Word: worshipped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...into the desert and coming back with strange ideas about religion. The caravans to Mecca brought many tribes with many gods, and Mecca welcomed them all; the city contained the shrines of 360 deities. In addition to the regular business traffic, Mecca was host to pilgrims from all Arabia worshiping at these shrines. One of them was the Kaaba, a little building housing a stone which was venerated as a fetish sacred to Allah. To his fellow magnates of Mecca, Mohammed proposed nothing less than the sole worship of Allah and the abolition of all other gods...
Before the Lutheran Institute on Race Relations in Valparaiso, Ind., Professor Alvin William Rose of the North Carolina College for Negroes said last week: "The Christian Church is America's most segregated institution. More than 96% of American Negroes and whites worship in [separated] churches. It is tragic that of all our institutions, the Christian Church should be the most unchristian...
...Church. She is essentially right in her contention that the church should draw people together rather than set them apart . . . Her people do not join a local society; they are confirmed by the bishop as members of the church which claims to be founded by Peter, the church whose worship is the same throughout the world . . . For the individual this can be a great experience. Instead of traveling through life alone, he is part of a mighty host...
...ultimate goal of the American people and their Government is a peaceful world in which there is no strong and no weak, no masters and no slaves, but where all men can live and work freely and happily without want or fear and with the right to worship God in their own way. This is our vision of the future; we invite you to share...
Miracle Play for Moderns Medieval man went to church for his theater as well as for worship; "mysteries," "moralities" and miracle plays had their origins in churches and were often performed there. A wing of the modern British theater seems to be going back to church. This year, stimulated by the Festival of Britain and the enthusiasm of the Religious Drama Society, churches all over England are opening their doors to plays and players, masterpieces of the Middle Ages are being revived, and new religious plays are being produced, among them Novelist-Playwright Dorothy L. Sayers' The Emperor Constantine...