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Word: pewse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Congregationalist Pope questioned whether a so-called mass audience for religious programs really exists at all. "No matter what we do, we will not compete successfully with Jackie Gleason for the audience out there, not even if we give away free trips to Palestine or old church pews for use...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Prostitution of the Faith | 3/14/1955 | See Source »

Passing through the guard lines, they make their way to their desks in the Great Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace, a lofty room with canary-colored draperies hanging over tall windows in the south wall. In a gallery behind and above the Deputies, a few selected visitors, including foreign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Voice of Inexperience | 2/21/1955 | See Source »

Fish & Sanctity. The first church that young Dr. Coffin took over (he was fresh out of Manhattan's Union Theological Seminary) was near a Bronx fish market; in time, "the odor of sanctity overcame the odor of fish." Later, he moved to the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church. When he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Heart First | 12/6/1954 | See Source »

Tall, earnest Harold L. Hathorn, 30, came with his pretty blonde wife Clyde Marie and things really began to hum. The women of the church gave three dinners at which they raised $1,200 for the new building. Then they sat down and began writing letters-to prominent Mississippians, to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Little Egypt | 8/17/1953 | See Source »

Last week 32-member Egypt Methodist was abustle to raise about $500 more to add to the prize money for the purchase of 14 new pews. "I have no fear about obtaining the money." said Pastor Hathorn confidently. "Nothing stops our women when they go after something."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Little Egypt | 8/17/1953 | See Source »

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