Word: sectarianism
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Under the directive, State Shinto - part religion, part patriotic ritual - was to be stripped of public support and of its "ultra-nationalistic and militaristic" trappings. Henceforth the bare remnants could exist as part of sectarian Shinto, an un-privileged equal among other faiths, sup ported only by voluntary offerings...
...Gatlin the Navy seemed like a field ripe unto the harvest. So he became a Navy chaplain, served nearly eight tumultuous months. By the end of that time, the Navy asked Chaplain Gatlin to resign. He refused, was thereupon relieved from active duty because of "a definitely narrow and sectarian religious view and background . . . a disqualification for effective service-in the Navy's chaplaincy." He is now pastor of the First Baptist Church, Pulaski Tenn...
...produce food for U. S. fighting forces and for civilians working on the home front are being formed for college men this summer. Organized by the Unitarian Churches of greater Boston, camps in Hollis, New Hampshire, will be open for six weekends starting August 13. The undertaking is non-sectarian. Students participating in the project will pay for their transportation to sud from camp and will receive wages for their work during the two day period...
...Sectarian Fiends. Screwtape and his deputy are strictly Church-of-England fiends, in seeming agreement with God (called The Enemy) on sexual ethics, the nature of time, the unimportance of worldly goods, and almost everything else except Love and Free Will...
...electoral period from Jan. 16 to Feb. 14. He promised that the elections would not fall into the errors of the so-called "free-election system." Just to make sure, he decreed "[It is] strictly forbidden to agitate public opinion or divide the citizens with party appeals or sectarian promises." His Minister of the Interior and Police Chief were appointed to issue voting credentials. First results, as glowingly tabulated by the Government newspaper El Paraguayo: of 280,000 eligible male voters, "more than 140,000 . . . have given their votes in anticipation to General Morinigo...