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Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D. dissertation.
Physical description
viii, 190 p.; 21 cm
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CONTENTS
Foreword.
I. Introduction and Constitutional Statements.
A. Introduction.
B. Constitutional Statements.
C. Summary.
II. Sabbath Observance and Temperance.
A. Sabbath Observance.
B. Temperance.
C. Conclusions.
III. Civil Liberties.
A. Slavery and the Southern Presbyterian Church.
B. General Statements on Separation of Church and State and Civil Liberties.
C. Church Boards and Social Problems.
D. Conclusions.
IV. Attitude toward War.
A. General Statements on Attitude toward War.
B. Conscientious Objection to War.
C. Conscription.
D. Civilian Public Service.
E. Camp and Church Activities; Chaplains.
F. Special War-time Funds.
G. Cooperation in Restriction on War-time Travel..
H. Conclusions.
V. Property and Taxes.
A. Conservation of Property.
B. State Taxes.
C. Federal Income Tax.
D. Social Security Tax.
E. Conclusions.
VI. Minority Groups and World Relations.
A. Education and Parochial Schools.
B. Minority Groups in America.
C. Relations to Other Nations.
D. World Order.
E. Conclusion.
VII. Economic and Industrial Life.
A. Introduction.
B. Report of the Special Committee on Social Problems.
C. "The Social Creed."
D. The Great Depression and the Church's Social Pronouncements.
E. Since the Second World War.
F. Conclusions.
VIII. Other Considerations.
A. Anti-vivisection; Birth Control; Military Display; Census; Obligation to Vote.
B. Christian Flag Display.
C. Prostitution; Crime and Juvenile Delinquency.
D. Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage.
E. Gambling.
F. Motion Pictures; Theatres; Advertising.
G. Conclusions.
IX. Conclusions.
A. A Continuous and Consistent Concern for the Separation of Church and State.
B. A Cooperatively Critical Attitude.
C. A Progressively Broader Interpretation.
D. A Clear Definition of Issues.
E. The Highest Allegiance -- to God and to Moral Values.
Appendix I. An Index of Pronouncements made by
--The Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. on the Relation of Church and State, as found in The Journal of the General Assembly, 1789-1953.
Foreword.
I. Introduction and Constitutional Statements.
A. Introduction.
B. Constitutional Statements.
C. Summary.
II. Sabbath Observance and Temperance.
A. Sabbath Observance.
B. Temperance.
C. Conclusions.
III. Civil Liberties.
A. Slavery and the Southern Presbyterian Church.
B. General Statements on Separation of Church and State and Civil Liberties.
C. Church Boards and Social Problems.
D. Conclusions.
IV. Attitude toward War.
A. General Statements on Attitude toward War.
B. Conscientious Objection to War.
C. Conscription.
D. Civilian Public Service.
E. Camp and Church Activities; Chaplains.
F. Special War-time Funds.
G. Cooperation in Restriction on War-time Travel..
H. Conclusions.
V. Property and Taxes.
A. Conservation of Property.
B. State Taxes.
C. Federal Income Tax.
D. Social Security Tax.
E. Conclusions.
VI. Minority Groups and World Relations.
A. Education and Parochial Schools.
B. Minority Groups in America.
C. Relations to Other Nations.
D. World Order.
E. Conclusion.
VII. Economic and Industrial Life.
A. Introduction.
B. Report of the Special Committee on Social Problems.
C. "The Social Creed."
D. The Great Depression and the Church's Social Pronouncements.
E. Since the Second World War.
F. Conclusions.
VIII. Other Considerations.
A. Anti-vivisection; Birth Control; Military Display; Census; Obligation to Vote.
B. Christian Flag Display.
C. Prostitution; Crime and Juvenile Delinquency.
D. Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage.
E. Gambling.
F. Motion Pictures; Theatres; Advertising.
G. Conclusions.
IX. Conclusions.
A. A Continuous and Consistent Concern for the Separation of Church and State.
B. A Cooperatively Critical Attitude.
C. A Progressively Broader Interpretation.
D. A Clear Definition of Issues.
E. The Highest Allegiance -- to God and to Moral Values.
Appendix I. An Index of Pronouncements made by
--The Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. on the Relation of Church and State, as found in The Journal of the General Assembly, 1789-1953.