Word: schism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...found in solid objects but in the harmonious order of the objects. Phaedrus called this unobservable order "Quality" and spent years trying to convince his teachers, and later his students, that it was the missing link that would close the subject-object gap and the schism between classic and romantic, between art and technology. Whether it was his method or the intense manner in which he went about his preaching, people thought Phaedrus was going a little crazy. Eventually, he accommodated them...
While some Lutheran traditionalists in Bavaria chose to leave their church, conservatives in the U.S. have consolidated control of the administration and seminaries of the 2.8 million-member Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. But it may be at the cost of a serious schism...
...threat of schism within the Missouri Synod has intensified. A large group of dissidents (Evangelical Lutherans in Mission) have now officially cast their lot with the strikers, announcing that they will divert their contributions from church headquarters to a new mission board and the seminary in exile. A conciliation board is still at work trying to mend the tattered situation, but the prospects for restoring unity are bleak...
...Vietnam, as in many other countries, this schism helped maintain dominance by foreigners. Bao Dai, the first head of state of Vietnam to be recognized by the western powers, was at heart a Frenchman. He spent most of his time at his villa in France, and when in Vietnam he lived in regal European style. Bao Dai, the Catholic Ngo Dinh Diem, and the other would-be westerners who have ruled South Vietnam in succeeding years are barely thought of as Vietnamese. So it is hardly surprising that they would join forces with foreign armies against their own people...
During Bok's first year, some spoke of a split between Mass Hall and University Hall, that Bok's Whiz Kids were trying to take over the academic administrator's jobs as well, but this schism (if any existed at all) was less real than an expected aspect of transition...