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...Jesus are not markedly different from those of the earlier Jewish prophets, above all Isaiah. Jesus' emphasis on acceptance and mercy is especially strong, even to the point of demanding that his followers not resist evil. He insists that the unrepentant outlaws of the world will enter the reign of God before the righteous. Yet he demands that his hearers be "perfect even as your Father in Heaven is perfect." His sense of the imminence of God's reign, and the change of heart it demands, is expressed in earlier Hebrew scripture, but only Jesus expects to administer the reign...
Whatever Jesus' final expectation, that reign did not arrive in his lifetime or in the lives of his earliest companions. Yet a majority of his followers continue to expect it. In the face of so long an uncertainty, how has his following not only endured but grown so hugely through two millenniums? And what can be expected of his long potent holding power over human imagination and hope in the near and distant future? If benign Christian institutions and the capacity to believe in a God who loves his creation should weaken fatally, if the artistic inspiration of the figure...
...Undergraduate Council president in 1998, Beth Stewart '00, was elected on a platform calling for change in campus life, a contrast from the activist council that preceded her reign. She successfully campaigned for cable television in House common rooms. While she was president, the council instituted the Fly-By lunch convenience in Loker and made progress with universal keycard access. Another major effort instituted by the College during Stewart's reign was the establishment of a $25,000 fund for student organizations, giving the 250-plus groups at Harvard a much-needed financial boost. Being president of course, wasn...
...brief, shining moment in Egypt's history--a time of epochal change presided over by a Pharaoh named Akhenaten and his beautiful wife Nefertiti. During his 17-year reign the old gods were cast aside, monotheism was introduced, and the arts liberated from their stifling rigidity. Even Egypt's capital was moved to a new city along the Nile called Akhetaten (modern Amarna). But like Camelot, it was short-lived, and its legacy was buried in the desert sands...
Whether you're watching ESPN or MTV, you can't escape the reign of the Rickys, and last week was particularly eventful. Here's how to tell them apart...