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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...From the pulpit of Washington's All Souls Unitarian Church, the Rev. A. Powell Davies denounced longer skirts. Long skirts are "immoral," he declared, because they "will deprive the shivering people of Europe of the wool they need to keep them warm in a coal-less winter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Sep. 22, 1947 | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

...High has said, the people are waiting for a return to the pulpit of the man who will give them a few kicks ... but the theological schools don't train them that way any more. . . . ROBERT L. WENDT

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 8, 1947 | 9/8/1947 | See Source »

...news and views after his Yugoslav tour, which included a visit to the prison cell of Archbishop Aloysius Stepinac, Dr. Shipler stated flatly that he found no evidence of suppression of religious activity there.* Still, he "doubted very much" that Yugoslav clergymen could safely attack the Government from the pulpit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: How Are Things in Yugoslavia? | 9/1/1947 | See Source »

Questions & Cross Reference. In Hollywood, 50-year-old Pastor Evans uses the same earnest, blunt sincerity that took him through successful pastorates at Wilmington, Calif., Pomona, Calif, and Pittsburgh. A forceful, straight-from-the-shoulder pulpit speaker, he still likes to pose direct questions to his congregations. Sample sermon title: "Honestly Now, Shall I Drink?" On an average Sunday, some 4,000 Hollywoodians turn out to hear what he will answer to such questions. After preaching three services each Sunday, Dr. Evans usually makes at least three other full-fledged addresses during the week. Explains one Evans admirer: "He doesn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Presbyterian in Hollywood | 8/25/1947 | See Source »

...addition to his gifts at pulpit oratory, he has a talent for organization. His 4,677-member flock is broken down into 85 sub-flocks of 20 to 30 families, each under the spiritual supervision of a "shepherd" who is an elder of the church. An elaborate system of 12,000 cross-reference cards lists church members by "talents," age groups and professions. He assigns one of his three assistant pastors to devote full time to attracting and converting new members, another to keeping church members jumping with activity seven days a week.* A major source of pride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Presbyterian in Hollywood | 8/25/1947 | See Source »

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