Word: seymour
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...society believe the most authentic path the Black American church can follow is pentecostal: the pentecostal movement in America was founded by a Black man who was interpreting the scriptures in the context of Black American society. The Harvard group is named after that founder. Around 1912 William J. Seymour was an associate minister of his church but lost the approval of his pastor because he belived in the working of the Holy Spirit and the charismatic Spirit were completely consistent with Biblical doctrine as he preached miracle working and healing. Soon after Seymour was locked out of his church...
...group of about a dozen students initiated the society last spring because, as some members say, there was no Christian group on campus that addressed their concerns. "The emergence of the Seymour Society last March was necessitated by two somewhat related factors," Eugene F.Rivers '83, says. "The first is the moral and intellectual parochialism of most evangelical student fellowships. The second, and perhaps more important factor, is the absence of an authentic Black community at Harvard which transcends the rhetorical...
...concerns are the major goals of the church." For the last decade the Church has lost its original focus, concentrating, instead, on the welfare of the community, he says, adding, "We must return to the simple power of truth and simplicity in the Gospel." Stressing his support for the Seymour Society's current, more personal, orientation, he argues that the bulk of the church's work should be providing people with spiritual tools to allow them to prevent self-destructive habits. "Only then should it extend its energies to politics," he says...
Amadeus. Was Mozart poisoned by a rival? Britain's Peter Shaffer draws a cunning eternal triangle with God at the apex, music in the air and Byzantine intrigue everywhere. There are sumptuous performances by Ian McKellen, Tim Curry, Jane Seymour and Nicholas Kepros...
...newly appointed Executive Editor A.M. Rosenthal wanted Lewis to be his deputy. A surprised Lewis flew to new York to meet with Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger to work out the details of this flattering offer. But Sulzberger greeted Lewis with a rather embarrassing change of plans. Rosenthal now wanted Seymour Topping, another veteran Times correspondent, to be his deputy. Lewis remembers smiling and saying that no harm had been done. He had not, after all, solicited the job offer. Instead of wasting the airfare, however, Sulzberger asked Lewis if he would write a regular column. And thus, "Abroad at Home...