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Writing more than 15 books and reams of articles, building a cultural bridge to Europe which attracted men like Paul Tillich and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, he brought a whole generation of Christians back to theology. Today the delusions of the ''Social Gospel" may have receded, but new problems have appeared. ''The insecurities of our age strongly tempt this generation, not to the utopianism of yesterday, but to flight into any kind of storm cellar of religious security, whether this be Biblicism of eschatological irresponsibility or emphasis on the uniqueness of the church...
...looked after Tony for three years in his Pimlico apartment. His other guests range from a bus driver and the postmistress of the Welsh village of Bontnewydd, near his father's home, to such stage celebrities as Jean Cocteau, Leslie Caron, Sir Michael Redgrave and Emlyn Williams. Marlene Dietrich was invited but, like all the crowned heads of Europe except Queen Ingrid of Denmark, she is too busy to come...
...concert tour of Europe, at Paris' Palais de Chaillot, Crooner Nat ("King") Cole packed in the locals, racked up a whopping $10,000 gross in one big night. The house was his, in some individual cases hysterically, and foremost among his backstage admirers was glamorous Grandma Marlene Dietrich, who this week will begin her own tour of West Germany...
...many theologians have been hanged. One who was is attracting a growing following among ministers and seminarians in the U.S. What makes Dietrich Bonhoeffer notable in 1960 is not the manner of his death at the hands of the Nazis 15 years ago nor anything as concrete as a theological system; he is important because of his varied Christian insights, including above all the view that the Christian must not withdraw from the world, but must live in it fully, with his faith. In the words of a new book* about Bonhoeffer, he "challenged the church to rethink...
Planning a return to West German stages after a 30-year absence, Berlin-born Glamour Girl Marlene Dietrich, 55. was aware that her'reception might be chilly. Reason: during and after World War II, Grandma Marlene damned Hitler and his works so roundly that many Germans still believe she is downright anti-German. Marlene's impending return created a spate of mumbling in the West German press. She shrugged it off: "The only thing I'm really afraid of is eggs. I have a swans-down coat, and if an egg ever hits...