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John Owen Bealy, head of the S.M.U. English department and a member of the faculty for 34 years, had charged that the University was being taken over by what he called "powerful, non-Christian Clements in our population." In a pamphlet entitled "How to Capture a University," Beaty had asked, "Are the minds of our students to be guided by B'nai B'rith. . . or by Soviet Moscow. . . or by asserted devotees of the little world lower which usurps the name of 'Israel...
Nationalism. "The renascence of non-Christian religions and the spread of new ideologies necessitate a new approach in our evangelizing task. In many countries, especially in Asia and parts of Africa, these religious revivals are reinforced by nationalism and often present themselves as effective bases for social reform . . . They [are] based on man's persistent desire to be master of his own destiny. The Gospel hope, on the contrary, does not rest upon what man can do for himself but on God's promise, in judgment and mercy, finally to fulfill His purposes...
...have to sense the imperceptible and yet real shifting of the center of gravity from the Christian nations to the non-Christian world . . . So-called Chris tian civilization finds itself in disintegration . . . Christian nations have failed to carry out, in time, the indispensable, long-awaited social adaptations . . . and to assist other nations in their struggle against misery, poverty and ignorance...
John Owen Beaty, head of the S.M.U. English department and a member of the faculty for 34 years, had charged that the University was being taken over by what he called "powerful, non-Christian elements in our population." In a pamphlet entitled "How to Capture a University," Beaty had asked, "Are the minds of our students to be guided by B'nal Writh... or by Soviet Moscow... or by assorted devotees of the little world power which usurps the name of 'Israel...
...trustees of Southern Methodist University reprimanded Professor John Beaty (TIME, April 12) for publicly charging that the university was being taken over by "powerful non-Christian elements." The facts, said the trustees, "do not bear out the allegations made by Dr. Beaty...