Word: protestantism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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So Auchincloss wrote about social decay, about the gradual bleeding of moral force and money from the old Protestant families of Manhattan. His Collected Stories (Houghton Mifflin; 465 pages; $24.95) were written from 1949 to the . present, and their themes are remarkably consistent. Again and again, Auchincloss describes pale people...
And the Crimson and the New York Times both said that it was not appropriate to remember people of all faiths with a Protestant church.
Muslim and Jewish students, not just Protestants, use church facilities. And while a few say the church's Protestant denomination reminds them of a less inclusive Harvard of the past, most say the church does not make them feel excluded.
Today, church administrators say they try to offer an interdenominational place of worship and still maintain a Protestant character.
And many non-Protestant students say they are not bothered by the central presence of the church in the Yard, despite its Christian symbolism.