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Church Documents and Studies about Them ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 1998 Augsburg Fortress Publishers. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, no part of this [Web page] may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anderson, Per. "In Defense of Unruly Discernment: Moral Deliberation in the ELCA." Currents in Theology and Mission 23, 2 (April 1996): 104-18. Bachmann, E. Theodore, ed. The Activating Concern: Historical and Theological Basis, 1 Churches and Social Welfare, 51-62. With an Introduction by Roswell P. Barnes. New York: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.,` 1955. A statement from "The Lutheran Churches." Black, Roger H. "The Word of God and Social Responsibility in the Lutheran Church in the United States of America." Unpublished Ph.D. diss., Marquette University, 1996. Bloomquist, Karen. "Our Church and Social Issues." Chicago: Commission for Church in Society, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 1989. _______. "Moral Deliberation as a Public Witness of the Church." Theology & Public Policy III, 1 (Summer 1991): 26-36. _______. "The Postmodern Challenge of Moral Deliberation in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America." In The Church as Communion: Lutheran Contributions to Ecclesiology, ed. Heinrich Holze, 391-8. Geneva: Lutheran World Federation, 1997. Childs, James. "The Confession's Impact on Recent Social Ethics." Lutheran Forum 14, 2 (Pentecost 1980): 16-22. A Collection of Responses from ELCA Academicians and Synodical Bishops to: The Church and Human Sexuality: A Lutheran Perspective. First Draft of an ELCA Social Statement. Chicago: Division for Church in Society, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 1994. Typescript. Fifty contributions illustrate various approaches to Lutheran ethics. Cornelsen, Rufus, ed. Social Statements of the United Lutheran Church in America, 1918-1962. New York: Board of Social Missions, United Lutheran Church in America, 1962. Dehsen, Christian D. von. "The Church in Society: Review Essay." Lutheran Quarterly IV, 3 (Autumn 1990): 355-65. Dietz, Reginald. "Eastern Lutheranism in American Society and American Christianity 1870-1914." Unpublished Ph.D. diss., University of Pennsylvania, 1958. Ellingsen, Mark. The Cutting Edge: How Churches Speak on Social Issues. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1993. Studies social statements from churches throughout the world written between 1964-1985. Enquist, Roy J., ed. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Public Policy Advocacy: Papers from a Consultation. Chicago: Commission for Church in Society, ELCA, 1990. Includes papers on the history of Lutheran advocacy, what advocates do, critiques and analyses, and theological perspectives. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Messages: "Aids and the Church's Ministry of Caring," 1988. "The Israeli/Palestinian Conflict," 1989. "A Changing Europe: Peace and the Churches," 1990. "Homelessness: A Renewal of Commitment," 1990. "End-of-Life Decisions," 1992. "Community Violence," 1994. "Sexuality: Some Common Convictions," 1996. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Social Statements: "Social Statements in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: Policies and Procedures," 1989 (in effect until 1997). "Policies and Procedures of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for Addressing Social Concerns," 1997. "The Church in Society: A Lutheran Perspective," 1991. "Abortion," 1991. "The Death Penalty," 1991. "Caring for Creation: Vision, Hope, and Justice," 1993. "Freed in Christ: Race, Ethnicity, and Culture," 1993. "For Peace in God's World," 1995. Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada Social Statements: "The Public Witness of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada: A Policy on How the Church Addresses Social Issues," 1991. "Horizons of the Reign of God: Discerning the Path of Sustainable Social Economics," 1997. Geisler, Albert. "Official Pronouncements of the United Lutheran Church in America Relating to Certain Moral and Social Problems." Unpublished Ph.D. diss., University of Pittsburgh, 1941. Haas, Harold. "The Social Thinking of the United Lutheran Church in America, 1918-1948." Unpublished Ph.D. diss., Drew University, 1953. Bibliography. Inskeep, Kenneth W. "Views on Social Responsibility: The Investment of Pension Funds in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America." Review of Religious Research 33, 3 (1992): 270-82. Johnson, Kent L. "The Church in an Era of Crisis (1933-41)." Word & World VIII, 3 (Summer 1988): 241-51. A study of Sunday school material. Klein, Christa, with Christian D. Von Dehsen. Politics and Policy: The Genesis and Theology of Social Statements in the Lutheran Church in America. