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Lutherans, by contrast, seem to be a bundle of contradictions. They are "liberal" in the sense of shunning revivalist zeal and puritanical rules (it is no crime for Lutheran ministers to smoke, visit nightclubs or gamble) but are as "conservative" as Roman Catholics in insisting on the importance of certain central doctrines. Yale Divinity School's George Lindbeck, who wrote the chapter on Lutherans, says this schizophrenic situation cannot last, and speculates that Lutherans will gradually shift in the direction of Roman Catholicism, which they broke with...
...sole purpose is to effect the tyranny of the polls? By his unwillingness to provide leadership, Carter has unwittingly paved the way for the resurgence of conservatism, allowing well-organized interest groups with narrow bases of support--like anti-ERA forces--to arrogate to themselves political power through sheer zeal...
...shots may misfire. Platforms are at the disposal of the presidential candidates, who can appropriate as much or as little of them as they please. They have even been known to dip into the enemy camp for supplies. Still, this year's platforms, hammered out with diligence and zeal, are an eloquent refutation of the canard that parties in America do not stand for anything. They stand for plenty - and they stand apart...
...educated in mission schools and as a boy served at the altar of Salisbury's Anglican cathedral. His first job was in a religious bookstore. In 1959, at age 22, the young Anglican was jailed briefly for distributing black nationalist literature. Imprisonment only intensified Tekere's political zeal, and in 1963 he became one of the founding members of Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU). By the time he was jailed a second time, a year later, for his political activities, Tekere was the party's deputy secretary for youth and culture, in charge...
...from under them." The Republicans' message will be different: "We have to move ahead, but we're not going to leave anyone behind. I ask you to trust that American spirit which knows no ethnic, religious, social, political or economic boundaries; the spirit that burned with zeal in the hearts of millions of immigrants from every corner of the earth who came here in search of freedom...