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"Peace Is Not The Absence Of War But The Presence Of Justice": The National Council Of Churches' Reaction And Response To The Vietnam War, 1965-1972, Jill Gill Dec 1995

"Peace Is Not The Absence Of War But The Presence Of Justice": The National Council Of Churches' Reaction And Response To The Vietnam War, 1965-1972, Jill Gill

Jill K. Gill

This dissertation examines responses of the National Council of Churches to moral, religious, political and socio-cultural issues surrounding American involvement in Vietnam 1965-1972. It does so by focusing upon NCC views of peace and justice as they were first developed within a process of cultural communication among ecumenical leaders in the NCC and constituent denominations; it then examines how these were aimed at persuading its denominational membership, grassroots Christians, and the government to a view of justice that the NCC believed would ensure domestic and international peace. Historical and ethnographic methods were used to research communication within the NCC, and …


Democratizing The Constitution: The Failure Of The Seventeenth Amendment, Christopher H. Hoebeke Dec 1995

Democratizing The Constitution: The Failure Of The Seventeenth Amendment, Christopher H. Hoebeke

Christopher H Hoebeke

No abstract provided.


"Newspaper Notes, A Continuation: Judiciary, Government," Chronicles Of Smith County, Texas 35 No. 1 (Summer 1996): 9-14. Dec 1995

"Newspaper Notes, A Continuation: Judiciary, Government," Chronicles Of Smith County, Texas 35 No. 1 (Summer 1996): 9-14.

Vicki Betts

Articles gleaned from Texas newspapers dealing with the judiciary and government in Smith County, Texas, 1860-1875.