Word: secularity
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Technopolis," as Cox calls this phenomenon in The Secular City (Macmillan; $1.45), supersedes not only early tribal society but also the town culture that has shaped the Western world since the time of the Greek polls (city) and has left man such varied gifts as "printing and books, rational theology, the scientific revolution, investment capitalism and bureaucracy." The emerging era of the supercity, Cox argues, grows out of town culture, but is qualitatively different; it is characterized by automation and mass communication, superhighway mobility, and the anonymity demanded by high-rise living. The style of life in the secular city...
Between Milking Hours? Cox believes that man in the secular city is equally indifferent to religion, in which gods or God are seen as controlling the destiny of the world, and to metaphysics, which philosophically defines the Creator as some kind of First Cause or Prime Mover. In other words, the world has been "defatalized," and has become the task and responsibility of man alone. Instead of deploring this trend, the church should welcome and assist it by supporting rapid social change. This will mean, Cox warns, a restructuring of its essential tasks: kerygma (proclaiming God's message), diakonia...
...marched to the capitol building without a parade permit. They were scattered and beaten by mounted troopers. Today, more marched and, after the glamor of next week's Selma extravaganza fades, more and more will march, and someday these growing people will slip through the benevolent grip of their secular...
...Spirit of the Time. The current Catholic mood of restlessness and discontent is in part inspired by challenge to authority plentifully visible in secular society. "Members of the church are also citizens of the world," writes Father Gallagher in the weekly Ave Maria. "They are unavoidably influenced by the spirit of their own time in history...
...religious orders, there is considerable discussion by priests and nuns about the need to modernize the vow of obedience to allow more individual initiative. Bishops are also worried about the defection from seminaries of candidates for the priesthood who feel that they can do more for the church in secular jobs...