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The Decline Of Real Ecumenism: Robert Bilheimer And The Vietnam War, Jill Gill
The Decline Of Real Ecumenism: Robert Bilheimer And The Vietnam War, Jill Gill
Jill K. Gill
Traditional Christian ecumenists such as Robert Sperry Bilheimer, educated in the ways of the World Council of Churches, grappled with activist "new-breed" church leaders over how to protest against the Vietnam War. During 1966-74, Bilheimer headed the International Affairs Commission of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC) and sought to unite the member churches in an ecumenical effort. Activists in the NCC, spearheaded by "new-breed" spokesmen, focused on protest, however, and church leaders, who were often more liberal than those in the pews, failed to develop consensus within their denominations. Consequently, Bilheimer's efforts at cross-denominational …
Preventing A Second Massacre At Wounded Knee, 1973: Methodists Mediate For Peace, Jill Gill
Preventing A Second Massacre At Wounded Knee, 1973: Methodists Mediate For Peace, Jill Gill
Jill K. Gill
In 1973, when armed members of the American Indian Movement (AIM) occupied Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of the Oglala Sioux in South Dakota, military and law enforcement agencies of the United States arrived to quell the civil disturbance. The National Council of Churches sent a delegation consisting of Methodists - Bishop James Armstrong and pastors Wesley Hunter, Homer Noley, and John Adams - to serve as intermediaries. The members earned the trust of AIM and government authorities but were ousted from the reservation at the behest of Oglala Sioux Tribal Council chairman Dick Wilson, who believed …
Patriotism, Protestantism, And America’S Christian Image: The National Council Of Churches Protests The Vietnam War, Jill Gill
Jill K. Gill
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Caught In The Middle: Navigating The Clergy-Laity Gap During The Vietnam War, Jill Gill
Caught In The Middle: Navigating The Clergy-Laity Gap During The Vietnam War, Jill Gill
Jill K. Gill
Executives within many mainline denominations, such as the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, were frustrated by their inability to inspire widespread debate and action at the congregational level about the Vietnam War Using the UPCUSA as a case study, this article argues that parish clergy functioned as the primary bottlenecks between the denominations and the congregations, constricting the flow of information largely because of their uncomfortable, precarious, middle position between liberal leadership and more conservative laity. By ming clergy journals and citing pastors in their own words, this essay illustrates the ambivalence local ministers felt toward …