Word: reverend
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...Radcliffe has always had a greener thumb. Visitors from Oxford and Cambridge have often noted the lack of flower-beds in the yard, and so have those from Princeton and Yale. But why the austerity? Like any lusty mistress of knowledge, I consult the oracular geniuses. In this case, Reverend Professor Peter J. Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, who after a learned cadenza through Harvard History said unto me, “Let’s put it this way: It’s a seventeenth-century guy thing...
...more than 40% of Republican caucus-goers in Iowa are Evangelical Christians and, in part, it's thanks to their strong support that Huckabee is surging. Nearly half of the 400 likely Republican caucus-goers interviewed in a Mason Dixon poll earlier this month said they believe the ordained reverend's values were in line with their own, compared to 17% who felt the same about former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and 8% for former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson. Overall Huckabee led the poll 32% to Romney's 20% - an astonishing reversal of fortune from this summer, when Huckabee...
...Harvard a role model, the opportunity to be altruistic, and most importantly, to give,” Van Devere said. A dearth of biographical information about Harvard has left dramatists like Van Devere with a unique opportunity. There have been few attempts to dramatize the life of this Puritan reverend in the last 400 years, and Van Devere took this opportunity to add what he called his “personal sense of human touch” to Harvard’s story. “Now’s the time or never to bring John Harvard forward again...
...clips of multiple Christian evangelicals preaching on the sinfulness of homosexuality, a cartoon explaining the science behind being gay, and a scene in which leading theologians debate the Bible’s stance on homosexuality.Karslake tapped two Harvard affiliates, Professor Peter J. Gomes ’68 and Reverend Irene Monroe (a doctoral candidate at the Harvard Divinity School), for their expertise.While working for the PBS news magazine “In the Life,” Karslake profiled Monroe, and their interaction served as a catalyst for the documentary. Many factors contributed to the film’s lineup...
...Gomes’ support of gay rights also played a role in his selection, Sears added. After a now-defunct conservative Harvard student publication, the Peninsula, ran a 56-page issue in 1991 on the evils of homosexuality, Gomes announced that he was gay. “Reverend Gomes came out and identified himself for the first time as being gay, and that took a lot of courage,” Sears said. “And we think it made a big difference in giving authority to the acceptance of gay people in the Christian community...