Religion in Hollywood Manages Moral Controversy Worldwide
The article notes churchmen in Australia and North America debating Hollywood morals and film influence. It cites Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan, press sensationalism, and calls for good cinema over censorship. It also covers Sydney church leaders and Canadian church resolutions urging filmgoers to oppose disapproved films. Renowned critic Clifton Fadiman laments declining religious feeling and rising depersonalization linked to media and war anxieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Ulm
Hollywood
Sydney
Australia
Rita Hayworth
Aly Kahn
Miss Hayworth
Louis Hadley Evans
First Presbyterian Church
General Council of the United Church of Canada
Vancouver
B.C
Methodist Church
Boston
Ren.s
Protestant Churches Speak Out Against Gambling and Liquor
Week-End Editorial notes hopeful trend as churches and civic bodies oppose legalized gambling and licensed liquor. Southern California Council of Protestant Churches denounces bookmaking and pari mutuel betting and urges church action. Grand Jury also condemns race-track gambling and calls for enforcement and clean government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern California Council of Protestant Churches
Assembly of the
Los Angeles Grand Jury
New Delhi summit seen as massive political fact
The New Delhi gathering of 19 nations, over half the world’s population, is praised as a massive political fact by Canham Bays. It is hailed for free peoples uniting against imperialism and communism, signaling a possible rise of a strong third force in Asia and potential East West reconciliation.
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New Delhi
Christian Science Monitor
Canham Bays
Asia
Moscow
U.N
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
China
India
Gandhi
Canham
January 20 1949 calls world history into focus
Christian Century editorial notes three pivotal events on January 20 1949. Chiang Kai-shek relinquishes China’s presidency, the Pan Asian conference opens in New Delhi, and President Truman unveils a bold program to expand world markets and peace. The piece suggests a watershed moment signaling dramatic shifts in global affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Truman
United States
East
Christian Century Editorial
Mixed faith marriages reveal strain on religion and family
A study by Murray H. Leiffer from Garrett Biblical Institute surveyed 743 mixed faith marriages in a large city. It found many spouses drop church ties, children influence religious choices, and long term conflict persists. The report concludes interfaith marriages have unfortunate results for organized religion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray H. Leiffer
Methodist
Garrett Biblical Institute
Evanston
Christian Century
Time Magazine
Leiffer
Leiffey
United Brethren Church
Christian Science
Free Methodist
Iam Lutheran
All Churches in Nationwide Campaign for World Relief
Christian churches of all denominations plan a nationwide World Relief drive on March 27. War devastation has created urgent needs in Europe and Asia as churches raise funds and ship food medicine and clothing overseas through Church World Service and allied bodies. A March 26 radio broadcast will urge churchgoers to contribute.
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Europe
Asia
America
Church World Service
National Christian Councils
Philanthropies Seek More Aid This Year
Major philanthropic agencies plan to raise 2.6539 billion dollars in 1949, an increase of 192.6 million from 1948. The largest share, over 1.75 billion, goes to local church budgets. The Protestant interdenominational relief agency seeks 183.7 million this year, up from 34.0 million in 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Rule Foundation
National Stewardship Institute
Robert M. Hopkins
Stewardship Institute
Foundation
Protestant Interdenominational Relief Agency
Observances Mark 400th Anniversary of Prayer Book
To observe the 400th anniversary of the first Book of Common Prayer used in Church of England services. Observances will occur across the country and in parts of the British Commonwealth. The Book of Common Prayer used by the Protestant Episcopal Church evolved from the original Church of England and Church of Scotland books.
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British Commonwealth
Church of England
Protestant Episcopal Church
Church of Scotland
Athenagoras I Pleads for Church Cooperation at Enthronement
In Istanbul Athengoras I urges Eastern Orthodox Communicants to cooperate with the Roman Catholic Church and with Anglican and other Protestant groups in a spirit of brotherhood. He speaks at his enthronement in the Patriarchal Church before Greek Turkish officials and consuls. No Soviet or Iron Curtain officials attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istanbul
Athenagoras I
New York
Athenagoras
Angelican
Soviet Union
Daily Bible Reading Bill Introduced in California Schools
Assemblyman G Delbert Morris of Los Angeles proposes five minutes daily Bible reading in all public schools from first grade to high school with no teacher or pupil comments. Parents could opt students out. affected students would do other studies. A three cleric board would select suitable passages for classroom reading.
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California
G. Delbert Morris
Los Angeles
Morris
State Department of Education
Glendale church tithes and offerings total 257 478
The Glendale Seventhday Adventist Church posted year funds of 257 478 with 184 225 from tithes and offerings and 38 000 for denominational work plus 12 000 from the public for foreign missions. Expenses were 23 000 and membership was 1 293 as of December 31.
