Word: religion
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...TIME, May 23, the alert Editor of Religion gave a report of the meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Richmond, Va. in which he represented with fairness the attitude of Southern Baptists toward the proposed World Council of Churches. In one clause of the opening sentence there is a serious lapsus pennae. Baptists never speak of "the saving grace of baptism." They do not believe that regeneration takes place in water baptism. Regeneration is a spiritual process and not sacramental. Salvation is by grace through faith...
...were wrecked in the subsequent peace treaties by European "divide-&-rule" policies. Men like Lawrence of Arabia believed, led the Arabs to believe, that with the defeat of Turkey and the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire one great homogeneous Arab nation of essentially the same race, same religion, same culture, would stretch from the southern borders of the Anatolian plateau to the fantastically shaped rocks of Aden...
...years, Henry defies official criticism of his Negrophilism. But when a favorite houseboy, bored by Henry's good treatment, suddenly leaves him, Henry is disillusioned about natives. During a Negro uprising, he wields as big an imperialist stick as any. Finally his hypochondria blots out natives, women, Africa, religion altogether...
...Roosevelt] is probably the greatest living liberal. ... If people would put humanity regardless of race or religion above dollars and try some true Christianity this world would be a better place to live...
...possibility of three years in jail, a fine of $5,000. The complaint: violation of a State statute, passed in 1935 to curb Nazi activity, forbidding any representation that "incites, counsels, promotes, advocates or symbolizes hatred, violence or hostility against any group of persons by reason of race, color, religion or manner of worship." The complainants: representatives of some 5,000 East Orange Negroes...