Word: worshiper
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...kind of militant, secular liberalism that would homogenize religion in the U.S. The questions indicate a confusion that identifies " 'the American way of life' as a religion, the national temple under whose broad roof various shrines -Protestant, Jewish, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox-may be permitted to worship so long as they acknowledge themselves to be sects or parties within the one state Shinto...
...were guilty in 1920," he admits, "that we were able to see the theological relevance of the Church only as a negative counterpart to the Kingdom of God which we had then so happily rediscovered. We wanted to interpret the form of the Church's doctrine, its worship, its juridical order as 'human, all too human,' as 'not so important . . .' In all this we at least approached the theory and practice of a spiritual partisanship and an esoteric gnosticism...
...that at least a dozen persons had already starved to death, and a dangerous famine was imminent, three Indian air force transports and two Indian airlines cargo planes began airdropping 40 tons of rice daily. Mizo Hills Christians in their little palm-thatched village churches, and animists who still worship nature deities, offered concerted prayers that when the April rains turn the brown hills to emerald green, the bamboo will not bear its evil blossoms again...
...conflict, partly by going underground. "If persecuted," instructs a Mandaean text, "say, 'We belong to you.' But do not confess him in your hearts, or deny the voice of your Master, the high King of Light." The Christian Demons. Together with the King of Light, the Mandaeans worship the Great Life, which takes the form of the "living water" or yardna-water flowing in a natural stream. As John baptized in the River Jordan, so the Mandaeans baptize by total immersion, and almost invariably live beside the banks of streams...
...years last week, and Pope John XXIII explained the occasion as "a meeting of a bishop with his priests to study the problems of the spiritual life of the faithful, to give or restore vigor to ecclesiastical laws so as to eliminate abuses, to promote Christian life, foster divine worship and religious practices...