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...pastor of the First Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Va. His slim book, Dear Charles (Macmillan; $2.50), is a light but merciless exposé of the rituals of tinkling cymbalism. It is more disturbing than Gantry because it could easily pass as the handbook of many a modern clergyman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Tinkling Cymbalism | 8/22/1955 | See Source »

...wryly informed the Soviet Union that it is ready to accept a permanent Soviet clergyman in return for permission to send a new U.S. Roman Catholic priest to Moscow to replace ousted Father Georges Bissonnette...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Words & Works | 7/11/1955 | See Source »

...plunging necklines and backless dresses of modern brides are becoming an increasing distraction to clergymen officiating at weddings, the Rev. Leslie Aitken of Burley Vicarage, Leeds, England complained to his Anglican parishioners. "During the ceremony," the clergyman said, "the girls stand two steps below me . . . It's all terribly embarrassing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Words & Works | 7/11/1955 | See Source »

Married. Ann Clark Rockefeller, 20, Wellesley senior and elder daughter of Under Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare Nelson A. Rockefeller; and the Rev. Robert Laughlin Pierson, 29, Episcopal clergyman; in New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 4, 1955 | 7/4/1955 | See Source »

...crowded sanctuary of Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church on staid, tree-lined Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va. last week, a pro-segregation clergyman rose and heralded the defeat of his faction in singular language. Said the Rev. Alton J. Shirey: "You flattened us like a steam roller yesterday. Let's not cut the puppy's tail off an inch at a time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Segregation & the Churches | 6/20/1955 | See Source »

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