Word: worshiper
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Fidel Castro's former second-in-command was the victim of his own botched insurgency, in which he failed to follow his own precepts for guerrilla warfare. Yet, in the seven months since his death, the Che legend has given rise to a cult of almost religious hero worship among radical intellectuals, workers and students across much of the Western world...
...began to dance toward the altar, her arms gracefully beckoning the 1,400 Protestants and Roman Catholics in attendance to join her in worship. By the altar, she performed a symbolic offertory. Later, she danced a joyous finale entitled God Is Light, then twirled daintily back up the aisle and slipped out of the church door...
...professional dancer with the San Francisco Ballet Company, which she joined at age 13, she entered the Society of the Religious of the Sacred Heart in 1964. Although Sister Tina spends most of her time studying theology, her superiors have lately allowed her to dance at experimental worship services. She is not allowed to wear ballet costumes. So she performs in a white version of Sacred Heart's traditional black habit - the order wears both colors - because, as she puts it, "white celebrates life...
...dialogue sermon point out that since industry, government and education have discovered the virtue of the seminar and the conference, the church should also explore this avenue of intellectual discovery. According to Dr. Robert Luccock, professor of homiletics at Boston University, the intro duction of dialogue in worship means that "we are beginning to take seriously the idea that every Christian is in a true sense a minister...
...greatly excited about the idea of one of our prelates halting his building programs in order to use the funds to alleviate the immediate problems of the poor. For too long the ludicrous situation has existed where the poor have trudged from country hovels and slum cellars to worship in million-dollar edifices of stone, marble and gold leaf...