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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:
Homophobia
Description:
Church & Society, Vol. 73, No. 2, November/December 1982. The theme, "Homophobia: The Overlooked Sin," is in response to the policy statement regarding homosexuality adopted at the 190th General Assembly of the UPCUSA in 1978. Features an introduction by Esther C. Stine. Also includes an index of More Light Congregations in the UPCUSA and statements from some of those congregations.
Subject names:
Stine, Esther C., Presbyterians United for Biblical Concerns (U.S.)
Topics:
Homophobia--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144345
Title:
The Presbyterian Consultation on Homophobia Education itinerary.
Description:
Itinerary for the Presbyterian Consultation on Homophobia Education in Stony Point, New York on September 17-19, 1984.
Subject names:
Presbyterians United for Biblical Concerns (U.S.)
Topics:
Homophobia--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Stony Point (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144341
Title:
Connections conversation piece.
Description:
Connections Conversation Piece newsletter, April 1985. Provides differing reactions to the Presbyterian Consultation on Homophobia Education in Stony Point, New York in September 1984.
Subject names:
Spahr, Jane Adams., Presbyterians United for Biblical Concerns (U.S.)
Topics:
Homophobia--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144336
Title:
UPCUSA Task Force to Study Homosexuality.
Description:
The United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force to Study Homosexuality, December 1977.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force to Study Homosexuality., Glaser, Chris., Davidson, Virginia West, 1916-2009.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:143456
Title:
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Fifth General Synod of the United Church of Christ.
Description:
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers a speech on the church's role in the Civil Rights Movement on July 6, 1965, at the Fifth General Synod of the United Church of Christ held in Chicago, Illinois, July 1-7, 1965. This speech marked the first time King used the phrase "we shall overcome."
Subject names:
United Church of Christ. General Synod., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights--Religious aspects.--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:143453
Title:
Jack Haberer oral history interview, 2018.
Description:
Jack Haberer was moderator of the PC(USA) Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity, and an organizer of the Presbyterian Coalition, a group which marshaled opposition to the ordination of lesbians and gay men.
Creator:
Haberer, Jack. (interviewee), Wittrig, Elizabeth L. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Covenant Network of Presbyterians., Presbyterian Coalition., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:143420
Title:
One Great Hour of Sharing features from Jeff Hatfield and Alan Krome.
Description:
Includes "Sudan: A Hunger for Peace"; "Building Communities," Norris Square, Philadelphia land trust and housing cooperative; "That They May Be Heard," Matamoros maquiladora workers; "Opening Doors," Interfaith Hospitality Network; "Holy Trees," northern Ethiopia reforestation; "Sharing Seeds," agricultural cooperative, Beattyville, Kentucky; "When the Wind Blows," interfaith disaster recovery; longform version of IHN homelessness outreach; "Touchpoint," newsmagazine/promo featuring work among Brazilian children.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Communications and Funds Development. Media Services., Hatfield, Jeff., Krome, Alan., One Great Hour of Sharing.
Topics:
Church and social problems--Presbyterian Church., Women offshore assembly industry workers--Mexico--Matamoros (Tamaulipas), Church work with the homeless., Reforestation--Ethiopia., Agriculture, Cooperative--Appalachian Region., Church work with disaster victims., Church work with children--Brazil.
Geographic subjects:
Sudan., Kensington (Philadelphia, Pa.), Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico), Ethiopia., Appalachian Region., Brazil.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:143418
Title:
Rev. Janie Spahr Trial Updates.
Description:
Rev. Janie Spahr's personal Web site covering news related to her trial for performing same-sex marriages.
Creator:
Spahr, Jane Adams. (creator)
Subject names:
Spahr, Jane Adams., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of the Redwoods.
Topics:
Lesbian clergy--United States., Gay rights--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Church work with gays--United States., Sexual orientation--Religious aspects--Christianity., Christian sexual minorities--United States., Same-sex marriage--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142522
Title:
Church of Christ in Thailand AIDS ministry.
Description:
PC(USA) outreach video on Church of Christ in Thailand AIDS ministry, narrated by mission co-worker Janet Guyer, October 2001.
