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:
Immigrants to celebrate anniversary of church: Braddock Greek Catholics to hold Golden Jubilee Services on Memorial Day.
Description:
Newspaper column from The Pittsburgh Press.
Creator:
Heruisman, Martin. (photographer), Faust, William J. (author), Pittsburgh Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Saints Peter & Paul Byzantine Catholic Church (Braddock, Pa.)--Anniversaries, etc., Catholic Church Byzantine rite--Buildings., Grigassy, Julius.
Topics:
Altars--Pennsylvania--Braddock., Church decoration and ornament--Pennsylvania--Braddock., Anniversaries--Pennsylvania--Braddock., Memorial Day.
Geographic subjects:
Braddock (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360239
Title:
African exhibit at Baptist conference.
Description:
Newspaper clipping from unknown publication.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., North American Baptist Conference--Congresses., First Baptist Church (Tacoma, Wash.), Siewert, Alma., Henderson, George D., Dunger, George A., 1908-2002., Schneider, Gilbert., Schneider, Mildred Voth., Schultz, Esther., Gebauer, Clara Kratt, 1908-
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Washington--Tacoma., Missions--Study and teaching--Washington--Tacoma., Exhibitions--Washington--Tacoma., Material culture--Cameroon., Christianity and culture--Washington--Tacoma., Missions--Anthropological aspects--Cameroon.
Geographic subjects:
Tacoma (Wash.), Cameroon.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360237
Title:
Monsignor Kriebs welcomes Dakota tribe.
Description:
Newspaper clipping from The Telegraph Herald.
Creator:
Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kriebs, J. Fred., Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Dubuque, Iowa), Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Dakota Indians--Iowa--Dubuque., Church work with Indigenous peoples--Catholic Church., Church work with Indigenous peoples--Iowa--Dubuque., Mass--Celebration.
Geographic subjects:
Dubuque (Iowa), Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota., Iowa--Centennial celebrations, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360235
Title:
Boston father, 60, to be lay brother in order of priest son.
Description:
Newspaper column from unknown publication.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Henry, John J., Stigmatine Fathers., Henry, Thomas., Catholic Church--Clergy., Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood., Ecker, George., Golden, John.
Topics:
Lay brothers--Massachusetts--Waltham., Brothers (Religious)--Massachusetts--Waltham., Monasticism and religious orders--Massachusetts--Waltham., Lay ministry--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Waltham (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360217
Title:
Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr weekly columns, 1948.
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; Communism; family values and gender roles; the creation of the World Council of Churches; the United States presidential election; religion in the public schools; and more.
Creator:
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971., United States. Army., Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948., Masaryk, Jan, 1886-1948., Berdi︠a︡ev, Nikolaĭ, 1874-1948., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949., Davis, Garry, 1921-2013., Smuts, Jan Christiaan, 1870-1950., Marshall Plan., United Nations., World Council of Churches., World Council of Churches. Assembly (1st : 1948 : Amsterdam, Netherlands), Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971.
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., Religious tolerance., Interdenominational cooperation., Emigration and immigration., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Race relations--United States--1940-1950., Nuclear arms control., Communism and international relations., Presidents--United States--1948., Jewish-Arab relations.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Politics and government--20th century., United States--Religion--20th century., United States--Social conditions--20th century., Germany--History--1945-1955., Palestine--Politics and government--1917-1948., Soviet Union--Relations--Yugoslavia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:152869
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:
Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr weekly columns, 1946.
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; and more. Begins with promotional material which introduces Dr. Niebuhr.
Creator:
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Niebuhr, United Nations., Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., Catholic Church--Relations., Niemoeller, Martin, 1892-1984.
Topics:
Journalism, Religious--History, Political ethics., Social ethics., Christianity and international affairs., World politics--1945-1989., International relief., Interdenominational cooperation., Emigration and immigration., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Race relations--United States--1940-1950., Nuclear arms control., Jewish-Arab relations.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Religion--20th century., United States--Social conditions--20th century., Germany--History--1945-1955., Palestine--Politics and government--1917-1948., United States--Politics and government--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:152491

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