Word: gospels
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nevelson's attempt at a fusion of painting and sculpture ended by confusing her reputation during the 1960s. The art Establishment was dominated by a formalist view that took it as gospel that art should be "self-defining"-so that painting must eliminate every attribute not unique to painting, and sculpture likewise to sculpture. To this Establishment Nevelson seemed impure to the point of sloppiness and her love of metaphor and allusion quite improper. Nor did it help that she was a woman. Thus, in one of the most celebrated curatorial blunders in recent memory, she was left...
...only for personal growth. This kind of dialogue would be totally meaningless if it isn't expressed in some kind of real blood, sweat and tears struggle." Miller's hope is that the society become the catalyst for young Blacks at Harvard to make the commitment of making the gospel real by dedicating a life of work in the church...
...education, politics and other social concerns are the major goals of the church." For the last decade the Church has lost its original focus, concentrating, instead, on the welfare of the community, he says, adding, "We must return to the simple power of truth and simplicity in the Gospel." Stressing his support for the Seymour Society's current, more personal, orientation, he argues that the bulk of the church's work should be providing people with spiritual tools to allow them to prevent self-destructive habits. "Only then should it extend its energies to politics," he says...
...Will the society allow itself to fall into the trap of intellectual structures?" Miller asks. "These intellectuals are supposedly representing the masses of Black people, and of Black Christians specifically. Particularly, the Gospel must be translated and actualized." To Miller, the actualization of the Gospel means a radical transformation of society. The Seymour Society as a whole is not as radical as Miller, though some members find their scriptural studies leading them toward the conclusion that the realization of Christian principles will necessitate a revolution. While the society encompasses many social and economic viewpoints, the members hold in common ideals...
...LIMITED-GOVERNMENT GOSPEL that now dominates both the minds of America's leaders and the nation's political discourse, one homily in particular has received the nodding assent of liberals and conservatives alike: government can't solve problems by "throwing money at them." Yet the same leaders who preach the impotence of federal dollars in the war on poverty and social inequality show remarkably little skepticism about the effectiveness of the dollar in winning military battles...