Word: religion
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Bishop Pike has sought to focus the search for religion upon admittedly distressing matters of faith and dogma, but if we grant him a certain amount of oversimplification, this may be the best foundation-a set of first principles from which a viable religion might from the old be forged, sustained by traditional Christianity, but now with some relevance for the 20th century...
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, Medicine Writer Gilbert Cant may serve game birds in sour cream and black currant sauce, Religion Writer John Elson plans to experiment with braised lamb Bordeaux, and Researcher Madeleine Richards with a prized veal Orloff. Whatever you are cooking up for the holidays, we wish...
...book, Incident at Exeter (TIME, Sept. 2). From Simon's tapes and from interviews with the Hills, he has stitched together an account that he himself wants to accept as earthshaking. Assuming that all this is true, he writes, "such an event would demand a re-examination of religion, politics, science and even literature." To say nothing of heads...
...Pike took over as rector of Christ Church in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and rebuilt a moribund parish; on the side, he undertook some "whistlestop mission preaching" that honed his skills at improvising in the pulpit. In 1949, he took over as chaplain at Columbia University and head of its meager religion department. Pike brought in good new teachers, including Paul Tillich as an adjunct professor. To upgrade his own academic credentials, Pike submitted chapters of his book Faith of the Church (written with Norman Pittenger and still used in Episcopal lay teaching), plus some other writing and his law doctorate...
...course, the obstacles are enormous. The people of the area are bewilderingly diverse in their language, their history, their geography, their politics, and even their religion-they pay homage not only to Buddha, Jesus and Mohammed, but also to Confucius, Lao-tzu and Zoroaster. Economically, as underdeveloped nations they compete bitterly for markets for their copra and sugar, rice and rubber. India, Pakistan and Burma have shown no interest in the hustle and bustle around them. Indonesia, still in the shakedown stage after its anti-Communist upheaval, is only warily beginning to participate. Cambodia stands aloof, although Premier Sihanouk...