Word: schuller
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ellington-like mood pieces to cacophonous yawps, the work is scored for a 30- piece band. It was performed once in Mingus' lifetime, haphazardly. This live recording comes from Epitaph's real world premiere, at New York City's Lincoln Center last June. Composer and jazz historian Gunther Schuller led an all-star cast that included six musicians Mingus originally chose to play the work. The vivid result resembles its creator: difficult but dazzling...
Among the more prominent evangelists coming under attack are Robert Schuller (Hour of Power) and Pat Robertson (700 Club). Both are portrayed as distorting the traditional Christian doctrine of original sin, which holds that each person is born sinful and thus requires redemption by Jesus Christ. Schuller, for instance, states that "the core of sin is a lack of self- esteem" -- not quite what St. Augustine had in mind...
...response to the critics, an aide to Schuller insists that the minister also believes in the doctrine but wants to adapt biblical principles to today's audience: "The Gospel message has what every human being is looking for. The problem is that we're not marketing it." As for Robertson, a spokeswoman contends that his words have been "distorted" and "taken out of context...