Word: fellowships
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Government Department voted last night "in principle" to join the History Department in extending long-term fellowship aid to its graduate students...
...committee approved the pro visional admission of nine new churches, which will bring the total to 209, Dr. Kathleen Bliss of Great Britain, a member of the Executive Committee, pointed out that there is a risk involved in growth: the possibility that the council's original sense of fellowship may be lost. "A lot of churches join as a way of making themselves 'O.K.' churches," she said, adding that they often bring "something that is not thereby the World Council's wishes." As it has grown, the council has created a flock of initial-rich branchlets...
...Self-Realization Fellowship, too, seemed likely to sputter out after the death of Founder Paramhansa Yogananda in 1952, but instead it has thrived. Membership has doubled over the past ten years, to about 125,000 (one-third of them in California). The Fellowship is now in the midst of a building program, and the number of worship centers is expected to double, to 180, within six months. One source of the Fellowship's financial prosperity is the success of its best-known commercial enterprise, the Mushroomburger restaurant on Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard; it features, along with more...
...Rose, Rose, Roses." To the uninitiated, the Self-Realization Fellowship looks like the religious counterpart of mild curry - a bit of India adapted to Western tastes. Members adopt Indian names upon joining the sect, profess belief in such Hindu concepts as reincarnation. But like Bahai, Subud, Unity, the highbrowish Vedanta Society, and a number of other religious groups, the Self-Realization Fellowship is a syncretic faith, combining ingredients of both Eastern and Western religions. The Fellowship teaches that there is a common truth behind all religious experience, and the members revere both the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita. Fellowship doctrine...
...California follower recalls that when he met Yogananda, "I knew I had found the essence of life. He had the essence that showed a great peace, a great joy." Since 1955, the sect has been governed by Miss Faye Wright, 49, known in the Fellowship as Daya Mata. Daya Mata joined the sect in Salt Lake City at the age of 17, after Yogananda cured her of a blood disease that had forced her to leave high school. This week she is going to set out on a journey to India for a half-year visit with members of Yogoda...