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...logical place to look for a modern precedent would be the days of Woodrow Wilson, that professor of Presbyterian rectitude who draped foreign policy with a mantle of idealism. His amphibious forays into Latin America were designed, he said, to foster "constitutional liberty." And his rationale for bringing the U.S. into World War I was that "the world must be made safe for democracy." Criticized for being too Wilsonian, he replied, "Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I'm an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world...
Senior editor Nancy Gibbs, who supervised the project, knows the debate firsthand. She is an elder of her Presbyterian church -- the congregation where her mother is the first-ever female clerk. Says Gibbs: "People feel that you can go to church and know something familiar will be there. Women are seeking access to institutions -- corporations, the military, the Senate -- that have been led by men, but none has such an old tradition." Subtleties of human emotion are an important factor in this conflict. Associate editor Richard N. Ostling, who wrote the article, notes that "many people view the present conflict...
...member Southern Baptist Convention. Since local congregations have power to ordain, there is a sprinkling of women pastors and lay deacons. But the rising Fundamentalists who run national agencies passed a 1984 resolution against the practice and do all they can to discourage it. Even in the more progressive Presbyterian, Methodist and United churches, leaders worry about the implicit "patriarchy" that excludes women from the powerful pulpits and relegates them to small parishes or associate positions...
Such charges dismay Dr. Elsa-Grace Giardina, a cardiologist at Columbia- Presbyterian Medical Center. "I would like to think that we treat everybody equally," she says. But her survey of medical literature tells her otherwise. "Women don't get thrombolytic therapy (blood-clot dissolvers like streptokinase) as often as men, they don't get coronary angiography or angioplasty, and they don't get bypass surgery as often...
...afraid that it might be impossible to understand "A River Runs Through It" without a good understanding of fishing, especially the variety of fishing that relies on tricking the fish with a fly rather than simply baiting it. (For these Presbyterian fishermen, using bait is as bad as being a Methodist.) Fortunately, Redford frequently comes to the rescue, carefully explaining the complexities of fishing from on high...