Social and political issues and activism

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Church involvement in social and political issues and activism, including civil rights, protests, and war work. Also, social and political reformers connected to the church. See the following related collections: Civil rights, protests, and social reformers; Wars. Featured image: Religious with Rosa Parks, 1963.

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Title:
Theologians continue to grapple with the question of "just wars."
Description:
Article written for the Religious News Service.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., Institute for Policy Studies., Church of the Brethren., Catholic Church., Gibble, H. Lamar., Sjollema, Baldwin., II, John Paul, Pope, 1920-2005., Hirsch, Richard G., Barnet, Richard J.
Topics:
Pacifism--Religious aspects--Christianity., Pacifism--Religious aspects--Judaism., Pacifism--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Derry (Northern Ireland), Harare (Zimbabwe)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149236
Title:
Theologians continue to grapple with the question of "just wars."
Description:
Article written for the Religious News Service.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., Institute for Policy Studies., Church of the Brethren., Catholic Church., Gibble, H. Lamar., Sjollema, Baldwin., II, John Paul, Pope, 1920-2005., Hirsch, Richard G., Barnet, Richard J.
Topics:
Pacifism--Religious aspects--Christianity., Pacifism--Religious aspects--Judaism., Pacifism--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Derry (Northern Ireland), Harare (Zimbabwe)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149221
Title:
Zimbabwe marks its birth as an independent nation.
Description:
Article written for the Religious News Service.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mugabe, Robert Gabriel, -1924
Topics:
Nationalism--Zimbabwe--Harare., Independence movements--Zimbabwe--Harare.
Geographic subjects:
Harare (Zimbabwe), Zimbabwe--Politics and government--1979-1980., Zimbabwe--Autonomy and independence movements.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149109
Title:
Rhodesian mother mourns daughter killed by guerrilla missile.
Description:
A mother mourns her daughter during a mass cremation service for 59 victims of a black nationalist missile attack on a Viscount airliner. Photograph originally numbered PC-52169.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Terrorism--Zimbabwe--Harare., Terrorism victims' families--Zimbabwe--Harare.
Geographic subjects:
Harare (Zimbabwe)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148448
Title:
Opponents join in Zimbabwe Thanksgiving service.
Description:
Premier Robert Mugabe and his wife Sally, front row, and former prime minister and one of Mr. Mugabe's opponents in the recent election, Bishop Abel T. Muzorewa, far right, join in singing the black nationalist hymn, "God Bless Africa."
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mugabe, Robert Gabriel, -1924, Mugabe, Sally, 1931-1992., Muzorewa, Abel Tendekayi, 1925-2010.
Topics:
Nationalism--Zimbabwe--Harare., Independence movements--Zimbabwe--Harare.
Geographic subjects:
Harare (Zimbabwe), Zimbabwe--Politics and government--1979-1980., Zimbabwe--Autonomy and independence movements.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148445

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