Religion: Vigor, Vim, Cool Drinks

Christianity as practiced in the U.S. is a bit overwhelming to a clergyman from Britain. This is the impression conveyed last week by two English ministers, in a group of ten exchange visitors traveling in the U.S. under the auspices of the National Council of Churches and the British Council of Churches. "I am wondering whether the church in America is not frightened by this boom in religion." said Canon Hartley A. Wareham. Vicar of Linthorpe. Middlesbrough. Yorkshire. "The fantastic interest in church building, church attendance and education is a strange, alarming phenomenon about which we must not be cynical. It...

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