Word: protestante
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That's a sentiment echoed in the U.S. by postdenominational Protestantism, a religious movement that links thousands of U.S. churches in informal networks outside the boundaries of mainline Protestant or evangelical denominations. The churches fill their services with rock 'n' roll, recovery counseling and a nonjudgmental approach to a wide range of life-styles. The movement has been making increasing use of computer communications technologies. Says University of Southern California sociologist Donald Miller, who has followed the rapid growth of postdenominational churches: "There's definitely a congruence between these technologies and the outlook of these churches...
When technology cuts the cost of spreading the word, strange things happen. Potentates grow insecure and marginal dissenters feel their oats. Monoliths splinter and the splinter groups splinter again. (There are now hundreds of Protestant denominations.) The effect is hardly confined to religions; the era of computerized mass mail and...
Dauber seems to think that arrogance and education are unique to boarding school history. Has he forgotten that at one time Harvard University was only for the wealthy, Protestant, white, upper-class Massachusetts elite? Indeed, for most of Harvard's history, from its founding through the the 1950s, the "spoiled...
BORN: Aug. 19, 1942, Sheffield, Ala. EDUCATION: Memphis State U, B.S., 1964; Vanderbilt U, J.D., 1967 FAMILY: Divorced; three children RELIGION: Protestant MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer; actor POLITICAL CAREER: Assistant U.S. attorney, 1969-72; U.S. Senate, 1994- ADDRESS: 1808 West End Avenue, Suite 401, Nashville 37203. Tel.: 615-327-3733...
BORN: Sept. 7, 1948, Jackson EDUCATION: U of Mississippi, B.A., 1970, J.D., 1972 FAMILY: Wife, Cyndi; three children RELIGION: Protestant MILITARY: Army, 1973-78. OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: U.S. Attorney, 1991-93; U.S. House, 1994- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1961, Cordova 38088. Tel.: 901-753-6348