Creator:
Guyer, Janet. (narrator), Williams, Joseph. (editor), Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). General Assembly Mission Council. Office of Communication. (producer)
Subject names:
Church of Christ in Thailand.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions, Medical--Thailand., AIDS activists--Thailand.
Geographic subjects:
Thailand.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142513
Title:
Korean war plaque.
Description:
Plaque sent to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. as an expression of appreciation to the church for missionaries who ministered to them in Prisoner of War camps during the Korean War. Metal from beer cans. Includes explanatory plastic sign: "Plaque made from tin cans by North Korean prisoners of war presented to the Board of Foreign Missions in appreciation of services of Chaplain Harold Voelkel."
Subject names:
Voelkel, Harold, 1898-1984.
Topics:
Korean War, 1950-1953--Prisoners and prisons., Korean War, 1950-1953--Chaplains., Church work with prisoners of war--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142509
Title:
Korean War plaque.
Description:
Plaque sent to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. as an expression of appreciation to the church for missionaries who ministered to them in Prisoner of War camps during the Korean War. Metal from beer cans. Includes explanatory plastic sign: "Plaque made from tin cans by North Korean prisoners of war presented to the Board of Foreign Missions in appreciation of services of Chaplain Harold Voelkel."
Subject names:
Voelkel, Harold, 1898-1984.
Topics:
Korean War, 1950-1953--Prisoners and prisons., Korean War, 1950-1953--Chaplains., Church work with prisoners of war--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142508
Title:
Korean War plaque.
Description:
Plaque sent to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. as an expression of appreciation to the church for missionaries who ministered to them in Prisoner of War camps during the Korean War. Metal from beer cans. Includes explanatory plastic sign: "Plaque made from tin cans by North Korean prisoners of war presented to the Board of Foreign Missions in appreciation of services of Chaplain Harold Voelkel."
Subject names:
Voelkel, Harold, 1898-1984.
Topics:
Korean War, 1950-1953--Prisoners and prisons., Korean War, 1950-1953--Chaplains., Church work with prisoners of war--Korea.
Geographic subjects:
Korea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142507
Title:
A Faithful Vote
Description:
Presbyterians for Renewal video advocating against the 2001 Amendment A (Amendment 01-A), which would have permitted ordination equality, arguing for Amendment B, the ultimately-passed "fidelity and chastity" clause.
Subject names:
Presbyterians for Renewal., Andrews, Jerry, 1953---Archives.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious Aspects--Presbyterian Church--20th century., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:142469
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:
Through the Eyes of Children
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Charities., Church work with disaster victims., Church work with refugees.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:141947
Title:
Building a neighborhood together:
Creator:
White, Vera K. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbyterian Peacemaking Program.
Topics:
Peace--Study and teaching., Families., Reconciliation--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:141350
Title:
Proceedings of the Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women:
Creator:
Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women (1st : 1837 : New York, N.Y.) (author)
Topics:
Slavery--United States--Congresses., Antislavery movements--United States--Congresses.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:141321
Title:
A semi-centenary discourse, delivered in the First African Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, on the fourth Sabbath of May, 1857:
Creator:
Catto, William T. (author)
Subject names:
First African Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), Gloucester, John, 1776 or 1777-1822.
Topics:
African American Presbyterians--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:141202
Title:
The Bible in public schools:
Creator:
Colton, Walter, 1797-1851. (author)
Subject names:
First African Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), Kenrick, Francis Patrick, 1796-1863.
Topics:
Religion in the public schools--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:141185
Title:
A hasty defence of the farmers and distillers of York County, against the aspersions of temperance societies, &c.
Description:
"Great public meeting, in opposition to proscriptive temperance societies."--Page [9]-16. Resolutions signed on p. 12: Henry Wolf, chairman. Jacob Welzshoffer, secretary. Wolf's-Church, Westmanchester Township, York County, Nov. 12, 1833.
Creator:
Wolf, Henry. (author)
Subject names:
Fosdick, Harry Emerson, 1878-1969.
Topics:
Temperance--Pennsylvania, Temperance--Societies, etc., Alcohol industry--Economic aspects--Pennsylvania--York County.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:141119

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