Word: orthodox
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Concerning the difference between Reform, Conservative and Orthodox Judaism, one of the most illuminating definitions was given recently by a Conservative rabbi when he said...
...spirit and temper of intolerant dogmatism. Such dogmatism radically contradicts the Christian doctrine of human finitude and the Christian exhortation to humility. It contradicts no less radically the spirit of open-minded scientific inquiry ... It dictates a rigid, monolithic society which, however benevolent, regiments its members according to an orthodox party line." If Buckley had his way, said Greene, teaching "would become . . . dull, slavish, and uninspired . . . He would transform Yale into the most dogmatic, hidebound institute for orthodox propaganda...
...wise, kindly, rather sad face and a completely relaxed presence make Bechet a pleasure to watch as well. Born in New Orleans, he migrated to Chicago with his contemporaries in the Twenties. But commercial success did not come to him as it did to the "orthodox" of the Joe Oliver camp. Perhaps his fondness for France cost him his share in the proceeds from the enthusiastic public acceptance of jazz. Whatever the reasons, it is still Armstrong who gets thousands for appearances at the vast showplaces and theatres, while Bechet plays at the far smaller Storyville, in the Hotel Buckminster...
Labeling Buckley's system as fascistic, Theodore M. Greene, Professor of Philosophy at Yale, wrote that "It would become propaganda, dull, slavish, and uninspired, for the teacher's one concern would be orthodox conformity...
...priest got off the mainline of his attack on orthodox Catholic theology and concentrated all his vocal power on the Jews. He called them shady businessmen, hypocrites, and insidious destroyers of the Catholic faith. The people near the altar nodded with agreement at these sentiments, but the shouting grew agreement from the fringes of the crowd...