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...Malraux was back in China as guest of the Red leaders who achieved the revolution Malraux worked for as a young man. Too individualistic ever to join the party, Malraux's own disillusion with Communism came with the Nazi-Soviet pact, and he has since embraced a narrower creed: Gaullism...
...seducing women" by quoting it. Seventeen magazine, noting Prophet's popularity, quoted a teenage-girl reader to the effect that "it is unique and just right for clearing cobwebs and refueling weary souls." In a word, it seems to provide a philosophy for the somewhat immature, a creed for the vaguely well-meaning, a consolation for those who think religion is a misty feeling...
...Pittsburgh, Peoria and San Jose, Calif., have gone on record as opposing the Confession in its present form. In Seattle, the Rev. David Brittain of Foster-Tukwila Presbyterian Church fears that one-fourth of the city's 30,000 Presbyterians might ultimately bolt because of the new creed. The Rev. Edward Stimson, pastor of Omaha's Dundee Presbyterian Church and leader of the opposition to the Confession at the General Assembly, claims to have received letters of support from 250 ministers...
...dialogues have no common theme. The Catholic-Episcopal talks focused primarily on the sacraments-including the validity of Anglican baptism. With the Lutherans, discussion centered on how the two faiths interpret the Nicene Creed. Last week's meeting with the Presbyterians was intended primarily to settle on subjects for future talks, ended with the decision to explore reform and renewal within the two bodies. So far, of course, no issues have been resolved. But, adds Bishop Unterkoefler, "a bond of friendship and unity has been created that augurs well for our future meetings...
...book, Author Harrington abandons sociological reportage and essays a sweeping analysis of 20th century culture in crisis. His theses are all too familiar. Proliferating technology has transformed Western civilization: "The chasm between technological capacity and economic, political, social, and religious consciousness has unsettled every faith and creed in the West." Economic collectivization is inevitable. But it has begun in America without conscious planning, and the power of economic decision now rests with bureaucratic corporations rather than with the democratic mass most profoundly affected. Slogging his way toward these conclusions, Author Harrington quotes everyone from Hannah Arendt to William Butler Yeats...