Word: religion
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Unfortunately the religion of the nations which now dominate the world is of the masterful, imperialistic and exclusive type, and therefore cannot be counted as a force for harmony, at least so far as relations between East and West are concerned...
Meanwhile "the cries of the [foreign] priests" and nuns who are being deported from Mexico (see RELIGION, p. 21) were loud. Throughout the week it was apparent that the clauses of the Mexican constitution which provide that only Mexicans may give religious instruction in Mexico are again being sharply enforced, after a momentary period of hesitancy engendered by strong U. S. British and Spanish protests (TIME, March...
...Secretary Kellogg was busy drafting a new note, to form part of the now formidable mass of secret correspondence which has recently been exchanged between the Coolidge and Calles administrations, respecting the provisions of the Mexican constitution which seriously curtail the activities of foreigners in Mexico with respect to religion, land tenure and oil concessions...
...evidence of a new era in Law was the central theme of Dean Pound's lecture in the Phillips Brooks House yesterday afternoon, delivered as part of the general Sunday course in religion...
Dean Pound also strongly emphasized the influence of religion on law. Religion, the kind that is much the same thing as ethics or morals, can further the idealistic element in the law. The modern church, though at present it may not have the full influence it should on the Principles and ideals of politics and law, could if it were moved by a deep and sincere religious enthusiasm, have the same effect in the developments of the future, that it had during the Reformation and the Puritanical movement. Dean Pound continued by stating that no absolute unity in Religion...