For All Peoples and All Nations The Ecumenical Church and Human Rights

Name: For All Peoples and All Nations The Ecumenical Church and Human Rights
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ISBN: 9781589010598

ISBN-10: 1589010590

ISBN-13: 9781589010598

Edition: 2005

Authors: John S. Nurser

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List price: $59.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Publication date: 1/3/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

John S. Nurser is a fellow of the Human Rights Center at the University of Essex and Canon Emeritus of Lincoln Cathedral in the Church of England. He was the founding director of the ecumenical group Christianity and the Future of Europe (CAFE).



Foreword



Introduction : revisiting a myth



The idea : to universalize "Christendom"



The man : Fred Nolde



To write a just and durable peace



Mobilizing Christian forces



The Joint Committee on Religious Liberty



Preparing for San Francisco



The charter of the United Nations organization



An ecumenical instrument



Finding a text



Declaring human rights



Conclusion : faith and human rights need each other



Extracts from the report of the WCC-in-formation conference "the churches and the international crisis"



Extracts from A message from the national study conference on the churches and a just and durable peace



Extracts from the minutes of the first full meeting of the Joint Committee on Religious Liberty



The "six pillars of peace"



Statement on religious liberty



Statement on religious liberty, memorandum no. 2



Extracts from the report of commission II, "the peace strategy of the churches"



Letter on human rights in the charter of United Nations



Extracts from concluding remarks of J. H. Oldham and John Foster Dulles at the final session of the Girton College conference



Letter from O. Frederick Nolde to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt



Extract from the report of the drafting committee to the Commission on Human Rights



Extracts from the Declaration on Religious Liberty



Extracts from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights