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Ever since monks went out into the desert in the 4th century, they have challenged Christians to live up to the example of Jesus of Nazareth. On their quiet Vermont hilltop, and in forays out into the world, the brothers of Weston are trying to fashion a thoroughly modern community of faith. Their faithfulness to one another is the prime expression of their faithfulness to God. In an age when infidelity is the norm, theirs is an eminently contemporary witness. -BySusanne Washburn
...professor of theology at a Salvadoran university, says in the preface to his Christology at the Crossroads. "For some reason it has been possible for Christians, in the name of Christ, to ignore or even contradict fundamental principles and values that were preached and acted upon by Jesus of Nazareth." You have your Inquisition and your Crusades and your indulgence-selling and your papal imperialism, and in some ways you have a pretty grim picture. But from that legacy of dogma and rigidity, new ideas are emerging...
Some 80% of the population of Jordan is Palestinian. Most of the prominent members of the government are Palestinian Arabs-the same Arabs who are living in Galilee, in Nazareth, in Haifa. The only strangers are the members of the Hashemite Kingdom [ruled by King Hussein...
...networks may not earn the blessing of God as Easter and Passover approach, but they surely do turn righteous. Ever since Franco Zeffirelli's 6½-hour Jesus of Nazareth pulled big ratings four years ago, viewers have received annual lessons in Bible history and spiritual uplift, and have responded with the eager docility of A students in Sunday school. This year's entries in the Sanctity Sweepstakes focus on the struggle between warriors of the Word and the scheming princes of the Roman Empire. Peter and Paul (CBS, April 12 and 14) covers the crucial three decades...
Though sophisticates have long sneered at him, Norman Vin cent Peale, who said that "you do not need to be a victim of worry," was not entirely wrong. Thinkers more serious than Peale have construed a fearful attitude as a danger in itself. Jesus of Nazareth advised against fretting even about tomorrow. Psychologist William James saw life itself as a process of risk taking and thought it was debilitating to take risks too much to heart He urged people to will themselves to be confident of survival, to pretend confidence if necessary, allowing not even the "sweet' cautions...