Word: standpoint
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...must learn to recognize in the Jews "a superior capacity for civic virtue which the Gentile majority rather flagrantly overlooks." Theologically, adds Niebuhr, Christians would do well to analyze the areas of divergence between the two faiths. He finds the differences less extreme than is generally supposed. "From the standpoint of the Christian, the doctrine of grace is the most significant distinction between Christianity and Judaism." But in the practical world, Niebuhr finds, a religion of grace does not always yield superior results: "The fact that Jews have been rather more creative than Christians in establishing brotherhood with the Negro...
...reading of Mr. Bartley's skillful but too subtly constructed article. Prof. Wilder has with consummate skill defended the idea of commitment, an idea which comes only with the experience of constrasting the quality of education received from committed and non-committed men. I suspect that, from a religious standpoint, Harvard students will have gained a far deeper insight into the significance of Protestant thought from Dr. Buttrick's courses than from all the objective lectures of the University's philosophers and social scientists. This is in no way to deny the the great value, within their own area...
...natural sciences should, therefore, institute courses which examine some particular field of general relevance in modern science using past developments to lead up to the central problem of concern. In physics, for example, a course in particle theory could be used as a specific standpoint from which to develop an understanding of the modern scientific method which has a far more general application than the subject immediately at hand. Similar courses in biology, chemistry and physiology can easily be envisioned, and they would serve a purpose beyond their theoretical value. They would enable the Committee on General Education to obtain...
...before the House subcommittee, made some of his financial records available, insisted convincingly that he had never used the Eisenhowers to help his business fortunes-"No. sir!" After getting a clean bill and friendly smiles from the subcommittee, Moore departed, saying: "Being an Eisenhower in-law from a business standpoint can be more of a liability than an asset...
Anderson's race was perhaps the most interesting from a tactical standpoint. The Crimson junior was making his first real start at the 1000-yard distance (he's normally a 600-man) and his failure to finish higher than fifth may be ascribed primarily to his unfamiliarity with the strategy of the longer race...