The American Church An Interpretation reviewed
A concise study by William W Sweet argues that Protestant revivalism and frontier experience shaped American religious life from colonial times onward. It praises the churches role in social reform, education of public conscience, and the blend of Protestantism with Catholic influence in urban America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Beard
William W. Sweet
University of Chicago
Sweet
United States
America
England
Private Property as a Christian Right and Duty
Dr. Paul Austin Wolfe cites Harvard professor Hocking arguing property derives from personality and is essential for life, development, and social provision. He defends private ownership as sacred, warns abolition would not yield moral progress, and links responsibility to wealth creation in defense of capitalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof
Hocking
Harvard
Paul Austin Wolfe
The Church and Economic Life
Excerpts from a Trinity Cathedral Pittsburgh speech by Bishop Angus Dun argue the church must balance spiritual aims with care for material life. It insists every man’s work is form of servanthood, urges responsible self determination, and promotes a teamwork economy within God’s world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church
God
Read Them Says Dr Eugene Carson Blake and C S Lewis
A review highlights Dr Fitch and C S Lewis books on Christian interpretation of life. Fitch uses Aristotle to outline levels of human nature from vegetable to human, urging readers to seek mind and soul over base goals. Lewis is praised for vivid insight and scholarly credibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Fitch
Occidental College
Association Press
C. S. Lewis
Oxford
Don
Macmillan
Fitch
Dr. Fitch
Meatless menus and bread use curb price and hunger
Washington correspondent Josephine Ripley argues housewives can cut high meat prices by choosing lower grade meats and reducing bread consumption. She cites WWI voluntary rationing and 14 million families pledging wheatless and meatless days, urging civilians to help win peace by easing shortages and stabilizing prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Ripley
Washington
The
Christian Science Monitor
Welles Warns UN Faces Dangerous Split and Weakness
In a letter, Sumner Welles calls the United Nations a last best hope needing patience, firmness, and goodwill. He criticizes U S Soviet tensions and bypassing UN as harming world peace, urging a strengthened UN drawn from expanding duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Welles
United Nations
Mr. Welles
Baptists Deny Racial Segregation Charges
The Baptist World Alliance executive committee denies unfounded charges that white delegates at the Copenhagen Seventh Congress sought to enforce segregation of American Negro Baptists. Signed by Dr. C. Oscar Johnson and 14 members, the statement rejects reports of pressure on hotels to exclude Negroes and denies vows to dissolve the alliance. The group regrets the charges amid efforts to promote peace and justice among races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist World Alliance
Alliance
Copenhagen
Denmark
C. Oscar Johnson
St. Louis
Taft urges US to stress moral issues in world affairs
Charles P. Taft President of the Federal Council of Churches urges the United States to base relations with Russia on moral grounds to strengthen United Nations unity and world peace. He says Christians must oppose Communism as morally opposed to Christianity and welcomes UNESCO's move to elevate religion in its framework.
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United Nations Organization
United States
Russia
Charles P. Taft
Federal Council of Churches
Federal Council
Department of the Church
Taft
United Nations Educatonal, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Unesco
Missouri Synod Adopts Record Missions Budget
The Missouri Synod fiscal conference approves a historic $3.6 million missions budget for next year. publicity director Dr. Lawrence B. Meyer notes $184,359 for South American missions and expansion into Guatemala and Mexico, $550,000 for Asia and Pacific work, and $50,000 to bolster stations in Switzerland, Norway, Denmark and Belgium as European work begins.
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The
Missouri Lutheran Synod
Lawrence B. Meyer
Gatemala
Mexico
Philippine Republic
New Guinea
India
China
Japan
Switzerland
Norway
Denmark
Belgium
Union of Churches Formed in South India Ecology
The United Church of South India launches in Madras uniting Episcopal and free church groups with Methodists Anglicans Presbyterians Congregationalists and Reformed under common canons and clergy. It serves over 1,000,000 members and prompts high praise from Dr Henry Sloane Coffin and Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Sloane Coffin
Presbyterian Church
United Church of South India
Madras
India
South India
Canterbury
Geofrey Francis Fisher
Union
South India Church
Christ
God
World Council Membership Rises to 124 Communions
Nine churches join the World Council of Churches, increasing total communions to 124 across 39 countries. New members include the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul, North China Congregational Church, Old Catholic Church in Germany, Evangelical Methodist Church of Italy, and several European churches. The body’s general assembly will convene in Amsterdam next year.
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World Council of Churches
Council
Geneva
Amsterdam
Ecumenical Patriarchate
Istanbul
North China
The
Evangelical Church In
Spain
Church of Wales
Union of the
Armenian Evangelical Churches In the
Near East
Will Prayer Help A Child In Illness
A Star-News appeal asks readers to unite in prayer for a young girl treated for months. Nine physicians attend the patient and pray daily for a half hour for her recovery. The family finds comfort knowing Christians are praying for healing and strength.
