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Bishops together with priests and lay delegates established a liturgical commission to modernize church rites, and then voted to approve its work. But David Martin, a sociologist at the London School of Economics who leads the opposition campaign, claims that the majority of Christians on the nation's university faculties want to retain the old liturgy. Martin contends that theologically the new book "diminishes the majesty of God" and that aesthetically "the church has contracted a severe dislike of beauty. If it supposes that these words are going to reach out to the unchurched masses, it is mightily deluded...
...Unlike Sociologist Paul Hirsch, I am not convinced that a plausible defense can be made for excessive TV viewing [Oct. 20]. Television is a piece of technology that has not served society well. It stifles creativity, limits imagination and dulls character. In short, TV acts like an electronic pacifier...
...both the Reagan and Carter camps agree on the major factor: women are more sensitive than men to issues that involve war and peace and, unfairly or not, Reagan is perceived by many women as more likely than Carter to pursue policies that risk war. Contends Marquette University Sociologist Wayne Youngquist: "Men may say to themselves, 'We need a strong defense. We're tired of being pushed around.' But women are saying to themselves, 'No one is dying, so let's keep it that way.' " Contends Ohio Republican Robert Hughes, a party leader...
...comes a defense of TV addicts. In a new study, Paul Hirsch, 34, a sociologist at the University of Chicago, argues that heavy watchers have nothing to fear. On the contrary, "non-viewers are consistently more fearful, alienated and prone to suicide than light TV viewers." Hirsch's primary objection to past research on the effects of TV is the heavy reliance it has placed on the number of hours people spend with their sets on. Using data compiled by the National Opinion Research Center in Chicago, Hirsch found that while housewives and retired folks rank high among those...
...problem was that nobody has an airtight definition of what an ethnic group is. Basic differences of national origin, race and language are clear enough. But sometimes groups are distinguished from one another by other characteristics, such as food preferences or political affiliations in the homeland. As Sociologist Milton Gordon suggests, ethnicity may mean nothing more precise than "a sense of peoplehood...