A Just and Durable Peace; Data Material and Discussion Questions

New York, N.Y. The Commission to Study the Bases of a Just and Durable Peace of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, 1941. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Staplebound. 64 pages plus covers. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some page soiling. Minor edge tear to back cover and adjacent pages. Includes Foreword, Principles of a Just and durable Peace Recommended by Responsible Christian Leaders, as well as Proposals of Protestant and Roman Catholic Leaders of England; Religious Leaders Manifesto (Britain) December, 1940; Excerpts from Memorandum prepared by an International Conference of Lay Experts and Ecumenical Leaders convened by the Provisional Committee of the World Council of Churches (1939). Principles of a Just and Durable Peace Recommended by Responsible Christian Leaders. Also contains Memoranda of Study Department, prepared under Auspices of The Provisional Committee of the World Council of Churches (1939-41), as well as Relation of the Christian and the Church to the International Order, as well as Statements by Pope Pius XII (1939-1940), as well as Current Proposals Regarding a New World Order. Also contains Appendix A--Syllabus of Discussion Questions, and Appendix B--Bibliography. The publication of this handbook constituted the first act of the Commission set up by the Federal Council of Churches to work toward the achieved of a just and durable peace. This handbook included a short resume of some concrete proposals for a new world order. The Commission shares the desire, and has the intention, to be practical. John Foster Dulles was Chairman of the Commission. In 1940, the Federal Council of Churches voted to set up a Commission to study the bases of a just and durable peace. Until 1943 we have primarily emphasized spiritual factors. We have urged upon the churches that they inculcate in men the qualities that Christ taught. We have pointed out that Christ's way was not to tell men what to do in relation to worldly matters, but to give them qualities of vision, of mind and of soul so that they would be enlightened and filled with a righteous faith. We have not sought, indeed we have opposed, the preaching from the pulpits of politics and economics. We have said to the churches, give us men and women possessed of Christian qualities, and then our citizenry can be counted on to take enlightened action. Condition: Good.

Keywords: Peace, New World Order, John Foster Dulles, Christian Faith, Council of Churches, Faith, Religion, Spirituality, Discussion Questions, Second World War, Ecumenical, Economic Cooperation, Malvern Conference, Oxford Conference

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