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...unholy coincidence that many took to be divine retribution. Two weeks ago, Canon David Jenkins, 59, who had publicly asserted that neither the Virgin birth nor the Resurrection need be taken too literally, was formally consecrated as Bishop of Durham in York Min- ster amid cries of protest. Less than three days later, in the early hours of the morning, lightning forked down on the wooden roof of the minster's 13th century south transept. By 2:30 a.m., flames were leap- ing from the medieval masterpiece that is the largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe...
...sooner had the fire subsided, however, than the flames of controversy were rekindled over the new Bishop of Durham. Jenkins, a professor of theology at the University of Leeds, had caused much of the fuss in a TV appearance about a month after he was named to the diocese. He had declared that the Virgin birth and the Resurrection might be more symbolic than literal, and that a person could be a good Christian even while doubting the divinity of Jesus. Immediately, traditionalists mounted a counterattack. The conservative Church of England Newspaper condemned Jenkins as a man "who takes pride...
...directors of Duke University's 3.2 million volume system plan to add a new building for all science books or possibly a storage building on the Durham. N.C. campus. Most of its books--about two million--are in the major Perkins Library, but Duke has begun building compact storage facilities for science volumes such as old academic journals, and has moved an initial 5000 volumes into the compact shelving...
...advantage was built on Bowa's RBI single off Dave LaPoint (1-3) in the second and a suicide squeeze bunt to cap a two run burst by Chicago in the fourth Jody Davis singled the first Chicago run in the fourth after Leon Durham and Ron Cey each walked and worked a double steal...
...fourth-period comeback and some inspired netminding from junior T.J. Woel gave the Harvard men's lacrosse team an important 12-10 victory over the University of New Hampshire yesterday afternoon in Durham...