Word: religion
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Making of a Prelate. Cardinal Villeneuve was outspoken in his beliefs, and at many of them men reared in the Anglo-Saxon tradition looked askance. He did not feel that freedom of thought and of religion are "rights which Nature has given to man." He was opposed strongly to "absolute freedom of the press" because it provided "revolutionaries with a means to sing the benefits of revolution." He opposed the passage, in 1940, of Quebec's law giving women suffrage in provincial elections. His reason: it would tend to destroy family unity and paternal authority...
...supplies. And local Mexican authorities -not the Norteamericanos-decide what the volunteers will do and how they will do it. Their activities are bossed by Mexicans and carried out by Mexican methods, however old-fashioned they may seem by U.S. standards. As in all Friends Service Committee undertakings, religion is manifested in deed rather than word...
...listen to-not just to eat to, to talk to, or to shave to"; a chapter a day read from a current bestseller. A medical research program, written by a practicing bacteriologist, and a scientific review are scheduled for once a week. Every Sunday morning The Meaning of Religion will bring talks by Washington clergymen. The first: "Where Now Is Thy God?" by Unitarian A. Powell Davies (TIME...
...might say, 'Try religion.' Why should I? I don't feel a sinner, and, anyway, you haven't seen our parson. He isn't even a man. So far as I can see, the churches seem to have plenty of troubles of their own without bothering them with mine. Squabbling and preaching are all they're good for, and I can get along without either, thank...
...boldface type and signed "J.W.," appeared on the editorial page of London's sensation-loving tabloid Daily Mirror one day last November. Mirror editors had heard a lot of talk about Britain's paganism, and thought it must be provoked by a genuine interest in religion. They proved to be right. So many readers wrote about "J.W." that the Mirror looked around for the right man to answer him and start a religious column. The choice: tall, gaunt, humorless Sir Richard Acland...