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...Second Vatican Council. "We must put people on their guard against books, journals and conferences where false ideas are propagated," he said. One idea he cited as false was that of "women religious giving up their dress, abandoning their own works, only to immerse themselves in purely secular activities, substituting banal and political activities for their orientation toward...
...liberals become so vague, so completely speculative, doubting and unsure of their own beliefs, they leave their own followers with a loss of identity, direction and dedication. If all we can offer is a vague kind of 'social gospel,' the same thing can be found in secular political movements and the church loses any reason for existence. Unless the liberal theologians offer something solid and begin to attract a liberal following, I fear the next generation of the church may be overwhelmingly conservative." Says Congar: "Time is on the side of Rome -the public gets tired of being...
Driving Jeeps. The two men will need to heal a rift between religious and secular Israelis that has been exacerbated recently by sectarian disputes and narrow rabbinical vision. Religious control over marriage law has prompted some legislators to suggest a limited civil marriage law. Goren now asks that the bill's backers postpone introducing it for a year "to prove what we can do" by way of sophisticated interpretation of the law to accommodate both religious and nonreligious Jews. "Perhaps," says Goren, "we can create a whole new atmosphere and build a bridge of love between the two communities...
...then takes three more two-hour "lessons," pays a modest fee ($75 generally, but only $45 for college students) and he is ready to reap the full benefits of transcendental meditation. Simply expressed, the goal of TM, which despite its Oriental trappings is not a religion but a quite secular relaxation technique, is to enjoy life more, to shuck tension by letting the mind travel far from mundane concerns a couple of times a day. To TM preachers, the practitioner is "expanding his awareness," developing his "creative intelligence," experiencing "subtler states of thought," and achieving "deep rest as a basis...
...notable exception is the extraordinary 77-page title story, "The Temptation of Jack Orkney." Jack Orkney is a British journalist and author, a secular saint of the socialist old guard who could always be depended on to whip up a manifesto or organize a protest. At middle age, Orkney has survived ideological squalls with his honor intact. He and his wife enjoy a warm, understanding relationship. His daughters are grown and liberated; his son is a chip off the old radical bloc. But when Orkney is called north to the bedside of his dying father, he begins to have cold...