Word: clergymen
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...reasons that Martin Luther King Jr. was granted so much slack after it was discovered that he had plagiarized some of his doctoral thesis (apart from the fact that he was one of the greatest humans our country has produced) was the tacit understanding that when clergymen or pious laypeople write, sing or speak of God, it is God and not their own egos that they are glorifying, even when they crib from someone...
...religion can never really be “put to rest” at Harvard, for it is in our institutional DNA and, with very few exceptions, all of our presidents before 1869 were clergymen. Our senior governing board, the Overseers, still has as one of its honorifics, “The Reverend,” and our most solemn assemblies are usually opened and closed with prayer. When I teach my Harvard history course, many are surprised by the large role that religion played in the foundation of the University, and shocked to learn that Henry Dunster, our first...
...legal proceedings had divided Alabama, with law enforcement demanding justice and clergymen from the victimized churches pleading for mercy and forgiveness. One preacher, the Rev. Walter Hawkins, spoke in court with, he said, a "spirit of forgiveness. We love them and want them to come and visit us as soon as they finish their sentences." But Bibb County District Attorney Michael Jackson believed that full weight of justice still has to be imposed. The federal government may have exacted its due but Alabama had to get its hands on the trio to serve time under state law. That could mean...
...issues brought about by the assassination of Hariri. The international tribunal [to investigate the assassination] is one of the basic objectives of this government. Why? Because following the assassination of Hariri, there have been other assassinations. This follows assassinations during the past 30 years, leaders of thought, editors, politicians, clergymen, the grand mufti, the Druze mufti. That's why one should insist on the international tribunal. Not only to get to know who committed these crimes, but as well to protect democracy in this country. It is not a vendetta. It is a duty to the Lebanese people...
Bottom Line: The deftly written and directed “Deliver Us From Evil” provides a timely exploration of the power dynamic between abusive clergymen and their most vulnerable parishioners...