Word: protestantism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Since 1979, fundamentalists have inexorably gained power in the biggest and richest U.S. Protestant denomination, the 15 million-member Southern Baptist Convention. Last year the rightward tilt was affirmed when fundamentalist Morris Chapman of Texas was elected president over Georgia's Daniel Vestal, leader of the moderates. Fundamentalists (who prefer...
NEARLY 1200 years ago, a Jewish sect known as the Karaites tried to reject the tradition of rabbinic interpretation in favor of literal readings of original text. Finding this approach fundamentally un-Jewish, the Jewish community banished Karaism. Exegesis, discussion and reinterpretation are central to Jewish tradition. AALARM's co...
Our families and neighborhoods reinforced the dogma of monoculturalism. In our heads, most of us '50s teenagers carried around a social map that was about as useful as the chart that guided Columbus to the "Indies." There were "Negroes," "whites" and "Orientals," the latter meaning Chinese and "Japs." Of religions...
Slowly but perceptibly, some of Northern Ireland's Catholic minority are joining the province's middle class. And that bodes well for the success of new negotiations to decide Ulster's future announced in London last week. The talks culminate 14 months of intricate diplomacy and are slated to begin...
The immediate goal is to restore limited self-government to Northern Ireland, which has been ruled directly by London since 1972. But the hope is that the talks will eventually lead to a permanent end to the conflict, and the improving prosperity of the Catholics should help. "People want an...