Word: religion
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...were the bigger-than-life moments in dealing with writers who are legends in the making. Harold Bloom, fresh from his widely praised rumination on Shakespeare, lent us his magisterial tone for the essay on Billy Graham--a subject Bloom is familiar with from his close study of American religion. He was hardly the distant don, with his infectiously warm phone manner, addressing everyone as "my dear" while dropping invitations...
...many people actually believed in a generaltheory of secularization that was popular in thelate '50s and early '60s," Gomes said. "Peopleactually believed that religion was on the wayout-and they were proven wrong...
...think it's easy to be religious on campus ifyou want to be," Kay says. "People are not onlytolerant; they're genuinely curious and ask youquestions about your religion...
...potential for an increase in religioustension has led Gomes and Epps to look for astronger statement on religion from Harvard'sadministration...
...There's a sense that religion is so privatethat the institution doesn't have to be aware ofthese things," he says...