Word: religion
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...Germany has just declared war on Russia. Swimming in the afternoon. "How delightful to be reminded that back in 1914, when history was happening, there were still people--great people--swimming in the afternoons. As Evelyn Waugh wrote, "Nobody wants to read other people's reflections of life and religion and politics, but the routine of their day, properly recorded, is always interesting. "The reader of diaries and letters often finds an unexpected fascination in the mundane, in the record of an actual life as it is being lived...
...Chandal, the precocious daughter of parents active in communist causes in New York City back in the days when political idealism consoled the victims of economic depression. Ilana'a immigrant mother, Anne, descends from orthodox eastern European Jews. Her fervent embrace of Marxism stems from a bitter disillusionment with religion--forever associated with a cold father more interested in following holy men than his family--and from her husband, Michael. The scion of a wealthy New England family, Michael Chandal abandoned riches for rags when, as a youth, he witnessed the murder of union organizers by businessmen. The two meet...
...generational conflict that is at the crux of much of Potok's work. In both The Chosen and My Name Is Asher Lee youngsters from religious backgrounds partially break away from their families and communities in pursuit of secular goals. In Davita Harp however, the pattern reversed here religion is the forbidden trust...
...Communism: self-reliance, total party control and a suspicion of outsiders that led him to reject both the U.S. and the Soviet Union and to feud with China and Yugoslavia. He summed up his view of his country in 1967, when he banned all religious activities: "The only religion an Albanian needs is Albania...
Whatever mainstream church leaders think of Unificationism as a faith, many have voiced their objection to Moon's imprisonment. He has protested that his conviction amounts to selective persecution of an unpopular religion. A wide variety of religious leaders agree, including the National Council, Moral Majority Founder Jerry Falwell, and Roman Catholic Bishop Ernest Unterkoefler of Charleston...