Word: denialism
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...current effort to settle justification began in the '60s, when Catholicism joined the ecumenical movement. Theologians from both traditions eventually concluded that the 16th century anathemas were more a function of crossed wires than a denial that salvation is a no-strings-attached gift from God. The Joint Declaration, says emeritus Yale theologian George Lindbeck, who helped draft earlier efforts, reflects the conclusion that Catholicism never denied justification through grace; it was simply more focused on the human drama of the transformed sinner than on the exclusively divine origin of his or her transformation. "The two descriptions of salvation...
...President. Dale Young, an alleged Lewinsky confidante reportedly told the magazine that Lewinsky had claimed she and the President had engaged in foreplay, but that "nothing was ever taken to conclusion." Adding new detail to the coy speculation over the latitude of definitions involved in the President's denial of the relationship, Young was quoted as saying, "He felt it wasn't really oral sex if it wasn't completed...
...millions of dollars, which among many other things built the University of Chicago and transformed the entire field of medical education and research. Rockefeller's enemies simplified the puzzle by dismissing him as a hypocrite. Rockefeller, being a man of profound internal consistency and with a certain gift for denial, never saw the contradictions...
...colonel's denial echoed recent declarations made by police in other states but did little to convince black drivers in Maryland and elsewhere. Profiling--a police practice of viewing certain characteristics as indicators of criminal behavior--is common across the U.S. But authorities uniformly deny that race is one of the characteristics. "It's a shell game," says Bill Mertens, lead outside counsel for the A.C.L.U. in the case against Maryland. "Police use profiling sloppily and rely on racial characteristics in totally illegal ways...
Charles R. Nesson '60, Weld professor of law, has been an outspoken critic of Berkowitz's ad hoc committee and his subsequent denial of tenure...