Word: religion
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That's the topic of a new magazine called "Faith" being organized by Mather House senior Charles T. Lelon. The magazine will focus not on any particular religion or take political stands, but look at all religions from the point of view of their followers...
...best way to find out about a religion is to talk to an adherent of that tradition," Lelon said. "All these people have had faith. It's the way they've expressed it that tends to be different and diverse...
Lelon said that the magazine will be run entirely by students and will have two faculty advisers, The Rev. Peter J. Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Diana Eck, associate professor of Hindu religion...
...Pride (the good news) and View with Alarm (the bad news); they proved short-lived. The hard-news departments have all gone through name changes: National Affairs (now Nation), Foreign News (now World) and Finance (now Economy & Business). Many of the original sections, however, including Art, Cinema, Education, Music, Religion and Science, still appear under their original headings. These sections have been joined by several successful newcomers. Modern Living, now called Living, began looking at American mores and manners in 1961. Law, which had appeared occasionally in the 1920s and '30s, became a fixture in 1963. Essay made its debut...
...television clips are most effective because they reveal Kerouac's conservative character, both politically and socially. A scene from Buckley's Firing Line is particularly tragic. With merciless interviewing poise, Buckley casually questions the seriousness of Kerouac's writing and his tenuous connecting of religion and literature. Kerouac, obviously very drunk, answers Buckley on the air with a string of babblings on Buddhism. Ultimately, Kerouac makes a fool of himself, at the same time highlighting his own inability to fit in with the chic literati...