Word: religion
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Associate Editor Bruce Henderson, who wrote the cover story, is no stranger to religious dissent; he has been reporting on the current controversy since it started, and he wrote the Martin Luther cover for the Easter issue of 1967. Senior Editor John Elson, a seven-year veteran of the Religion section-both as writer and editor-has eleven Religion covers to his credit, including the two previous covers on Pope Paul and the now famous "Is God Dead?" cover that ran April...
...court contending that the use of the books made her a lawbreaker. The statute called for punishment by dismissal and a fine of up to $500. That, argued Mrs. Epperson, inhibited her freedom of speech, to say nothing of violating the First Amendment ban on state establishment of religion...
...last week's decision, the U.S. Supreme Court avoided entirely the issues of states' rights and freedom of speech. Since the Arkansas statute allowed the teaching of only the Biblical version of man's beginnings, ruled the court, it was clearly part of an "establishment of religion" by the state. The decision was written by Justice Abe Fortas, who spoke for the court for the first time since the congressional dispute over his nomination by Lyndon Johnson for Chief Justice. Said Fortas: "There is and can be no doubt, that the First Amendment does not permit...
...polemics. It wants, instead, to take a reasoned look at the affairs of Harlem and the neighboring Upper West Side, the latter a somewhat dowdy but vital area that embraces a cluster of intellectuals, a substantially Jewish middle class and a smattering of just about every other race and religion. "Unlike most dailies," the Tribune announced, "we will not compete for hard news. Unlike many weeklies, we will be neither a community bulletin board nor a pamphlet for angry manifestations." With a 14-man staff-half black, half white-the paper hopes to reach an equally integrated readership. Its projected...
...more sophisticated black Christianity, it was argued, would transform the Negro's religion, which since slavery days has been based on the hope of salvation in the hereafter, into a faith more relevant to his present social and economic concerns. This ideal was supported by Ron Karenga, Los Angeles leader of the black nationalist US, who accused churches of foisting "spookism" on his soul brothers. "Spookism," he explained acidly, "means believing you're going to fly away without the necessary means of transportation...