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Star-News
At the Family Table a Food Saving Program For All
The White House broadcast launches a volunteer food saving program stressing shared responsibility. Officials cite Europe’s farming crisis and link personal action to foreign policy, urging millions of volunteers to curb waste without sacrificing essentials to aid war-torn regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Science Monitor
White House
Anderson
Europe
Marshall
Church Survey Surprises San Diego Churchmen
San Diego’s city wide fellowship evangelism program halted midway after a massive responsibility list of residents unconnected to church services grew beyond expectations. The survey, led by 79 churches across 19 denominations, used 3500 volunteers for a city census and card processing of religious history in homes.
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San Diego
Emory University Receives 9 Million Dollar Gift
Emory University gains a 9 million dollar gift raising its endowment to 17 million. Charles Howard Candler, president of the board of trustees, anchors a campaign to reach 20 million by 1954 while Asa G. Candler’s Coca Cola fortune backs much of the invested Atlanta property. Bishop Warren A. Candler helped launch the university and shaped its charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Howard Candler
Emory University
South
Atlanta
Asa G. Candler
Emory
Warren A. Candler
Asa
Candler
Palmer Returns to Radio Ministry After Illness
Albert W. Palmer, moderator of the General Council of Congregational Christian Churches, has recovered from illness and resumed his post as radio minister at First Congregational Church, Los Angeles. He will broadcast on Tuesdays and Fridays over KFAC in Southern California and expects to preside at the General Council next June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert W. Palmer
General Council of Congregational Christian Churches
First Congregational Church
Los Angeles
KFAC
California
General Council
Churches Condemn Anti Semitism and Back Immigration Aid
A New York conference report from eight interchurch groups brands anti Semitism a contradiction of God's mind and calls churches to aggressive action. It urges passage of the Stratton Bill to admit up to 400000 displaced persons, noting hundreds of thousands still in DP camps after the war.
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New York
Interchurch
Israel
United States
Dawber
Home Missions Council
Do I Need This Drink Do Not Take It
Yale University helped frame alcoholism as a disease and found that most moderate drinkers can use alcohol safely. The piece urges self restraint, noting problem drinkers drink to escape and crave anesthesia rather than craving alcohol itself. It warns against total abstinence for those who do not need it.
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Yale University
Yale
Nazarene Church Celebrates 40th Anniversary Milestones
The Church of the Nazarene marked its 40th anniversary on October 13, tracing roots to 1908 in Pilot Point Texas. It now lists 200000 members and about 3500 churches across the US Canada and the British Isles with 200 missionaries and 1000 native workers. The denomination operates 16 colleges and recently opened the Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City. Church property values rose from 500000 to 30500000 and last year per capita giving reached 82.33 to lead all reported denominations.
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Church of the Nazarene
Pilot Point
Tex
United States
Canada
British Isles
Nazarene Theological Seminary
Kansas City
United Stewardship Council
U S Catholics Plan Thanksgiving Food Collection 1947
War Relief Services of the National Catholic Welfare Conference will run a Thanksgiving Food Collection in all American dioceses during November 23 to 30, 1947. Archbishop John T McNicholas notes the campaign is timely amid Europe’s food crisis and cites last year’s effort that yielded 28 million cans distributed by 22,000 volunteers. Since 1943 the group has sent over 100 million dollars worth of supplies to 61 countries.
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War Relief Services
National Catholic Welfare Conference
John T McNicholas
O. P
Cincinnati
Europe
Mirror Opinion Urges Prohibition to Conserve Food During Shortage
An opinion piece argues for immediate prohibition on brewing and distilling to save grain. Citing 1946 industry usage of corn rye wheat and other foods totaling about 3.5 million tons, it urges church action to overcome liquor interests and press Congress for peak wartime food conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-Saloon League
Europe
Asia
United States
Congress
Washington
Our Fears and the Courage of Daily Life
The piece argues fears after peace stem from a changing world and comfort. It suggests vague worries about Russia labor and politics distract from real life. The antidote is self forgetful living through active community effort and broadening knowledge.
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Russia
New Yorker
CARE's global relief effort boosts hunger aid in Europe
CARE runs 500000 food packages stored across Europe and handles 10000 to 12000 orders daily with potential expansion to 50000. Donors and recipients respond with moving letters from Athens Brussels and Prague praising the aid and its peaceful impact. CARE offices span Boston Chicago Detroit San Francisco Washington and more with a central New York headquarters at 50 Broad Street.
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New York Times
CARE
Europe
Speed
Athens
Czechoslovakia
Boston
Chicago
Detroit
San Francisco
Washington
Broad St
New York
N. Y
The Church and the Atom in Peace or War
Church leadership urged to unite and study atomic dangers and mobilize political action to prevent an atomic era catastrophe. Readers urged to form groups, elect representatives, and push for peace through governance, with strong call to avert world crisis.
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