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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:
A Presence in the Wilderness.
Description:
Documentary on Palestinian refugees, co-produced by the NCCC and CBS News, 1967.
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., CBS News.
Topics:
Israel-Arab War, 1967--Jordan., Refugees, Palestinian Arab.
Geographic subjects:
Palestine.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:141948
Title:
Advisory Council on Church and Society statement on Israel and Palestine, 1974.
Description:
The 183rd United Presbyterian Church General Assembly (1971) recommended that the Council on Church and Society prepare background material and recommendations on the Middle East question for consideration at the 184th General Assembly (1972). The Council subsequently created a Middle East Task Force to undertake the study and provide the Council a report that was to include a quality background paper that reviews the history of the conflict, clearly delineates the positions of the parties, highlights realistic possibilities for a durable settlement, and provides a Christian theological frame of reference. Includes correspondence from Dean H. Lewis, Director of the Advisory Council on Church and Society to Ben Weir about the report.
Creator:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Advisory Council on Church and Society. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Advisory Council on Church and Society., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Program Agency., Weir, Ben, 1923-2016.
Topics:
Arab-Israeli conflict., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Lebanon., Missionaries--Syria., Missionaries--Lebanon.
Geographic subjects:
Palestine., Israel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:138147
Title:
Interviews on the Palestinian question, tape 1, 1964.
Description:
Interviews with Arab Christian Palestinian refugees in East Jerusalem, recorded May 8, 1964, in Jerusalem. Includes Najib Khoury, secretary for the Anglican Archbishop of Jerusalem; Herbert Schwartz, director of the Mennonite Central Committee in Jordan; William Alonzo, clerk, Bank of the Middle East. Notes indicate interviews are "radio programs for John Groller." Groller was director of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Radio and Television.
Creator:
Carmichael, H. Kenn (Herbert Kenneth), 1908- (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Radio and Television.
Topics:
Jewish-Arab relations., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Interviews.
Geographic subjects:
Arab countries--History--20th century., Israel., Jordan., Palestine.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116526
Title:
Interviews on the Palestinian question, 1964, part 2.
Description:
Interviews with Arab Christian Palestinian refugees in East Jerusalem, recorded May 8, 1964, in Jerusalem. Includes Najib Khoury, secretary for the Anglican Archbishop of Jerusalem; Herbert Schwartz, director of the Mennonite Central Committee in Jordan; William Alonzo, clerk, Bank of the Middle East. Notes indicate interviews are "radio programs for John Groller." Groller was director of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Radio and Television.
Creator:
Carmichael, H. Kenn (Herbert Kenneth), 1908- (interviewer)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Division of Radio and Television.
Topics:
Jewish-Arab relations., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Interviews.
Geographic subjects:
Palestine., Arab countries--History--20th century., Israel., Jordan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116495
Title:
Robert F. Smylie and Jonathan Kuttab on the Persian Gulf War, 1992.
Description:
Peacemaking conference presentation by Bob Smylie and Palestinian human rights lawyer Jonathan Kuttab on the aftermath of the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
Creator:
Smylie, Robert F. (Robert Frank), 1929- (speaker), Kuttāb, Jūnāthān. (speaker)
Topics:
Persian Gulf War, 1991.
Geographic subjects:
Palestine., Iraq., Kuwait.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116408
Title:
Robert F. Smylie and Jonathan Kuttab on the Persian Gulf War, 1992, side 2.
Description:
Peacemaking conference presentation by Bob Smylie and Palestinian human rights lawyer Jonathan Kuttab on the aftermath of the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
Creator:
Smylie, Robert F. (Robert Frank), 1929- (speaker), Kuttāb, Jūnāthān. (speaker)
Topics:
Persian Gulf War, 1991.
Geographic subjects:
Kuwait., Iraq., Palestine.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116403
Title:
Robert F. Smylie and Jonathan Kuttab on the Persian Gulf War, 1992, side 1.
Description:
Peacemaking conference presentation by Bob Smylie and Palestinian human rights lawyer Jonathan Kuttab on the aftermath of the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
Creator:
Smylie, Robert F. (Robert Frank), 1929- (speaker), Kuttāb, Jūnāthān. (speaker)
Topics:
Persian Gulf War, 1991.
Geographic subjects:
Kuwait., Iraq., Palestine.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116401
Title:
Young boy drinking cod liver oil before a meal.
