| Description |
xxiv, 165 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
The Churches speak series, 1043-9609 |
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Churches speak series. 1043-9609
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| Contents |
The Crusade against capital punishment -- Statements -- Part one: Roman catholic church -- Statement on capital punishment(1960)/Canadian catholic conference -- The question of capital punishment(1973)/Canadian catholic conference -- Resolution against capital punishment(1974)/U.S. catholic conference -- Personhood(1976)/U.S. bishops' aid hoc committee for the bicentennial -- Nationhood(1976)/U.S. bishops' ad hoc committee for the bicentennial -- The church and the death penalty(1976)/Pontifical commission for justice and peace -- A bishop's views on crime and punishment(1976)/Bishop Joseph Durick -- Capital punishment and the value of life(1976)/Cardinal William Baum -- Statement on capital punishment(1977)/Archbishop Francis Furey -- The "pertinent question" about capital punishment(1980)/Archbishop Joseph Bernarin -- Statement against capital punishment(1980)/Bishops of Georgia -- Statement on capital punishment(1980)/National conference of catholic bishops -- Justice and the death penalty(1981)/U.S. catholic conference -- Reforming the criminal justice system(1983)/Bishops of New York -- A voice for the voiceless(1983)/Pope John Paul II -- Statement in opposition to capital punishment(1983)/Bishops of Oklahoma -- Violence and capital punishment: a reappraisal(1984)/Bishops of Tennessee -- Statement in opposition to the death penalty(1985)/Bishops of California -- A spiral of violence: capital punishment(1986)/Canadian catholic conference -- Statement in opposition to capital punishment(1986)/Bishops of Pennsylvania -- Political responsibility: choices for the future(1987)/U.S. catholic conference -- A reassessment of the death penalty(1987)/Bishops of Ohio -- Testimony to the platform committees of the democratic and republican parties(1988)/U.S. catholic conference -- Statement on capital punishment(1989)/Bishops of Missouri -- Part two: Protestant and eastern orthodox churches -- Resolution on capital punishment(1958)/American Baptist churches in the U.S.A. -- Policy statement on human rights(1976)/American Baptist churches in the U.S.A. -- Resolution on capital punishment(1977)/American Baptist churches in the U.S.A. -- Statement on capital punishment(1979)/American Baptist churches in the U.S.A. -- Resolution on medical societies and capital punishment by lethal injection(1982)/American Baptist churches in the U.S.A. -- Resolution against the reinstatement of capital punishment(1983)/American Baptist churches in the U.S.A. -- The death penalty(1976)/American friends service committee -- concerning capital punishment(1976)/Christian church (Disciples of Christ) -- Resolution concerning opposition to the use of the death penalty(1985)/Christian church (Disciples of Christ) -- The moral consequences of capital punishment(1984)/The Christian leaders of Florida -- Statement on capital punishment(1976)/Christian leaders of Rhode Island -- Statement on capital punishment(1981)/Christian reformed church in north America -- Criminal justice reform(1976)/Church of the brethren -- A statement on the resumption of the use of capital punishment(1979)/Church of the brethren -- Report of the study committee on opposition to the death penalty(1987)/Church of the brethren -- Statement on capital punishment(1969)/Episcopal church -- Statement on capital punishment(1966)/Evangelical Lutheran church in America. |
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In pursuit of justice and dignity: society, the offender, and systems of correction(1972)/Evangelical Lutheran Church in America -- Statement on capital punishment(1972)/Evangelical Lutheran church in America -- Preliminary position paper on capital punishment(undated)/Evangelical Presbyterian church -- Statement on capital punishment(undated)/Friends united meeting -- Statement on capital punishment(undated)/Greek orthodox archdiocese of north and south America -- Report on capital punishment(1976)/Lutheran church-Missouri synod -- Statement on capital punishment(1972)/National association of evangelicals -- Statement on capital punishment(1977)/Nation association of free will Baptists -- Abolition of the death penalty(1968)/National council of churches of Christ in the U.S.A. -- Statement on capital punishment(undated)/Ohio yearly meeting of the society of friends -- On capital punishment(1965)/Presbyterian church(U.S.A.)/Letter to the governor of Florida(1966)/Presbyterian church(U.S.A.) -- Statement on capital punishment (1965)/Reformed church in America -- Biblical background for repeal of capital punishment (1966)/Reformed church in America -- Statement on capital punishment (undated)/Rocky mountain yearly meeting -- Statement on capital punishment (1956)/United church of Canada -- Statement on capital punishment(1972)/United church of Canada -- Statement on capital punishment(1984)/United church of Canada -- Resolution to abolish capital punishment (1969)/United church of Christ -- Reinstitution of capital punishment (1973) /United church of Christ -- Resolution on Capital punishment(1977)/United church of Christ -- Resolution on the death penalty(1979)/United church of Christ -- Alternatives in criminal justice(1981)/United church of Christ -- Social creed(1940)/United Methodist church -- Social creed(1956)/United Methodist church -- Resolution on capital punishment(1976)/United Methodist church -- An abhorrent, by necessary evil(1980)/United Methodist church -- Statement on capital punishment(1980)/United Methodist church -- Reaffirmation of opposition to capital punishment(1984)/United Methodist church -- Criminal justice(1984)/United Methodist church -- Sanctity of life: capital punishment(undated)/Wesleyan church -- Part three: Jewish groups -- Opposing capital punishment(1959)/Union of American Hebrew congregations -- Part four: Other religious bodies -- Opposition to capital punishment (1960) /American ethical union -- Remarks on capital punishment(undated)/Freethought: Clarence Darrow -- Testimony of spiritual science(1965)/New Age Bible and philosophy center -- Statement on capital punishment (1961) /Unitarian universalist association -- Statement on capital punishment(1966)/Unitarian universalist association -- Statement on the death penalty(1974)/Unitarian universalist association -- Statement on the death penalty(1979)/Unitarian universalist association. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Capital punishment -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Sources.
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Capital punishment -- United States -- Sources.
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| Added Author |
Melton, J. Gordon.
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| Added Title |
Capital punishment. |
| ISBN |
0810372207 |
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