Word: earthness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...measure the earth movements in the fault zones, they established over 90 fixed observation points along the faults...
...heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's; but the earth hath he given to the children of men. -Psalm...
...astronauts' reading the opening verses of Genesis as a Christmas Eve message to mankind.* A number of clergymen feel that growing knowledge of the immensity of the universe may prove to be a stimulus to renewed faith in God the creator. Contemplating the sight of the earth seen from thousands of miles in space, observes Episcopal Chaplain Malcolm Boyd, "might open up new dimensions in conceiving of God, of dealing with the enhanced mystery." Whether or not this is a vain hope, a number of churchmen have suggested that the time has come for Christianity to produce...
Jesuit Theologian Paul Curtin of Boston College asserts that there is no authority for man's spiritual proselytizing outside the earth. "The only theology I know or can know," says Curtin, "is that of a revealed God in relationship to the children of Adam. If there are beings on another planet, then they must be the object of another Providence. They are not the children of Adam, and so they are not a part of our salvation history, which is that of a fallen and redeemed race...
Space-Capsule Communes. Many theologians are asking whether it is ethical for man to transport bacteria from earth to other planets without knowing what the biological effects might be. Some clergymen suggest that prolonged space travel might result in new forms of family-sort of space-capsule communes. "When you have ships with a dozen or so people on them," says the Rev. Edward Hobbs of Berkeley's Episcopal divinity school, "I would presume that there would be some sort of heterosexual community formed...