Word: theologian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With John Paul, often the striking thing is not what he does but the way he does it. A Jesuit theologian in Rome compares two Popes: "Paul VI constantly reminded people of how hard it is to be a Christian in this world. John Paul, from long-suffering Poland, reminds them how wonderful it is to be a Christian in spite of all the difficulties. Paul's was the way of the Cross. John Paul looks to the Resurrection." If the Sacred College of Cardinals last October sought to bring about an era of consolidation and renewed confidence within...
...board's decision was reached only after hearings in eleven cities, where testimony was taken on the moral issues from 197 witnesses-ordinary citizens as well as noted scientists and clergymen. The most negative expert, Protestant Moral Theologian Paul Ramsey, saw an "irremovable possibility" that physical or psychological damage might be inflicted on IVF children. A number of scientists, though not against IVF, felt that more research with nonhuman embryos was necessary. So far only a handful of IVF studies has been done with higher primates...
Father Richard McCormick, a Georgetown University moral theologian and the only clergyman on the panel, broke with Catholic tradition on both points. The moral claims of the individual embryo, he believes, are open to doubt before implantation, and Pius' arguments are "no longer decisive." McCormick has strong reservations about the wisdom of public funding, however...
...hearings, hardly a trial, Schulz played to a sometimes cheering gallery of theology students. By the seventh and final session this Jan. 23 Schulz was accusing his accusers: "You are upholding your old notions of God so you can uphold your own institutional power." No leading West German theologian championed his cause...
...apparent hiatus between science and religion cannot be bridged so long as the theologian and the scientist remain true to their own field of activity. The scientist is concerned only with this material universe in the making. The theologian speculates on the force outside the universe and calls it divine. In the face of the infinite, the scientist can only exclaim: "My God, what a bang...