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...Washington. D.C., where many talk but few listen, spare, sharp-profiled Rev. A. (for Arthur) Powell Davies, 44, is a man who is heard. Every Sunday his congregation* at the chaste, red brick, All Souls' Unitarian Church overflows from the church auditorium into adjacent halls and recreation rooms. Reason: his 35-minute sermons are protein-rich with wit, wisdom, sincerity and invective. His preaching has made Welsh-born Powell Davies one of America's outstanding liberal clergymen...
...Davies had become a "radical," thus had no qualms when he was called as minister of the Unitarian Church in Summit, N.J. There he wrote many a provocative article, and his first book, American Destiny. (His second: The Faith of an Unrepentant Liberal, published this year.) Real recognition of his stature came with the call to Washington...
Church & Pastor. All Souls', probably the most important Unitarian church in the U.S., was founded in 1821 by John Quincy Adams, John C. Calhoun and Charles Bulfinch, architect of the Capitol. Its most famed minister: Edward Everett Hale. If the size of the congregation is a gauge, Davies has proved a powerful successor; almost overnight he brought about its present overflow. His explanation of his success...
...categories-"high and crazy, broad and hazy, low and lazy"-no longer hold true. While "high" still means Anglo-Catholic, "broad" now connotes tendencies toward Unitarian heresy. Churchmen predominantly interested in the application of Christianity to social problems are called "liberal...
...resident of Wellesley and mother of two children, Mrs. Sharp carried on relief work in France, Czechoslovakia, and Portugal for both the American Red Cross and the Unitarian Service Committee during 1939, 1940, and 1945. If successful, her campaign will unseat a GOP stalwart--present House Minority Leader--who will become Speaker of the House in the event of a Republican sweep...