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such spiritual gifts as the ability to "prophesy" (not predicting events, but uttering spiritual messages from God), the power to heal, and, perhaps most controversial of all, the ability to speak in "tongues," known technically as glossolalia. The weird sounds of glossolalia, a primitive kind of communication, either spoken or sung and without any apparent meaning, disturb Christians outside the movement. Among Charismatics, though, glossolalia has two functions-private devotion and public prayer or prophecy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Pentecostal Tide | 6/18/1973 | See Source »

...terror needs time to heal, " she says. "I just cling to a fleeting hope. Maybe they were all murdered, but I can only hope they will find one of them in a cave somewhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Life without Father | 6/11/1973 | See Source »

Disclose, cries the ACSR, A rare triumph for truth and justice achieved institutionally. Then, the crash of reality. The institutional amoeba has engulfed the problem. Let the inflamation subside; heal with anesthesiology...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ACSR ATTACKED | 5/7/1973 | See Source »

...when something came cracking down the middle." That day may finally be dawning in Ulster politics. After four years of violence, more and more people seem to be coming around to the belief that a strong political center-something that has seldom existed in Northern Ireland-could heal the wounds created by religious polarization...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORTHERN IRELAND: Rise of the Moderates | 4/30/1973 | See Source »

...with coins between their teeth. Stray cows poked their noses into ruins that Du Camp was conscientiously measuring. It was fun to discuss theology with prelates of obscure religions, or the technique of the bastinado with corrupt judges (it takes three months for the flesh of the rump to heal after 500 blows; feet never heal at all). Indiscriminate sex was even greater fun for the young men, though the reader may be slightly bemused by the amount of it included in the book. Flaubert's fleshly encounters-totally devoid of personal communication-satisfied him far more than what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Before Bovary | 4/16/1973 | See Source »

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