Word: religion
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...impact of science on the views of Bishop Barnes has lately produced a thick book, compilation of the Gifford Lectures he delivered at the University of Aberdeen in 1927-29.* Bishop Barnes recalls that at one point in the 19th Century, science seemed about ready to crowd out religion. But science is not yet free of error or boundless in scope. Bishop Barnes travels its length, then looks toward...
...twenty-five years ago at the time of the retirement of President Eliot. On that occasion, the meeting was presided over by LeBaron R. Briggs '75, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, Emeritus, and the address was given by the late G. H. Palmer '64, Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity, Emeritus...
...legitimate means to induce the legislators to reform measures so opposed to the rights of every citizen, so hostile to the Church. . . . We call on all Spaniards to unite in defense of their faith" subordinating all other ideals to the common good of their country and their religion." Separate from the Papal encyclical was an announcement which came the same day from the Vatican Department of State: Because of their action in passing the church law, all members of the Spanish Government were automatically excommunicated, barred from the comforts and sacraments of the Church...
...that (or not simply that) they are disillusioned by the picture of the world around them. They simply have come to realize, as have some of their elders, that the whole question of faith and virtue must be thought through in terms of a world whose morals and religion will have to reflect the transformations in its economic and political life. They are interested, many of them passionately, in finding or constructing some picture of the good life and the great society. What they are rebelling against is archaic mumbo jumbo, moral emptiness and the theological echoes of once living...
...recipient of the annual summer scholarship of the International Students' Union. The scholarship covers a period from July 10 to September 1, during which time Behrens will study at Geneva, together with students from other American colleges and foreign countries. W. E. Hocking '01, Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity, is a member of the Advisory Council of the Union...