Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...compromise of the faith. They must in all earnest start a process of internal revitalization to sweep away idol worship, worldliness, hypocrisy, division, ignorance, and heaviness of the eye and lukewarmness of the heart . . . They must quickly plan together and decide upon a program of practical and concrete social service. And they must revolutionize their organization, their theology, their ways of living, and their methods of evangelism...
...prophetic and the creative, in their response to God's judgment and demand for a renewal . . . What the Church did through its saints, apostles, heroes and martyrs in meeting crisis after crisis should give the lesson and the encouragement. The creeds were all manmade, under various social conditions and against various political backgrounds. So were the organizational side and the different theological developments. Under the present social, economic, political and cultural conditions here in North China, Christians should be courageous enough to dissociate the Gospel and their churches from historical accretions...
...lives in the realm of nature and of social relations, is part and parcel of the material world and of society . . . The churches must realize that they have their social duties, and must serve under whatever political regime ... In order to live [under the Communists], they must become their words in concrete social action. Therefore, a concrete progress of service is a necessity...
...reign as president was not a glamourous one. Though he did build Silliman College and raise the Yale endowment another $16 million, he made internal matters his main concern. He placed the major disciplines-the sciences, social sciences, humanities, fine arts and medicine -under divisional (not merely departmental) directors, reorganized the Sheffield Scientific School, strengthened Yale's Institute of International Studies, and to the horror of many a student, introduced a required reading program for summer vacations...
...course called Humanism in the West will replace Professor I. A. Richard's old Humanities 1, and another elementary Humanities course has been added. Social Sciences 1, which replaces History 1, will cover all Western tradition instead of just five periods...