Word: tian
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have to sense the imperceptible and yet real shifting of the center of gravity from the Christian nations to the non-Christian world . . . So-called Chris tian civilization finds itself in disintegration . . . Christian nations have failed to carry out, in time, the indispensable, long-awaited social adaptations . . . and to assist other nations in their struggle against misery, poverty and ignorance...
...that reason it was easy to dismiss Hromadka's speech as the melancholy result of peaceful coexistence and a sharpened sense of doom. Nonetheless, his warnings, did constitute a challenge. In the U.S., it was a good week to look for some answers. Hundreds of Chris tian churchmen from all over the world were meeting in half a dozen U.S. cities to discuss the condition of their faith (see below). The World Council of Churches was preparing for next week's big meeting at Evanston, Ill., whose theme is "Christ the Hope of the World...