Word: sermonizer
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...becomes the painful burden of the cutting essays of James Baldwin; a master of form, if ever there was one in America. In this peculiar adaptation of form, Baldwin uses his peculiar gift of language, comingling the art of rapping with the terror and brimstone of the Afro-American sermon which possesses its own peculiar cadences, to orchestrate in an intensely personal manner the intense emotional experiences of Afro-Americans. For Baldwin, of course, this violent synthesis of being negroid and American can only be negotiated in a successful manner if one, as he says, "makes a truce with reality...
...there that Khomeini, in the courtyard of a theological seminary, had first attacked Iran's monarchy 16 years earlier, leading to his arrest and a long foreign exile. Now, in the same courtyard, the architect of the Iranian revolution delivered a homecoming address that was part sermon, part campaign speech. Before a crowd estimated at nearly a million, he vowed to "devote the remaining one or two years of my life" to reshaping Iran "in the image of Muhammad." This would be done, he said, by the purge of every vestige of Western culture from the land. "We will...
...Mass inaugurated the third meeting of the Latin American Bishops' Conference (CELAM); the earlier parleys were held in 1955 and 1968. The Pope's sermon included seven carefully honed paragraphs that constituted a mini-keynote speech. John Paul will amplify these public words during his private meetings with bishops this week at the city of Puebla, site of the 17-day meeting...
...Pope's strategy for countering liberation theology was to take the term and broaden its definition. In his sermon, he spoke of "integral liberation" of the Latin American "seen in his entirety," an apparent indication that in his view, liberation theology has emphasized political and economic needs to the neglect of man's spiritual aspects. He added that the church should show "preferential yet not exclusive love for the poor...
...forceful sermon at the plaza, John Paul called upon Christians to construct "a world more just, human and livable," where "no longer will there be children without sufficient nutrition, without education. No longer will there be peasants without land to allow them to live with dignity. No longer will there be systems that permit the exploitation of man by man or by the state. No longer will there be families badly broken, disunited...