Word: dogma
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...doctrinal reunion. Anglicans were still Anglicans (see below) and the other member churches had also yielded no iota of dogma. But the assembly was living proof that Christians could work and plan together. It showed the churches' dawning conviction that without such unity they cannot hope to challenge the secularism of modern society...
There can be no denying the conviction of the film. The actors are uniformly excellent and restrained; the direction is good, except for its unintentional lapses into 'Ninotchka' mockery, revealing the risible elements of any dogma-swallowing people; the photography is just right. I found myself frequently on the edge of my seat with stomach tingling, like it used to do when, as a kid, I saw the 'Dracula' films...
...said, "believe every other nation will eventually undergo a revolution and a dictatorship of the proletariat will be established. These rulers seem quite prepared to assist the course of history by keeping a steady pressure where they can. Their emphasis is not on change, but on orthodoxy, on party dogma...
...designed to convince: most of those who already agree with policies of the Youth for Democracy will find "The New Student" pleasant reading; those who oppose AYD and the HYD affiliate will find it noxious. And the hesitant center group will probably be unable to swallow the mass of dogma, blatant assertions, and--in instances--half-truths and twisted conclusions it contains, although the typography is excellent...
...profess, are working hand-in-hand to further the interests of militarists and monopolists at home and abroad. This position is dwelt on at greater length by the editors in an article "What Now, What Next." Their discussion, however, adds little to Mr. Hersh's story, except for the dogma that the Wallace Third Party is the only "genuine alternative to war, depression, and fascism." Al Gold gives an interesting picture of the powerful Isacson campaign in "Victory in the Bronx," although his implication that, with "proper" organization, Wallace will sweep the nation in November seems unjustified on the grounds...