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By Katharine BIRD
athways of th
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Th ed,ton I n.1,nrted on a c onferencc of comm11terl Chr1 tiJn •
rnrn and ,,un1 n d,�h·
\I the m hm th " ho aro h.,pp) m I heir faith and urn m th< of faith h uld not op I th,, Rath r loo •
Fundam nla I the ll1hlc al the h rt of hrtstian hfo nd I Uh. The rnamt In that th Bibl th onlv un:e of autbont m Chnsts1ml\
Bui funclamenlal� I • th n and no\\, belong lo \ r10u reJ1g1ou" drnorn 1n.1hon or to nonp 1·hC\ h...!11,,.,, Iha! th 00 '"" or
us.
\\e might I rn first from th rr lraordmary m� 1on.11') I to hnng the """' of th lh le lo olhe Second, \\u hould le m f rnm I he , nre.m
For tmlanrn, th Gene • ,talemenl, IR.t th ro be h hi" , morn than o h1 tonr..al moment
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Ways towards breakt rou h II happen · frequ nil . tudent l the distraught here I am a university campus chaplain calls to a k advi e. He or he ha joined one of the non· denominational Bibi stud groups on campu . oon the group members are uggest· ing that onl the know how to read the Blhle correctly.
The do a lot of Bible. quoting, u ing on -liners that the a give "absolute proor• for th ir interpreta· lion. Furthermore, the hold that anything not literally found in th pa sage of Scripture ls not from God.
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By Father Herbert WEBER
\1urh or what h1hhral funclam n lab m support bdon lo ho,.1c Chmllan ,alu w.al ppn,cfal10n for th� Bibi a d n, lo h,,, a romm,ued life and a \\llhngn lo pencncr faith \\ II a, talk ahoul 11 Bui d pile th, menl I fer! fundamentalism p nl a " lt•m of reh�ious hrha\lour that d,miands \ closer loo ""'"'I fundamentalism i,
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chan 1hc1r 1nco11111g. From all this flm, n piritualit that ha, several prat worth, chara<leri,11 , hut also a few drawbed. I · uallv th lmng adherenrn lo Scripture mand I h1�h moral valu One \'Oung man I Id me that 11" through hi dialogue with h, fr1rnd, who , re [undam ntal I Chri Ii.ms that h " able to abstain fmm premarital sc I applaud I th man's newfound mm1<hon, Bui in hts I also d,sm red that his moralit w s bosed on a ng,d and somcttm .,.ff rishteou use of the B1hlo B,hbr.al fundamental, m often ts
d,re the""'' of h1bh01I fundamcnla The) are mmm,ucd lo th B,tand stud, groups. and th , also hJ18 strong m� �lnn.u, :-.p1nl lroeh",d the p<I\\P.r of th, ro(lllmenl \\ hen a former par1sh1er, \\ho no longt"r "'" h1msdf , n lholi r.alled lo a me for fincial upport. He \\as lartmg a \ of m1..,_,1onar, , uri.. meant lo col'rt Cathol' fortunate!\· h, dt,,.,re lo I II h, , a nol matched b a " IJ!ll"'s lo attt!pl others or I ten 1ot·ir ton
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Illa) d, ,rah�· lo L1m th ,k,Jn fundamrnlalLsm or to d rid ,ts ,pn- •on of Chn,1�1m1, But C)l�k pari,he, \\Oukl be further ahllb, loo ingal them I, Th " fa also ain pmrnle a call to moral I that set high ndanl, an c nc:c of the Church that ,s pdnal and o I,· .,,( of comm11me.nl ,1i1 .. challe them h more r.nerg) p I on pan h pt1•ms that trul 10 r.h th hfr. of •embers, allcrnali n 1 d that n" re.nee I R, f'III roa<lmg 11 ma hi ral t , 1h acllo , """ ta en, t em nl, uuld he a fundamenl I bl1'1hrough into a >1hranl ianil).
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m not th The tertian . u onl on ncounterl th hde of bihhcal f dam ,nlahsm. Others a� are e periencm 11 al r t!h thmr fnen<l or "'1lll 100 their o, n chun:he-.
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und r,,tand, toda) ' pnni or 3000 \'ear ago \forrow.r, h1h/1cal fundamental·
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She also urged the others lo look lo the Bible for guidance. asserting
The value of the Bible is not only stressed in today's Catholic Church, but people have shown their interest ,n it by participating in parish Scripture groups of many kinds Occasionally, with all the Scripture scholarship
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It on thi, u of the B,hle s lu, , authorII\ nd th n e 1mn of everv other form of uthontv m th , hurch that fond ,m ntal] t chIT r m I vith the lifi and lrmhhon of the Cathol] Church
that she had become much happier since "turning my life over to the Lord". She explained that a couple of years earlier she had joined a Bible study group and now relied on the Bible lo her guide decisions.
