Scientology more harm than good. In Australia, a 1965 government inquiry branded Hubbard a "fraud" and Scientology "evil, fantastic and impossible, its principles perverted and ill-founded, its techniques debased and harmful." In 1963, the U.S. Federal Drug Administration raided the cult's church in Washington, D.C., and seized all its E-meters on the grounds that Scientology falsely promised the cure of "neuroses, psychoses, schizophrenia and all psychosomatic illnesses." Last week the British Home Office announced that 800 Scientologists planning to arrive in England this week for their international congress will not be allowed...
...line show is one of the most discredited forms of radio programming. What could be more unedifying than know-nothing listeners phoning in their philosophies to know-it-all ex-disk jockeys? But this summer the United Methodist Church is making judicious use of the format. It is sponsoring a radio dialogue between the races that is more compelling than any heard on the sudden multitude of such talk shows, including those produced...