Word: clergymen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...morning of Inauguration Day, a cold, clear, bright morning, Lyndon Johnson was up at 6:40, breakfasted with Lady Bird, and did some last-minute tinkering with his inaugural speech. Then the Johnsons drove to a special service at Washington's National City Christian Church. Clergymen of several denominations took part, among them Evangelist Billy Graham, who said...
...current rebellion against baptizing children has both practical and scriptural motives. Many vicars are depressed by the number of nonchurchgoing laymen who want to see their child christened merely as a matter of form. Other clergymen have also been convinced by their scriptural studies that in apostolic times baptism was reserved for converted adults, and that Jesus' instruction-"Suffer little children . . . to come unto me"-implies only a naming-and-blessing ceremony...
...become increasingly difficult to obtain a copy since the Obscene Literature Control Commission moved against it in January, 1964. Once the 15-year-old's purchase of Fanny had been reported to the Commission, it recommended prosecution to the Attorney General's office. Made up of three clergymen, a high school principle, a police chief, and a newspaper publisher, the Commission is chaired by Joseph Zabriskie, who insists that the "rank-and-file in the state" endorse its efforts to seek out obscene literature which is alien to prevailing community standards...
Changed Rhythm. According to Princeton Theologian M. Richard Schaull, worship ought to be "an expression in symbol and sacrament of what God is doing to make human life human." Many clergymen, and laymen too, question whether existing patterns of worship are suited to the church of the future. The long weekend and the five-day week have already changed the rhythm of life that made Sunday morning the natural time to pay homage to God. In the 21st century, liturgies may be celebrated-as they were in the early church-in homes or places of work, and rarely...
...behind the defendants, who became town martyrs. This reasoning no longer holds weight. True, an angry mob of rednecks gathered to hiss the FBI agents upon the arrest of Sheriff Rainey. But that mob did not speak for the town. Rainey was no martyr to the ten Neshoba County clergymen, all of whom signed this statement: "There is an element of shame to all that there would be among us those accused of such a crime... We desire to see justice prevail...