DISCUSSION POINTS
KNOW YO RFAIT
The term "fund mentali t" hows up o [requently in this ag of tel vang Ii m that }OU would think ii had b n around forever. ol o. We owe the term to an editorial that appeared in th earl 19ZO in a Baptist paper called the \\atchman Examiner.
The party was blasting along when the attractive, well-dressed woman joined the small group in the dining room. A businesswoman, she was articulate and intelligent in the discussing city's political situation. Then, during a lull in the conversation, she confessed
is following
thoy ha, for olhr.r,, ond th,• ""' the, ·nulnch w I m people mto their churths-.. \\huh usuall, a quite small nd mhmale � un,lamcnt.il � are dP\1>1r.tl lo the H,blc, but also lo R,bl folio\\ hip. Third, fundamentalist: re ml cd m rea,h"8 nd udm1g the Bib The Hibl is God' " rd for nil, n 1u,1 for f.,..
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taking place, people may feel intimidated about the Bible They wonder where the pomt of balance IS between approaching the Bible ,n an academic way and approaching it Without appreciaT,on for the culture and llmes m which it was wnUen. How do you thmk this tension can be resolved? Are there easy-to-use resources in your community for people who want to know more about the Bible and at the same tune to use rt m the,r prayer hfe 7 Katharine B1rd talks about the action taken to help people Ullhse the Bible better. What IS the program's approach? How does Father Eugene LaVerdiere explain the origin of the term "fundamentalism"?
that doing so had changed her life and could change theirs loo. The young woman's way of imiling others lo Bible sludi is mmmonly experienced today.
ODO Asked what church he allended. the ,oung \\'Oma.n added that she rndn'I go lo am· church; the Bible alone "asgu,de enough. Port of the appeal of biblical fundamenlallSls is the per<0nal mlerest they tab in people and their problems. Th l have a "spinl of "armlh and fnendli· n " and th v care for olh r membrrs of their group. and conRre11B· lions, e plain I ,\rchbih p John \\hcalon oling lh, I mani Cal ho hes haw "a n· don d their Cathohc f 1th fora R, I chun:h'," hcca ,d nth Cal he Churclt In help pan· lx_'{."1101 more
" re The Church "mu, da much more lo I r.h I� O\\U prop elh B,hl and lo make our pan, h 1,r of a , .. arm p t nng fom,I spml".
Archbishop Whealon said. Ei<:hl years ago a program known as Daystar was inaugurated. The program lrairu. people In be facililalors of small Scripture sludi groups in parishes. 115 aim is lo keep Catholic,, from bemg "Bible illiterates", sa,d Dr Eleanor Ra • director of the d;ocesan
office. --Our concern"�
that people rnd nol ha a good background m Scripture."
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The Ila) lar program materials which contain "good. middleof-lhe-road" biblical scholarship lo educate peopl • \ts Ra added. Th mall groups of 25 meet monlhh ov •r a hm-\ r pt"riod. F h on has three II be mmponenl "11h pra) r u, mg a Scriptun.• rt ding from the da I SOIL 1ne wu hop ho m next and i on uch u to \"urk \\Ith adult th pnnCt· pl nf dull educ !HJn and the n of clul Th,• final part" a lecture lo pm, ,d, , 1n1,,nl on the B,h
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t'ourth, fundamrntaJ. � uct1, I, encoura peer m11li�tr\. For 111,1 nre, fundam nlal· L,15 u trained tnll Cont page 10
Knowing the Bible Chnst>ans are d1SCOV8r· ,ng the Bible ,n droves. WJIJ185S the expeneoce of a volunt r tutor wrth a aty lrteracy program who dlSOOvered that his student. a man in h,s 20s, wanted to learn to read not to improve tus J()boutlook but so that he could read the Bible WJIJ185S too the populanty of pansh adult education cla on Scnpture or the nse of Scnpture study groups on urnversrty campuses and ,n corporate office buold,ngs No doubt. Btbies are bev,g taken down off the shelves where they had been left to gather dust Vi those who turn to the B, do 90 for rent reasons and ., different ways Some people approach the S.bie as • kind of divinely doc1ated reape book spec,fying pre aseiy rM81Ured ,ngntdten forChnsban IMng
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