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:
On Their Behalf
Description:
Pamphlet produced by the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program of the General Assembly Council.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Peacemaking Program. (creator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Peacemaking Program--Archives., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Peacemaking Program.
Topics:
Land mines., Land mine victims.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348035
Title:
Pope renews plea for nuclear ban.
Description:
Pope Paul VI told a general audience that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima was an "outrage against civilization" and renewed his plea to all nations to ban nuclear weapons.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., VI, Paul, Pope, 1897-1978.
Topics:
Nuclear disarmament., Antinuclear movement.
Geographic subjects:
Castel Gandolfo (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150168
Title:
Violence at Paris demonstration.
Description:
Helmeted policemen club fallen demonstrators during a brief but violent incident at the Place d'Italie, on the Paris Left Bank, Saturday near the end of a demonstration called for to support the anti-nuclear movement of Brittany against the construction of a nuclear plant at Plogoff. Some 2,000 attended the demonstration. Two demonstrators and three policemen were injured during the incident.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Antinuclear movement--France--Paris., Nuclear power plants--France--Plogoff., Demonstrations--France--Paris., Police--France--Paris., Police and mass media--France--Paris.
Geographic subjects:
Paris (France), Plogoff (France)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150156
Title:
Leaders at main German church day rally.
Description:
Prominent West German political and religious leaders participated in the main rally of the 12th German Evangelical Church Day Congress (DEKT) in Cologne. Here, from left, are West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard; Dr. Kurt Scharf, chairman of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKID), sponsor of the Congress; and Mayor O. Burauen of Cologne.
Creator:
Voss, Klaus. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag (12th : 1965 : Cologne, Germany), Erhard, Ludwig., Scharf, Kurt., Burauen, O.
Topics:
Religion and politics--Germany--Cologne., Protestants--Germany--Cologne., Catholics--Germany--Cologne.
Geographic subjects:
Cologne (Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150123
Title:
Soviet Jewish emigrants enjoy first Seder in freedom.
Description:
Soviet Jewish emigrants, awaiting visas from western nations, enjoy a Seder demonstration in Rome recently, sponsored by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), as part of a "Yiddishkeit" program to teach Jewish tradition and culture to the participants.
Creator:
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
Topics:
Jews, Soviet--Italy--Rome., Jews--Migrations., Seder.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150105
Title:
Penalty.
Description:
Martha Doherty, 19, hangs from a post after her head was shaved and she was tarred and feathered -- a penalty for dating a British soldier -- by a group of women in Londonderry's Roman Catholic Bogside district.
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Doherty, Martha.
Topics:
Humiliation--Northern Ireland--Derry., Head shaving--Northern Ireland--Derry., Catholics--Northern Ireland--Derry.
Geographic subjects:
Derry (Northern Ireland), Northern Ireland--History--1968-1998.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150051
Title:
Peace mission in Belfast.
Description:
The Rev. Arthur Blessitt, the Baptist minister who is a leader of the Jesus People movement in the U.S., carries a wooden cross and passes out "Smile, Jesus Loves you" stickers to people as he walks on a peace mission through the streets of Belfast.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Blessitt, Arthur.
Topics:
Jesus People--Northern Ireland--Belfast., Evangelists--Northern Ireland--Belfast., Crosses.
Geographic subjects:
Belfast (Northern Ireland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149950
Title:
LBJ memoirs: religion's role.
Description:
Pope Paul VI and Mr. Johnson exchange gifts during their 1967 meeting at the Vatican. The former Chief Executive and the Roman Catholic pontiff discussed peace moves in Vietnam during the meeting. In his book, Mr. Johnson describes Pope Paul as "a quiet, serious and sensitive man profoundly dedicated to the cause of world peace."
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., VI, Paul, Pope, 1897-1978.
Topics:
Presidents--United States
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City., New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149941
Title:
Princess has happy audience.
Description:
Princess Margaret speaks to four clergymen at a community house.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Church of England--Clergy., Margaret, Princess, Countess of Snowdon, 1930-2002., Windsor, House of.
Topics:
Clergy--England--London., Princesses--England--London., Princesses--Religious life.
Geographic subjects:
London (England)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149899
Title:
Troops search monastery.
