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Redemptorist Theologian F.X. Murphy, a shrewd observer of papal politics since the Second Vatican Council, singles out two qualities that the new Pope must have: "pazienza e presenza, " the patience to deal with a pluralistic, decentralized church and the commanding presence to lead and guide. Similarly, U.S. Sociologist Father Andrew Greeley, in a detailed "job description" for the next Pontiff, concludes that he should be a "hopeful, holy man, who can smile, delegate responsibility and trust other human beings." If he is, Greeley observes, "it does not matter whether he is progressive or moderate...
...Minnehahas have produced no Margaret Meads, alas. But to the amateur sociologist, it soon becomes apparent that the people who live much or part of their lives on axles are fairly representative of American society as a whole-apart from those itchy wheels. FMCA members are doctors and lawyers and stockbrokers, many retired, some not; they are construction workers and accountants and secretaries, many quite young. They are, literally, driven people en route but not rootless, seeking from rally to rally and clime to clime old acquaintances and new, scenes to remember, sun sets of a different hue. L.W. ("Will...
...study, written by Psychologist Alan Bell and Sociologist Martin Weinberg, finds that lesbians have fewer problems and are less sexually active than male homosexuals. At the time, three-quarters of the women were involved in relatively stable relationships; the majority had fewer than ten homosexual partners over a lifetime, and venereal disease was virtually unknown (one reported case among 293 women). Only one-half of the men were in stable relationships; the average male reported sex acts with hundreds of men, and two-thirds had developed venereal disease at least once. Forty percent of the men had had more than...
...quickie sociologist is apt to tell us more of his own problems than of ours. Since Solzhenitsyn's life has been unhappily shaped by hard distinctions and persecuting dogma, he is understandably tempted to overvalue those weapons. He has become his own kind of hard dogmatist. He has brought with him the crusade that has cursed the older world. He seeks unity, virtue, morality, uniformity, dignity and - above all - "the right not to know." But these have very little to do with the mixed virtues - the virtues of compromise, decency, self-doubt, experiment - the meandering quest for community that...
...avoid mistakes and exploit the opportunity that lies before them. The revolution in women's athletics is a full, running tide, bringing with it a sea change?not just in activities, but in attitudes as well. Of sport and its role in preparing both sexes for adult life, Harvard Sociologist David Riesman says: "The road to the board room leads through the locker room." He explains that American business has been "socialized" by sport. "Teamwork provides us with a kind of social cement: loyalty, brotherhood, persistence." Riesman is one of a group of scholars who believe women have had trouble...