Word: protestantism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Marks interviewed more than 30 church and CIA sources, most of whom insisted upon anonymity and made veiled accusations. A typical charge was that during the '60s CIA funds had been channeled into a Catholic-run anti-Communist radio network in Colombia. Another allegation: 15 years ago, a Protestant...
Whatever is later substantiated about Marks' cope-and-dagger stories, TIME'S sources report that the CIA as a matter of policy only rarely tries to make any contact in the field with U.S. missionaries. Over the years, as it did with certain other travelers, the agency interviewed...
What Banfield is subtly arguing for is a new kind of rugged individualism. If the lower class is to follow the good path of middle-classification, its members must work hard and forego the sex and action of the streets. They must adopt the Protestant work ethic and not squander...
Not all aspiring Protestant ministers are hurting for jobs. Evangelistic, Bible-oriented denominations like the Southern Baptists are still growing steadily. In more liberal denominations, with their tighter job market, congregations are hiring a different sort of pastor. Too many churches, says the Rev. George Hunter of the Episcopal Divinity...
Saint Joan. Saintliness, like beauty, exists in the eye of the beholder. There are as many Joans as there are actresses who play her and audiences who see her. But what was Shaw's personal notion of Joan? Using his own inflective emphases, he describes her as a "protestant...