Word: protestantizing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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But so much remains the same. Given its predominantly Anglo-Saxon traditions and largely Protestant population-black and white-Christian revelation is a way of life in Dixie. "Others tend to scoff at the Bible Belt," says former Secretary of State Dean Rusk, now a professor of international law at...
That is a historical irony. Before the rise of Protestant liberalism in the 19th century, when scholars began to question such keystone doctrines as the deity of Jesus and his resurrection, U.S. Protestantism was generally evangelical. Then came the Civil War and in its wake, the growth of Northern cities and the drift of Northern Protestantism into a more liberal camp...
His defeated adversary, Conlan, 46, a two-term Congressman who often wears white patent-leather shoes and white socks, is equally aggressive, but somewhat more polished. A former Fulbright scholar and Harvard-educated lawyer, he is an evangelical Protestant and heads a controversial movement called Christian Freedom Foundation, which seeks...
Not all the born-again interest in political action will benefit Carter, of course. Paul Henry, professor at the conservative Protestant Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., and Republican chairman in Ford's home county, argues that "Carter has been able to exploit the religious issue because he speaks...
The impetus for the new gossip and speculation was the 240-page report by a three-man Dutch commission headed by European Court Judge Andreas Donner, charging Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands with "unacceptable" behavior in his dealings with Lockheed. Although the commission found no proof that Bernhard actually received...