Word: sinning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...those of Mayor Guiliani, the typical e-mail check at a kiosk should be brief, a cursory glance at an inbox's contents for emergency messages and crucial information or a quickly sent e-mail, nothing more. But all of us at one time or another have committed the sin of selfishness by mistaking a kiosk for our home computer, settling in for the long haul of reading detailed messages, writing novel-length responses and taking ample time to pause and sip our coffee between keystrokes...
...Peter Xu Yongze, an underground Protestant minister, has been arrested three times for suggesting that God might be more enduring than the state. (His other transgressions include pushing a kind of Christianity that requires new converts to weep for three straight days as a way to cleanse themselves of sin...
...apple in Cornwell's tale of sin is papal power. Pius, born Eugenio Pacelli, hailed from a family of Vatican loyalists dedicated to tightening Rome's rein on its semi-independent European churches. As a diplomat in Germany, he pursued the long-term goal of a church-state pact granting Rome near total control over its Teutonic flock. No German leader would sign--until Hitler...
...religion correspondent David Van Biema. "An indulgence is a much more complicated thing than it used to be," says Van Biema. "Now, instead of just handing over some cash to shave years off your time in purgatory, you enter into a healing process with God after confessing to a sin." So tossing those cigarettes now qualifies as a spiritual act? Van Biema acknowledges that the Vatican anti-smoking edict may "elicit a few giggles," but he believes it could be a boon to the Vatican. "If the curiosity surrounding this new proclamation calls attention to the processes of confession...
...Code" era of 1930-34 is getting its due in two excellent books and a film retrospective. Mark A. Vierra's Sin in Soft Focus: Pre-Code Hollywood (Abrams; 240 pages; $39.95) mixes gorgeous photos with tart memos and anecdotes from the period. Thomas Doherty's Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema 1930-1934 (Columbia University Press; 430 pages; $19.50) cogently examines the pictures and their political impact. Those in New York City can see the fabulous evidence firsthand. Film Forum, the town's invaluable rep house, is mounting a series of 44 key films, unspooling...