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When the movie version of Jesus Christ Superstar opened in New York City this month, Jewish organizations were outraged. Most outspoken was the American Jewish Committee. The committee's watchdog for anti-Semitism in Christian materials, Presbyterian Gerald Strober, called the film "much worse" than the play. For one thing, said Strober, the mob at Jesus' trial is specifically labeled as "you Jews" in the film script. And as on the stage, the Jewish high priests are deep-dyed villains...
Much of the book's success is due to its remarkable popularity among religious groups. The apparent reason: I'm OK reveals Harris-a practicing Presbyterian - as a cross between Norman Vincent Peale and Billy Graham. A cheerful mass evangelist, he preaches a gospel of original sin and carries, as he himself puts it, a "message of hope" to an ever increasing flock of converts. "We simply cannot argue with the endemic 'cussedness' of man," he says, in a characteristic mixture of everyday and evangelical language...
...week-long happening that attracted their attention was a mobile health fair, an educational road show that is expected to visit six communities before the end of summer. Sponsored by the United Presbyterian Church, the fair was first conceived in 1966, when a truck loaded with displays and carrying a volunteer staff including physicians traveled to isolated communities throughout Appalachia. Since then the program has been steadily expanded. This summer, five mobile health fairs are touring rural areas in New Mexico, Colorado, Oregon, Idaho, upstate New York, Oklahoma and Arkansas, as well as Appalachia. Stopping in communities for a week...
...nutritionist, all of whom pay their own expenses. Some medical services, such as eye and dental examinations, tests for high blood pressure and other common medical problems, are available. The emphasis is on prevention rather than treatment. "We do not treat people here," explains the Rev. Judith Cook, a Presbyterian minister and registered nurse who heads the Appalachian program. "We want people to know what health care is all about, what it has to offer, and why it is important...
Trends editors Dennis Shoemaker and Florence Bryant include a statement that the issue does not represent the "official position" of the United Presbyterian Church. They also print a declaration of the denomination's 1970 general assembly that "the practice of homosexuality is sin." But having bowed to the official position, the magazine then goes its own way in order to "stimulate inquiry...