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Andover-Harvard Theological Library, in the Divinity School features the work of some of the greatest Protestant theologians. The Rare Book Room concentrates on early New England theology, early Dutch theology and its related literature, and the world's largest selection of Unitarian Universalist materials, says curator Maria Grossman. For such a small library, the Rare Book Room has an impressive array of manuscript featuring the published and unpublished works of theologian Paul Tillich and literature reflecting the continental pietism during the 17th and 18th centuries within the German Lutheran Church. Most of the rare books are unavailable for undergraduate...
...circuiting the judicial process. Says Father Robert Friday, professor of religion and religious education at the Catholic University of America: "Forgiveness doesn't mean that you become some sort of a wimp and forgive without some kind of demand. We are responsible for what we have done." Jesuit Theologian Avery Dulles agrees: "For the ordering of society, there should still be justice. Restraint and punishment are necessary even for forgiveness...
DIED. John A.T. Robinson, 64, boldly individualistic Anglican theologian, former Bishop of Woolwich (1959-69) and Cambridge lecturer who scandalized the church world with his 1963 biblical study Honest to God, which argued that traditional concepts of a supernatural God and Saviour were essentially mythical and inadequate in this scientific age; of cancer; in Arncliffe, Yorkshire, England...
...Wittenberg rebel, the sheer force of his personality, still broods over all Christendom, not just Lutheranism. Although Luther declared that the Roman Pontiffs were the "Antichrist," today's Pope, in an anniversary tip of the zucchetto, mildly speaks of Luther as "the reformer." Ecumenical-minded Catholic theologians have come to rank Luther in importance with Augustine and Aquinas. "No one who came after Luther could match him," says Father Peter Manns, a Catholic theologian in Mainz. "On the question of truth, Luther is a lifesaver for Christians." While Western Protestants still express embarrassment over Luther's anti-Jewish...
With the arguments unresolved, the Rev. Richard McCormick, a Jesuit moral theologian at Georgetown University who endorsed last week's petition, can didly admits that he is not yet sure which approach to genetic engineering is right. He signed not to prohibit research forever but to try to encourage public debate. McCormick believes the line between removing a genetic defect and manipulating the race eugenically "is all but blurred...