Description:
A Catholic Cistercian monk watches stoically as British soldiers move in to search Our Lady of Bethlehem Monastery at Portglenone in County Antrim. The troops reportedly picked up two priests from the monastery who were accompanying two jailbreakers in clerical garb. Sources in Belfast said the army believed that other revolutionaries may have been hiding in the monastery.
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Our Lady of Bethlehem Abbey., Cistercians--Northern Ireland--Antrim (County), Great Britain. Army
Topics:
Cistercian monasteries--Northern Ireland--Antrim (County)
Geographic subjects:
Antrim (Northern Ireland : County), Belfast (Northern Ireland), Northern Ireland--History--1968-1998.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149838
Title:
Leaders at main German church day rally, alternate caption.
Description:
Back of photograph with caption in German.
Creator:
Voss, Klaus. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag (12th : 1965 : Cologne, Germany), Erhard, Ludwig., Scharf, Kurt., Burauen, O.
Topics:
Religion and politics--Germany--Cologne., Protestants--Germany--Cologne., Catholics--Germany--Cologne.
Geographic subjects:
Cologne (Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149718
Title:
An appreciative audience.
Description:
New York Times newspaper clipping highlighting Princess Margaret's visit with four clergymen.
Creator:
New York times. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Church of England--Clergy., Margaret, Princess, Countess of Snowdon, 1930-2002., Windsor, House of.
Topics:
Clergy--England--London., Princesses--England--London., Princesses--Religious life.
Geographic subjects:
London (England)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149668
Title:
Royal charm at work.
Description:
Further information regarding a photo of Princess Margaret with four clergymen.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Church of England--Clergy., Margaret, Princess, Countess of Snowdon, 1930-2002., Windsor, House of.
Topics:
Clergy--England--London., Princesses--England--London., Princesses--Religious life.
Geographic subjects:
London (England)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149666
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:
Interview with Abraham Kalinski in Stockholm by the Swedish Radio's Russian Section.
Description:
Interview in which Abraham Kalinski discusses his claim to have been in the same prison as Raoul Wallenberg.
Creator:
Kalinski, Abraham. (interviewee), Raoul Wallenberg Association. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sveriges radio aktiebolag., Wallenberg, Raoul, 1912-1947.
Topics:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--Budapest., World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Hungary--Budapest., Prisoners of war--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
Stockholm (Sweden), Soviet Union.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149020
Title:
Jewish leaders meet with Pope John Paul II.
Description:
Pope John Paull II greets Howard Squadron, center, president of the American Jewish Congress and Henry Siegman, executive director, at a recent Vatican audience.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., American Jewish Congress., Camp David Agreements (1978), Squadron, Howard M., Siegman, Henry.
Topics:
Judaism and international relations., Judaism and politics., Judaism--Relations--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148634
Title:
Maimed war orphan.
Description:
Naples: A little Italian orphan, who found American foster parents through the Foster Parents Plan for War Children, Inc., is saying his daily prayers.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Foster Parents' Plan for War Children.
Topics:
Orphans--Italy--Naples., Humanitarian assistance, American--Italy--Naples., Reconstruction (1914-1939)--Italy--Naples., Foster children--Italy--Naples., Children with disabilities--Italy--Naples.
Geographic subjects:
Naples (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148622
Title:
British troops disperse N. Ireland rioters.
Description:
A squad of British Army troops rushes to break up an attack by Protestant supporters on Catholic marchers during a parade. Photograph originally numbered PC-51716.
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Great Britain. Army.
Topics:
Protestants--Northern Ireland--Derry., Catholics--Northern Ireland--Derry.
Geographic subjects:
Derry (Northern Ireland), Northern Ireland--History--1968-1998.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148610
Title:
Cardinal Wyszynski imprisoned two years.
Description:
Portrait of Cardinal Wyszynski, who was arrested and banished by the Polish Communist government.
Creator:
Radio Free Europe. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Warsaw (Poland), Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Gniezno (Poland), Catholic Church--Bishops--Poland., Wyszyński, Stefan, 1901-1981--Portraits.
Topics:
Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism--Poland., Political prisoners--Poland., Persecution--Poland.
Geographic subjects:
Poland., New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148310

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