Word: spiritism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stems from a disparity between theology and structure. "We have the structures which fit a theology that is no longer accepted," he says, "but we don't have the structures to fit the emerging theology." The new understanding of the church as an organic spiritual community implies a spirit of democracy; of shared authority. Yet it is the firm view of Pope Paul-backed overwhelmingly by the bishops-that the church was founded by Jesus Christ as an absolute monarchy, and cannot be changed without doing violence to God's intentions...
Negative Cube. The antic spirit that animates the earthworks movement has been cavorting in Manhattan for at least one year-ever since putty-nosed Claes Oldenburg, 39, dumfounded the city with his contribution to its outdoor sculpture festival. Oldenburg can always be counted on to do the unaccountable...
...over the instinctual courtesies that wild animals extend to one another, Silone clearly believes that man is the animal fated to strive for perfection. Perfection is objectified in ideals, and to Silone the ideal of communal living is socialism. He defines it as "a permanent aspiration of the human spirit, which thirsts after social justice." This ideal, Silone says, has taken many forms in the intellectual history of the West: Plato's concept of Socratic virtue, the Christian expectation of the kingdom of God, the 18th century Utopian philosophy of natural law, and Marx and Engels' analysis...
...world), destroying has some magnificent benefits that accomplishing cannot touch. First, destroying is final and absolute. Once all these Yale streaks and things are destroyed, they cannot happen again. Second, and most important, destroying is a wonderfully exhilarating thing to do--it is mischievous and healthy, It moves the spirit and the soul--it is direct, concrete and eternal...
Preparing for their biannual migration to Cambridge, the Yalies lack their usual spirit. Besides a few clever bumper stickers proclaiming "To H with Harvard" and "Flush the Johns" no outward manifestations of bravado are visible...