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...said the Buddhists in South Viet Nam were trying to embarrass the government and cause dissension with their continual harangues and displays of public immolation by fire. Their actions have only served to point up some of the reasons Christian missionaries have tried for years to truly enlighten these unfortunate people. Unlike Madame Nhu, I do not propose fighting fire with fire, but I have to agree with her that as a group they are certainly exasperating...
Solving the problem of hermeneutic -meaning the theory of interpretation -is a game that Americans can play too. In the jet age, sages from Basle and Marburg can breeze in to enlighten their U.S. colleagues at a brisk three-day seminar, and theology has become increasingly international. One proof is a new book called The New Hermeneutic (Harper & Row; $5), the second in a series devoted to a dialogue between Continental and American theologians on major religious issues. Edited by James M. Robinson and John B. Cobb Jr. of the Southern California School of Theology, the book contains essays...
...Editor's Note: With this column, the CRIMSON inaugurates a series of diverting articles to entertain and enlighten Harvard students during reading and exam periods. Twice each week from now until the end of the term, "Here and Other Places" will provide earlymorning escape from the tedium of studies. In the first installment we present a preview of subjects to be treated in weeks to come...
...role is to inform, but in addition to enlighten and persuade...
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