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Glendale Seventhday Adventist Church
Schweitzer Returns to Gunsbach After Nine Years Abroad
Albert Schweitzer, famed missionary physician, returns to Gunsbach Alsace after nine years at Lambarene hospital in Africa. He plans organ concerts to fund the hospital and may finish Reverence for Life volume three. An African organist joked he can play faster than Schweitzer at Lagos Cathedral. His wife left Africa last July for health reasons after thirty years as a nurse. He critiques church and institutional secrecy, lamenting reliance on procedures over aims, noting some leaders remain prophetic.
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Albert Schweitzer
Gunsbach
Hatives
Lambarene
Africa
Schweitzer
Lagos
Dr Henry Hitt Crane Seeks Pacific Peace Mission
Detroit minister and Central Methodist Church figure Dr Henry Hitt Crane tours the Pacific Coast on a peace mission after a six month European tour. He speaks to eager crowds across the region about reconciliation and diplomacy.
Call for United Lutheran Front and Solidarity
Dr William G Lodt of Milwaukee president of the National Lutheran Council urged greater Lutheran solidarity at the council's annual meeting. He called for a broader united front and noted Lutherans helped organize the World Council of Churches in Amsterdam. He said God is guiding toward common ground and a united Lutheran front.
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Hey
William G. Lodt
Milwaukee
Wis
National Lutheran Council
Organization of the World Council of Churches
Amsterdam
Lodt
Episcopal Statistics Show Many Gains in 1948
The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States posted records in 1948 with baptisms surpassing 160000 for the first time. Infant baptisms reached 93251 and adult baptisms 17367, both up about 14.05 percent. Confirmations totaled 79751, up 4464 or 5.93 percent. Contributions for all purposes climbed to 41097082, and total baptized membership stood at 2436589, up 86958 or 3.7 percent. Active communicants reached a new high of 1650.
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Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
Lily Dng Church
Jones to Launch Japan Evangelistic Tour in February
Dr. B. Stanley Jones, renowned American Protestant evangelist, plans a month long preaching tour of Japan beginning February 24 in Tokyo. He will spoke in Tokyo Hiroshima Sapporo and Fukuoka with some meetings public others for teachers and students. The tour backed by National Christian Council of Japan United Church of Christ In Japan and other groups. World Without End radio series four 15 minute programs on Asia’s Christian role prepared by the joint religious radio committee for the Foreign Missions Conference of North America.
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Stanley Jones
Japan
B. Stanley Jones
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Sapporo
Fukuoka
Jones
National Christian Council of Japan
The
United Church of Christ In Japan
Kyodan
Asia
Christian Church
Joint
Foreign Missions Conference of North Americas
First Woman Elected Vice President of Federal Council of Churches
Dr Mildred McAfee Horton, long head of Wellesley College since 1936, was elected vice president at the council's Cincinnati meeting in December. A noted educator and civic leader, she led WAVES in World War II and retires from Wellesley presidency in June 1945.
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Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Cincinnati
Mildred McAfee Horton
Wellesley College
U. S. Navy
Douglas Harton
Christan
American Committee For the
World Council of Churches
What Is Academic Freedom What Is Academic Freedom
The University of Washington case on six faculty charged with Communist ties is examined for its handling and implications. Dr T W Smith notes the process was free of rancor and emphasized due process and judicial tone. A defining statement by President Raymond Allen ties academic freedom to absence of restraints from institutions and political affiliations.
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Christian Science Monitor
University of Washington
T. W. Smith
Congress
New York Herald Tribune
Smith
Board of Regents
Communist Party
Raymond B. Alen
YWCA Gifts Donations Across 65 Nations Highlight Ceremony
In Washington at the Episcopal Cathedral Bishop Angus Dun and Dean John W. Suter led a ceremony where girls representing YWCA groups from 48 states and Hawaii presented donations totaling 143,938 for use by the YWCA in 30 foreign lands. Most lands aided are still recovering from wartime damage. The YWCA now operates in 65 nations.
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Episcopal Cathedral
Washington
Angus Dun
John W. Suter
Young Women's Christian Associations
Hawaii
YWCA
Yw.c.a
Amherst Fraternity Ruling Spurs College Action
Mirror of Opinion urges other colleges to emulate Amherst Trustees who require fraternities to prove they ban discrimination by 1951 or risk removal. Denison University president Kenneth Brown says many colleges may follow Amherst’s pattern after seeing results, while a remark from President Cole adds a sting of urgency to the debate.
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Amherst
Ameherst
Massachusetts
Kenneth I. Brown
Denison University
Association of American Colleges
Association
Ambherst
Brown
Cole
Colege
Men of Distinction and the Recorders' Court
A critical reflection on the phrase man of distinction as used in periodicals and its contrast with courthouse realities. The piece laments those who endorse alcohol advertising while noting that men facing drunk and disorderly charges in the recorders' court are less celebrated yet equally distinct.
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Herald
Recorders’ Court
The Price of Power in a Future War
The Price of Power review notes a CFR study group report on future war against Russia. It cites Hanson Baldwin and a diverse panel of experts. The piece questions whether current military prep and spending align with evolving threats and technologies.
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Montreal Herald
Manchester Guardian
Council of Foreign Relations
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Royal Institute of International Affairs
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