Word: nonconformists
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...turn to religion as a replacement for scientific knowledge. Tillich criticized ways employed by some religionists to expedite this revival, maintaining that evangelists--"now conformists"--have used religion as a tool rather than an end in itself. In conclusion, Professor Tillich noted the present lamentable state of individualism. "The nonconformist," he said, "will have to go underground...
...like many another dissident religion, found a happy home in the U.S. Its fierce egalitarianism, its jealous separation of church and state, its warm, free form of worship-all had strong appeal for the kind of man most likely to succeed on the new continent. And so the cantankerous, nonconformist, freedom-worshiping Baptists and the cantankerous, nonconformist, freedom-worshiping Americans took to each other and grew up together...
...even have guessed at the romance until three weeks ago. Now the great weight of sedate judgment was making itself felt: the views of the Archbishop of Canterbury, of such powerful leaders of Conservative thought as the Marquess of Salisbury, and of the cautious, conservative and pious segment of nonconformist believers throughout the land. In the wake of this slow gathering of substantial opinion, many a lighter-hearted Briton was forced to forget the sentiment and take stock of the significance of Margaret's apparently firm intention to marry outside her church and outside the stern limitations...
...still savoring his reputation as France's esthetic enfant terrible, Cocteau in times past has taken a gamin's delight in cocking a snook at the stuffy academicians. But things change, he explained, and "one wants to be oneself and yet the opposite." Like others before him, nonconformist Cocteau had succumbed to "the Green Fever," the desire to wear the gold-embroidered green uniform of the academy's Immortals...
...does not recognize divorce, would find that permission all but impossible to grant in the case of divorced Group Captain Townsend. But though now free and 25, Margaret, as an heir to the throne, must still reckon with objections from Parliament, where the bishops in Lords and the powerful Nonconformist backbenchers in Commons could make trouble. To get around this, Margaret would probably have to trade her right of succession to the throne for marriage with the man of her choice...