Description:
Palestine 136 Rafah refugee camp in Gaza. Just before their milk, the boys have to take a spoonful of Cod Liver Oil.
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Palestine., Refugees--Gaza Strip., Refugees, Palestinian Arab.
Geographic subjects:
Gaza Strip., Palestine.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83442
Title:
Refugee family bathing.
Description:
1951. No. 1374 (UNRWA 1009). Rafah camp, Gaza. The camp has a school where 1796 boys and girls receive education. This picture shows a refugee family having a bath. 2 litres of water for three children. Note the characteristic physical condition of the child on the mother's knee due to under-nourishment.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Palestine., Refugees--Gaza Strip., Refugees, Palestinian Arab.
Geographic subjects:
Gaza Strip., Palestine.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83389
Title:
Refugees waiting for a meal.
Description:
1951. No. 1318. Palestine. 5. Clutching pans, pots, and old tin cans, Arab refugees line up for relief food at the food kitchen of the Lutheran World Federation in Old Jerusalem. (Photo from Luth. World. Fed.)
Creator:
World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service. (photographer), Lutheran World Federation. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Palestine., Refugees--Jerusalem., Refugees, Palestinian Arab.
Geographic subjects:
Jerusalem., Palestine.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83387
Title:
Group of boys in a book binding class.
Description:
United Nations Relief and Works Agency. February 1951. No. 6014. Imam Shafi’I Gaza. Book-binding class. 12 boys are learning a trade in preparation for the future when they will have to earn a living. Cloth for 125 books has been made and the books have been bound in a satisfactory manner. Books for the Circulating Library run by the Welfare Section have been sent to this training school for binding.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Palestine., Refugees--Gaza Strip., Refugees, Palestinian Arab.
Geographic subjects:
Gaza Strip., Palestine.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83384
Title:
Student writing on blackboard.
Description:
"We want to go home," an Arab schoolboy writes on the blackboard in a refugee camp in Hebron. This longing to return to homes in Palestine is the dominant, almost-exclusive desire of 850,000 Arab refugees in camps scattered from Egypt to the Lebanon (except in Israel, where their former homes are). (World Copyright fee paid by World Council of Churches to cover use in church periodicals only.) [Published in April 1952 Presbyterian Survey.]
Creator:
World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service. (photographer)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Board of World Missions., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topics:
Church work with refugees., Refugees--Palestine., Refugees--West Bank., Refugees, Palestinian Arab.
Geographic subjects:
West Bank., Palestine.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83383
Title:
Yasser Arafat's compound.
Description:
[Yasser Arafat's compound, Ramallah, October 2002.]
Subject names:
Arafat, Yasir, 1929-2004--Homes and haunts., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Worldwide Ministries Division. Office of the Coordinator for Middle East and Asia Minor--Archives.
Topics:
Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000-, Arab-Israeli conflict--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Israel., Palestine.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8397
Title:
Yasser Arafat's compound.
Description:
[Yasser Arafat's compound, Ramallah, October 2002.]
Subject names:
Arafat, Yasir, 1929-2004--Homes and haunts., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Worldwide Ministries Division. Office of the Coordinator for Middle East and Asia Minor--Archives.
Topics:
Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000-, Arab-Israeli conflict--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Israel., Palestine.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8330
Title:
Checkpoint.
Description:
[Checkpoint.]
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Worldwide Ministries Division. Office of the Coordinator for Middle East and Asia Minor--Archives.
Topics:
Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000-, Arab-Israeli conflict--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Israel., Palestine.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8310
Title:
Yasser Arafat's compound.
Description:
[Yasser Arafat's compound, Ramallah, October 2002.]
Subject names:
Arafat, Yasir, 1929-2004--Homes and haunts., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Worldwide Ministries Division. Office of the Coordinator for Middle East and Asia Minor--Archives.
Topics:
Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000-, Arab-Israeli conflict--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Israel., Palestine.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8291
Title:
Yasser Arafat's compound.
Description:
[Yasser Arafat's compound, Ramallah, October 2002.]
Subject names:
Arafat, Yasir, 1929-2004--Homes and haunts., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Worldwide Ministries Division. Office of the Coordinator for Middle East and Asia Minor--Archives.
Topics:
Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000-, Arab-Israeli conflict--21st century.
Geographic subjects:
Israel., Palestine.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8272

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