Word: sectarianism
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Keppel was "clearly in agreement" with the committee's plan to change teachers' colleges in New York to "general purpose," or liberal arts, institutions. He was wary of state aid to private sectarian schools, however, saying, "The proposal in this regard is a difficult...
...public acts as they affect the whole community the Catholic is bound in conscience to promote the common good and to avoid any seeking of a merely sectarian advantage. He is bound also to recognize the proper scope or independence of the political order...
...liability. It would be won or lost in the nation as a whole. For this is the first truly national campaign in which both candidates will have undreamed-of exposure, ample time to present their cases and display their judgment and temperament-a campaign in which sectional, class and sectarian viewpoints will count for less than ever before...
More than Sectarian. He also peels a sharp eye for stories of more than sectarian interest. After Ellen Severson was chosen Miss Miami Beach last year, Taft put her on the church page-in her role as organist and Sunday school teacher at Miami's Palmetto Presbyterian Church. When a phony evangelist named Jack Coe came to town, Taft exposed him, harvested 10,000 letters from readers-mostly grateful-and had the rich satisfaction of seeing Coe hastily strike his revival tent. Taft keeps running track of two Bade County lawsuits challenging a state law that requires public-school...
Readers of your article about the Church of the Holy Sepulchre [June 13] might be interested to know of a place "outside the walls" of Jerusalem called the Garden Tomb. Unspoiled by crumbling masonry and sectarian feuds, it is an impressive site, especially since many archaeologists now consider it to be the real scene of Christ's crucifixion, burial and resurrection. Many tourists disappointed by the situation you described at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre are deeply stirred by this entirely natural spot...