Word: secularized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...format, the Reporter is a national weekly newspaper. Its aim is to bring the same kind of critical reporting to affairs of the church that a good secular paper brings to the doings at city hall. The Reporter was the first Catholic journal to expose a confidential order from the Apostolic Delegate limiting ecumenical contact with Protestants, the first to publish the membership list of the Pope's birth-control commission. Its reporting on Vatican II, by James Johnson and Desmond O'Grady, has been consistently discerning in conveying the moods and trends of the council...
Like most of the other world-oriented theologians, Dyck and Potter have had training in sociology and ethics. This double-barreled education allows them to conduct scientific analyses as rigorous as those done by secular scientists. "We can't suppose that the Bible gives us any special source of knowledge that no one else can tap," Dyck says. "We have to know what we are talking about...
...Five years ago when you thought of a minister you thought of a bland, unexciting man somewhat removed from the stress of real life. Today's image is more robust; it is the image of a man who wants to lead people in the application of ideals in the secular world, not merely to preside over a religious establishment...
...cult of a dying God, although rooted in error, is a good sign. It is the first indication that man is at last willing to recognize and become accountable for his secular responsibilities. The problems of man on earth are within human powers to solve. Reliance upon the tenuous assistance of a celestial company can only dilute man's efforts and impede progress. It has been said, however, that God must be invented. If this is true, as it probably is, let's stop trying to invent the wrong kind. Above all, let's understand that...
...University's Thomas J. J. Altizer, when he heard of Tillich's death: "I think he has been the only theologian who has made possible theological thinking in a contemporary and realistic way in our history. He was the only one with courage enough to face the secular consciousness and society of the 20th century...