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...know that I am preaching to the converted. The virtues of these community members are known in the student body and, for the most part, their efforts are met with gratitude and sincere appreciation. Rather, it is the administration and the University community writ large that should heed these praises. When I give to Harvard, if I give at all, it will be with these friends in mind...
Nationalism, whether ethnic or civic, is clearly one of the most powerful of the forces which move societies, and what is nationalism if not factionalism writ large...
...Roland Bainton, who in 1958 defended his abstinence "based on biblical principles [although] not based on biblical precepts or biblical practice." Gomes applies this same distinction to biblical texts on slaves, Jews, women and homosexuals, explaining why each group's persecution or exclusion, even if derived literally from Holy Writ, runs counter to its principles...
...Roland Bainton, who in 1958 defended his abstinence 'based on biblical principles (although) not based on biblical precepts or biblical practice.' Gomes applies this same distinction to biblical texts on slaves, Jews, women and homosexuals, explaining why each group?s persecution or exclusion, even if derived literally from Holy Writ, runs counter to its principles. "Fundamentalists will have little use for this book," says TIME's David Van Biema, "but its target audience just may be charmed back into the pews...
...recall who coined the phrase "patience is a virtue," but the words are nonetheless ingrained in our collective head. They are uttered as if writ by God. Mothers remind their children, teachers their students and golf pros their frustrated amateurs. But I wonder if these immortal words deserve their sanctified status...