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After the war and Hiroshima, Brecht revised the play to include the problem of the scientist knowing sin. Brecht also began to portray the great physicist as the great proletarian who unwittingly becomes the leader of the masses. Galileo thus turned into a catch all for Brecht's most important thought during the war years. The result is staggering...
...ELIOT: THE FAMILY REUNION (3 LPs; Caedmon). Static and awkward to stage with its philosophic asides and Greek choruses, this poetic play is ideal for recording. One of Eliot's last undertakings was to help choose the excellent cast, which perfectly weaves the shadowy modern drama of sin and expiation. Dame Sybil Thorndike is Amy, the steely dowager who has spent 35 years "designing" her son's life. Paul Scofield plays Harry, the restless, half-mad son who bursts asunder the conventional family gathering, and Flora Robson is Agatha, the all-knowing aunt ("When the loop in time...
...there is a separate moral issue. The clear-cut condemnations of the Bible or of traditional moral philosophy have come to be considerably toned down. An influential 1963 statement by British Quakers held that "homosexual affection can be as selfless as heterosexual affection" and therefore is not necessarily a sin. A surprising number of Protestant churchmen accept this idea. Most will still assert that homosexuality is an offense against God and man, but usually with qualifications. Says Los Angeles Methodist Bishop Gerald Kennedy: "The Lord made man and woman, and this implies a sexual relationship and sexual harmony which...
...still showed himself through Washington like an elegant boulevardier, his jowls freshly barbered, his darting eyes hidden behind a pair of grotesquely tinted sunglasses, each arm frequently sporting a giggling girl. Bobby Baker was writing his autobiography. He seemed, despite his setbacks, to be as safe as sin...
...Episcopal Theological Seminary, that even the language of spirituality in the two traditions differs. "In the Catholic world," he said, "spirituality is interpreted to be the growth in grace that comes in the life of an individual member of a family in response to the grace infused in baptism; sin is gradually overcome by discipline and participation in the church's sacramental life." For the Protestant, on the other hand, spirituality is a "relationship" or "encounter" with God, in which God's word, preached by the minister, still dwells among men. The emphasis is not so much...