Word: religion
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Temple will be William Belden Noble Lecturer on Religion, giving two public lectures at the Harvard Memorial Church in December. As a student at Oxford in 1904, Dr. Temple was President of the Union. Following graduation he was a Fellow and Lecturer in Philosophy at Queens College, Oxford, 1904-1910. After holding various offices in the church he was made Bishop of Manchester in 1921. In 1929 he became Archbishop of York...
Additional books are available on religion and social service...
...they are living only with one wife at a time, and when you consider that big business men in the larger cities of the nation are doing the same thing, only under the guise of wife and mistress, why should these men be persecuted for doing something that their religion teaches them is right and proper...
...advice to the Congress of 400 Communist leaders from 52 countries, he urged "cunning" and "Trojan horse tactics." Hereafter Communists are to insinuate themselves quietly into trade unions, religious bodies and social groups. They are to lay aside the violent, blatant Red methods of the past, mask their anti-religion and spread Communist doctrine in the guise of Socialism, Liberalism or New Deals among the muddleheaded of all lands...
...with wide-eyed impressions of London hotels, ancient transatlantic steamers, travelers' affectations and disappointments, hold up remarkably well across the years, the chief distinction of Sophomores Abroad is Author Flandrau's wryly amusing apology for having written it. When he began his literary career, certain topics, including religion, college education, youth and the possessors of great wealth, were sacred in popular magazines, while other topics, like sex, cigarets and alcohol, were absolutely taboo. A character in the thick of battle might slay Indians, but he could not smoke. When Author Flandrau gave one of his travel-harassed heroes...