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1989. Includes all the social statements from the LCA. Lentz, Harold H. "History of the Social Gospel in the General Synod of the Lutheran Church in America, 1867-1918." Unpublished Ph.D. diss., Yale University, 1943. Lewis-Small, Elaine Louise. "Church Investments and South Africa: Policy Formulation in the Lutheran Church in America, the Southern Baptist Convention, and the United Church of Christ (Divestment)." Unpublished Ph.D. diss., Drew University, 1993. Lorenz, Eckehart, ed. The Debate on Status Confessionis: Studies in Christian Political Theology. Geneva: Lutheran World Federation, 1983. Lull, Timothy. "Those 'Conservative' Lutherans." In Views from the Pews: Christian Beliefs and Attitudes, ed. Roger A. Johnson, 123-42. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1983. Lutz, Charles P. Public Voice: Social Policy Development in The American Lutheran Church. Minneapolis: ALC, 1987. A description and an appraisal. Lists all the social statements and resolutions from the ALC. Mansbach, Robert Earl. "Church and State: A Critical Evaluation of the Official Social Statements and Study Reports (1962-72) of the Lutheran Church in America, in the Light of the Augsburg Confession and Luther's Thought." Unpublished Ph.D. diss., University of Iowa, 1977. Manske, Charles Louis. "Luther's Ethics of Social Responsibility as the Criterion for Evaluating the Social-Ethical Statements of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (1959-1971)." Unpublished Ph.D. diss., University of Southern California, 1978. Lists LC-MS statements of these years. Bibliography. McClure, Kevin Robert. "The Denominational Ministry Strategy: A Rhetorical Study of the Public Sphere." Unpublished Ph.D. diss., Pennsylvania State University, 1992. McCurley, Foster R. The Social Ministry of the Church. 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The Christian in His Social Living. Minneapolis: Board for Christian Social Action, American Lutheran Church, 1960. A compilation of study and discussion statements from 1948 to 1960. _______. ed. Conscience and Action: Social Statements of the American Lutheran Church 1961-1970. Minneapolis: Augsburg Press, 1971. Scherer, Ross P. "Faith and Social Ministry in American Lutheranism." In Faith and Social Ministry: Ten Christian Perspectives, eds. James D. Davidson, C. Lincoln Johnson, and Alan K. Mock, 97-122. Chicago: Loyola University Press, 1990. Schmid, Byron Lee. "The American Lutheran Church and Public Policy." Unpublished Ph.D. diss., Duke University, 1970. _______, ed. "The Lutheran Churches Speak, 1960-1974: A Bibliography of Social Statements, Study Reports and Testimony by the American Lutheran Church, Lutheran Church in America, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, and Lutheran Council in the USA." New York: Lutheran Council in the USA, 1975. Schneider, Edward. "An Examination of the Social Statements of the American Lutheran Church from 1961 to 1972 from the Perspective of Luther and the Augsburg Confession." Unpublished Ph.D. diss., University of Iowa, 1978. Sherman, Franklin. "Church Social Pronouncements--Open Questions." In To Speak or Not to Speak? Proposed Criteria for Public Statements on Violations of Human Rights, ed. Eckehart Lorenz, 33-40. Geneva: Lutheran World Federation, 1984 Sleeper, C. Freeman. "The Use of Scripture in Church Social Policy Statements." Theology & Public Policy II, 2 (Fall 1990): 47-60. Social Pronouncements of the Augustana Lutheran Church, 1937-1962. New York: Board of Social Ministry, Lutheran Church in America, 1968. Stange, Douglas C. "The One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Anniversary of a Fraternal Appeal." Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly XL, 1 (April 1967): 43-7. Text of 1842 abolitionist appeal from the Franckean Synod. Svendsbye, Lloyd. "The History of a Developing Social Responsibility Among Lutherans in America from 1930 to 1960, with Reference to the American Lutheran Church, the Augustana Lutheran Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and the United Lutheran Church." Unpublished Th.D. diss., Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1966. |
