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...Boylston St. sidewalk, a rather plain ad invites passers by into the Gallery of Social/Political Art located within the Community Church of Boston. Straight up the stairs, the space that currently houses "Sex, Sexism, and Society" seems appropriately designed for witness, not worship. Several tiers of bolt-bound, theater-style chairs are anchored in the center of the room, while the walls are a shock of mixed-media, the works of multiple artists all squeezing for space. Some stand out, some strike out, but all speak out about sexism, sexual discrimination, sexuality, women heroes and related themes...
...Boylston St. sidewalk, a rather plain ad invites passers by into the Gallery of Social/Political Art located within the Community Church of Boston. Straight up the stairs, the space that currently houses "Sex, Sexism, and Society" seems appropriately designed for witness, not worship. Several tiers of bolt-bound, theater-style chairs are anchored in the center of the room, while the walls are a shock of mixed-media, the works of multiple artists all squeezing for space. Some stand out, some strike out, but all speak out about sexism, sexual discrimination, sexuality, women heroes and related themes...
...houses of worship aren't only preaching these new values; they also seem more effective in carrying them out. Churches get things done because they generate, in the think tank-speak of the day, social capital. They possess the moral authority to call people to service on behalf of others, something politicians generally lack the stature even to try. Americans, Everett Carll Ladd of the Roper Center writes in the Ladd Report, are more than twice as likely to volunteer as people in Germany or France. And the percentage of Americans volunteering, unlike participating in government, is going not down...
...ignorance of how to use and enjoy it), but also the speed at which money is gained and lost. Condemning the money hungry stockbrokers for losing their values, morality,and their very selves to wealth, this movie shows the emptiness and danger when money becomes an object of worship...
...probably could be considered a religious sort of worship, now that Thomas Professor of Divinity Harvey G. Cox has joined the team of Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz and Agassiz Professor of Zoology Stephen J. Gould in a weekly, sit-back-in-your-chair-and-let-the-self-importance-hang-out affair which they know we call "Egos." Essentially, it's a matter of sharing a beer with the best, in their mind. To our surprise, after two hours, we were rather convinced. Gould, Dershowitz and Cox present something novel and exciting in the humdrum lives...