Word: religion
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...thirds convention majority for their candidate. 2) New England jumped joyfully at the chance of starting a Smith drive. 3) The Dry South cried out in anger and dismay. 4) The entire Republican Party fairly jubilated at the prospect of another major split among Democrats on liquor and religion...
...Erskine's criticism, although its message is familiar, is too thoroughly justified and too cogent to pass unheeded. Shall the colleges, then, substitute for courses in the "History of Commerce, 1450-1750," or "The Later Platonic Dialogues" courses in "Theories of Capitalism" or "Science, Religion, and Law in Contemporary Life?" A good case could be made for the advantages of such a change, but the argument would be superficial. There are, Dr. Erskine points out, "a few ideas, a few problems which belong to all time." And it is with these problems that the universities should be most deeply concerned...
...Salem Evangelical Church, whose members were paying Station WGR $49 per week for 15-min. broadcasts. Day or so before a scheduled address on "Jesus' Way Out," a station official asked Broadcaster Hahn to delete "certain unfortunate phrases," to keep the talk within the bounds of "conventional religion." Many letters, said the official, had been received protesting against previous addresses as "Communistic" and "utterly pro-Russian." Broadcaster Hahn refused to make any changes, was barred from the station...
...gathered from "The Class Lives." Last June the Seniors received blanks on which they were asked to write their opinions on the various phases of undergraduate life, such as the tutorial system, the House plan, the system of general examinations, concentration, and distribution, as well as their views on religion, politics, drinking and smoking. A general tabulation of these will be included as well as excerpts from a few representative discussions on the undergraduate problems. The report, and the ones which will be issued periodically from now on, will serve to bring the Class Album up to date...
...essence of religion is belief in a relation to God involving duties superior to those arising from any human relation. . . . One cannot speak of religious liberty, with proper appreciation of its essential and historic significance, without assuming the existence of a belief in supreme allegiance to the will...