Word: secularize
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Human Relations every other summer at Williamstown, Mass, has been well covered in the U. S. press. Its mailed, mimeographed news service, which has 380 correspondents throughout the U. S. and abroad, and henceforth is to be called the Religious News Service, gained 92 paying clients in the secular and religious press during the past year. Since 1933 when it first sent out a touring "pilgrimage team" consisting of a minister, rabbi and priest, the N. C. J. C. has increased such activities until, last year, 25 teams traveled 25,000 miles preaching amity. Newest N. C. J. C. goodwill...
...Faced by an increasingly secular world, the Episcopal Church does not seem on the basis of its statistics to be actually moving forward." So last week editorialized the Living Church Annual, unofficial Episcopal yearbook, in presenting Episcopal facts and figures for 1937. The Church numbered 27,672 more baptized persons than in 1936 (total 2,095412) and gained 15,805 communicants (total 1,424,137). Episcopalians gave $31,938,489.04 for all purposes, the highest figure since 1933. The Episcopal clergy numbered 6,390, an increase of five men. But there were 21 fewer ordinations to the diaconate, seven fewer...
...plain-garbed, plain-spoken Mennonites and Amishmen of Pennsylvania, the New Deal has meant a far from abundant life. Because the Amish churches frown upon written contracts, loans, gifts and joining secular organizations, the "plain people" declined to sign contracts with the AAA, or accept its benefits, although they were willing to reduce acre: age where the law required. Mennonites in industry pay Social Security taxes, but declare they will not accept Social Security pensions. Nor will they join labor unions, although they meekly allow union dues to be "checked off" their wages...
With 60% of its business outside Manhattan, Musicraft sales this month were twice those of July, four times those of February. A rare Bach secular cantata called The Coffee Cantata proved so popular when released last month that Victor soon came out with a secular cantata of its own, Peasant Cantata. Last week's chief Musicraft offering was two of Bach's Trio Sonatas for Organ, played by Organist Carl Weinrich on the Westminster Choir School organ in Princeton...
...Father Will was made director of a U. S. chaplains' school at Fort Leavenworth, where chaplains are familiarized with their religious and secular duties. Every regiment has at least one chaplain, detailed for an indefinite period. Aside from holding services for men of his faith, he must know how to join in with all the soldiers in athletic, theatrical and educational ventures, lecture to them on subjects like "Wearing the Uniform," "Personal Purity," "Don't be a Borrower," "Great Soldiers of America," and must be aware of opportunities like one mentioned in the manual...