Word: reactionism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Moreover, the influences of the University are hard to isolate. Four-fifths of the Catholics who reacted against their religious tradition dated their original reaction back to secondary school or earlier. And only about half of the more or less "questionable" Catholics noted particular aspects of the College as factors in their religious "transition." It is interesting that only one fourth of Harvard Catholics attended parochial secondary school...
...about religion. Certainly at some point the individual's act of faith becomes a distinguishing factor--Credo ut intelligam, I believe that I might understand--but up to this point explanation is surely possible, and for that matter so is defense. Fifteen of the Catholics questioned had periods of reaction against Catholicism; some at least of the others have examined their religious beliefs from their vantage point in college. The examination of one's beliefs is almost essential to every intelligent being, or else the beliefs will not expand as the individual develops, and will soon become empty and useless...
...comes to the puzzling conclusion, on the basis of this poll, that Harvard really does not have a great influence on students' religious ideas. Of the 65 per cent who had experienced a reaction to the religious tradition in which they were raised, only 21 per cent reacted against it while at Harvard, nearly three-quarters in their freshman year. The majority of the respondents (62 per cent) reacted in secondary school. Those whom Harvard had affected indicated the major reason for the change to be "increased thinking about religion and other related problems." Courses, reading in religion and philosophy...
Very nearly two-thirds of the Orthodox, as well as Conservative and Reform Jews, indicated that there had been a period in which they reacted either partially or wholly against their religious tradition. However, in over half the instances, the reaction occurred during secondary school, rather than in college, as might be expected...
Stated briefly, reaction to the political challenge has divided undergraduates into two distinct groups: Blissful Indifference, and Ineffective Desperation. No one takes the latter group very seriously. This leaves the potent majority of the Center, the drifting "moderates...