American Christians and the National Interreligious Task Force on - A Call to Conscience

This book examines the role and influence of American Christians in fostering the emigration of Soviet Jews and ending the cultural and religious discrimination against them. It contributes to an understanding of the complexities and nuances of interreligious affairs between Christians and Jews and of human rights in the 1970s and 1980s.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Vatican II: A Revolution in Catholic Jewish Relations and the Appearance of the "New Nuns"
Chapter 3: Establishing the Task Force
Chapter 4: The Early Years of the Task Force
Chapter 5: The Brussels II Conference
Chapter 6: The Helsinki Accords and Persecuted Christians in the Soviet Union
Chapter 7: International Conferences and the Interreligious Legal Task Force on Human Rights
Chapter 8: Continuity and Change in the mid-1980s-an Alliance with Evangelical Protestants
Chapter 9: Closing the Task Force
Chapter 10: Conclusion

About the author

By Fred A. Lazin

Summary

This book examines the role and influence of American Christians in fostering the emigration of Soviet Jews and ending the cultural and religious discrimination against them. It contributes to an understanding of the complexities and nuances of interreligious affairs between Christians and Jews and of human rights in the 1970s and 1980s.

Product details

• Authors: Fred Lazin, Fred A. Lazin, Lazin Fred A.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781498583237
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-8323-7
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; USA, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Politics & government, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, History of the Americas