The World Council of Churches and Racism in Southern Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9935539 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Darril Hudson (Professor of political science, California State University, Hayward; author of The Ecumenical Movement in World Affairs (1969) and The World Council of Churches in International Affairs (1970), corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 475 |
| Publication date | 1979-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Canada s Journal of Global Policy Analysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7020 • E-ISSN: 2052-465X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/40201793 |
| OpenAlex | W4242808757, W1992502380 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
For many Christians the World Council of Churches (wcc) is a divine institution, inspired by the Holy Ghost; to a few Christians it is the work of the Devil. While not denying the capability of the spirit to listeth where it will, those of us dealing in international relationships must describe it more mundanely. It is an international non-governmental organization (ngo) which, through its agent, the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (ccia),1 enjoys category n status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Whether inspired by the Holy Ghost or by the spirit of secular humanism, the wcc has had as one major area of concern the equality of human beings, more recently the equality of woman with man, but for many years the equality of races
Commission · Development economics · Economics · Human rights · Humanism · Institution · Political science · Racism · Sociology · Christian Theology and Mission · Gender Studies · Law · Religion, Society, and Development
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |