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Notes: Chapter 1 - World Council of Churches 1 J. Robert Nelson, "Human Rights in Creation and Redemption: A Protestant View," in Human Rights in Religious Traditions, 1.2 Ibid.3 Ibid.4 Ibid.5 Ibid., 2.6 Ibid.7 Ibid., 3.8 Ibid.9 Ibid.10 Ibid., 4.11 Ibid.12 For a brief analysis of the WCC's human rights activity, see Marc Lienhard, "Protestantism and Human Rights," in Human Rights Teaching 2, no. 1 (1981), 24-37.13 Max L. Stackhouse, "Public Theology, Human Rights and Mission," in Human Rights and the Global Mission of the Church (Cambridge: Boston Theological Institute, 1985), 16.14 Ibid.15 Report of the Church and the Disorder of Society, WCC First Assembly, Amsterdam, 1948. Quoted in Erich Weingärtner, Human Rights on the Ecumenical Agenda: Report and Assessment (Geneva: Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, World Council of Churches, 1983), 8.16 David J. Bosch, "The Melbourne Conference: Between Guilt and Hope," International Review of Mission 69, nos. 276-77 (October 1980-January 1981):515.17 Erich Weingärtner, Human Rights on the Ecumenical Agenda, 11.18 Ibid.19 Ibid., 20.20 See Günter Krusche, "Human Rights in a Theological Perspective: A Contribution from the GDR," Lutheran World 1 (1977):59-65.21 The Meaning of Human Rights and the Problems They Pose," The Ecumenical Review 27 (April 1975):143.22 Erich Weingärtner, Human Rights on the Ecumenical Agenda, 24.23 Ibid.24 Ibid., 30.25 Ibid.26 Ibid., 32.27 Human Rights and Christian Responsibility, Report of the Consultation, St. Pölten, Austria, 21-26 October 1974 (Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1975).28 Report from Working Group III, "The Responsibility of the Church for Promoting Human Rights," Theological Perspectives on Human Rights, ed. Jorgen Lissner. Report on an LWF Consultation on Human Rights, 29 June-3 July 1976 (Geneva: Lutheran World Federation, 1977), 27.29 See Heinz-Eduard Tödt, "Theological Reflections on the Foundations of Human Rights," Lutheran World 1 (1977):45-58.30 J. Robert Nelson, "Human Rights in Creation and Redemption," in Human Rights and Religious Traditions, 11.31 Ibid. See Jan Milic Lochman, "Um eine christliche Perspektive für die Menschenrechte," Reformatio 25 (July-August 1976):418; and Jürgen Moltmann, "Christian Faith and Human Rights," in Understanding Human Rights, 182-95. See A Christian Declaration of Human Rights, ed. Allen O. Miller (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1977), for an English translation by Catherine Keller of Lochman's paper and for papers by Moltmann entitled "The Original Study Paper: The Theological Basis of Human Rights and of the Liberation of Human Beings" (1971), translated by M. Douglas Weeks, and "A Definitive Study Paper: A Christian Declaration on Human Rights" (1977), 25-34 and 129-43, respectively, and for other related materials.32 J. Robert Nelson, "Human Rights in Creation and Redemption," in Human Rights in Religious Traditions, 12.33 Ibid.34 See The Gospel of Peace and Justice: Catholic Social Teaching since Pope John, ed. Joseph Gremillion (Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1976), 513-629; and "Working Paper No. 1," The Church and Human Rights (Vatican City: Pontifical Commission Justitia et Pax, 1975).35 Jürgen Moltmann, On Human Dignity: Political Theology and Ethics, trans. M. Douglas Meeks (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984), 6.36 Ibid. Early in the 1970s Latin Americans raised issues about the individualistic orientation of Western concepts of human rights. Warren Lee Holleman reports that in 1973 delegates from Uruguay to the Second General Assembly of the Latin American Council of the Protestant Methodist Church pointed out that one of the first references to human rights, in the writings of Spanish philosopher Alfonso de Sabio, affirms the "right of the peoples (derecho de gentes)" rather than individual rights. Holleman, The Human Rights Movement: Western Values and Theological Perspectives (New York: Praeger, 1987), 22. See "The Application of Human Rights in Latin America," in Commission of Churches, Human Rights and Christian Responsibility, Dossier 1 (May 1974), 42.37 Ibid.38 Ibid.39 See Erich Weingärtner, Human Rights on the Ecumenical Agenda, 57-58, for a partial list of publications.40 Fifth Assembly 11, in "Minutes: XXXII Meeting of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs," Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (April 1977):19.41 Erich Weingärtner, Human Rights on the Ecumenical Agenda, 63. See "Gearing Education to Human Rights Issues," Education Newsletter (Office of Education, Program Unit on Education and Renewal, World Council of Churches, no. 1, 1985).42 Ibid., 66-67.43 Ibid., 67.44 "Melbourne Conference Section Reports: Good News to the Poor," International Review of Mission 69, nos. 276-77 (October 1980-January 1981):401.45 Ibid., 402.46 Julio Barreiro, "In Defense of Human Rights," The Ecumenical Quarterly 27, no. 2 (April 1975):108.47 Alice Wimer, "One Step on a Journey," The Ecumenical Review 27, no. 2 (April 1975):115.48 "The Meaning of Human Rights and the Problems They Pose," The Ecumenical Review 27, no. 2 (April 1975):139-46.49 Burgess Carr, "Biblical and Theological Basis for the Struggle for Human Rights," The Ecumenical Review 27, no. 2 (April 1975):139-46.50 David Jenkins, "Theological Inquiry Concerning Human Rights," The Ecumenical Review 27, no. 2 (April 1975):99.51 Gustav Wingren, "Human Rights: A Theological Analysis," The Ecumenical Review 27, no. 2 (April 1975):124-27.52 See Robert McAfee Brown, "Human Rights: A Context," Christianity and Crisis (27 December 1976):302-16; Donald M. Fraser, "The U.S. and Human Rights," Christianity and Crisis 36 (27 December 1976):314-16; Wes Michaelson, "Human Rights: A Surer Standard," Sojourners 6 (April 1977):3-5; Ernst Saunders, "The Bible and Human Rights," Church and Society 69 (November-December 1978):48-53; Nancy Bancroft, "Christian Human Rights Thought: Can Marxism Contribute?" Horizons 8, no. 2 (1981):247-59; Robert V. Rakestraw, "Human Rights and Liberties in the Political Ethics of John Wesley," Evangelical Journal 3, no. 2 (1985):63-78; Robert Traer, "Religious Communities in the Struggle for Human Rights," The Christian Century 105, no. 27 (28 September 1988):835-38; and Pablo Martinez, "The Right to be Human," Evangelical Review of Theology 10, no. 3 (July 1986):270-76. These examples go beyond the liberal Protestant tradition, but are part of its discourse.53 Gerald Vandezande, "Follow Justice Alone," The Banner (26 May 1981):18.54 "Baptists Press Reagan on Torture," Baptist Times (17 April 1986):5.55 "Anglican Consultative Council, Family Networks Meet," Diocesan Press Service (30 April 1987):4-7.56 For example, Clergy and Laity Concerned identifies in its flyer "Covenant Against Apartheid at Home and Abroad" that one of the program areas of its 54 chapters located in 28 states is "Human Rights and Racial Justice." And a letter from Habitat for Humanity dated 1 January 1988 affirms: "adequate housing must be a basic human right." In its flyer the California/Nevada Interfaith Committee on Corporate Responsibility lists as a present concern "Pressuring Corporations to Protect Human Rights in Central America." And the Peace with Justice Commission of the Northern California Ecumenical Council administers a "Central American Human Rights/Refugee Project."57 Ninan Koshy, "Director's Introduction," in Weingärtner, Human Rights on the Ecumenical Agenda, 5.58 Sithembiso Nyoni, "All Christians Are Called to Witness," International Review of Mission 72, no. 288 (October 1983):645.59 Metropolitan Geevarghese Mar Osthathios, "Kingdom of God and Identification with the Poor," International Review of Mission 69, nos. 276-77 (October 1980-January 1981):506.60 F. Ross Kinsler, "Equipping God's People for Mission," International Review of Mission 71, no. 282 (April 1982):135.61 The WCC also collaborated in publishing a book by Archibald A. Evans entitled Workers' Rights Are Human Rights (Rome: IDOC International, 1981), containing both Protestant and Roman Catholic positions on human rights and labor issues.62 J. Robert Nelson, "Human Rights in Creation and Redemption," in Human Rights in Religious Traditions, 12. For an ecumenical position that further develops this theology, see Agnes Cunningham, Donald Miller, and James E. Will, "Toward an Ecumenical Theology for Grounding Human Rights," Soundings 67, no. 2 (Summer 1984):209-39. |
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