Religious News Service Photographs

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Conceived by journalist Louis Minsky (1909-1957), Religious News Service (RNS) was established in 1934 as an affiliated but independently managed agency of the National Conference of Jews and Christians (later the National Conference of Christians and Jews), and was dedicated to providing authoritative and bias-free news about religion and ethics to both the secular and religious press. This collection contains photographs documenting Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish groups. Coverage of Protestants (especially mainline Protestants) and Catholics constitutes the bulk of the images. View the collection guide to learn more. Digitization of some of the images in this collection made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Featured image: Father James Groppi, the civil rights activist priest from Milwaukee, and militant leader Rennie Davis are taken into custody during an anti war demonstration a block from the White House.

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Title:
Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr weekly columns, 1947.
Description:
Weekly columns written by Dr. Reinhold Neibuhr and published by the Religious News Service. Discusses social, cultural, and political issues from a religious and moral viewpoint. Topics include: nuclear warfare; famine and humanitarian crises; inequality and injustice; world peace; interdenominational cooperation; reconstruction in Europe after World War II; immigration and refugees; United States race relations; issues of church and state; the social and economic conditions of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East; and more.
Creator:
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971., Sherrill, Henry Knox, 1890-1980., Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., Niemoeller, Martin, 1892-1984., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962., United Nations., Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965., MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964., Mayo Clinic., World Conference of Christian Youth (2nd : 1947 : Oslo, Norway), Berggrav, Eivind, 1884-1959., Dulles, Allen, 1893-1969., Marshall Plan., Smuts, Jan Christiaan, 1870-1950.
Topics:
Journalism, Religious--History--20th century., Political ethics., Social ethics., Christianity and international affairs., World politics--1945-1989., International relief., Church and state--United States., Interdenominational cooperation., Emigration and immigration., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Race relations--United States--1940-1950., Nuclear arms control., Nonviolence--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Politics and government--20th century., United States--Religion--20th century., United States--Social conditions--20th century., Germany--History--1945-1955., France--Social conditions--20th century., Palestine--Politics and government--1917-1948., India--History--Partition, 1947.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:152623
Title:
New building at Episcopal Theological School.
Description:
Former Presiding Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill of the Episcopal Church (second from left) lays the cornerstone for a new $1.5 million library-classroom at the Episcopal Theological School.
Creator:
Dowd, John C. (photographer), PR Associates (Boston, Mass.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Episcopal Theological School (Cambridge, Mass.). Library., Sherrill, Henry Knox, 1890-1980., Coolidge, William Appleton., Macomber, George., Garfield, James., Coburn, John B.
Topics:
Cornerstone laying--Massachusetts--Cambridge.
Geographic subjects:
Cambridge (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151371
Title:
New building at Episcopal Theological School, press release.
Creator:
Dowd, John C. (author), PR Associates (Boston, Mass.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Episcopal Theological School (Cambridge, Mass.). Library., Sherrill, Henry Knox, 1890-1980., Coolidge, William Appleton., Macomber, George., Garfield, James., Coburn, John B.
Topics:
Cornerstone laying--Massachusetts--Cambridge.
Geographic subjects:
Cambridge (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150715
Title:
Presiding Bishop's tree planted.
Description:
Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill of the Protestant Episcopal Church plants the "Presiding Bishop's Tree" in Honolulu.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Episcopal Church--Hawaii--Honolulu., Episcopal Church--Bishops--Hawaii--Honolulu., Sherrill, Henry Knox, 1890-1980.
Topics:
Tree planting--Hawaii--Honolulu., Rites and ceremonies--Hawaii--Honolulu.
Geographic subjects:
Honolulu (Hawaii)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148541
Title:
American churchmen visit Moscow gallery.
Description:
Moscow--American church leaders visit the Tretiakov Gallery here during their ten-day stay in the Soviet Union. Shown in front row are, left to right: Dr. Roswell P. Barnes of New York, associate general secretary of the National Council of Churches; Charles C. Parlin of Englewood, N.J., a member of the National Council's general board; the Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill of New York, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Philadelphia, president of the National Council; Bishop D. Ward Nichols of New York, head of the African Methodist Episcopal Church's First Episcopal District; Paul B. Anderson of New York, secretary of the YMCA International Committee; and Dr. Franklin Clark Fry of New York, president of the United Lutheran Church in America.
Creator:
Sovfoto/Eastfoto, Inc. (photographer)
Subject names:
Sherrill, Henry Knox, 1890-1980., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Nichols, D. Ward (Decatur Ward), 1900-, Anderson, Paul B., 1894-1985., Fry, Franklin Clark, 1900-1968., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
Soviet Union.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:11060
Title:
American churchmen sight-seeing in Moscow.
Description:
Moscow--Seven of nine American Protestant leaders on a ten-day visit to Moscow go sight-seeing in Red Square accompanied by a Russian Orthodox churchman and two interpreters. Left to right are: Charles C. Parlin of Englewood, N.J., an attorney; Dr. Roswell P. Barnes of New York, associate general secretary of the National Council of Churches; Dr. Franklin C. Fry of New York, President of the United Lutheran Church in America; the Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill of New York, presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church; an unidentified interpreter; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Philadelphia, president of the National Council; Archimandrite Pemin of the Russian Orthodox Church; unidentified interpreter; Dr. Hubert Gezork of Newton Center, Mass., president of Andover Newtown Theological Seminary; and Paul B. Anderson of New York, secretary of the YMCA International Committee. The visit was sponsored by the National Council at the invitation of the Patriarch Alexei, head of the Russian church.
Creator:
Sovfoto/Eastfoto, Inc. (photographer)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Fry, Franklin Clark, 1900-1968., Sherrill, Henry Knox, 1890-1980., Gezork, Herbert Johannes, 1900-1984., Anderson, Paul B., 1894-1985., Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
Soviet Union.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:11058
Title:
Churchmen visiting Russia.
Description:
These nine American Protestant leaders left here March 9 to visit Moscow where they will hold talks with Christian leaders there. Their 10-day trip marks the first phase of a two-way visit that will bring Russian churchmen to this country next June as guests of the National Council of Churches. Shown left to right are: front row, Bishop D. Ward Nichols of New York, head of the African Methodist Episcopal Church's First Episcopal District; the Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill of New York, presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal District; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Philadelphia, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church USA and president of the National Council; and Charles C. Parlin of Englewood, N.J. (Methodist), an attorney and member of the National Council's General Board. In rear: Dr. Walter W. Van Kirk of Mt. Vernon, N.Y. (Methodist), executive director of the National Council's Department of International Affairs; Dr. Herbet Gezork of Newton Center, Mass. (Baptist), president of Andover Newton Theological Seminary; Dr. Roswell P. Barnes of New York (Presbyterian), the National Council's associate general secretary; Dr. Franklin Clark Fry of New York, president of the United Lutheran Church in America; and Paul B. Anderson of New York (Congregational Christian), secretary of the YMCA International Committee.
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (photographer)
Subject names:
Blake, Eugene Carson, Nichols, D. Ward (Decatur Ward), 1900-, Sherrill, Henry Knox, 1890-1980., Van Kirk, Walter W. (Walter William), 1891-1956., Gezork, Herbert Johannes, 1900-1984., Fry, Franklin Clark, 1900-1968., Anderson, Paul B., 1894-1985., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
Soviet Union.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:11056

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