Word: churchmen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...many churchmen St. John Bosco's experience might seem all in the day's work-and not only in Bosco's Italy. Even in supposedly sober England, rectories appear hardly less haunted than castles. Perhaps the greatest expert on those teasing, furniture-tossing, ructious ghosts called poltergeists was the late British Jesuit, Father Herbert Thurston, who wrote two books and various pamphlets on the subject. Just published are two more notable studies by Roman Catholics: Shane Leslie's Ghost Book (Sheed & Ward; $3) and Occult Phenomena, by Father Alois Wiesinger, an Austrian Trappist (Newman Press...
...Churchmen of all faiths seemed ready to agree. Said the World Council of Churches in Geneva: "Christians must stand together with all who, in the struggle for freedom, suffer pain and trial." The National Council of Churches in the U.S. cabled the Russian Orthodox Church, asking it to work for "the avoidance of further bloodshed and oppression...
...more than ever a part of the U.S. scene. Clergymen have mixed feelings about it. Some see it as a heartening sign of a religious revival, believe that movies can make the stories and sometimes even the spirit of the Bible come alive for otherwise indifferent millions. Other churchmen are appalled to find Scripture reduced to sex and circuses, to see spiritual messages clothed in the well-publicized flesh of Hollywood stars, regard the whole trend as part of a vulgarization of religion. This week the biggest religious movie ever. Cecil B. De-Mille's The Ten Commandments (TIME...
Producer DeMille had trouped churchmen of all denominations to the previews, solicited their comments. Instead of the usual reviewers' blurbs ("Terrific" -Crowther. New York Times), Paramount's huge ads could now carry blurbs from churchmen ("Moving"-Spellman, New York Archdiocese). The line-up was impressive. Methodist Dr. Ralph 'Sock-man: "It brings the authentic views of the Bible's landscape to the man living on Main Street.'' Dr. W. A. Criswell of Dal las' First Baptist Church: "We are not the same after we have lived through the experience of following Moses through...
...Lack of cultural opportunities throughout the Soviet Union is forcing young people to "turn to the church for consolation," complained Pravda. Particularly in the Ural area, Pravda admitted, "the influence of local churchmen is becoming increasingly strong...