Word: secularized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Whatever its outcome, the controversy highlights the classic struggle between religious doctrine and modern humanitarianism. Once again the modern nation of Israel, which is, after all, a secular state, was being pushed into chaos by what amounted to an extremist religious minority...
...American activist tradition a step or two further than the Social Gospel. They have learned their lessons from Niebuhr. They are less likely than their spiritual forebears two generations ago to identify any set pattern, such as pacifism or socialism, with the gospel. They are more open to secular allies and more realistic in the uses of power. In city halls and state legislatures, and on Capitol Hill itself, they are turning up to buttonhole, cajole and twist an arm or two, right alongside the other lobbyists. Methodist Minister Tex S. Sample, Director of Social Relations for the Massachusetts Council...
...college work-study program, established by the Higher Education Act of 1965, provides universities with Federal funds that pay 90 per cent of needy students' wages for term-time and summer work in non-profit, secular organizations...
...idea of trial marriage is nothing new; secular freethinkers have been proposing it for a number of years. But facing the large number of youthful weddings that end in divorce, some reputable Christian theologians today are cautiously debating whether temporary liaisons make good common as well as spiritual sense...
...still other critics, the objection to draft exemption goes deeper than the war and involves the broader question of the clergy's relation to secular society. In their view, exemption from service, like the old "clergyman's discount" at stores, unfairly and unnecessarily sets the cleric apart as a privileged member of society. Some seminarians even feel that their exemption stigmatizes them in the eyes of others as suspected draft dodgers. Still another argument against exemption is that clergymen, if faced with the real challenge of whether or not to serve, would be forced to evaluate more searchingly...