Word: faith
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...antagonism and discrimination, but the total context of his talk was chilling to liberal theologians. He asserted that the church has a special mission to "guard and transmit intact the deposit of Christian doctrine," thus reaffirming the thought that Christianity is a body of fixed beliefs rather than a faith that ought to be adapted to modern circumstances...
...this reflects conscious decision and a major development: John Paul, who is perfectly aware of his charisma, is quite deliberately converting the papacy into a personal office, seeking to lead not by the weight of his authority but by the force of personal example of humanity and faith. It is a strategy as radical in its way as some of the Pope's doctrinal views are conservative, but well adapted to John Paul's personality and the world's eagerness for leadership...
...amateur," Stevenson says, treating Wells to a typical TV smorgasbord of news reports, war movies, and sadistic cartoons. Early on, Meyer sets up two conflicting theories of man's capacity for progress--Stevenson's conviction that man's dog-eat-dog nature will never change, versus Wells' optimistic faith--but the movie never really resolves the debate. "I'm home," declares the Ripper, and Time After Time adapts his fascination with depravity often, leisurely surveying San Francisco's Tenderloin District, or turning an average disco into an inferno of churning bodies. Yet Meyer seems reluctant to condemn Wells...
...dangers of violence. "It's catching, like measles," says Wells in a typically charming metaphor. Charming sums up the film very well, with its well-acted quips and well-edited terror. And charm is a rare commodity these days, as antiquated as voluminous petticoats, and gentlemen's agreements, and faith that man can make the world a better place...
This is easily the year's most preposterous movie premise, requiring one to accept many items on faith: that Wells did not merely imagine the Time Machine but actually built it in his basement; that since it operates in the fourth dimension it can be in two different times and places simultaneously so both hero and villain can use it; and, most important, that a film involving history's most notorious sex criminal can turn out to be an entertainment of considerable wit, charm and, of all things, romantic sweetness...