Religion: For the Defense

"The enemies of the National Council of the Churches of Christ are highly visible and extremely vocal." So the current issue of the Christian Century begins its lead editorial—a spirited defense of the National Council that quotes liberally from another defense of the N.C.C., in the July issue of the Southern California Presbyterian.

So much defending bespeaks a lot of attacking, and the N.C.C. has indeed become a prime target of the stepped-up offensive of such ultraconservative fringers as the John Birch Society and the Circuit Riders, who accuse the National Council of 1)...

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