Religion: Meetings of Minds

Between the end of summer vacation and the start of the academic year, churchmen, religious educators and students flock to conferences and congresses. Among last week's meetings and pronouncements :

¶At the fourth triennial conference of the Inter-Seminary Movement, sponsored by the National Council of Churches at Ohio's Oberlin College, The Netherlands' Dr. Willem A. Visser't Hooft told 500 Protestant theology students to be both "slaves and spokesmen'' of Christianity. Said Dr. Visser't Hooft. general secretary of the World Council of Churches and a minister of The Netherlands Reformed Church: "There is a new search for authority in the world today [and...

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