Word: methodist
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Harvard women’s tennis dropped its first match of the spring season, falling 4-3 to No. 57 Southern Methodist University on Saturday at the Murr Center. The Crimson (0-1) had strong individual performances from captain Stephanie Schnitter and freshman Agnes Sibilski but could not squeak out an overall victory...
...Charlesworth, who is also a Methodist minister, says that the possible discovery of Christ's tomb will elicit mixed reactions among Christians. Most, he believes, will view it positively. The faith of some believers, he says, will be buoyed by historical proof that Christ, the son of Joseph and Mary, did exist. "I don't think it will undermine belief in the resurrection, only that Jesus rose as a spiritual body, not in the flesh." He adds: "Christianity is a strong religion, based on faith and experience, and I don't think that any discovery by archeologists will change that...
...refused to play the outsider. "Twenty-five years ago, when mostly young gay men began dying, we certainly did not talk about it in church," Clinton told the crowd. "We've come a long way." She still has a way to go. In a recent Pew poll, the lifelong Methodist was seen as the least religious candidate...
...Jewish culture Siegel and Shuster instilled in their character: baby Superman's passage through space in a cradle-like vessel and subsequent adoption "is the story of Moses," he says, adding that El of Superman's given name Kal-El is a Hebrew word for God. But with a Methodist upbringing and extra-terrestrial origins, Superman, says Pasamonik, is best described simply as a "non-Aryan" hero...
...made no explicit references to God or faith but decried "winning elections at the cost of selling your soul" and cited "the one moral commandment that makes us Americans: to give our children a better future than we received." While his opponents have more robust religious-outreach efforts, the Methodist Southerner may have hit just the right notes for cultural conservatives. [SECULARIST=1] [THEOCRAT...