The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 10, 1966 Page: 7 of 8
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Novak Questions Role Of Religion
In Society Which Lacks
BY JIM DENNEY
Thresher Religion Editor
Dr. Michael Novak, the lead-
ing Roman Catholic layman in
the United States, attacked
19th century American religion
as "familiar sentimentality,"
last Thursday in the Rice Chap-
el.
According to Dr. Novak, since
the beginning of this century
conservative religion has be-
come less and less plausible
due to the introduction of the
urbanization process in modern
life. The leaving of provincial
"childhood ghettos" has caused
believing Americans to see that
their fellow city-dwellers who
are non-believers are "persons
as whole as they are."
Dr. Novak, Profesor of Phil-
osophy and Religion at Stan-
ford University, was Time mag-
azine's correspondent to the re-
cent Ecumenical Council at the
Vatican.
Tradition Questioned
In his lecture titled "Belief
and Unbelief," Dr. Novak noted
that many traditions, especially
religion, are being seriously
questioned in modern society.
That hundreds of thousands
of Europeans have died in wars
since 1900 has brought the be-
liefs of Western Civilization to
the test.
At the same time that be-
lievers are taking atheism with
new seriousness, many non-be-
lievers are looking upon relig-
ion with new interest, the
speaker noted. These non-be-
lievers are not the fervent an-
ti-religionists of a few decades
back; the younger group has be-
gun to examine their non-the-
ist principles in the light of
modern liberal activism.
Both believers and nonbe-
lievers find themselves equally
committed to working for order
and justice, notably in the area
of civil rights. These young
people were discribed by Dr.
Novak as having a "principle of
vision." They are attempting to
reduce the amount of human
suffering found today.
Compassion
What is disturbing to believ-
ers and non-believers alike is
the "deep compassion for
those who suffer" and a sense
of awareness for other men.
Dr Novak went on to say
that there is no real division
today between these believers
and non-believers, as they both
work for human dignity. Rath:
er, the cleft exists between the
group of these believers and
non-believers and the majority
of Americans who go to church
for familial sentimentality.
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Durham, John. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 10, 1966, newspaper, February 10, 1966; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth244963/m1/7/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.