THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, September 10, 1971-21

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'Research on Religious Development' Project

For the Jew, life has always
Eminent scholars representing own background and training.
The Continuum Center of Oakland been dependent upon knowledge.
The
second
problem,
the
editor
all faiths are participating in an
University announces fall sessions —Israel H. Levinthal.
extensive study, "Research on points out, is that of locating past
of INVESTIGATION INTO IDEN-
research—a
problem
of
overabun-
Religious Development—a Project
TITY, a course designed to ac-
of the Religious Education Associa- dance and inconsistency, since the
quaint women with the opportunity
tion," published as a comprehen- material is as ubiquitous and dis-
sive handbook by Hawthorn Books. similar as religion itself.
ties oven to them in employment,
"Research on Religious Devel-
This 900-page volume deals with opment," writes Dr. Strommen,
volunteer work, and further edu-
religion of youth, internal moral "ought not to be viewed as new
cation. Monday opens the first pro-
standards in children, religious authority but rather as another
gram at Oakland from 12:30 p.m.
effects of parochial education, way of listening to God and corn-
in the Meadow Brook Club House.
the role of religion in public ed-
The course will meet Monday and
ucation and many related subjects.
Wednesday until Oct. 11. An even-
Aspects of anti-Semitism in the
ing program at Ferndale High
many areas touched upon are dis-
School begins 7 p.m. Tuesday and
cussed in detail, and intense reli-
will meet once a week for eight
gious motivations and behaviors
Constant quoting of Scriptures weeks. The first orientation meet-
One
of
the
very
brilliant
writers
are evaluated.
mingles with the brutalities de- ing is free. For information, call
Among the many essays in this of our time, Zoe Oldenbourg, has I picted
in a most dramatic story. the Center, 377-2000, Ext. 2146.
devoted
her
new
work
to
a
de-
volume is Prof. Martin L. Hoff-
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In the name of Christ, the
scription
of
the
dramatic
episodes
man's "Development of Internal
The
adult
education
division of
The
Heirs
of
the
Kingdom,"
Crusaders
march
on,
and
Miss
Moral Standards in Children." Dr. of the Crusades.
Oldenbourg's descriptions reveal the Detroit Board of Education has
In -
Hoffman, member of the University
the aims and the oppressive spirit: announced that the new term for
of Michigan faculty, provides guid- (Pantheon Books), Miss Olden- "They mean to rob the poor of REAL ESTATE CLASSES will be-
bourg
describes
the
First
Crusad-
ance on child rearing concepts.
heroes and the villains, the wages that Jesus Christ has gin Monday and meet 6:30 p.m.
Edited by Prof. Merton P. ers, the
weekly at Henry Ford High School.
the bloodshed, the promised them."
the
terror,
Stromrnen, this volume is the result
It is only part of the terror—
brutalities that preceded and per-
of two years' efforts and of in- haps led to the Spanish Inquisition. the story of the First Crusade—
Explain
tensive search for and research
The novel reconstructs the and Miss Oldenbourg's narration
It
is
beyond
our power to ex-
into the social and spiritual events of the 11th Century and exposes the medievalism that
plain either the prosperity of the
aspects of religious functions.
caused
so
much
suffering
in
the
alludes to the drive for Jerusalem
wicked or the afflictions of the
This is a work of serious scholar- and the cruelties that ensued.
11th Century.
righteous.—Talmud.
—P.
S.
ship to consolidate and evaluate
There is a brief comment
material which Dr. Strommen
commencing one of the chapters
OPEN SUN. 11-4
calls at best "sporadic, fortuitous
that gives the reader an idea of
and unsystematic," and to answer
the horror that was in store
with scientific, documented infor-
then. Miss Oldenbourg writes:
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develop religion? How does his
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Strommen in his introduction, "be-
sin."
Cuban government, having agreed
comes apparent when one asks,
Translated from the French by to accept the refugees, revoked
How should 'religion' be defined? Anne Carter, this novel describes
What constitutes a religious faith?" the mental torment, the inhuman- their visas.
There were only two alternatives
This fundamental question is ities that were current then.
—another country would have to
treated by Martin E. Marty in his
Here is another quote portray- take them in or the refugees would
chapter, "Religious Development in Mg one of the characters:
be forced to return to Germany.
Historical, Social and Cultural
" 'Leave him alone, you're only
Context." Marty concludes that a jealous. He's been baptizing him- Many nations voiced concern, but
universally accepted definition of self in Turkish blood.' She took none actually helped. In Washing-
religion is impossible—thus reflect- him in her arms, all dirty as he ton, Morrie Feldman, an American
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lowing each contributor to give his
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There's a craving for Jerusa- is Dr. Carl Bender, a psychologist
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the Germany they are fleeing and
the plush, temporary opulence of
the "Franz Joseph." The uncer-
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refugees at the mercy ot.,nations
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Haulers
One of Allied Van
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—P.S.
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ing to understand His revelation.
Reasonably valid data ought to
awaken inquiry, arouse concern,
point directions, and help us test
widely held assumptions. Used in
this way, the results of science and
theology can be seen as comple-
mentary, as two different attitudes
to • the one world, two different
modes of apprehending it, and two
different ways of accounting for
it." —P.S.

Terrors of First Crusade Related
in Zoe Oldenbourg's New Novel

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Yaffee Novel Tells
Refugees' Tragedy

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