Word: fundamentalistism
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Olson's book is an analysis of religious lessons that have been used by four representative Protestant* groups: the Unitarians and Universalists, the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, and the fundamentalist churches that sub scribe to the materials issued by the independent Scripture Press. Olson makes clear that all four church groups are officially and staunchly opposed to anti-Semitism and anti-Catholicism, and that most religious texts do provide a healthy antidote to prejudice. Nonetheless, he argues, there still exist lessons that can subtly evoke unfavorable attitudes to other faiths in pupils...
Glossolalia has come to Yale. The ability to "speak in tongues," possessed by the Apostles at the first Pentecost, has long been claimed by fundamentalist Protestant sects. In the last three years, glossolalia has also been tried out by a number of Lutheran and Episcopal churches in the Middle and Far West. Now 20 students in the secular, skeptical confines of Yale University report that they can pray in the spontaneous outpouring of syllables that sounds like utter babble to most listeners, but has a special meaning to the "gifted...
...Pentecostal minister preaches a simple theology: a fundamentalist belief in the Bible and in salvation through repentance and prayer; a fervent, emotional attachment to baptism of the Holy Spirit -the belief that the worshiper, like the apostles, can be instilled with a holiness that will meet the test of the Second Coming. Most of all, notes Henry P. Van Dusen, president of New York's Union Theological Seminary, the Pentecostals maintain "a life-commanding, life-transforming, seven-days-a-week devotion, however limited in outlook, to a living Lord of all life...
Representing 17 churches and religious organizations, the observers encompass all major Christian groups except the Greek Orthodox, the fundamentalist sects and the Baptists.* Their churches range from the Russian Orthodox, which considers itself part of the Catholic Church, to the Unitarian Universalist. which does not acknowledge the divinity of Jesus Christ. At his "family gathering" for the non-Catholics last week, Cardinal Bea asked the observers to "grant us complete confidence and tell us very frankly everything you dislike, to share with us your positive criticisms, your suggestions and your desires...
Christian Churches, a federation of 88 fundamentalist churches, denounced the ecumenicism of the World Council of Churches, and voted not to accept an invitation to the Vatican Council even if one was offered...