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...most of its century of life, Drew Theological School in Madison, N.J., has had a reputation as the nation's most intellectually adventurous and scholarly Methodist seminary. Within the past year, however, its dean has been dismissed, six of the 24 professors have quit for other jobs, and more resignations are expected in the near future...
...salary offered the man was too high. Seminary Dean Charles W. Ranson then signed a confidential letter of complaint to the trustees-an action that Oxnam used as an excuse for firing him. Although Oxnam was backed by the trustees and by a special investigative committee appointed by the Methodist Church, the seminary remained unrepentant. Divinity students undertook a series of protest demonstrations and last fall the resignations began...
...denomination. The First Amendment's church-state clause, argued Judge Richard T. Rives, means that neither a state nor the Federal Government "can, openly or secretly, participate in the affairs of any religious organization." The decision, which also reaffirmed denominational title to the property of three other breakaway Methodist churches in Alabama, automatically knocked out a similar law in Mississippi-and Southern Presbyterians are hoping that it will apply to Georgia as well...
Cleaning City Hall. The action revolved around the award of the world-trade-center contract without competitive bidding to Real Estate Developer Keith Smith, 41, onetime (1962) Methodist Layman of the Year for Southern California-Arizona, who was charged with five counts of bribery and five of perjury. Smith, a member of the city commission on human relations, is accused of paying off, through complex financial transactions, four harbor commissioners in return for the $12 million contract...
...Methodist Bishop, Washington Area...