lindsey hilsum.

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  • Source:
    New Statesman. 12/19/2005, Vol. 134 Issue 4771-4773, p27-27. 1p. 1 Color Photograph.
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    • Subject Terms:
      ATHEISM; MINORITIES; RELIGION; LIMBO (Christian theology); SECULARISM; ATHEISTS; HUMANISM; MODERN society
    • Abstract:
      The author considers the Pope's decision to abolish limbo. Limbo, according to Dante, was the seventh circle of hell. The tide of history is not turning towards humanism. Rather, the reverse is taking place. As the Church of England declines, people are embracing Buddhism or transcendental meditation. The author says she is not promoting smug secularism nor evangelising humanism, but is expressing concern that the God-free will soon be an oppressed minority.